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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has barred transgender women from using women’s restrooms on the House side of the U.S. Capitol and the House office buildings, his office announced in a statement on Wednesday.

When Matt Gaetz is nominated as Attorney General, Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Pete Hegseth, Secretary of the Department of Defense, it would appear a very sick joke is being played on the American people. But this isn’t a joke.

Family Matters, Steve Urkel really was the full package … in more ways than one.Jaleel White rose to fame playing the nerdy next door neighbor to the Winslow family on the beloved series from 1989 to 1998.Initially, the character was only set to appear for one episode, but Urkel quickly became the show’s breakout character known for the catchphrase “Did I do that?” and wearing suspenders and high-waisted jeans.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Iconic.White played the character for the show’s 9 seasons, from the age of 12 until he was 21.However, ahead of the show’s final seasons, the actor got too big for his britches…literally!In a new interview, the now 47-year-old discussed how production had to make adjustments to Urkel’s costumes because he was too well-endowed.“In the final season of Family Matters, it was decided — I was not a part of any of these not sessions — it was decided that I would no longer wear jeans, because they just looked just too tight,” White told SiriusXM’s Mad Dog Sports Radio. “And if you’ll notice, on the final season of Family Matters, Steve only wears khakis.”A post shared by Mad Dog Sports Radio (@maddogsportsradio)The reason behind the costume change was because executives found Urkel’s physical transformation into adulthood too distracting.White elaborates on his, erm, growth spurt in his new memoir Growing Up Urkel and disclosed how he was told by producers the plans to keep Urkel evolving but also family-friendly.“We want to keep this character going, because everybody knows the character, but we just don’t want certain characteristics anymore,” White writes in the book, per Entertainment Weekly. “Let’s get rid of the suspenders.

ImageCredit...Brian Rea Haunting in Our Family History “You are a ghost,” he slurred, whiskey glass trembling in his hand. My son’s words stung, but I saw the pain and depression behind them. I had been away caring for his mother before she passed.

Mafalda cartoonist Quino, and “Habana Libre,” a take on rebellious youth in Cuba, look like potential standouts at Ventana Docs, a selection of 12 doc features from across Latin America and Spain. A notable number have been developed at prestigious labs, whether Sundance Festival programs (“Bleeding Heart,” “Violent-House-Fiction”) or Spain’s Pompeu Fabra University. Two tell trans stories (“I Believe,” “Yren”) and with it, chart resistance and intolerance, main banes of other Ventana Sur titles.