Lea Michele Confronts Bullying Accusations, Slams ‘Online Rumor’ Claiming She Can’t Read: ‘It’s Sad. It Really Is’

Over the course of the last year, what was once a red-hot housing market has experienced a cool-down. Home sales have been slowing, and interest rates are rising as the Federal Reserve continues to try and tame inflation and soaring prices. Rates are currently sitting at their highest point since late 2008, and are more than double their level a year ago. 

Celtic hero Chris Sutton and Rangers legend Ally McCoist enjoyed a laugh over the latter unintentionally running out of superlatives for the Hoops despite his Gers ties in the preview for the upcoming Champions League ties.

— Guy Branum, at the Bros premiere, talking to PRIDE about Brendan Fraser’s controversial casting in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale.Related: Guy Branum on “getting drunk & trying to F***” and gay culture’s magnificent tools

Bobby (Billy Eichner) and Aaron (Luke Macfarlane) in ‘Bros.’ (Courtesy photo)

Ginni Thomas is adamant that she never brings up work to her husband, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, when they are alone.  "I generally do not discuss with him my day-to-day work in politics, the topics I am working on, who I am calling, emailing, texting, or meeting," Ginni Thomas said during her testimony in front of the January 6committee on Thursday.She also insists it’s an “ironclad” rule that they don’t talk about cases in front of the Supreme Court.

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Very Peri” that her time is up. With all Alaska 5000 has been up to in 2022, the Pantone Color of the Year has to be straight-up red.The Rupaul’s Drag Race All Stars winner has been a ball of ambition since she hit the public eye on season five, back in 2013.

tumbling pound has encouraged dollar buyers to snap up hit songs with Phil Collins and Genesis the latest big names to cash in on their back catalogue with a $300m (£270m) deal. Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks sold the rights to hit songs including “Mama”, “Land of Confusion” and “Invisible Touch” to the US-based Concord Music Group.

The reviews are in, and despite homophobes’ attempt to review-bomb the film, Bros is a hit.Billy Eichner’s new flick, the first major movie studio-backed and -produced romantic comedy with two gay characters as the leads and subjects of the film, was released in theaters Friday.Rotten Tomatoes loves Bros, rating the comedy 95 percent fresh.Marya E. Gates at Robert Ebert's gives Bros 2.5 stars overall but rates the movie as entertaining with plenty of inside jokes and nods at things the LGBTQ+ community will identify.

Armie Hammer issues aside, Call Me By Your Name stands as one of the most thoughtful and sumptuous queer coming-of-age movies in recent memory. So we never thought director Luca Guadagnino’s reunion with his star Timothée Chalamet would be quite so… bloody.But that’s exactly what Bones And All appears to be.

trans Pakistanis are either beaten, harangued or publicly arrested by the police.She added: "How can we call on this hotline when our phones are snatched? When we are arrested like a robber from wedding parties where we have to perform and earn?"Who harasses us the most? Yes, indeed, the police.

Good morning, indeed!Hairspray alum and resident camp icon Nikki Blonsky has been engaging with fans for years, especially since her Cameo Renaissance™ back in 2019.

While Sarah Palin lost a special election in August to fill Alaska’s only House seat, the Log Cabin Republicans have endorsed her for the general election in November.In a tweet Tuesday afternoon, the Log Cabin Republicans, a group of LGBTQ+ conservatives, endorsed the former Alaska governor, former reality TV star, and failed vice presidential candidate. “Log Cabin is PROUD to endorse @SarahPalinUSA for Congress! Palin is a trailblazer who paved the way for the America First movement.

For a particular corner of the internet, the world ended this summer. Several internet-famous WLW couples — an abbreviation for “women-loving women” — had made online announcements that they had split up, leading their followers to speculate about a so-called breakup curse. Followers of the drama called it the “lesbian breakup apocalypse,” and NBC News reported on it in August.

White House press conference on Wednesday, the CDC’s Director Rochelle Walensky said the organization was moving toward more of a pre-exposure strategy. It was now promoting Bavarian Nordic’s Jynneos monkeypox vaccine to gay and bi men who have matched any of the above criteria in the past six months.Dr.

Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) has introduced legislation that would set up the process to create a National Museum of American LGBTQ+ History & Culture, potentially as an official site within the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

Reddit's "Am I The A**hole" forum where it received more than 9,700 upvotes and 1,200 comments. The post can be found here.According to guidelines prepared by Dr.

Bros, the new gay rom-com from Billy Eichner.What makes Underwood’s praise a little different is the history between the two men.You may recall that back in 2019, Eichner interviewed Underwood when he was on The Bachelor. Eichner made a jokey reference that Underwood could be the first gay Bachelor.

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The Aussie Boys explores the “the lives and loves” of blokes from Down Under across seven short films from seven up-and-coming directors. The stories range from historical epics to more modern dilemmas like truck stop romances and love triangles, but they all attempt to offer a snapshot of gay life in Australia.Available to stream now via Amazon Prime Video and other VOD services.There’s a reality show for just about everything these days, so it’s about time we’ve got one about gay men who work in the adult film industry! X-Rated is an OUTtv original docuseries that’s said to provide an “insider look at the lives of iconic adult performers” as they chase their dreams in the Big Apple.

A group of queer mountaineers are literally taking LGBTQ+ activism to new heights, as they plan to scale the world’s highest mountains to promote queer visibility. Dastan Kasmamytov is an LGBTQ+ activist and founder of the Pink Summits campaign. After cycling from Central Asia to Germany, he decided to conquer the seven summits. The goal […]

A new podcast series, ‘I Am Not Your Refugee’ looks at refugee-led projects in Ireland, Turkey, Greece and Jordan. Journalist and producer Bairbre Flood tells us about how she met and spoke to Mehdi and Nihal, two members of the LGBTQ+ community in Yalova, a city just outside Istanbul, and to Mahmoud Hassino, who presents […]

The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has said that a Pakistani law that was enacted in 2018 enabling Trans people to self-determine their gender is “inconsistent with Islamic principles”. The progressive bill permits Trans people to have their gender recognised without approval from a medical board and allows them to obtain official documents with their […]

Atlanta City Council member Liliana Bakhtiari, the first queer Muslim to hold elected office in Georgia, has come out as nonmonogamous.Bakhtiari, a lifelong Atlantan born to immigrant parents, is the second Iranian-American on the council and one of just a handful of nonbinary elected officials or out queer Muslim officials nationwide. They are not only the first nonbinary person on the Atlanta council but the first on any governing body of a major U.S. city.The councilmember has been with their partner Kris Brown for 10 years and recently spoke exclusively to NBC News about their relationship with Sarah Al-Khayyal.Bakhtiari said they chose to come out because they wanted to start a family together.They said that stories like this tend to be scandalous.

After a recent episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon, when one of the show’s two confirmed queer characters (Laenor Velaryon’s lover, Joffrey) was brutally murdered, we wrote that the death fit into the tired “Bury Your Gays” trope. Many fans of the show disagreed.

A 21-year-old fan of American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer from Lafayette, Louisiana has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a gay man with the intention of murdering and dismembering him, as part of a scheme to abduct and murder Grindr users. Trigger Warning: This story discusses a hate crime, which 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.On June 20, 2020, Chance Seneca used Grindr to lure 19-year-old Holden White.

‘Boy with the Bullhorn: A Memoir and History of ACT UP New York’ By Ron Goldbergc.2022/ Fordham University Press$36.95/512 pages

When the world ends, aficionados will still be watching their favorite Judy Garland movies.

LGBTQ+ community members in the Washington, D.C. area are mourning the sudden death of a longtime activist who worked to promote nightlife by organizing events such as Gay Day at the National Zoo, leather appreciation nights, and numerous events for people living with HIV.On Monday evening, a housemate of Jacob Nathaniel Pring announced the 47-year-old's death and paid tribute to him on Facebook.Sasha Chijoku wrote, "It is with great sorrow and grief that I tell you now that my housemate, Jacob Nathaniel Pring, passed away. For the present, and out of respect for his family, let me just say that his death was sudden and completely unexpected.""[J]ust as much as he would be engaging with people, sometimes he would spend days at a time in solitude," Chijoku wrote.

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Near to her heart. Maren Morris explained why she gets so wound up when it comes to issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community after her recent clash with Brittany Aldean.

A Louisiana man pleaded guilty on Thursday to one count of kidnapping after he kidnapped and attempted to murder a gay man that he met through Grindr.Chance Seneca, 21, of Lafayette, La., admitted that on June 20, 2020, he used Grindr to meet up with a gay man, identified only as H.W., the Department of Justice announced.In the plea agreement, Seneca said that he had used the dating and hookup app to arrange a meeting with H.W. He me with the victim and then drove him to a house.

first in the Florida house to call for an end to the Reedy Creek Improvement Act. The legislation basically allows Disney to make its own rules and act as the local government over the area covered by its theme park in the state.Yesterday was the 2nd meeting in a week w/fellow legislators to discuss a repeal of the 1967 Reedy Creek Improvement Act, which allows Disney to act as its own government.

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Jack Evans, left, and George Harris wait in line for their marriage license on Marriage Equality Day. (David Taffet/Dallas Voice)

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A D.C. Superior Court judge on Thursday said she was not ready to issue a ruling on whether the LGBTQ community services center Casa Ruby should be dissolved as recommended two and a half weeks earlier by a court-appointed receiver that took control of Casa Ruby’s operations.

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Phil Collins and Genesis have sold a large chunk of their back catalogue for a whopping $300million (£268m). Concord Music Group has landed the publishing rights and master recordings for most of prog rock legends Genesis’ catalogue, as well as a portion of the group’s recorded music income streams and masters. The sale also includes Collins’ solo hits In the Air Tonight, You’ll Be In My Heart, and Against All Odds.

Qatar’s envoy to the United Nations, Hend Al-Muftah has deleted her Twitter account after homophobic and antisemitic tweets from her account were discovered. It was reported that a letter was sent to the UN Human Rights Council President Federico Villegas after Muftah had been nominated to sit on the UN Forum on Human Rights, Democracy, […]

Belong To, the Dublin-based organisation that works to support young LGBTQ+ people, is looking for experienced youth engagement volunteers to join their team and support their weekly groups. Belong To’s main mission is to support LGBTQ+ youth and make them feel equal through the promotion of human rights, social justice, solidarity and intersectionality. They do […]

When he was still figuring out who he was as a gay man, Billy Eichner found himself at the movies. As a college student in Chicago, he caught “Jeffrey” and “Billy’s Hollywood Screen Kiss” at the Music Box. Later, after a move to New York, Eichner watched films like “All Over the Guy,” “The Broken Hearts Club,” and “Another Gay Movie” at the Quad.

Legacy Dublin22 is a new initiative launched by the global social enterprise Common Purpose and they are looking for LGBTQ+ young people to join their programme this October. Organised in association with other sponsors such as IDA Ireland, the Department of Rural & Community Development, Foróige, Google, Lewis Silkin and NTMA, the new initiative Legacy […]

House of Pride announces the return of Connecting the Letters, a campaign led by the charity, with Dr Ranj.

on the set of as she heads into her coveted role as Fanny Brice in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl. In a new New York Times interview, chaulks up complaints about her behavior on Glee as a simple matter of “perfectionism” gone awry. “I have an edge to me,” she said, per , regarding co-star claims that Michele created a hostile work environment.

Don’t bring around a cloud to rain on Lea Michele’s parade because she’s just under a week away from her debut as Fanny Brice in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl.And Twitter has been abuzz this morning as The New York Times has published an interview with the star, one which touches everything from the show’s casting drama (Michele is stepping in for Beanie Feldstein, who made a highly scrutinized departure from the show earlier this summer) to the ongoing rumors and jokes that Michele doesn’t know how to read. So, yeah, it’s a doozy.Of course, Fanny Brice is a role that’s been on Michele’s vision board for a while now, though she admits, “I will never be as good as Barbra Streisand.”Related: ‘Who are you now?’ ‘Funny Girl’ and a Broadway revival’s identity crisisOn Glee, her character Rachel Berry—a role Ryan Murphy wrote specifically for Michele, which feels pretty obvious—eventually nabbed the part in the fictional revival of the musical, closing a circle from season one, when Berry performed “Don’t Rain On My Parade” at Sectionals.Murphy even had the rights to to a Funny Girl revival for a period of time, and wanted Michele for the part.

Lea Michele, who begins performances as Fanny Brice in Broadway’s Funny Girl revival next week, says she believes much of the recent online vitriol and trolling against her is sexist, and specifically dismisses the bizarre rumor that she can’t read or write as “sad.”