Mum accused of bullying as she excludes one classmate from daughter's party

Sam Brinton, one of the federal government's first gender-fluid officials, has been placed on leave from their position as deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition at the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy after being accused of theft. Another official has been named as their interim replacement.They are charged with felony theft, Insider reports.  According to court documents, Brinton is accused of taking a Vera Bradley suitcase and its contents from baggage claim at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport September 16.

The mother of the accused Club Q shooter was detained by police the day after the attack, according to court records released Monday.Laura Voepel, 45, was detained about 3:30 a.m. November 20 at a Colorado Springs apartment complex, The Denver Post reports. She was charged with resisting arrest, which is a misdemeanor, and disorderly conduct, a petty offense.

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Kelly Holmes has spoken about the struggle of dating in the closet, both throughout her military career and as a high-profile Olympian.

(CNN) -- The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on final passage of a bipartisan bill to protect same-sex and interracial marriage.The chamber on Monday night reached an agreement to hold three amendment votes starting at 3:45 p.m. ET before a final passage vote.

The Women’s Chorus of Dallas presents Holiday Hearts, featuring Bandan Koro African Drum and Dance Ensemble.

Police in Scotland are investigating the unexplained death of a man at a gay spa over the weekend. The unidentified 51-year-old man died late Saturday afternoon at the Pipeworks Men’s Health Spa on Metropole Lane in Glasgow. While the death is unexplained, authorities indicated they do not suspect foul play was involved and are instead trying to determine an official cause of death.“We received a report of a sudden death of a 51-year-old man at a premises on Metropole Lane, Glasgow around 7.55 p.m.

Queer singer-songwriter Omar Apollo swiftly and humourously took down an accusation of queerbaiting on Twitter.

Cat Burns, FLO and Nia Archives have each been nominated for the prestigious Rising Star award at next year’s BRITs.

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Three stellar performers have been nominated for the upcoming BRIT Awards Rising Star Award, including Gay Times Honours performer Cat Burns.

A pitch invader showing support for LGBTQ+ rights, women’s rights in Iran, and Ukraine interrupted a World Cup match on Monday between Portugal and Uruguay.Waving a rainbow flag, the runner, identified as Mario Ferri by the Independent, ran across the field at the Lusail Iconic Stadium at the World Cup in Qatar.The incident happened in the 51st minute of the game, CNN reports.Ferri wrote on social media, “I’M BACK.” He added that he “wanted to send out important messages.” He also said on an Instagram story that there were “No Legal consequences, I am free.”Images taken of Ferri show him wearing a blue shirt with the words “SAVE UKRAINE” on the front with “RESPECT FOR IRANIAN WOMAN” on the back.The 35-year-old Italian has run onto pitches at past World Cup games, according to the Independent.LGBTQ+ rights have been a major point of tension at the games as Qatar, the host country, criminalizes sex between men and has reportedly maliciously detained queer people. Several fans have reportedly been told to remove rainbow-colored items before being allowed into the stadium by security.

(CNN) – A ‘Tornado Tuesday’ of severe storms is expected to deliver the potential for a monstrous trio of tornadoes, damaging winds, and hail to millions of people across parts of the Southeast and Mississippi Valley beginning Tuesday afternoon, forecasters are warning.More than 40 million people from southeastern Texas eastward to Georgia, and northward to central Indiana and Illinois are under a threat of severe weather Tuesday, according to the Storm Prediction Center.The largest potential for the most severe weather is for about 1 million people in parts of central Mississippi, including Jackson, as well as parts of east-central Louisiana. In those areas, the threat for severe weather, including large hail and possible tornadoes, is a Level 4 of 5, with 5 being the highest, according to prediction the center.The Level 4, or moderate threat, is rare for this time of year for that region, which usually sees tornadoes during the spring and summer months.“Severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes, very large hail, and a few severe wind gusts are expected this afternoon into the overnight period across parts of the lower to mid-Mississippi Valley and parts of the Southeast,” the prediction center said.

(CNN) -- The World Health Organization announced Monday that "mpox" is now the preferred name for monkeypox."Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while 'monkeypox' is phased out," the organization said.The Biden administration said they "welcome the change" and the US will use the mpox name "from this point forward."Monkeypox was named in 1970, more than a decade after the virus that causes the disease was discovered in captive monkeys, the organization said. But monkeypox probably didn't start in monkeys -- its origin is still unknown -- and the virus can be found in several other kinds of animals.The name was created before WHO published best practices for naming diseases in 2015.Scientists and experts have pushed since the start of the recent outbreak to change the name to avoid discrimination and stigma that could steer people away from testing and vaccination.

A number of entertainers paid tribute to beloved Drag Race UK star Cherry Valentine at a memorial concert in London on 28 November.

A protester displaying a rainbow flag leapt onto the pitch during last night’s World Cup game in Qatar, protesting human rights issues.

Fans of I'm a Celebrity....Get Me Out of Here! have taken to social media to fume over the treatment of one of the show's contestants.

The Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department has pushed back against claims that transgender YouTube star Nikita Dragun was housed in a men’s unit after being arrested at a Miami Beach, Fla., hotel.Authorities arrested Dragun, a beauty influencer with millions of social media followers, on Monday at the Goodtime Hotel for allegedly assaulting a police officer. She was placed in a men’s prison unit afterward, according to her publicist."The situation with Nikita, who is legally female, being placed in a men’s unit of a Florida jail is extremely disturbing and dangerous,” her publicist, Jack Ketsoyan of Full Scope Public Relations, said in a statement.

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Vermont has elected a gay man, Michael Pieciak, as state treasurer.Pieciak, a Democrat, bested Republican H. Brooke Paige in the race to replace Beth Pearce, also a Dem, who did not seek reelection.Pieciak will be the first member of the LGBTQ+ community to hold the office. He has held an appointed position as Vermont’s top financial regulator since 2016, and he helped lead the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

After losing his own congressional seat and helping stop a "red wave," Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney spoke about the historic midterm elections of 2022.Maloney served as chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and was tasked by Speaker Nancy Pelosi with keeping the House of Representatives in Democratic hands.

Nikita Dragun, a famous trans influencer and model, was put in a men’s prison after being arrested at a hotel in Miami.

The mother of a gay man robbed and killed under suspicious circumstances in New York City earlier this year broke her silence this week, calling out Manhattan’s new district attorney for refusing to prosecute her son’s alleged murderers, a gang suspected of preying on young gay men in Hell’s Kitchen.Linda Clary told The New York Post District Attorney Alvin Bragg is dragging his feet on bringing charges against the suspected killers of her son, John Umberger, 33, of Washington D.C., who was drugged, robbed, and murdered after a night out visiting gay bars in Hell’s Kitchen this past May. The same gang of men is believed responsible for the April death of Brooklyn social worker Julio Ramirez, 25, who also died under suspicious circumstances after being drugged and robbed in the area, and at least dozen more gay men who were also drugged and robbed.“I can’t be quiet anymore. Word needs to get out, especially in the gay community, that they are targeting gay men,” Linda Clary told the Post, later adding, “This same group of killers have drugged, robbed, and murdered countless young gay men in New York.”Umberger was last seen on Saturday, May 28, with three unidentified men on a security camera as they entered an Upper East Side townhouse where he was staying.

After her Monday arrest at a Miami Beach, Fla., hotel for assaulting a police officer and other lesser charges, social media influencer Nikita Dragun was placed in a men’s prison, according to her publicist."The situation with Nikita, who is legally female, being placed in a men’s unit of a Florida jail is extremely disturbing and dangerous,” her publicist, Jack Ketsoyan of Full Scope Public Relations, said in a statement. “This decision made by the Miami-Dade County Corrections Department directly violates their protocol, which mandates that transgender inmates are classified and housed based on safety needs and gender identity.

Tuesday’s election marked a successful round of political activism for the pro-LGBTQ+ Agenda PAC.In the Pennsylvania governor and U.S. Senate races as well as the competitive California 41st Congressional District, the organization spent nearly $150,000 on paid communications, according to an Agenda PAC press release.

Democrat Jared Polis, the first out gay man elected governor of any U.S. state, is now the first one reelected.NBC News and ABC News both called the Colorado governor’s race for Polis about 7:30 p.m. Mountain time.

Newly-elected New Hampshire state Rep. James Roesener

New Hampshire on Tuesday became the first state to elect a transgender man to its state legislature in U.S. history.James Roesener, a bisexual Democrat, won the seat for the state’s 22nd House District, Ward 8, according to the Victory Fund, an LGBTQ+ rights group that supports queer candidates.

Sir Gavin Williamson has resigned from Government following accusations of bullying, saying the allegations against him were "becoming a distraction".

Last year, Laura Garrison made us clutch our pearls when she caused a stir regarding a pillar of the holiday season. The Stoneleigh P general manager opted to keep “All I Want for Christmas is You” to a minimum by banning Mariah Carey’s iconic Christmas song from its playlist before Dec. 1 and then limited it to one play a night through the entire month. The whole thing even got the queen’s attention.

Concerns about Qatar hosting the World Cup continue, and now there’s been a report that a gay man says he was gang-raped by police in the nation in 2018.The Middle Eastern nation has some of the most anti-LGBTQ+ laws in the world. Homosexuality is illegal there and can be punished with up to seven years in prison. Qatar is also repressive toward women, and migrant workers have been abused there.

A senior Conservative minister allegedly told a senior civil servant to "slit your throat" in what they claimed was a bullying campaign. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under increasing pressure over his decision to bring Gavin Williamson back into Government after The Guardian reported fresh incendiary claims about his conduct.

(CNN) – As tasty as it might look, you should refrain from licking the Sonoran desert toad, the National Park Service has warned.On Tuesday, the NPS used Facebook to warn passerby to use caution around the Sonoran desert toad, also known as the Colorado river toad.The amphibian is one of the largest toads found in north America, measuring up to seven inches, according to the Facebook post. The toad’s call is a distinctive “low-pitched toot,” says the NPS. But the toads, found across the American southwest, also boast another unique feature: They “have prominent parotid glands that secrete a potent toxin,” according to the NPS.

Canada’s Drag Race contestant Rita Baga has apologised after she was accused of doing blackface in a Glee-inspired performance several years ago.

The White Lotus star Aubrey Plaza has joined Marvel’s new Agatha: Coven Of Chaos series. 

Afgelopen Vrijdag was een pro-formazitting in de zaak. Een avond stappen is voor een 20-jarige Amsterdammer uitgemond in een nachtmerrie.

History is in the making. For the first time, two openly gay candidates are competing for election to a US congressional seat.

Dwayne Wade’s ex-wife has asked a judge to block Wade from allowing their trans daughter, Zaya, to change her name and gender on her birth certificate. Siohvaughn Funches-Wade claims the basketball star is taking advantage of Zaya’s transgender identity for financial gain.Funches-Wade objected to Wade’s petition for recognition of their daughter Zaya’s gender change and the issuance of a new birth certificate. Since Zaya is only 15 years old, it’s necessary to have parental permission to obtain a court order granting the changes. Celebrity news site the Blast reports that Funches-Wade claims the NBA star is trying to circumvent the Illinois final custody order judgment entered in 2011.

Dwyane Wade and his ex-wife Siohvaughn Funches-Wade are not on the same page about their child.

Yasmin Finney is the latest cover star for British Vogue.

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Kit Connor isn’t too pleased with the public right about now.

The National LGBTQ Task Force has assembled a group of straight and queer, transgender, and cisgender men for a campaign to persuade cis men to support the fight for reproductive freedom.The campaign, “Ban the Reproductive Binary,” consists of several short videos from a diverse set of male-identified voices, was released ahead of the midterm election to emphasize why reproductive rights affect cis men. The project was produced with funding from the Pop Culture Collaborative.The recent Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v.

HEARTSTOPPER actor Kit Connor has revealed he is bisexual. The 18-year-old, who plays rugby player Nick Nelson in the Netflix hit,  said he was “forced” to discuss his sexuality by fans of the show. In a tweet on Monday he wrote: “Back for a minute.

A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty after he was charged over threatening the life of Democratic U.S. Rep.

A scandal-hit youth charity has seen members resign over safety concerns and bullying.

An advocacy group in Denver is bringing attention to domestic violence as an ongoing issue. Men and LGBTQ+ people have been calling for help in more significant numbers since the pandemic began, according to the group.SafeHouse Denver is hoping to snap the stigma of speaking out for anyone who is a victim of domestic violence. According to its website, the group is the only agency in the city and county of Denver that offers comprehensive domestic violence services to the victims of domestic abuse.The most common perception of domestic violence is that it is specific to women with cis-male partners.While SafeHouse Denver reports an increase in the number of men and people who identify as LGBTQ+, only 5 percent of their clients are males, and 13 percent are LGBTQ+, according to Denver Fox affiliate KDVR.According to the CDC’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 44 percent of lesbians and 61 percent of bisexual women experience rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner, compared to 35 percent of straight women.LGBTQ+ members reported high rates of intimate partner violence, according to the 2013 CDC study.

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