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Reuters reports. In some instances, the attackers forced their victims to send bank transfers.“Those arrested have confessed to having robbed at least 15 or 20 people using the same method in the last four months,” J.P.

Meet Christopher-Aaron Felker. He’s an openly gay candidate currently running for Burlington City Council in Burlington, Vermont.

LGBTQ comedians Sampson McCormick and Kia Barnes will be performing at Mixx Atlanta (1492 Piedmont Ave NE) on February 22. The show, called “Black Joy,” will start at 7:30pm with doors opening at 7pm. Tickets are $20 for singles and $35 for couples in advance and $25 and $40, respectively, at the door.

Michaela Jaé Rodriguez will be honored with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, April 2, 2022.The award goes to an LGBTQ+ professional who has made a difference in promoting queer acceptance, according to a press release.

On Thursday, February 16, Limerick unveiled its first Pride rainbow crossing. It was installed by Limerick’s Active Travel team who are aiming to improve the City’s pedestrian and cycling network.  The vibrant new feature exists outside the City and County Council offices at Merchant’s Quay, beside a pedestrian crossing on Bridge Street. As previously mentioned, […]

Government officials in Cuba have launched a series of public consultations across the nation to discuss future legislation surrounding marriage equality and adoption for same-sex couples. The first neighbourhood meetings were held at the start of February, with a total of 78,000 expected to occur by the end of April. The meetings were organised by […]

A resurfaced clip of Sade’s appearance on The Wanda Sykes show is reminding fans of their love for the singer, and offering many a first chance to hear the famously private artist’s speaking voice.Plus, it’s proof of Sade’s comedy chops, as if there aren’t enough reasons to admire her.The Nigerian-born British singer has long evaded the limelight, despite being one of the most successful recording artists alive with over 50 million records sold.Related: Sade’s trans son posts moving Instagram post thanking momWhen her 2010 album Soldier of Love was released — her first album in 10 years — Sade joked about her own elusiveness with Wanda Sykes.We don’t know why this video resurfaced, but we’re glad it did:this sketch was so funny she’s really mother pic.twitter.com/H5C5FcIMRt— é (@foxxybemine) February 16, 2022The Sade love came flooding in, and many remarked it was their first time actually hearing her speak:Would you believe this is my first time hearing Sade's speaking voice? lol https://t.co/9CO0Yr4pSW— nathan (@868nathan) February 16, 2022Sade’s voice ??????????????? I love it https://t.co/zwO49JEx1p— F R E E B O D Y $ H Y (@SHYBRIM) February 16, 2022I’m realizing I’ve never heard Sade speak before now https://t.co/OYwh3epq7y— Modern Day Esther ? (@ModernEsther_) February 16, 2022I just realized I’ve never heard her speak outside of singing omg, her voice is alluring— Mani Moo (@ManiFreakingMoo) February 16, 2022Me if they use her voice for Siri: pic.twitter.com/kX1qOiWqlE— The Assuaging Charientist (@Rihannas_Crush) February 16, 2022Sade is just ethereal.. she is one of those artists that’s multi generational..

teenagers so no one else would know they were gay, a biographer claims. Gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray terrorised east London in the 1950s and 60s with their thuggery and violence all the while keeping their homosexuality a secret, John Pearson wrote.One of his books became second only to the Bible for popularity among locked up criminals, but Ronnie's shocking admission was in another, MyLondon reports.The author chose to only publish the twin's shocking allegation once they had both died and his book Notorious: The Immortal Legend of the Kray Twins hit shelves in 2011.Mr Pearson, who died last year aged 91, interviewed both twins upon their personal invitation and claims Ronnie disclosed the secret of the incestuous relationship.

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Donald Trump is gearing up to launch his latest business failure, a new social media network called Truth Social.Since he can’t actually promote the site on Twitter or Facebook himself after being banned from the platforms for inciting last year’s insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, the ex-president is relying on his eldest son to do it for him.“Time for some Truth!!!” Don Jr.

An American female diagnosed with leukemia has become the third person and first woman cured of HIV according to multiple reports. Researchers have stated that the patient received a novel stem cell transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus, and that the outcome was successful. Scientists revealed some of the case […]

Lemon revealed the reads she had planned for the Drag Race UK vs the World queens and shared her Dot Dot Dot runway look.

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Related: Keith Haring’s greatest erotic masterpiece is hidden in an old men’s room in NYCQueerty archeologists have unearthed footage taken at a New Year’s Eve party Haring hosted at a gallery in downtown Manhattan to ring in 1984, the same year he collaborated with fashion designer Vivienne Westwood to create the textile for the skirt Madonna wore in her music video “Borderline.”Related: Pages from Keith Haring’s rare, decidedly safe-for-kids coloring bookThe hour-long footage was captured by videographer Nelson Sullivan, who chronicled the city’s queer scene from 1983 until his death in 1989.

Ireland on Monday that 53-year-old father Timmy Hourihane was savagely beaten to death “for no other reason than for being gay.”The father of one died after being assaulted on October 13, 2019, in a tent city of those experiencing homelessness in Cork, Southern Star reports. Hourihane had previously been a chef who worked for the Hilton Hotel Group in the U.K.Two men have been charged with his murder, including 28-year-old James Brady.

Gemma Collins has revealed the first time she self-harmed was in front of her parents aged 13.The 41-year-old reality star has opened up for the first time about her history of self-harm, which she struggled with for two decades.In her new Channel 4 documentary, which airs on Wednesday (February 16) night, Essex beauty Gemma tries to get to the bottom of why she self-harmed by talking to her family, friends and therapistShe explains she first started cutting herself when she was a teenager.Gemma says: "I wasn't self-harming to kill myself. It was to release."I'd cover it up and get on with my life.

Daily Mail reports that the venture has failed to take off.It’s now been reduced to selling just four ‘Duchess Collection’ products: These include a box of tea bags for around $27, a kid’s face mask for around $16, and a tea and biscuit collection (‘Brew for the Crew’) for around $47. Some of the proceeds from the latter go to her own Sarah’s Trust nonprofit, which gives money to frontline workers battling the covid pandemic.  A post shared by Duchess Collection (@duchesscollection1)Related: Sarah Ferguson just threw the entire royal family under the bus… then got hit by the bus herselfFergie, 62, has lent her name to a series of money-making ventures in recent years.

Ethan Shanfeld LGBTQ+ representation on broadcast television reached an all-time high during the 2021-2022 season, according to GLAAD’s annual Where We Are on TV report.According to the media advocacy organization, 11.9% of series regular characters this programming season are LGBTQ+, an increase of 2.8% from last year and a record-high in television history. This year’s study found that of the 775 series regular characters who have appeared or will appear on scripted programming between May 2021 and June 2022, 92 characters are LGBTQ+.

CORONATION Street icon Amanda Barrie claims show bosses decided it would be best for her not come out publicly. Amanda, who played Alma Sedgewick on the ITV soap for 20 years, made the bombshell comments on Loose Women.

Laverne Cox spoke about what it was like to be “the first trans person to do a lot of things” and how this has influenced her activism work.

A post shared by JACQUEMUS (@jacquemus) When French fashion designer, Simon Porte Jacquemus, shared a photo [above] of himself kissing his husband on Monday, he probably thought it would be little more than a sweet Valentine’s gesture.Some of the comments it provoked shocked him.Simon’s label, Jacquemos, is known for its clothing, bags, earrings and sunglasses. It takes a pro-LGBTQ stance and has used same-sex couples in its marketing campaign.Related: Pete Buttigieg, Billy Porter, Colton Underwood and others celebrate ValentinesThe photo shows Simon kissing his husband Marco Maestri beside a swimming pool.

We're Here season 2. In episode 6 of the series — which features drag stars Shangela, Bob the Drag Queen, and Eureka traveling across America spreading acceptance, confidence, and more — Rambow introduces herself as an ardent LGBTQ+ ally who founded the South Dakota LGBTQ+ organization Watertown Love."I may be 5 foot 2, but I can be pretty fierce," she said in the episode.

Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide, was based on the right to privacy. Lawrence v.

Super Bowl 2022 was dubbed Crypto Bowl even before the game was played because of the advertising blitz cryptocurrency companies unleashed during the annual televised spectacle. The ads, featuring a bevy of celebrities and gimmicks, aimed to convince viewers that cryptocurrencies are the wave of the future.

Paramount confirmed whether or not RuPaul’s Drag Race’s All Star spinoff will be making a comeback anytime soon.

A Western Cape transgender woman is doubting that she will ever see justice after she was sexually assaulted at an empowerment activism workshop.

Ben Whishaw reflected on what it was like to be gay when he was younger and how things have changed since then.

Andrea Jenkins is a triple-threat: a poet, performance artist and politician, and now she’s become a trailblazer as the first Black Trans person to run a city council in the United States. “Poetry and politics have had a very close connection,” Jenkins said to the Thomson Reuters Foundation. “As one of my favourite poets and […]

New Zealand has officially banned conversion therapy in the country, after the bill was passed by an overwhelming majority. Government officials voted on the legislative change, with 112 voting in favour, and 8 voting against. The bill was originally introduced last year by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who was fulfilling an election promise she made […]

A queer student said she was assaulted by a man in Primark who also called she and her friends “derogatory” terms.

RuPaul will appear on 'Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway' alongside 'Drag Race' stars. The ITV show's premiere on Saturday (19. 02.

K.J. Yossman Bullying, harassment and discrimination remain rife in the U.K.

More than half of the UK’s film and TV industry workforce experienced bullying, harassment or discrimination in the past year, according to alarming statistics from The Film & TV Charity (TFTVC) that did find the “mental health crisis” to be plateauing.

Gemma Collins has revealed she's had to have a nurse come to her home and administer an IV drip after struggling to recover from coronavirus. Former The Only Way Is Essex star Gemma, 41, opened up to fans on her Instagram stories as she filmed herself having a vitamin C drip put in and explained she's been feeling "exhausted" lately. As Gemma filmed herself with the cannula in her arm, which was being fixed on by her nurse, she explained to her followers: "So guys, today I am poorly.

Voters appear headed to recalling three members of the San Francisco school board, according to the early election results Tuesday. Meanwhile, the city's appointed assessor-recorder was easily elected to finishing out his term.

Gay former District 9 supervisor David Campos and District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney are leading in the special February 15 election for San Francisco's vacant 17th Assembly District seat. They are vying to serve out the term of former assemblymember David Chiu.

Researchers today (Tuesday, Feb. 15) announced that a U.S. woman has been cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the human immunodeficiency virus, according to a report by Julie Steenhuysen with Reuters.

A post shared by Christian Tucci (@chrtucci)Christian Tucci is an LA-based writer & artist equipped with drawing skills that he completes with witty double entendres and puns.He not only writes and illustrates. The former cake-decorator also has quite the penchant for photographing cakes… in cases.His Instagram and Twitter are filled to the brim with his sketches and his now-signature “I drew this” captions.Get to know the sexy up-and-comer in a Q & A with Queerty contributor Michael Page Wright.Hi Christian! I’m just gonna jump right into it–as I do.Hi!We’re gonna talk a lot about your drawings but first: What do you want people to know about you?I guess that I have writing samples and I want to work!We always love a self-plug–how’d the drawings come about?I was sad in quarantine and felt real purposelessness with my writing. So I just committed myself to posting one drawing a day, even if it was stupid or ugly.

Gay Games were postponed from November of last year to November 3-11, 2023.“In these unprecedented times, we have to be agile and adaptable to a constantly changing environment,” Lisa Lam, GGHK co-chair, said in a statement announcing the changes.She noted the concept of a dual-hosted event came in response to the unpredictability of future travel. “By having Gay Games 11 accessible to participants across two locations we can ensure we meet our aim of being as inclusive as possible while international travel continues to recover,” Lam continued.

Come Easter weekend in mid-April Sister Vish-Knew should be posing for photos underneath new street signs bearing her name. The co-founder of the international drag nun philanthropic group the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is now one of three drag personas with streets named in their honor in the City-by-the-Bay.

Organizers in Guadalajara, Mexico are in negotiations with the Federation of Gay Games to become a co-host of the Gay Games next year. If successful, the arrangement would allow the Guadalajara and Hong Kong to hold Gay Games XI events simultaneously in November 2023 in an attempt to mitigate the impact of strict COVID-19 travel restrictions on Gay Games participation.

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The four-man bobsledding event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will take place this weekend, but the men of team USA have already won an unofficial gold medal in marketing with “The Bob-Spread.”To reach their Olympic ambitions, the team needed to quickly raise $70,000, and what better way than by stripping down for a sexy calendar?  A post shared by Jimmy Reed (@reedjamesk)“We’d been talking about this for a long time,” U.S. bobsledder Carlo Valdes told NBC Sports.

Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). One of the biggest announcements to come from this year’s conference, CROI 2022, is that a woman being called “the New York patient” has been essentially cured of HIV.

One of the Glamazon Warriors on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs the World has just been Manila’d.

Downton Abbey: A New Era, the latest film born out of the beloved BBC series Downton Abbey. Michelle Dockery’s Lady Mary continues to exude her signature ennui while Dame Maggie Smith’s Violet Crawley doles out the familiar bon mots.

Facebook — err, Meta — has been on a massive rebranding mission as CEO Mark Zuckerberg attempts to steer the ship away from its former namesake, towards yet-unrealized virtual and augmented realities.Apparently, he’s also rebranding employees themselves.Employees at the social media giant will now refer to each other as “Metamates,” Zuckerberg announced in an employee town hall on Tuesday.According to Meta’s vice president of augmented and virtual reality, Andrew Bosworth, the term is a play on the naval-inspired slogan used at Instagram: “ship, shipmates, self.”Tech reporter Alex Heath was one of the first to share the news:– last value, and I am not making this up: “Meta, metamates, me”A slide shows this text in bold all caps next to Zuck talkingI am told Zuck said this without laughing and explained it had to do with a story about ships and shipmates— Alex Heath (@alexeheath) February 15, 2022As one commenter pointed out, “It’s a long long longtime Navy thing – “Ship, shipmate, self. Which makes sense when the failure of the first thing – ship – sends the other two to the bottom of the Atlantic.

Beloved ’90s sitcom “Friends” is a major hit in China, but fans who were able to watch the series free of censorship a decade ago are now seeing their favorite TV show impacted by guidelines China’s top media regulator announced back in 2016.“Friends” was once again picked up by the country’s major streaming platforms following last year’s popular reunion show, and while only the first season is currently available, Chinese superfans were quick to note a lesbian plotline had gone mysteriously missing.In the show, Ross’s ex-wife Carol divorces him after realizing she’s a lesbian. Chinese censors cut a conversation where Ross reveals Carol is leaving him for her friend Susan, prompting Joey to ask if he ever suspected she might be a lesbian.In another scene, Ross tells the news to his parents, along with the fact the women will be raising he and Carol’s baby together.