Jeopardy! champ Amy Schneider reveals how Shakespeare helped her come out as transgender

Happy Valentine’s Day! Or perhaps… not so happy?For some, February 14 is a day of hearts, flowers and intimate dinners. For others, a crushing reminder of loneliness. What a great holiday.If you find yourself single this Valentine’s Day, you are definitely not alone.And hey, since misery loves company, maybe some of these tweets will be the start of something wonderful.

Poor Ellen can’t catch a break.The canceled daytime talk show host is being pilloried by angry conservatives on social media who oppose mask mandates after she posted a picture of herself, wait for it, not wearing a mask at yesterday’s Super Bowl.“Here we go,” Ellen tweeted at the start of the big game.Here we GO #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/Oc8hOC8GzG— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) February 13, 2022Former NFL star/GOP wannabe Jake Bequette, who is currently challenging Arkansas Senator John Boozman in the Republican primary for the 2022 election, was one of many who quickly pounced on the funny lady.Bequette reshared the picture of Ellen next to a photo of a member of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard who was wearing a mask before the game, along with the caption, “The absolute state of our country right now.”The absolute state of our country right now. pic.twitter.com/xOyojrWlq9— Jake Bequette (@JakeBequette91) February 14, 2022Seriously, can we leave Ellen alone for just one second? We get that she’s problematic and that a lot of people really, really don’t like her, but let the woman be.

In a new interview, Brian Kennedy has revealed that his parents wanted him to become a priest after they realised he “wasn’t like other boys”. The gay singer grew up in Belfast during the ‘70s and ‘80s, at a time when homosexuality was still criminalised. Speaking on his experience of being closeted at the time, […]

The performance was the first Super Bowl halftime show to put rap center stage, and featured Eminem, Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J.

Chinese streaming services have been slammed for censoring old episodes of hit television show Friends because of LGBTQ storyline content.Having faced ridicule for changing – and then changing back – the ending to Fight Club last week, a whole host of streaming services in the country are now facing pressure to return newly-streamed episodes of the sitcom to their original glory.According to local reports, the censoring begins from the very first episode when dialogue featuring Ross discussing ex-wife Carol Willick, who left him for a woman, was changed from “women can have multiple orgasms” to say that “women have endless gossips”.It was first broadcast uncensored by streaming services Sohu and iQiyi in 2012, but has now returned to many different services with the new script.The services featuring the show are Bilibili, Tencent, Youku, Sohu and iQiyi.It comes off the back of several changes to the Friends: Reunion episode late last year, which saw surprise guest appearance from Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and BTS all dropped from the Chinese version, while talk of LGBTQ topics were also edited out.But Chinese viewers took to local social media network Weibo to vent their anger over the change. One user wrote: “Not only does it ignore women’s sexual desire and enjoyment, but also reinforces the gender stereotype of women.” And many users like a post calling it an “insult to our English language ability”.

Dallas Voice recently joined the newly-formed News is Out: A Queer Media Collaborative, which is supported by the Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge and managed by the Local Media Association.

ABOVE: This guy has brass balls to do this in Louisiana. WOW!

Manchester Pride has announced plans to implement a number of changes to Pride celebrations following a six-month review. 

Two incredible new campaigns are being launched today to address queer women’s sexual health and wellbeing. Both campaigns are unique in that they will finally address the invisible subject of women’s sexual health. The first programme sees the launch of a new information booklet and online information portal, spearheaded by the Sexual Health Centre, LINC […]

Charlize Theron set the record straight after seeing buzz online about the 'mystery man' she attended Super Bowl LVI with.'Super Bowl with my "mystery man,"' she wrote on Instagram. 'Thanks for letting me borrow your hubby Ash.'It appears that the blonde man she spent the day with was just the husband of her pal.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is adding another LGBTQ+ superhero to its ever-expanding roster.

Manchester Pride has announced that a ‘significant’ number of changes will be made to this years celebrations - including the scrapping of MCR Pride Live.

On Friday, February 11, Isabel Torres sadly lost her battle with lung cancer, her family confirmed in a post on the Trans star’s Instagram account. “Today, February 11, 2022, we say goodbye to Isabel,” the post read in Spanish.  “Although her family and friends feel her loss deeply, we know that wherever she goes, she […]

Donald Trump left office, former First Lady Melania Trump had continued to flog her ‘Be Best’ initiative and to tout her philanthropic endeavors. Now, a new report in the New York Times has questioned who exactly is receiving those charitable donations, prompting an angry response from Melania herself.The newspaper ran a story on the Trumps’ money-making activities since their departure from the White House.As we previously reported, this has included Melania selling NFTs of a drawing of her eyes, and auctioning off one of her old hats.

Anti-LGBTQ activist Charlie Kirk is trending on Twitter this morning after he had a little freak out over yesterday’s Super Bowl halftime performance featuring Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Dr.

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Springtime is for lovers and those looking for love, and the most idyllic spring destination for both is Provincetown. As the days grow longer and the balmy temperatures return, the queer capital of the United States is where LGBTQ+ couples head out for a romantic weekend.

Guys and Dolls (and who would have turned 100 this year), is never listed among Hollywood’s early AIDS warriors. But she deserves to be.In 1983, press agent and off-Broadway producer Alan Eichler — whose YouTube channel is a wealth of stage, TV, movie, and music rarities — came up with the idea of organizing a star-studded fundraiser that wound up being the first theatrical AIDS benefit on the West Coast.Eichler, who had been a press agent for Hello, Dolly! and Hair, was known for working with ladies of a certain age who he hoped to, and often did, restore to their former glory: Yma Sumac, Eartha Kitt, Patti Page.He also worked closely with Tom Eyen, the playwright and lyricist who, in 1982, enjoyed a smash with Broadway’s Dreamgirls.

he told the French magazine Tetu, according to a translation. "Straight people don’t come out. ...

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Friends has been re-released in China with an array of scenes being censored to remove LGBTQ+ issues and topics.

Related: RuPaul opens up about his “naughtiest” encounter in the 1980sThe original format was a cross between a word game and bingo. In fact, its resurrection may be linked to the surge in popularity of the online game, Wordle, to which it bears a slight resemblance.In both games, players have to guess the identity of a five-letter word.

A post shared by Guillaume Cizeron (@guillaume_cizeron)Out, gay skater Guillaume Cizeron and dance partner Gabriella Papadakis have won the gold medal at the Winter Olympics in the pairs ice dancing.The French couple, who put on a stunning display of synchronicity, also earned themselves a record-breaking score of 226.98 in the process.Their triumph comes four years after they won a silver medal at the Pyeongchang Games in South Korea. On that occasion, Papadakis suffered a “wardrobe malfunction” and her dress came apart.

Queerty have gone back through our cinematic archives to mine some of our favorite depictions of Black, queer love in the movies. These films profiled here explore love in all its forms, from friendship to romance to self-love with probing power.

Donald Trump praised his son-in-law for his brilliance according to a forthcoming book by two New York Times journalists.

Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across, her second collection of poetry, in 2018, and her second album, Grief Creature, in 2019. And she hosts a popular podcast with Hermansen called The Manic Episodes, which led directly to the moment when Hermansen popped the question during the duo’s first joint live recording.The proposal came as a surprise to Lambert. But it was a long time coming for Hermansen, who is nonbinary.

HONG KONG — The wildly popular sitcom “Friends” is back on China’s best-known streaming services, but with some big changes to the script. In the latest Chinese version, when Ross tells his parents he has split from his wife, he doesn’t explain the reason: She is a lesbian living with another woman, is now pregnant and plans to raise the baby with her partner. Instead, the scene simply cuts to his parents’ stunned faces, and the plotline ends there.

This story is part of The Advocate’s 2022 Love issue, which is out on newsstands February 2022. To get your own copy directly, support queer media and subscribe — or download yours for Amazon, Kindle, Nook, or Apple News.

Pat and Paulette Martin reside in East Harlem in New York City. Pat is the CEO of HarlemYES, Inc., a community-based not-for-profit organization.

Cheryl Hole’s pick for Snatch Game on Drag Race UK vs the World would’ve gone down in herstory.

Gay firefighter Nick Couch opened up about his fears of coming out to colleagues, including pretending to have a girlfriend.

Reality TV royalty Gemma Collins is set to expose a new and intimate side to herself in her upcoming Channel 4 documentary Gemma Collins: Self-Harm and Me. The show, which airs on Wednesday 16 February, will chart Gemma's 20-year battle with self-harm and expose a side to the The Only Way Is Essex star that the public are yet to see.

People who have previously been convicted in relation to homosexual acts in the Isle of Man will receive a pardon under the new legislation. Homosexuality was decriminalised thirty years ago on the island in 1992, and this new act pardons all historical sexual offences so long as they are no longer a crime. Justice and […]

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian multi-hyphenate Nicolò Bassetti is an urban planner and director, whose doc “Into My Name,” screening in Berlin’s Panorama Documentary section, provides an eye-opening look at the universal challenges of gender transition.The doc features Nico, Leo, Andrea, and Raff, whose ages span from their mid-20s to mid-30s, and come from different parts of Italy. They start their gender transition at different times in their lives within a tight-knit group of friends in the central Italian city of Bologna.“Into My Name,” which is being supported by Elliot Page, stems from Bassetti’s personal experience with the gender transition of his child, Matteo.

Euphoria star Alexa Demie opens up about the “toxic” drama that unfolded in the latest episode of the HBO hit. 

Call Me by Your Name is one of our classic queer films

Lady Camden and Jorgeous broke their silence over the latter winning the Glamazon Primetime challenge on the latest episode of Drag Race.

By Paul O'Kane, West Scotland MSPLast May, I was preparing what would become my first ever speech in the Holyrood chamber.I knew I would speak about many obvious things, such as what I intended to achieve in the next five years, but I was also keen to take the time to speak of the things that came before my life as an MSP and, most importantly, who I was.I had become the first openly gay Scottish Labour MSP to be elected to the Scottish Parliament – a historic wrong that had finally been righted.In addressing this, I remarked that, when I was growing up, I anticipated life would be hard, that I just accepted that I’d receive hurtful words and discrimination, but with supportive figures in my life, such as my parents and my high school teachers, I was encouraged to always be myself – my best self.That mix of knowing what it is to struggle, yet also know what it is to feel supported in that struggle is, for me, what encapsulates LGBT+ History Month.It is a celebration of being part of a diverse, proud and vocal LGBT+ community.It is looking at the progress we have made in our society, from marriage and adoption rights to protection from hate crime in our workplaces and on our streets.By looking back, however, we also see the difficulties, the suffering, the persecution and discrimination that LGBT+ people faced and, of course, still face today.What see more we have to do to ensure that everyone is accepted and supported for who they are or who they love.It was over 20 years ago that Section 28 – a law which prohibited the ‘promotion of homosexuality by local authorities’ –was repealed.This was a policy that reinforced stigma and discrimination of gay people by trying to erase any trace of them or their lives in our

As efforts to track LGBTQ demographic data continue to increase at all levels of government, two of the candidates seeking San Francisco's vacant 17th Assembly District seat support collecting sexual orientation and gender identity information among California's state employees. Such SOGI data is already collected among the state's judiciary, and San Francisco is set to follow suit this year in finding out how many LGBTQ people the city employs.

Mensen die zich bezighouden met therapieeneuml;n om seksuele gerichtheid of genderidentiteit te en#39;genezenen#39; moeten gevangenisstraf of hoge geldboetes krijgen. Dat blijkt uit een initiatiefwetsvoorstel van D66, VVD, PvdA, GroenLinks, SP en Partij voor de Dieren over deze zogenoemde en#39;homogenezersen#39;.

DC Comics has reintroduced the popular hero Vixen as part of the LGBTQ+ community.

Pose star Indya Moore has joined YSL Beauty as its new US ambassador.

“We know that you’re a homosexual, we’ve been following you.”Trigger Warning: This story has details of suicidal ideation and might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.This is what Yvonne Sillett,  a former Australian soldier and cipher operator, was told during a 1988 interrogation into her sexuality in relation to her security clearance. The royal commission is gathering evidence from ADF members who have had suicidal ideation or from surviving family members of those who have died.  Describing her interrogation, Sillett said that “after several hours of this questioning they said they would be taking the matter further and that, based on my sexuality, I could no longer be in Signal Corps as I’d be open to blackmail, and that they were downgrading my security clearance which was needed to do that job. They told me I’d never instruct women again.”According to The Guardian, during her interrogation, she was asked to give up the names of other homosexual military personnel but she refused to do so.With the help of a partner at the time, Sillett was able to “pull through.

Jeopardy! champ Amy Schneider is using the break in her screen time on the show to share more details about her life with fans.The California-based engineering manager shot to instant stardom on Jeopardy! in November, when she defeated five-time champ Andrew He and went on to become the first transgender woman to qualify for the Tournament of Champions.After scooping her 13th consecutive win and boosting her cash total to $536,400 on Friday's episode, Schneider is taking a two-week break from screens as Jeopardy! airs its spin-off Professors Tournament competition.And the Dayton, Ohio, native is using the time to allow her more than 14,000 Twitter followers get to know her better, revealing in a lengthy thread that she was once married to a

Jeopardy! champ Amy Schneider has revealed that appearing in a play by William Shakespeare led to her coming out as a transgender woman.The California-based engineering manager has made history as the first openly transgender woman to qualify for the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, during a run that has so far seen her win 13 games and earn an impressive $536,400.And as Schneider took to her Twitter account to share her daily post-game analysis over the weekend, she took time out to share a personal anecdote about the connection legendary playwright Shakespeare's work has with her own life.She wrote: "Fun fact about my Shakespeare experience: the trigger that eventually resulted in my coming out was playing Flute in Midsummer [Night's

Jeopardy! champ Amy Schneider has stated that any Republican voted into office in her home state of Ohio would work to "make life harder for her."The engineering manager has made history as the first transgender woman to qualify for the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions as she enjoys a phenomenal win streak that has seen her clock up 12 consecutive wins and earn $483,000 to date.And as her record-breaking run on the show as seen her amass a growing base of fans, Schneider—who is based in Oakland, California—shared her political stance during an exchange on Twitter on Thursday.The conversation started with Ohio Rep. Jim Ryan, a Democrat who is currently running for U.S.

Jeopardy! champ Amy Schneider has expressed hope that her ongoing success on the show will serve as inspiration to young transgender people.The California-based engineering manager's debut on the syndicated quiz show aired during Trans Awareness Week, and she has gone on to become the first transgender woman to qualify for the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions.And in an interview with ABC affiliate KGO-TV, the Ohio native noted that the path she's blazing has the potential to inspire others to chase their dreams."Seeing trans people anywhere in society that you haven't seen them before is so valuable for the kids right now that are seeing it," she said."I'm so grateful that I am giving some nerdy little trans kid somewhere the realization

Lifelong “Jeopardy!” fan Amy Schneider has made history as the show’s first transgender contestant to qualify for the honourable Tournament of Champions.