Liberal Candidate Katherine Deves Described Gay Surrogacy As ‘Human Rights Violation’

Dating app Hinge has announced an industry-first new fund to further help future daters from LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities.

Blackpool FC captain Marvin Ekpiteta has apologised for old homophobic tweets which resurfaced in the wake of his teammate Jake Daniels’ historic coming out. The 26-year-old deleted the posts and said he was “embarrassed” for publishing them ten years ago. In 2012, Ekpiteta criticised the gay plot-line in The Only Way is Essex, while in […]

South Carolina, and now the governor, ignore the voices of thousands of South Carolinians — including parents, medical providers, students, faith leaders, and transgender people ourselves — who expressed loudly and clearly that this bill will harm young people in our state,” Ivy Hill, the executive director of Gender Benders and the community health program director of the Campaign for Southern Equality, said in a statement. “Transgender youth are not a threat to fairness in sports, and this law now needlessly stigmatizes young people who are simply trying to navigate their adolescence, make friends, and build skills like teamwork and leadership, winning and losing,” Hill added. “…Despite this setback, we will never stop fighting on behalf of trans and queer young people, and our coalition will explore every strategy possible to surmount every barrier to equality.”A 2019 report from the Campaign for Southern Equality found that more than two-thirds of all LGBTQ people in South Carolina reported experiencing depression and anxiety, with even higher rates among transgender individuals and people of color.The Trevor Project, the world’s top crisis intervention and suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ youth, noted that feelings of isolation and stigmatization can lead LGBTQ youth to consider or attempt suicide.

Sky Sports Daniels said: "The subject of being gay, or bi or queer in men's football is still a taboo. I think it comes down to how a lot of footballers want to be known for their masculinity.

The Royal Mint has unveiled its new rainbow-coloured 50p coin to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Pride UK.

The Royal Mint has revealed a commemorative 50p coin which celebrates Pride’s 50th anniversary in the UK with a Progress flag design.

London a few years ago, I said yes but was a little apprehensive.This was the first time I would play for a team that wasn’t LGBTQ+ since I’d come out as gay 12 years ago, and I knew they’d probably assume I was straight – as is the default, unless I tell people otherwise.Match-day came, we played well, won fairly comfortably and then hit the clubhouse for some celebratory beers. It came to my round and I ordered a load of half-pints, but there was a hitch.‘We don’t do half-pints here mate,’ said the barman.Guys who’ve tried to order a half-pint of beer in a pub will be familiar with this line of ‘banter’.

Parliament has scheduled a debate on including trans people in its restrictions on ‘conversion therapy’ after a petition on the issue got more than 140,000 signatures.

3 min read Funding has been committed to help establish a long-awaited Australian LGBTIQA+ museum to be based in Sydney.

In a historic first, a majority of local councils in Victoria raised the rainbow flag on Tuesday to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Discrimination Against Intersex People and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT).According to the Victorian Pride Lobby, a record 68 of the 79 local councils in Victoria flew the rainbow flag “from town halls, libraries, and even courthouses”. During the October 2020 council elections, around 270 candidates had signed the Lobby’s Rainbow Pledge and made a commitment to support the issues of the LGBTQI+ community.“We’re proud to again be flying the rainbow pride flag today to mark IDAHOBIT day,” said Wellington Shire Council CEO David Morcom in a post on . “We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer with our people and the community at the heart of what we do. Organisations who don’t promote and celebrate diversity in all forms are missing out.

On a brisk November day, in a wing of the Newark Museum of Art mocked up as the first New York museum dedicated to L.G.B.T.Q. history, Billy Eichner stood in front of a glass vitrine. Inside was a black-and-white image of Magnus Hirschfeld, a Weimar-era physician and sexologist.

Source Music has announced that it has begun taking legal action over bullying allegations against LE SSERAFIM member Kim Ga-ram.Last month, after soon the South Korean label introduced Kim as a member of the brand-new girl group, the 16-year-old singer found herself embroiled in a controversy over allegations that she had been involved in bullying incidents during her middle school days.One netizen, who claimed to be Kim’s classmate from middle school, alleged that Kim had regularly harassed younger students, according to posts archived by Koreaboo. Another set of posts archived by KBIZoom alleged that Kim repeatedly cussed out another person while asking them to pick up the phone.At the time, HYBE denied all allegations, claiming that the posts had been “cunningly edited” in order to “maliciously slander” Kim.However, new allegations have surfaced since the initial claims.

Gemma Collins has shared her thoughts regarding her potential return to I'm a Celebrity...

Sarah Ferguson has opened up on her ex husband Prince Andrew, explaining what kind of parent he is to their two daughters Beatrice and Eugenie.The Duchess of York, 62, who was recently praised for her "impeccable manners" by Dame Joan Collins, spoke out in an exclusive chat with OK! at the launch of her best-selling Mills & Boon novel, Her Heart for a Compass, on Monday 16 May. Fergie and Andrew, also 62, married in 1986 and had Beatrice, now 33, and Eugenie, now 32, before deciding to go their separate ways and eventually divorcing in 1996.

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Top left: Malcolm Kenyatta photographed by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival; bottom left: Izzy Smith Wade-El courtesy Victory Fund; right: Brian Sims photographed by Rachel Murray/Getty Images for Elizabeth Taylor AIDS FoundationThere were mixed results for LGBTQ+ candidates in Pennsylvania’s primary races Tuesday, with two out state representatives losing bids for higher office but a continued LGBTQ+ presence in the legislature assured — including, possibly, Pennsylvania’s first nonbinary state lawmaker.John Fetterman, currently Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor, won the Democratic primary for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat, besting U.S. Rep.

The Advocate in January. Before entering electoral politics, she was policy advocate at the Oregon Food Bank in Portland, then policy director for Children First for Oregon.The LGBTQ Victory Fund, which had endorsed Kotek, celebrated her victory.

Out LGBTQI Australian actors Murray Bartlett, Hugh Sheridan and Troye Sivan have been nominated for the 2022 Logie Awards. The nominations for Australian TV’s biggest awards were announced on Sunday and LGBTQI excellence was featured in some of the prominent award categories. The awards ceremony will be held on June 19, 2022.  A post shared by Hugh Sheridan (@hugh_sheridan)Sheridan was nominated for a Silver Logie in the Most Outstanding Supporting Actor category. “Why did no one tell me?!! THANK YOU BEYOND.

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An SNP veteran has called on Nicola Sturgeon to reveal the outcome of a bullying probe into party stalwart Fergus Ewing.

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U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn is projected to have lost his primary Tuesday night and be a one-term Congressman.

Idrissa Gueye traveled south to Montpellier with his Paris St.-Germain teammates for the team’s league game on Saturday but wound up watching it from the stands. Gueye was not injured, his coach said after P.S.G.’s victory: He “had to leave the team for personal reasons.” Those personal reasons, a team source confirmed Monday, were that Gueye had refused to join his teammates in wearing a special jersey featuring rainbow-colored numbers created to highlight discrimination before Tuesday’s global events marking the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. The jerseys were part of a coordinated leaguewide effort.

appointed by former President Donald Trump, issued a preliminary injunction in the case of Pamela Ricard, a Kansas math teacher who sued USD 475 Geary County Schools over its policies that attempt to protect LGBT students, according to The Topeka Capital-Journal. Ricard argued that the rules conflicted with her Christian beliefs.Ricard's issues began with two transgender students in her class, who, per the district's rules, did not allow faculty members to disclose their preferred names or pronouns to their families.

said in a statement on Twitter that Flagler Palm Coast High School issued a disciplinary action against him which he said would prevent him "from running for senior class president."He said that the decision followed his school suspension that came after organizing a mass protest against the state's Parental Rights in Education law, dubbed as the "Don't Say Gay" law that was signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis in late March. The legislation bans teachers in Florida from discussing topics related to sexual identity and sexual orientation in certain grade levels.My name is Jack Petocz.

The U.S. Dept. of Justice has formally requested transcripts from the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, saying their extensive interviews “may contain information relevant to a criminal investigation we are conducting.” The House Select Committee has conducted interviews with more than 1000 people, including former Trump associates and even his family members.

About 250 middle school students in San Francisco took to the streets — well, the sidewalk — May 17 and made it clear they stood opposed to the anti-LGBTQ actions of state governments around the country.The students used the observance of International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, or IDAHOBIT, to stage the short walkout.Nearly a third of the 900 students at James Denman Middle School in Balboa Park poured down the stairs of the entry to the school at 10 a.m. to participate in a student-led — and faculty approved — walkout, protesting the rising tide of state-sponsored anti-LGBTQ legislation in places like Florida, Texas, Alabama, and numerous other states.Organized by the school's 20-member Diversity Club, the students carried signs and banners bearing messages like "Proud ally," "Born this way," and "Don't label us." They gathered in front of the school in a cacophony of excited voices, calls from teachers and staff to stay out of the street, and chanting."Safe schools under attack! What do we do?" demanded the chant leader.

IDAHOTB website. (Some groups observing the day style the acronym as IDAHOBIT or someting else.) It is now celebrated in 130 countries, including 37 where same-sex acts are illegal.May 17 was chosen because that was the date in 1990 when the World Health Organization declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder.This year’s theme is “Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Rights.” This is “a great theme under which many forms of advocacy are possible: claiming our rights to live our sexualities and to express our gender(s) freely, but also demanding to be from physical violence, from conversion so-called ‘therapies’ to forced sterilisation of Trans and Intersex people,” the site states.

Our Yorkshire Farm's Amanda Owen stuns fans with rare pic of daughter[LATEST]Emmerdale star Liam Fox shows off fairytale home with co-star wife[INSIGHT]Katya Jones' ex Neil apologises as he addresses relationship rumours[STRICTLY]Joan looked chic in the video as she sported a black and white top teamed with a pair of cream trousers and a wide-brimmed sun hat.The ageless beauty's signature brunette tresses were tied back into a ponytail and she covered her eyes with a pair of sunglasses.Her husband looked equally dapper in a white shirt which he teamed with beige trousers.The couple enjoyed some downtime as they toured the streets of Paris.Meanwhile, Joan recently gushed over Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations which will be held next month.She penned: "An #honor to have been part of the #queens #jubilee #celebration on @itv and will be on @gmb later!"The Dynasty actress was a part of a candid television broadcast dedicated to Her Majesty which aired Sunday on ITV.Fans flocked to comment on the post, as Debra gushed: "What a spectacular show!!! The Queen was so touched. When her horse was paraded past her, she nudged the person next to her and said 'that's mine'! with a huge grin on her face.She is just too sweet!!! So good to see her smile.

tweet Tuesday.The Republican governor added, “It’s common sense, boys should play [boys'] sports and girls should play [girls'] sports.”Local LGBTQ+ advocates called out the governor for signing the bill. It’s a bill that advocates have been pushing back against for two years, says Ivy Hill, executive director of the South Carolina-based organization Gender Benders and community health program director at the Campaign for Southern Equality.“It is clear to me that this is unconstitutional, and we're not going to stop fighting just because the governor signed it,” Hill says.

Matt Gaetz received a double dose of bad news today.First, a federal judge has approved yet another sentencing delay for Matt’s former wingman, Joel Greenberg, so he can continue helping investigators who are looking into whether the anti-LGBTQ lawmaker paid to have sex with a high school student.This marks the third time Greenberg’s sentencing has been delayed since he pleaded guilty to six federal charges last year, including child sex trafficking, aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, and stalking.U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell ruled yesterday that Greenberg’s sentencing would now be delayed until August “absent compelling circumstances”, according to Yahoo News.Related: Matt Gaetz just released hour-long video denying teen sex allegations and talking about online datingOn top of that, the Daily Beast just published a new piece about how Gaetz was in “chaos mode” after his teen sex scandal first broke back in March 2021.The article helps shed light on that unhinged interview he gave to Fox News’ resident homophobe Tucker Carlson, which resulted in him being blacklisted from the conservative propaganda network.Political reporter Roger Sollenberger writes:Fifteen minutes before Rep.

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Heartstopper was a reminder of what it is to be alive: to be open to the joy of finding yourself, even despite all of life’s complications. It’s a complicated time to be LGBTQ, to say the least. Last week a leaked draft opinion signaled that the Supreme Court is preparing to overturn Roe v.

About: Comic-book nerd Wesley 'Wes' Hudson has been pining after his best friend, Nico, for as long as he can remember, and with the two of them heading off to separate colleges in a month, the time to confess his true feelings is running out. To make matters worse, Wes' dream job at his beloved safe space and local used book store, Once Upon a Page, is put at risk when a coffeeshop franchise shows interest in buying the space.

Urvashi Vaid, a lawyer and activist who was a leading figure in the fight for L.G.B.T.Q. equality for more than four decades, died on Saturday in Manhattan. She was 63.

Heartstopper, it turns out you aren’t the only one. Russell T Davies, who rebooted the Doctor Who television series in 2005 and ran it until 2010, was also blown away by Finney.“We all fell in love with her in Heartstopper, one of those shows which changes the world – and now Yasmin can change the Whoniverse,” the showrunner, who’ll return to Doctor Who in 2023, told the BBC.Finney is set to star in the role of Rose, a name very familiar to long-time Whovians. “Life on Doctor Who gets brighter and wilder – how can there be another Rose?” Russell teased.Rose Tyler, a companion of the time-traveling Doctor, was originally played by Billie Piper in seasons one, two, four, and a handful of guest spots.

Outfest today unveiled the lineup for its second annual LGBTQIA+ television festival, The OutFronts—a four-day hybrid event with free-to-view, internationally accessible virtual panel discussions and ticketed in-person events in Los Angeles, featuring the talent from some of the most exciting LGBTQIA+ programs available on television today. The festival will run from June 3-6, kicking off with the world premiere in-person screening of Peacock’s Queer As Folk at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, which will be followed by a conversation with the reimagining’s creators and cast.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorRoyalty took the stand on Saturday night to advocate for LGBTQ+ equality.Golda Rosheuvel, the openly gay actor who plays the illustrious Queen Charlotte on “Bridgerton,” was presented the Equality Award at this year’s Human Rights Campaign gala in New York.“Being authentic and true to who I am has been something that I’ve championed in my own life, so to be able to get up there tonight and speak my journey is really important,” Rosheuvel told Variety before accepting her award. “That one person who’s struggling might hear it and be confident enough to step [up] in their own life.”The “Bridgerton” star later went on to tell the crowd, “nobody should have to choose between being publicly out and being a successful actor.” Rosheuvel recently opened up to Marc Malkin on the “Just for Variety” podcast about how a lesbian director once advised her to stay in the closet.

Sunday, May 1 is the annual celebration of International Workers’ Day – also known as May Day – which honors the struggle of workers all around the world. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (WASHINGTON, DC – April 27, 2022) – The National LGBTQ Task Force announces the addition of several new staff, including Rev. Nicole Garcia as Faith Work Director, Jaqueline “Jacky” Goh as Chief Development Officer, Wayne Rocque, Civic Engagement Manager and Court Betro Creating Change 365 Field Organizer. Said Kierra Johnson, Executive Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force: “As we continue to grow as an organization, confronting the relentless and escalating attacks on queer people at the state level and organizing to Queer the Vote in this critical election year, I am thrilled to have these amazing individuals bring their skills and experiences to the Task Force family. From continuing to expand our faith work to bringing our beloved Creating Change experience to communities year-round to engaging individuals in even deeper and more substantive ways, these additions to our staff will take us to new levels of impact.” Said The Rev.

Produced by ‘The Argument’ Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, states barring transgender athletes from participating in sports and censoring school curriculums around queer and gender identity — a wave of anti-L.G.B.T.Q. legislation is spreading across the country, sustained in large part by the political right. According to the Human Rights Campaign, this year alone, more than 300 anti-L.G.B.T.Q.

Kelly and Crowder continuously delegitimize and questioned the experiences of trans people, especially the experiences of trans youth.Speaking about trans athletes, Crowder said, “We're looking at men beating the hell out of women … in their own sports.”Kelly then claimed that there are “crazy trans activists” that are trying to make young gay men trans.“The crazy trans activists are so vicious and they're basically kind of doing conversion therapy on young gay men — instead of you're not gay, you're trans, you're secretly a girl,” Kelly said.In a segment of the transphobic conversation, posted on Twitter by Media Matters’ Senior Researcher Jason Campbell, Kelly and Crowder also questioned the “T” in LGBTQ+. “The interests aren’t necessarily aligned,” Kelly said while attacking the LGBTQ+ rights group GLAAD, asking if the organization has “lost the real scope of its original mission.” Throughout Kelly’s show, she and Crowder also criticize the medical associations that support trans children, while making false assertions about gender-affirming care over and over again.  Kelly went on to attack White House Press Secretary Jenn Psaki for her comments about state legislatures going after the rights of trans children.Last week, Jen Psaki shed some tears during a recent interview on the News Not Noise podcast when the subject of the latest barrage of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation being proposed and passed by the GOP came up. Podcast host Jessica Yellin asked Psaki for her thoughts on the recent legislation and whether its motivation was sincere or an “organized political attempt to create a wedge issue ahead of the midterms,” to which Psaki said, “Ding.

Schitt’s Creek star Noah Reid has slammed the current wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in a new interview.

The cast of Queer Eye can’t speak enough about Angel Flores.

Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich has warned the NSW’s minority Dominic Perrottet government that he would withdraw his support if the Premier continued to make comments against the transgender community.The Perrottet government, which does not have a majority in the NSW Parliament, relies on the support of Independents, including out gay MP Greenwich. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Perrottet is likely to meet Greenwich and trans advocates next week. Trigger Warning: This story discusses transphobic comments made by political leaders, 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.Premier Perrottet had earlier this week waded into the debate on trans sportspersons in female sports, while supporting Liberal candidate Katherine Deves.

San Francisco's historic transgender neighborhood is getting a new supervisorial home. The decision is being compared to the Republican-led assault on trans people in various statehouses across the country.The San Francisco Redistricting Task Force voted 5-4 at its April 21 meeting to reject a motion that would have maintained the Tenderloin and its Transgender District whole in District 6 along with the Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District in western South of Market.

A South Florida man says he was physically assaulted outside his home because of his sexuality.

faced death threats and calls to be canceled over her remarks.“There isn’t one answer to all these trans questions,” Margolyes told the UK’s Radio Times magazine, according to Yahoo News.“We all know people who are slightly pansy or a bit butch or whatever you call it,” the actress said, saying that “there is a spectrum and people can be anywhere along that.”“But I think the vituperation J.K. Rowling has received is misplaced,” she said of the vitriol directed at the author.“I admire her as a human being.