Journalist subjected to vile homophobic attack in Manchester’s Gay Village

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On Saturday, September 10, hundreds gathered in Dublin’s Fairview Park to remember Declan Flynn on the 40th anniversary of his tragic death. The memorial event organised by Dublin Pride also paid tribute to other victims of queerphobic violence, with activists stressing the importance of introducing hate crime legilsation as soon as possible. 31 year-old Flynn […]

In a major blow to LGBTQ+ rights, Montana has banned trans citizens from changing their birth certificates. 

Luke Evans has opened up about the future of Disney+’s Beauty and the Best prequel series.

Self-described as a ‘bubbly bookish bisexual”, Rhiannon Wilde is deeply interested in championing queer stories and believes that being queer underpins her way of viewing the world, the stories she thinks of and the characters that pop into her head when she writes. When it comes to her writing practice, the themes that she enjoys exploring often stem from a “questioning of the self” and the “defining moments that lead up to and come from it.”She describes her latest novel, Where You Left Us, as one that brings her a lot of joy, where she’s able to approach both mental health and queer relationships by including a character with anxiety and exploring a budding romance that occurs between two bisexual girls. In its earliest forms, Where You Left Us was written as a single perspective from one character before Wilde developed a dynamic between two sisters in the novel and wanted to shed light on the individual journeys that they had. ‘Where You Left Us’ by Rhiannon Wilde. Image: SuppliedShe states that connections between people informs the heart of her work, “be it sisters or first loves or new relationships or very best friends”, and that queerness filters through everything she writes and attaches herself to. Wilde describes Where You Left Us as a “gothic Wuthering-Heights-meets-Evermore” that focuses on the two Prince sisters (Scarlett and Cinnamon), two romantic interests, one family mystery on a cliff by the sea.

Harry Styles described the central theme of his new film My Policeman as “wasted time”.The Michael Grandage-directed film (based on the novel by Bethan Roberts) sees Tom (Styles), a 1950s English policeman, enter into a love triangle with his lover, museum curator Patrick (David Dawson) and wife, schoolteacher Marion (Emma Corrin). Flashing forward to the 1990s, the trio (played by Linus Roache, Rupert Everett and Gina McKee, respectively) attempt to repair their interpersonal damage from 40 years prior.Styles attended the My Policeman premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last night (September 11).

In a major blow to LGBTQ+ rights, Montana has banned trans citizens from changing their birth certificates. 

Harry Styles attended the Toronto International Film Festival Sunday for the world premiere of his film, “My Policeman”. Before the screening, Styles talked at a press conference where he detailed how he took on the role of Tom, a closeted gay policeman.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic English novelist E.M. Forster never married, and why would he? The author of “Maurice” and “Howards End” was gay, reportedly maintaining relations with a much-younger police officer over the span of four decades. That man did marry, and history has it that his wife knew their secret. In “My Policeman,” this unconventional arrangement lends itself quite nicely to one of those slightly stuffy yet respectable period pieces of the kind that Ismail Merchant and James Ivory have made of Forster’s novels, jumping back and forth in time between the sexy stuff (featuring Harry Styles, fully embracing the ambiguity of his queerbaiting brand) and the maudlin way it resolves itself so many years later.

Natasha Tripney’s review of the book in The Guardian, she describes the Marion and Patrick points of view, saying that the “possessive note is the key to their tragedy and it’s telling that the man so desired by them both remains voiceless, distant.” That is not the case in Grandage’s film, adapted for the screen by Ron Nyswaner (“Philadelphia”), in which Tom is very much a real person but still feels “voiceless, distant,” a slippery, elusive character. There is a gulf between the older Tom and the younger Tom in “My Policeman,” in both writing and performance, as there is with all of the younger and older characters in the film. Older Tom is bitter and taciturn, avoiding his wife by taking long walks on the sea wall with his dog.

Harry Styles attended the Toronto International Film Festival Sunday for the world premiere of his film, . Before the screening, Styles talked at a press conference where he detailed how he took on the role of Tom, a closeted gay policeman. Set in the 1950s, Styles plays opposite Emma Corrin (Marion), his wife who is a teacher and David Dawson (Patrick), a museum curator who Tom is dating behind closed doors. “I think he’s very curious,” Styles said of his character Tom.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has finally given an update regarding the upcoming vote on same-sex marriage. 

also prides themself on not being emotionally available?”In the R-rated comedy, already being cited for its realistic depictions of gay men having sex, Eichner plays Bobby, a brash, blunt podcaster who spearheads an LGBTQ+ museum and falls for Macfarlane’s Garth Brooks-loving estate lawyer Aaron, who is quite a different representative of the community they both inhabit.“It’s interesting to see, as an actor, how many flaws I can have [with a character] and still get away with making the love story happen,” Macfarlane said, adding that he sometimes pushed back on his character’s rougher edges, thinking they might be too off-putting. “I saw the movie yesterday and I thought, ‘Aaron, you are such a dick!'”Eichner agreed, noting that Bobby and Aaron are “both dicks at various points, but that’s how people are.”Stoller assured Macfarlane he was in good stead: “I remember telling you, the more flawed and real you are, the more the audience is going to root for you for figure out your shit.”Apatow, a veteran of film exploring minefield relationships and stubborn male growth (“Knocked Up,” “This is 40”), commented on the historic nature of “Bros.” “It’s a very special experience, but it starts out with Nick and Billy having this really great idea,” Apatow said.

interview with Rolling Stone that he sees “My Policeman,” as a story about “love and about wasted time.”“It’s obviously pretty unfathomable now to think, ‘Oh, you couldn’t be gay. That was illegal,’ ” he told Rolling Stone.

The Handmaid’s Tale star Samira Wiley has opened up about being outed in a new interview.

On Sunday, Meshawn Maddock, the co-chair of Michigan's Republican party took to Twitter to attack United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. Maddock's tweet was in response to a recent interview Buttigieg had done about the shift away from gas-powered vehicles."We're so blessed this weak little girl moved to Michigan!" Maddock wrote.

Harry Styles is talking about his latest role.

A year ago, El Salvador became the first country to make Bitcoin legal tender – alongside the US dollar, which the Central American country adopted in 2001 to replace its own currency, the colón.

William Earl Another red-hot star arrived at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, as Harry Styles stopped by for the world premiere of his new drama, “My Policeman.” At a press conference early in the day, Styles said spoke about how he was able to get in the headspace of his character, the closeted policeman Tom. “I think he’s very curious,” Styles said. “I think he’s someone who is born into a very small world and, if you’re born into that kind of environment, you feel like you know where the edge of the world is. Slowly throughout the story, I think he’s realizing that it is a little further away than Brighton. I think people live entire lives in very small bubbles like that, and if that’s how you’ve been brought up, and everyone around you and generations before you, your parents, etc. have all lived within their kind of small bubble, it’s obviously very difficult to even picture the world outside of that.

Nina West is set to portray drag legend Divine in the upcoming film Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. 

exclusive first look at the queens of the all new Drag Latina, then catch up on the latest from Gay TikTok:Kendell Lamar told his parents.J. Tyler twerked for Jesus.Two Mormons visited “the gayest place in town.”♬ original sound – jamie.foust94Chachi gave the same energy.Wyatt wore new shoes to school.Jay Hawkridge named five misconceptions about being HIV+.Men’s skirts had their moment.Willam showed off.Lil Nas X vogued.♬ star walkin – lil nas xAnd Sam Vass pumped his gas.

Luke Evans has opened up about the future of Disney+’s Beauty and the Best prequel series.

When a musical has been savaged by the critics and abandoned by audiences, the gay-dominated sport of “flop-watching” becomes about the timing. Can you clear your calendar in time to score tickets before the theater marquee goes dark? Moreover, location comes into play.

The Imperial Court of Washington, D.C. held its Gala of the Americas: Coronation XI at The Schuyler on Saturday, Sept. 10.

Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, shared a tweet that called a proposed bill meant to protect same-sex marriages, a threat.On Saturday, Bob Vander Plaats, the president and CEO of The Family Leader, a conservative organization touting "Christ-like" leadership and values, tweeted that passing the Respect for Marriage Act will threaten religious liberty."No matter how @GOPSenate spins the tail of their yes vote for the #DisrespectMarriage Act, its' passage will threaten #ReligiousLiberty for generations.

(CNN) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday that he intends to hold a vote on a bill to codify same-sex marriage into federal law "in the coming weeks," and hopes there will be enough Republican support to pass it.Schumer also said he would prefer to bring it to the floor as a separate piece of legislation, and not attached to a must-pass government funding bill."Let me be clear a vote will happen -- a vote on marriage equality will happen on the Senate floor in the coming weeks, and I hope there will be 10 Republicans to support it," Schumer said at a news conference on Capitol Hill.The Senate returned to Washington after the August recess this week and Democrats, who control the chamber, must decide how and when to hold votes on several key items ahead of the upcoming November midterm elections where control of Congress is at stake.The main must-pass legislative item on the to-do list is a bill to extend government funding past a September 30 deadline and avert a shutdown, but Democrats are also pushing to hold a vote on same-sex marriage. There have been questions over whether the same-sex marriage bill could be attached to the government funding measure, but prominent supporters of the bill have pushed back and argued it should take place as a stand-alone vote.Schumer on Wednesday said of the same-sex marriage legislation, "we would prefer to do it as a separate bill.

The last thing gay men need in the queer film industry is another coming-of-age trope, but after rewatching 2007’s Shelter, I couldn’t help but think that maybe more would be OK. Seeing five-year-old Cody (Jackson Wurth) insist his older brother Zach (Trevor Wright) be his ‘Daddy’ (in place of his absent father), I remember the times I, too, forced this role on unsuspecting older men. But I digress. Nothing new could be said about being closeted besides that it sucks.

Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company will host a book signing event for Dana Tai Soon Burgess’ memoir, “Chino and the Dance of the Butterfly: A Memoir” on Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 6 p.m. at the Arts Club of Washington. 

As the famous TV commercial went from the ‘70s – “it’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.” Mother Nature has a way of exacting her revenge. 

This month I am celebrating 25 years of selling real estate in the DMV. 

Who among us hasn’t stared at a movie screen, TV set, or magazine page with jaw agape and heartbeat racing? But as you’ll see below, gay bros’ celebrity crushes—as listed in a recent Reddit thread—need not be male or even human! Scroll down to see the famous figures that had young impressionable gays figuring out a thing or two about their sexualities, along with any commentary from their Reddit nominators.“I am Chris O’Donnell in Batman & Robin years old.”“I’m not into older guys, but Chris Meloni is the thiccest masculine man you’ll ever meet.”“Tom Welling, Smallville.”Related: Gay guys reveal their first fictional character crush“I don’t know why, but his ass… was just…”“The pool scene in Cruel Intentions was my first little gay awakening.”“…when I saw him in the film Swordfish with Halle Berry. I still have a crush on him to do this day.”“Marky Mark in those CK underwear ads.

Especially now that they’ve kissed other men in public venues in the past two weeks—Exhibits A and B—singer-turned-actor Harry Styles and Latin trap star Bad Bunny have stoked accusations of “queerbaiting,” in that critics suspect that the two men are pandering to queer audiences without identifying as queer themselves. But are these accusations fair, given that neither Bad Bunny nor Styles have put definite boundaries around their sexualities? And can celebrities even queer-bait to begin with?On Twitter, there’s a raging debate about whether queerbaiting even exists—and whether it’s the domain of real people or just fictional storylines, as you’ll see below.

Sarah Ferguson narrowly escaped death in 9/11 thanks to a weird twist of fate.On September 11, 2001, 19 men hijacked four planes headed for the American west coast in a horrific terror attack - causing two of the planes to fly into the World Trade Centre and one into the Pentagon, while the fourth crashed in Pennsylvania.A shocking 2,997 people were killed in the apocalyptic crashes, 2,753 of them when American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 were ploughed into the north and south Twin Towers, causing their collapse.READ MORE: Queen's coffin seen for first time as final journey from Balmoral beginsPrince Andrew's ex Sarah Ferguson was very nearly counted among that tragic number but was saved thanks to a random fluke. The offices of the Duchess of York's charity, Chances for Children, were located on the 101st floor of the north tower of the World Trade Centre, the Mirror reports.

Gender Queer. As this was the first ever challenge in the history of our library, we decided to place this graphic novel behind the counter as a compromise. However, we consulted our library upper management afterwards, and they told us that even placing the book behind the counter is a form of censorship.

She-Hulk star Ginger Gonzaga has confirmed that her character identifies as queer. 

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Officials for the Gulf states have threatened Netflix with legal action over its inclusion of LGBTQ+ TV shows and movies. 

Drag Race star Shangela has made herstory as the first drag performer to compete on Dancing with the Stars.

How do you solve a problem like America? For the creators of the musical “1776,” the answer was to wrap it in jaunty tunes, 18th-century double entendres and enough twisty dialogue to make a dramatization of the debate over the Declaration of Independence feel like a thriller. Premiering on Broadway in 1969, the musical ran for 1,217 performances, won the Tony Award for best musical and, over the last 50-plus years, has left more than a few critics scratching their heads over how such a resolutely square show won over Vietnam-era America.

Denise Lee will receive the Dale Hanson Ally Award at the 2024 Black Tie Dinner With two weeks to go before the 41st annua

Stepmom star Susan Sarandon has seemingly confirmed her bisexuality in a new interview. 

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said on Friday that Yeshiva University in Manhattan can for now disregard a state court ruling that ordered it to recognize an L.G.B.T. student club — a case she said could be considered by the full Supreme Court.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Veteran Italian auteur Gianni Amelio rose to prominence with Oscar-nominated “Open Doors” (1990) and also “Stolen Children,” which won the 1992 Cannes Grand Prix. He won the Venice Golden Lion in 1998 with period drama “The Way We Laughed” and competed again in Venice with “A Lonely Hero” in 2013. Amelio’s more recent work comprises “Hammamet,” a portrait of disgraced late Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi’s final years in Tunisia. Amelio is back in Venice with “Lord of the Ants” a biopic of Italian poet, playwright and director Aldo Braibanti, who was jailed in 1968, after a four-year trial due to a Fascist-era anti-gay law. Pic, which is produced by Simone Gattoni and Marco Bellocchio, stars Luigi Lo Cascio (“The Ties”) as Braibanti, who was convicted after a complaint from his younger partner’s father, who later forced his son to be treated with electroconvulsive therapy in an ill-conceived attempt to rid him of his homosexuality. The Fascist-era law that punished Braibanti, which made it a crime to lead innocent or unwary people “morally” astray, was repealed in 1981. Amelio in Venice spoke to Variety about the persistent urgency of this true tale in Italy today. Excerpts.

You Can't Be Serious and told People that he's "really excited to share our relationship with readers," although Josh "[doesn't] love attention and [shies] away from the limelight."They dated for four months after Grimes split from Elon Musk. The two were even reportedly living together before sources said they had been "broken up for a while.”The couple has been together for 18 years and share an adorable son named Max.They dated for less than a year, and though sources said the breakup was "mutual," Braunwyn "fell hard, fell fast, and loved Vic with her whole heart."They've been together for three years! The two fell in love while performing in the hit play The Boys in the Band, with Andrew telling the Daily Beast, "I remember standing next to Tuc and not knowing him super well, but looking at him and thinking, ‘Ah, fuck.

READ NEXT: BBC suffers awkward 'vagina' subtitle blunder during King Charles coverageThe newsreader stated that the people on the march were mourning the death of the late Monarch while "sharing stories" and "making friends along the way" - but viewers were quick to pick up on the blunder.Journalist Nadine White shared the video of Sky News' coverage and penned a tweet calling for the channel to "apologise".She wrote: "@SkyNews reported that the Justice for #ChrisKaba march in central London today was a tribute walk in memory of the Queen/to support Charles. "Chris Kaba, a 24 y/o Black man, was fatally shot by the Met Police on Monday. Sky should retract and apologise."Daily Star have contacted Sky News' press office for comment, but at the time of publishing they haven't responded.Other people have also flocked to Twitter in complete disbelief over what they were watching when the channel broadcast the aerial shots at around 2:10pm."I am lost for words.

(CNN) -- There's a new kind of Covid-19 shot coming to a pharmacy or clinic near you.The US Food and Drug Administration and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on updated boosters that target the original strain of the coronavirus as well as the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. The hope is that these shots will improve protection against the currently circulating viruses that cause Covid-19.Here's everything you need to know about the new bivalent boosters and who can get them.How are these new bivalent vaccines different?The new bivalent vaccines carry instructions to help our cells make defenses against two strains of the virus that causes Covid-19.

gave Eichner some love, Brenda Fraser got a six-minute standing ovation, and Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine.

A journalist has described the shocking moment an 'aggressive drunk' hurled vile homophobic abuse at him and a friend then shoved him into the side of a taxi.