New Va. guidelines stipulates parental input on transgender kids

Good is one of the most intense plays we’re ever witnessed. Set in Germany during the 1930s, this ethical drama introduces us to Professor Halder (David Tennant), who initially appears to be a good man. Well educated and respected, with a loving wife (Sharon Small) and children, and a Jewish best friend Maurice (Elliot Levey), he’s opposed to much of what the rising Nazi party stands for, but understands why their populist policies are enjoying some support. Over the course of a couple of hours, under the direction of Dominic Cooke, we explore how a ‘good’ man can become corrupted.

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By now we’ve all heard of the “inappropriate behavior” Bill Murray has been accused of on his new movie — leading to complaints which shut down the entire production in April. As more time passes, more stories are coming out about the darker side of his unpredictable comic genius.

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Happy Queer History Month, and happy weekend!Things got pretty wild this week. A pro athlete came out (and immediately said “jk”), Ed Sheeran gave Sam Smith that super horny gift, and a killer doll named “M3gan” came out of nowhere and slayed the gays.This week in queer music history was somehow even wilder; so wild, in fact, that we can’t even show half of the “age-inappropriate” music videos.From nude biking poses to iconic roses, here’s your weekly bop rewind:With the world’s most thinly veiled metaphor, Queen decided to drop the biconic track the world didn’t know it was waiting for.

Be warned: Minor spoilers for Halloween Ends ahead.After 44 years, the iconic, game-changing horror franchise Halloween comes to its conclusion this weekend with the aptly named Halloween Ends.Now, whether that’s actually true, or whether the franchise—like its masked antagonist—will rise again, remains to be seen (where there’s money and recognizable IP, there’s a way). But it seems almost certain that Jamie Lee Curtis is taking her final bow as Laurie Strode, the victim-turned-survivor role that made her a star and a definitive scream queen for the ages.Related: Every ‘Halloween’ movie ranked from least to most gayIn any event, David Gordon Green’s Halloween Ends is now playing in theaters and simultaneously streaming on Paramount+, and the reception has been wildly mixed.

President Joe Biden says he’ll meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at next month’s G-20 Summit only if Putin’s willing to discuss the release of out American WNBA star Brittney Griner.“Look, I have no intention of meeting with him, but look, if he came to me at the G-20 and said, ‘I want to talk about the release of Griner,’ I would meet with him, but that would depend,” Biden told Jake Tapper on CNN Tuesday.Griner's attorney told the New York Times that Griner is not optimistic at the moment. “She is not yet absolutely convinced that America will be able to take her home,” Alexandr Boykov said. He told the Times that he had spoken to Griner on Tuesday.

Mary Trump appeared on CNN last night to talk with Don Lemon about her uncle’s flailing reelection campaign, his increasingly erratic behavior, and his terrible dancing skills.Asked how Donald Trump might react if he loses his reelection bid, Mary Trump said it will be a “rough ride” for the nation but especially for her uncle.“He’s not going to take it well,” she said. “Losing is not an acceptable thing in my family.”“My grandfather set his business up and his family up as a zero-sum game, and that meant only one person could win and everybody else needed to lose, and in order to win, Donald was trained to do whatever it took, whether it was lying, cheating, or stealing.”Mary Trump on @donlemon was an entire mood tonight.

Lily Collins is teasing a dreamy and dramatic third season of her hit Netflix series, “Emily in Paris”.

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Aussie heartthrob Hugh Sheridan, known for their leading roles in the show Packed to the Rafters and its sequel series Back to the Rafters, just revealed a long-term relationship that spent nearly a decade under wraps.In an interview on The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show, the star opened up about their identity, their personal life, and a nine-year-long marriage to an apparently well-known entertainer.“I can’t say their name because they were in the same industry, so. Couldn’t really be specific about that, but I was married,” Sheridan says.“We were solidly together for about seven, and then the last couple we were traveling a lot and it got too hard,” they explain, adding, “We’re still very good friends.”  A post shared by Hugh Sheridan (@hugh_sheridan)While they kept most of the details redacted — including the ex’s identity — they detailed that they’d gotten married all the way back in July of 2011.Sheridan has spoken for a couple years now on their identity as, as they put it in a since-deleted Instagram post, “nonbinary/bi/me/Hughman”.

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Gemma Collins has had a year of soaking up the sunshine as she jetted off on many breaks where she showed off her incredible weight loss.The former TOWIE star, 41, may be back - for now - but it hasn’t stopped her from continuing to flaunt herself and as she got a new ‘do put in, she gave fans a glimpse of her natural beauty.Taking to Instagram on Friday, Gemma’s glossy blonde locks were getting a trim as she wrote: “Fringe vibes, good morning I’m loving the Crisp weather @iamjamesjohnson always a pleasure first thing happy Friday”. Many were quick to comment on her natural beauty as one fan wrote: “Lovely hair beautiful with out make up”.

A 22- year-old aspiring gay medical student was tortured and killed by Taliban fighters two months ago after being stopped at a checkpoint in the Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul.

CitizenGO Africa, a Catholic activist organization, has launched a boycott campaign against Netflix over its pro-LGBTQ content.

hopelessly gross." Vulture wrote of the play, "We recoil from his bulbous grunt, his sweat-stained pits, his rippling excesses." Reviews like these, though anti-fat in and of themselves, point to the inherent anti-fat bias in the show's original staging.The number of people who describe this premise as "humanizing" is so disheartening.

Everyone is crushing on Nancy Pelosi today after the January 6 committee played seven minutes of never-before-seen footage of her remaining cool as a cucumber while taking charge during the deadly Capitol attack.Related: Everyone’s gagging over January 6 hearing’s mysterious “Clark Kent”–was his identity just revealed?The dramatic recording was captured by Pelosi’s daughter, journalist and filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, who happened to be at the Capitol that day recording a documentary for HBO.The AP reports:The recordings offer a rare glimpse into the real-time reactions of the most powerful members of Congress as they scrambled to drum up support from all parts of the government, including from agencies seemingly ill prepared for the chaos, and vented anger over a president whose conduct they felt had endangered their lives.In the videos, Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer negotiate with governors and defense officials to try to get the National Guard to the Capitol as police were being brutally beaten outside the building.The deployment of the Guard was delayed for hours as Trump stood by and did little to stop the violence of his supporters.Take 7 minutes to watch House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and others respond to the Capitol insurrection in previously unseen footage.

Gay adult film star and OnlyFans content creator Lawrence Morningstar died. He was 31 years old.In late September, Morningstar’s friend gay adult performer and go-go dancer Damien Cruz posted the news on Twitter.“It gives me the utmost sadness to have to tell you all, my soulmate, my brother, and my best friend [Lawrence Morningstar]has passed away this morning,” Cruz wrote on Twitter.

Michigan is the latest state seeking to criminalize gender-affirming care for young people.State Rep. Ryan Berman, the same legislator seeking to ban drag shows in schools — not that any Michigan school has been known to host a drag show — introduced a bill Tuesday under which parents and guardians would be charged with felony child abuse if they allow their children to undergo gender-confirmation procedures. Medical professionals who provide the care would be charged as well.

Young Royals, is just around the corner. And we can barely stand the wait!The series—which has been described as The Crown meets Gossip Girl—concerns itself with Swedish prince Wilhelm (Edvin Ryding) who is enrolled at a prestigious boarding school after he brings some bad press to the family name.

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is getting criticized on social media for saying that her massive wealth is enough to keep her happy as she devotes her life to opposing equal rights for transgender people.She shared a screenshot of a tweet from an unknown person that read: “How do you sleep at night knowing you’ve lost a whole audience from buying your books?”“I read my most recent royalty cheques and find the pain goes away pretty quickly,” she responded.I read my most recent royalty cheques and find the pain goes away pretty quickly.

League of Legends has finally revealed its newest Champion, and the prideful warrior is a historic queer first for the franchise.The Shuriman hunter K’Sante is set to become the franchise’s first Black queer warrior, and the first character to be openly marketed as queer upon release.His first teaser trailer is ambiguously titled “The Hunter’s Pride”:“Pride” takes on a triple-meaning here: the obvious queer Pride, the hero’s storied hubris, and his apparent connection to a lion-like creature shown in the teaser.The hunter was officially announced to be queer on Twitter by his voice actor, DeObria Oparei, following the release of the teaser.The actor specifies that he’s “portraying the first LGBTQ black Champion Warrior”:I’m excited to give life and voice to K’Sante and make history portraying the first LGBTQ black Champion Warrior @LeagueOfLegends pic.twitter.com/yCVvtZXCTe— DeObia Oparei (@DeObia) October 13, 2022Related: Lil Nas X is taking over the world-of League of Legends, that isK’Sante’s addition to the roster has been teased for weeks. The new champion was spotlighted by the League of Legends team last month in their collaboration with fellow Black LGBTQ+ champion, Lil Nas X.The singer was announced to be collaborating with the team on developing an exclusive Prestige skin for the upcoming hero, in addition to his releasing his “Star Walkin’” League Worlds anthem.A new animated trailer titled “Defeat Your Monster” introduces the hero locked in an epic battle with a gargantuan beast — and explains how he faced the monster inside himself.Featured in K’Sante’s backstory is the tale of how he lost his love, only addressed as “The Archer”.

Jonathan Van Ness responded to criticism that claimed they and Antoni Porowski queerbaited fans in the announcement of their new business.

B. Pagels-Minor, a former Netflix employee who organized protests of Dave Chappelle’s transphobic comedy special; Barbra Seville, a drag queen that stood up to a GOP politician and brought receipts; Maia Kobabe, a nonbinary author who found emself at the center of the right’s book-banning craze; Adrian Jawort, who sued a pastor who lied about her and misgendered her… and won; and HRC legal director Sarah Warbelow, who testified in Congress about LGBTQ people’s rights in the wake of Roe being overturned and stood up to a Republican Congressman who was erasing bisexual people.The nominees for Hero who Stood Up with Dignity came out, fought back, and stood tall.

Virginia's governor has stripped transgender public school kids in the state's schools of fundamental rights to dignity and belonging. Under new policies by Republican Gov.

A Texas judge has expanded a statewide injunction blocking harmful “child abuse” investigations into parents of trans youth.

In a move that could further inflame the debate over how to handle transgender rights in schools, Virginia will no longer allow students to use facilities marked for the gender they identify with and will mandate that they file legal documents if they wish to be called by different pronouns. Those directives were among several guidelines for schools that the Virginia Department of Education announced on Friday in a reversal of transgender policies that the state outlined last year.

Gov. Greg Abbott issued a directive in February targeting trans youth and their families with child abuse investigations.

Freeform has finally launched one of their three unscripted series of the year, The Come Up.

TAMMYE NASH | Managing EditorNash@dallasvoice.com It was Friday, Aug. 8, 1969 — less than two months after

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The Texas Power Exchange contest, owned by Malcolm and Master John, began last year with Doctor Bubbles and Kit Kat Anne taking the title the first year. Pictured are, from left, Malcolm, Doctor Bubbles, Kit Kat Anne and Master John.

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Regina “Mya” Allen, a Black transgender activist, was shot and killed in Milwaukee less than a month before her 36th birthday.

The fight against transgender equality has quickly escalated to an outright war waged by extremists on the political right who seem to completely control a narrative that most of their base actually doesn’t even support. Why is the political right so adamant about fighting transgender equality? Because it gets people to vote; historically, that has already been proven. In the 1980s, Paul Weyrich rallied evangelicals like himself

Equality Virginia on Thursday announced it will track whether school boards have implemented the Virginia Department of Education’s guidelines for transgender and nonbinary students.

Izzy Dieker, who spoke out and instigated reforms after she punished at school for saying she’s a lesbian; the Pendleton Heights Gay-Straight Alliance, which won sued their school – and won – when they were forced to keep a low profile; school board chair Kelsey Waits, who did what she needed to do to protect her trans daughter who was outed and harassed; the PFLAG v. Abbott plaintiffs, who stopped the state from investigating the supportive parents of trans kids as child abusers; and Charlee Corra, a teacher and one of the heirs to the Disney fortune who came out to speak out against the Don’t Say Gay law.These five nominees defended LGBTQ kids’ rights and made the future a better place.

A trans boy has been outed at a school in Israel resulting in anti-trans protests by parents and threats of school transfers. The third grader attends Morsheth Naria school in Givat Shmuel. Trigger Warning: This story discusses transphobic conduct, 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.In an interview with Ono News, a parent said, “The administration knew about the story and probably most of the teachers did too, but it dropped on the parents like lightning on a clear day.”According to JewishPress, 17 transphobic parents of third graders threatened to pull their children from school.“We, the majority of third-grade parents, are not ready to contain the phenomenon and accept the damage to our spiritual character and the emotional damage that our children are going through and will go through in the future.”“We need your help in this fight to stand firm on the way our children are educated, and our insistence that we are not ready to apologize for our way of life and our desire to educate our children according to our will.”In response religious LGBTQ Group, Havruta tweeted, “In the service of transphobia and under the auspices of the hate lobby, there is a demonstration in Givat Shmuel against a religious trans boy.

Chicago icon and legend Gloria Allen, 76, who lived in an LGBTQ-friendly senior residence, died June 13 of respiratory failure.An advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, Allen “transitioned before Stonewall and the word transgender even existed,” says her friend Luchina Fisher, who is also the writer and director of Mama Gloria, a documentary about Allen.Confident about her identity from early on, Allen says in the documentary, “When I came out of my mother’s womb, I was out.”“The only time I entered a closet was to get me an outfit and a pair of pumps,” she adds. Allen grew up in the Bronzeville section of Chicago and later became part of the South Side’s legendary drag ball scene.

As the oldest annually contested marathon in the world, the Boston Marathon often sets standards in the world of running. So, when the Boston Athletic Association, the race’s organizer, announced this week that it would invite nonbinary athletes to compete next year without having to register in the men’s or women’s divisions, it sent a signal to runners like Cal Calamia. “The Boston Marathon is the pinnacle of marathons,” said Calamia, 26, who won the nonbinary division of this year’s San Francisco Marathon.

Transgender people born in Montana will no longer be able to change the sex listed on their birth certificate to accurately reflect their identity under a new state rule that is among the most restrictive in the country, according to transgender rights groups. Under the rule, which took effect on Saturday, transgender people may change the sex listed on their birth certificate only if it was recorded incorrectly as a result of a clerical error or if the person’s sex was “misidentified” on the original certificate and they can prove it through DNA or other scientific testing.

Maybelle Blair, the 95-year-old baseball player who was an inspiration for A League of Their Own who came out this year; Solomon Bates, the second minor league baseball player to come out and was signed by the Sioux City Explorers; Lia Thomas, who came out and stood up to her Republican lawmaker dad; Megan Rapinoe, who educates her followers about wildlife and whose emu stole the show; his followers on TikTok and Instagram about life as a trans dad and promoted protests against anti-trans laws; and Justine Lindsay, who uses her large platform on to show what it’s like to be Black, queer, and Muslim.The nominees for LGBTQ Nation’s Sports Hero of the Year 2022 confirm that what counts, win or lose, is how you play the game. Vote now for LGBTQ Nation’s 2022 Sports Hero. Maybelle BlairIn June, Maybelle Blair, who inspired the character played by Madonna in Penny Marshall’s 1992 comedy A League of Their Own, came out as gay.The occasion was the premiere of a new Amazon series based on the film.

Trans women have been banned from competing in the category that aligns with their gender identity by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU).

LGBTQ Nation’s 2022 Political Hero are Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Rachel Levine, who became the first out transgender four-star admiral and spoke out for trans health care access; Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who scored a major win for LGBTQ protections in her state and stood up to Don’t Say Gay; California state Rep. Scott Wiener, who helped martial several pieces of pro-LGBTQ legislation through the legislature; Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, who went full gay dad and stood up for the rights of the kids of LGBTQ people to speak about their families in schools; and Urbandale, Iowa School Board member Daniel Gutmann, who stood up to a candidate backed by the anti-LGBTQ organization Moms for Liberty and won.These five LGBTQ people were elected or appointed to serve, and did so with distinction.

Jennie Punter Tucked in a corner of the Catskills, Casa Susanna was a modest private resort where cross-dressing heterosexual men and transgender women gathered on summer weekends through the 1950s and ‘60s to live as their true selves, dressed in the ladies’ fashion of the day and engaging in bourgeois social activities such as taking snapshots.   Over the past 15 years, a handful of articles, academic research, and photography exhibitions (and let’s not forget the 2014 Tony-nominated play by Harvey Fierstein) have gradually opened the door to this secret subculture of Cold War America. Now “Casa Susanna,” a new documentary by French filmmaker Sébastien Lifshitz (“Wild Side,” “Little Girl”), flings it open.

In a major blow to LGBTQ+ rights, Montana has banned trans citizens from changing their birth certificates. 

In a major blow to LGBTQ+ rights, Montana has banned trans citizens from changing their birth certificates. 

After nearly 30 years of working in Hollywood, Gabrielle Union is used to facing slings and arrows. Still, when she opens up Twitter and sees people attacking her trans daughter, Zaya Wade, it hits differently.