LGBTQ+ People Are Sharing Advice And Words Of Encouragement That They Want Young Queer Kids To Know

So apparently it wasn't @RebelWilson's choice to come out... The @smh/@theage have admitted to giving her a heads up 2 days in advance that they were going to "out" her.

Ricky Martin opened up about the time Barbara Walters tried outing him in an interview.Speaking to People, the 49-year-old singer said he felt “violated” by the iconic journalist’s line of questioning when they sat down together in 2000.During the awkward chat, Walters told Martin he could he could “stop these rumors” about his sexuality by, oh, you know, coming out to her right then and there. He politely declined, telling her, “Barbara, for some reason, I just don’t feel like it.”Speaking to the Toronto Star in 2010, Walters said she regretted the way she interrogated him.“I pushed Ricky Martin very hard to admit if he was gay or not, and the way he refused to do it made everyone decide that he was,” she said.

Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed on Monday that a nationwide tampon shortage is being fueled by tampons placed in men's bathrooms for transgender people.Supply chain issues and inflation remain a problem millions of Americans are facing, and tampons have been affected due to the rising cost of materials used to produce menstrual products.However, the Georgia Republican claimed the shortage is being caused by tampons in men's bathrooms during an appearance on the conservative Right Side Broadcasting Network in her latest remarks against the transgender community."Now there's a shortage of tampons, and that's probably because men are buying tampons," Greene said during a discussion on the transgender community, denouncing what she called the "war on women."While some businesses, schools and other public venues have begun putting tampons in men's bathrooms, experts have pointed to inflation and rising production costs as instead causing the current tampon shortage.Cotton and plastic, two materials used in the production of tampons, have become more expensive due to the demand of making COVID-19 safety gear such as masks, according to a CNN report. The issue has been further exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war, as both countries are key fertilizer exporters.Inflation has also hiked the price of menstrual products.

By Josh PallasPride Month has become a celebration for the queer community. But it should always be deeply enmeshed with the ongoing struggle for queer liberation.

Seattle Times reports.Jeaux Rinedahl, an adjunct nursing professor, sued SPU in 2021, saying it denied him a tenured position because he’s gay. The case has been settled out of court, but the fight over anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination predated his lawsuit and is continuing.SPU’s Faculty Senate gave the trustees a “no confidence” vote last year, and this year a working group recommended that the trustees rescind the policy.

The 75th annual Tony Awards proved to be a spectacular night that was full of LGBTQ+ winners.

Before Rebel Wilson, the Australian actress and comedian, publicly revealed her new relationship, an Australian columnist who covers celebrities had given her representatives less than two days to comment before he published a column about the new couple. In a since-deleted column published in The Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday, the columnist, Andrew Hornery, said that instead of “outing” Ms. Wilson, 42, he “erred on the side of caution” and gave her representatives two days to comment about her relationship with Ramona Agruma, a designer, “before publishing a single word.” “In a perfect world, ‘outing’ same-sex celebrity relationships should be a redundant concept in 2022,” Mr.

My Fake Boyfriendis coming to Prime Video in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, LatAm, and Brazil on June 10, and all other territories on June 24.

A small group of LGBTQ protesters greeted visitors to the Dallas Arboretum on Saturday, June 11. Some of those driving through the gate were there to celebrate the garden’s Pride in Bloom celebration.

Related: DeSantis Press Sec defends calling “Don’t Say Gay” bill opponents pedophiles: “A hit dog hollers”“The state of Florida will not tolerate hatred towards the LGBTQ and Hispanic community of any kind, and together we stand united against terrorism and hate of any kind,” DeSantis’s proclamation for the day reads, calling the shooting “one of the darkest moments in our state’s history.”DeSantis’s record, though, shows that he doesn’t just tolerate hatred of LGBTQ people but that he is willing to parrot made-up stories designed to make LGBTQ people look like they’re a threat to children and then legislate based on his antipathy towards LGBTQ people.Earlier this year, DeSantis signed the state’s Don’t Say Gay bill, which bans discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in younger grades and requires them to be “developmentally appropriate” in older grades. Instead of defining those terms, the bill allows parents to sue schools if they believe the law was violated.

While death threats aren't anything new to gay state Senator Scott Wiener, they took a decidedly chilling turn June 12 when he received an email telling him bombs had been placed in his home and office. "We placed bombs in his office and his house," the email read.

HIV medication and lifted out a pot of generic Truvada.  I take this drug as part of my HIV treatment. It keeps me healthy and because I am ‘undetectable’, I cannot pass HIV to my sexual partners.  But this pot was not for me. I was about to post it to a young gay man in Manchester.

This story is part of INTO’s seven-part series, in which we’ve asked queer voices to respond to the surge in gun crime and the sixth anniversary of the Pulse shooting. We hope these varied perspectives encourage dialogue and change to end the needless violence plaguing our country.There are between ten and fourteen blunt objects in my classroom I would be comfortable using with deadly force, my first choice being the fire extinguisher sitting behind my front door.On that same door is a bolted-on device that keeps it propped open during the school day, but has a quick-release latch that allows me to pull and lock it in less than a second.For the narrow window that looks out into the hallway, I bought peel-and-stick black paper accordion curtains.

Christina Aguilera is heating up the summer! The pop star hit the stage for L.A. Pride‘s music festival at Los Angeles State Historic Park, wearing an array of racy outfits.

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Correction: an earlier version of this quiz included the straight pride flag and the straight ally flag, which our readers rightfully pointed out do not represent the LGBTQ+ community. These have now been replaced!

Note: these streaming options are for UK residents. You may have to dig around to find these movies in your own locations!What it's about: A young gay guy goes on a road trip with his ex-classmate who turns out to be pansexual.

Northaven Church held its third annual Pride Parade and added a cook out after the event on Saturday, June 11.

For Pride 2022, Equality for Children, a volunteer-led Irish not-for-profit, is launching a podcast series about raising children as LGBTQ+ parents and families in Ireland.  Despite the legalisation of same-sex marriage in 2015, LGBTQ+ families in Ireland still face a variety of struggles, especially concerning the legal parenthood of children. This is where Equality for […]

On Monday, June 13, a new coalition, Trans Equality Together, was launched with the aim of “creating an Ireland where Trans people are equal, safe and valued”. The official launch took place in the Mansion House, Dublin, and was hosted by Lord Mayor Alison Gilliland. The main objectives of Trans Equality Together are to promote […]

We didn’t think it was possible for Rudy Giuliani to seem like any more of a disgrace, but here we are.With the second round of public hearings investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol underway, the committee is presenting evidence that former president Donald Trump knew he’d lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden, and was at the center of a conspiracy to overturn the results.Cheney painted an upsetting picture of Trump’s decision making process, explaining how an “apparently inebriated” Giuliani enabled the big lie:“You will hear firsthand testimony that the president’s campaign advisers urged him to await the counting of votes and not to declare victory on election night.“The president understood, even before the election, that many more Biden voters had voted by mail, because President Trump ignored the advice of his campaign experts and told his supporters only to vote in person.Rep. Liz Cheney says former President Trump followed advice from "an apparently inebriated Rudy Giuliani" to claim victory in 2020 presidential election.

Skibbereen Community and Family Resource Centre (CFRC) is hosting a month-long series of events to celebrate Pride titled ‘Skibbereen LGBTI+ Project’. The programme aims to develop support and activities for the LGBTQ+ community and allies and to promote visibility and inclusivity. There are a huge variety of events and activities happening throughout the month of […]

Taliban men carry a man in the air between them, with one carrying each leg and others his arms. As a crowd stands around, figures dressed in black hit him on his back and legs with a stick.

Eventbrite.The musical selection will include pieces from shows, movies and modern music. It will also highlight previous performances by the chorus to commemorate their 10th anniversary.The chorus will also be joined by some incredible hosts from the RTÉ One soap opera, Fair City, to help celebrate the evening.

Guardians of the Galaxy, Army of the Dead, and Dune, among many others, posted a photo of himself wearing a T-shirt. It featured a rainbow and the words ‘Be You.’Bautista is straight but his mom is a lesbian.

On the eve of Saturday, June 11, activist Ailbhe Smyth, boxer Kellie Harrington and Professor Mary Aiken received the Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin. The three inspiring women were awarded by Lord Mayor of Dublin Alison Gilliland in a ceremony in the Mansion House Dublin, surrounded by friends, family and colleagues. Ailbhe Smyth, […]

We’re Queer my Dear (WQMD), the acclaimed, informative, and empowering LGBTIQA+ online web series returns for its third season.

With the support of her two out colleagues on the board that oversees the Bay Area's regional transit agency BART, board member Janice Li is officially kicking off her bid for reelection Monday. The first queer woman of color and the first Asian American woman on the board, Li is the only Asian member of one of the country's three elected transit boards.Li, 35, was first elected to her District 8 seat on the BART board in 2018 and is currently serving as the oversight body's vice president.

London services manager.‘But because the people I worked with were a lot younger there was a lot more support and often, in the case of schools, they had their peers.‘Whereas now, introducing some quite big social issues such as homelessness, you realise there are a lot of problems young LGBTQ+ people face when they try to access the help and support they need.’Statistics published by Stonewall in 2018 revealed 18% of LGBTQ+ people have been homeless at some point in their lives, with a majority of cases centring solely around an individual’s sexual orientation and gender identity. It’s a figure many homelessness organisations fear is set to rise, with akt reporting an increase of 71% in the number of young LGBTQ+ people accessing its services nationally between 2021 and 2022.  And given a study from the LGBT Foundation reported 71.5% of people accessing its domestic abuse service had not thought about seeking support before, it’s fair to assume such statistics show no sign of dropping. Ryan Douglas lived on the street for a total of three weeks after leaving his family home because of a homophobic family member. ‘It was the lowest of the low I’ve ever felt,’ he recalls.

BBC.‘As I come to the door usually I get “what are you?” It’s really not okay. I’m a paramedic first and foremost and I’m here to help.’Steph said since coming out she felt ‘enlightened’ and able to be her true self.

Holding hands in public – it’s such a simple human gesture, capable of telegraphing so much and yet this elementary gesture of friendship, love, affection, support and so many other basic human needs is off-limits, in public at least, to the majority of queer people in Australia and especially for gay men.A study conducted by ANZ in honour of their 11-year association with Mardi Gras back in 2017 showed that “members of Australia’s LGBTQI community are three times more likely to feel uncomfortable holding hands in public than other Australians” and that while 94% of respondents agreed that everyone should feel comfortable holding hands in public, only 43% of the LGBTQI community actually felt comfortable and confident enough to do so.And let’s face it, we’re not talking about the horrors of seeing two people eating each other’s faces on a train platform or dry humping in a library, this is two people engaging in the most innocuous forms of Public Displays of Affection possible and yet the sight of two men holding hands is enough to make this 42-year-old gay man blush with the romanticism and braveness of it all, having never walked down the street holding another man’s hand.Will this ever change? Will this simple gesture of love and affection ever truly be an accepted declaration between two men on the streets of rural or suburban Australia? Hopefully one day, Australians of all persuasions will feel safe to perform that most simple act of human connection – basic skin-on-skin contact with another human being of our choosing.© Star Observer 2022 | For the latest in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTIQ) news in Australia, be sure to visit

This screen capture from a video on the No Hate in Texas Facebook page shows a woman in pink pants with a light-colored hat standing with her back to church members and her arms spread wide to create a barrier between church members and protesters. Shortly after, the woman moves to stand in front of the man seen here on the right side of the image in the dark red suit jacket, striped tie and sunglasses. The woman in pink again stands with her back to the church members and her arms outstretched until the man in the sunglasses, red jacket and striped tie steps forward and shoves her in the back. The man was reportedly cited for assault.

Thomas Ryan Rousseau. Mug shot from the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office in Idao.

31 white supremacists were arrested for planning a riot near an Idaho Pride event.

Hamilton, A Chorus Line, Hadestown, Cabaret, Chicago, and West Side Story. DeBose appeared in Hamilton on Broadway and won an Oscar for her performance in the latest film version of West Side Story, becoming the first out queer woman of color Oscar-winner.

Brokeback Mountain to some newer films like Love, Simon.  But, as I watched many of these, I realized that there are now several queer actors who would play the role just as well, if not better than some of their predecessors. Here are eight LGBTQ+ actors who I believe would be great picks if these movies ever got a remake.

In the wake ofAzealia Banks' bizarre meltdown during the Wynwood Pride concert on Friday, which ended with her storming off stage, the New York rapper has taken to Instagram to rant about the conditions of the event.Banks, 31, had performed just four songs from her headlining set,with her breasts fully exposed, when she began to go off about how organizers and promoters kept changing her call times.'I'm really not happy to be here. I'm trying y'all, but it's difficult.

UpdateJesse Tyler Ferguson just won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, but his relationship with sports is complicated.“I was an indoor kid growing up,” he recently told Queerty, just days after the opening of his return to Broadway in the critically acclaimed revival of Take Me Out. “I did not love sports.

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Christina Aguilera took to the stage at the LA Pride music festival at the Los Angeles State Historic Park Saturday night. The 41-year-old singer performed a few of the hits that made her a household name, including a wild rendition of 2002's "Dirrty." She danced in front of thousands of revelers in the heart of downtown, wearing a bold red leather bodysuit with a matching trench coat.  At one point, Aguilera joined forces with another vocal powerhouse as Mya joined her onstage for a rendition of their classic hit remake, "Lady Marmalade."   Christina Aguilera wore the colors of the pride flag for her headlining performance at LA Pride Saturday night.

came out on social media instead of giving them the story.“It was with an abundance of caution and respect that this media outlet emailed Rebel Wilson’s representatives on Thursday morning, giving her two days to comment on her new relationship with LA leisure wear designer Ramona Agruma, before publishing a single word,” The Sydney Morning Herald reported Saturday.But “Wilson opted to gazump the story, posting about her new ‘Disney Princess’ on Instagram early Friday morning,” the paper continued, adding, “Considering how bitterly Wilson had complained about poor journalism standards when she successfully sued Woman’s Day for defamation, her choice to ignore our discreet, genuine and honest queries was, in our view, underwhelming.” The Herald is getting plenty of pushback, especially on social media.

This story is part of INTO’s seven-part series, in which we’ve asked queer voices to respond to the surge in gun crime and the sixth anniversary of the Pulse shooting. We hope these varied perspectives encourage dialogue and change to end the needless violence plaguing our country.The Pulse Interim Memorial, with its vinyl-printed portraits, words of contemplation, and flower tributes that wilt and wither in the scorching Orlando sun, is a reflection of our grief and rage.At once beautiful and unforgiving, to stand on the site of such needless devastation is to be at the center of our country’s struggle with gun culture. The events of recent weeks — no, wait — years, seem to have little impact on our collective conscience to reconsider what responsible gun ownership means. For the past week, INTO has been exploring themes around gun violence, asking journalists and thought leaders to share their perspectives.

another gay couple?’Well, I hope my story can be an answer to that question. Soaps have the power to spark up conversations like the one in my house and can lead to positive change in people’s lives.

criminalizing same-sex relations and LGBTQ gender expression. Legal sanctions against LGBTQ people vary in scope and application.

Join the Bay Area Reporter, America's longest continuously-published and highest circulation LGBTQ weekly, on June 23 as we publish our 50th Annual edition celebrating San Francisco June Pride festivities.Since 1972, our annual San Francisco Pride edition has provided locals and visitors alike with the most comprehensive coverage of the parade, people, parties, and events that make San Francisco's pride shine through like a beacon of hope to the San Francisco Bay Area's vibrant LGBTQ community.Our 2022 San Francisco Pride edition will be our largest edition since 2019 and reaches the largest audience of LGBTQ consumers in the San Francisco Bay Area as we celebrate the first in-person Pride celebrations in three years.Space reservations for our June 23 edition are now being accepted.

sparked right-wing outrage, several GOP lawmakers proposed laws restricting children from drag shows.In Florida, state Rep. Anthony Sabatini, a Republican candidate for Congress, proposed legislation to charge parents with felonies and terminate the parental rights of any adult who brings a child “to these perverted sex shows aimed at FL kids.”“When will the sexualization of children stop?” Sabatini tweeted. Asked about Sabatini’s proposal at a press conference Friday, DeSantis, a prospective Republican candidate for president, said he would consider signing the law.“I’ve asked my folks to look,” DeSantis said at a Fort Myers press conference.

rare, pre-Stonewall gay wedding on Fire Island, then catch up on the latest from Gay TikTok:Sniffies opened the Hype House.♬ original sound – SniffiesJoseph Allen got frisked.The History Channel gleamed a light on Pride.Luke Hayes‘ mom bought some gifts.Mikey Angelo wrote a song about Drag Race.Dr. Evan Goldstein graded Postmates’ bottom-friendly menu.Bretman Rock ran up the hill.Joe Hegyes and Andrew Muscarella shared their coming out stories.Jack Tasker recorded a new voicemail.And Sylvester lived on.

London Pride (now Pride in London) when I was just 19 years old and in my first lesbian relationship.It was 1995. Coming out back then was very different. Section 28 was still in place and the law did not recognise our relationships at all.