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The rainbow festival scene is finally out in full force. Something about the calendar hitting June feels like a gay stat-boost. (Well, maybe not for the Christian Walkers and the Caitlyn Jenners of the world, but certainly for the rest of us!) Grab your sunscreen, your three-inch inseam shorts, and your almost-ironic handfan; it’s time to dance! This is the weekly bop roundup.As if queer girl group Muna recording for the Fire Island soundtrack weren’t a slay enough concept, they decided to make their entry a throwback cover of seminal classic “Sometimes” by Britney Spears.

NFL team have stood up to Twitter trolls who objected to the Patriots’ stadium displaying an electronic version of the rainbow flag for Pride Month.The team Wednesday tweeted a photo of the display at Gillette Stadium near Boston, and it was met with some hateful comments. Commenters wondered if the Patriots would hold a “straight month,” said the team should “stick to football,” and reported they were renouncing their fandom. Some got even worse.

Views expressed in The Advocate’s opinion articles are those of the writers and do not necessarily represent the views of The Advocate or our parent company, Pride Media.“For the first time in the history of our country, a majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years. Two-thirds of our people do not even vote.

The San Francisco-based National Center for Lesbian Rights, along with 90 national and regional LGBTQ organizations, has issued an open letter calling "on policymakers at all levels and in all branches of government to do everything in their power to protect access to abortion care."The letter was issued in advance of the expected U.S. Supreme Court decision this month or in early July in the case out of Mississippi, Dobbs v.

Gemma Collins took a dramatic tumble on-stage at her own Platinum Jubilee bash over the Bank Holiday weekend.The former TOWIE star, 41, has a long-history with public falls.In 2017, Gemma went viral after falling down a stage platform at the Radio 1 Teen Awards and in 2019, she memorably face-planted the rink during her short-lived Dancing on Ice stint.True to form, the Diva Forever star took yet another tumble at a party thrown at her lavish Essex mansion on Thursday in celebration of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.Posting to Instagram on Friday (June 3), Gemma shared a short video of the hilariously awkward moment.The six-second clip begins with Gemma sauntering across her garden towards an erected stage platform.She can be seen wearing a fringed green dress at the party, with her long blonde hair worn in a wavy half-down style.While stepping onto the stage, Gemma appears to slip on something and falls to the ground as her legs give way beneath her.Proving to be a good sport, the reality mogul captioned the amusing video: "True GC style yesterday."Quick to comment on the funny clip were Gemma's celebrity pals.Former Love Island star Amy Hart wrote: "Hahahah love you!"Pop legend Matt Goss commented: "Hope you're ok."Meanwhile, her fellow TOWIE alums Jess Wright and Amy Childs replied with cry-face emojis.Gemma's fans were also quick to share their amusement.

June is celebrated as Pride Month by LGBTQ communities around the world.Thai drag queens attend 'Rainbow Runway for Equality' to kick off Pride Month at Central World Mall on June 1, 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. June is celebrated as Pride Month by LGBTQ communities around the world.Gallery staff pose with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by artist Andy Warhol at Phillips auction house on June 1, in London, England.

The United States' LGBTQ expert, Jessica Stern, recently embarked on her first two international trips to Asia and Europe to meet with government and civil society leaders, the State Department announced. President Joe Biden appointed Stern, a lesbian, last June as the second U.S. special envoy for international LGBTQ rights. She assumed her new job at the State Department September 27. She previously served as executive director of OutRight Action International, a globally-focused LGBTQ human rights nonprofit organization based in New York City.Stern is currently traveling to Lithuania, the Netherlands, and Sweden, in a trip that began May 31 and ends June 8. She previously went to Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, May 21-27.During her European trip, Stern is engaging with local human rights defenders and civil society representatives regarding the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons globally, with a specific focus on LGBTQI+ refugees from Ukraine, according to the State Department.Stern is scheduled to speak in a panel discussion "Equality, Diversity, Inclusion: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities" and engage with youth at an informal Q&A session at Baltic Pride's Proud Cities Summit in Lithuania, according to the announcement.

June 1 marks the beginning of Pride month, when parades pop up in cities around the world and rainbows start appearing in ads for liquor, banks, makeup and big-box department stores. These events and campaigns are visible shows of support for the L.G.B.T.Q. community.

This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. LONDON — As a determined pioneer of women’s rights, Maureen Colquhoun boldly drew attention to the nascent campaign for feminist change in Britain’s male-dominated Parliament in the 1970s. Once, for instance, she took a group of sex workers with her to a committee room at the Houses of Parliament in her ground-breaking fight to secure for them a new status that would protect them from prosecution.

Lynda Carter is showing her support for the LGBTQ community, proving to be one the most iconic queer legends on and off the screen. The actress took a moment to share some sweet words for her fans, just in time to celebrate pride month, revealing why she is an inspiration and a beacon of light, following her portrayal of Wonder Woman.However some online users had a different opinion and the actress was quick to respond.

QAnon congresswoman Lauren Boebert kicked off Pride season this year by blasting LGBTQ equality, accusing Democrats of being “groomers”, and getting into a fight with Randy Rainbow on Twitter. Now, on day three of Pride month 2022, she’s continuing her campaign of hate by rage-tweeting about queer kids.Related: Lauren Boebert kicks off Pride month by picking a fight with Randy Rainbow, fails spectacularly“The same Democrats who think 18-year-olds can serve in the military but are too immature to buy guns also want 16-year-olds to vote and 6-years-old to be able to identify as the opposite gender.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer“Framing Agnes,” a hybrid narrative and documentary feature film that explores trans lives and history, has sold North American distribution rights to Kino Lorber.Directed by Chase Joynt, the film closely and accurately depicts the journey of trans people past and present through reenactments of transcripts from a notable 1960s UCLA gender study. Based on a short by Joynt which premiered and nabbed awards at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, the project features a cast of trans performers and academics that includes Jules Gill-Peterson, Angelica Ross, Jen Richards, Zackary Drucker, Max Wolf Valerio, Silas Howard and Stephen Ira.The film will make its New York premiere at NewFest on June 5, followed by a theatrical release from Kino Lorber in December. Joynt and Morgan M.

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gayest doll, she still ticked a lot of boxes. As The Cut noted, she wore a lot of argyle, was an athlete, and was notably fixated on a female teacher in her stories.

And just like that… the drama between former Sex And The City co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall gets a little thornier. But is it all just a bunch of hocus pocus?The actors’ long-standing beef—the reason Samantha Jones is MIA from SATC sequel series And Just Like That…—was in the headlines again this week after Parker guested on The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast to speak her piece about all the gossip around her fizzled friendship with Cattrall.Downplaying what’s been depicted by the media as a “catfight,” Parker was quick to point out she’s not made any public comments disparaging Cattrall, saying, “I’ve never uttered fighting words in my life about anybody that I’ve worked with ever.

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The U.S. Embassy in Kuwait has received backlash from the government of Kuwait for a tweet supporting LGBTQ Pride Month. On June 1, the United States Embassy in Kuwait posted a tweet supporting Pride Month.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is an expert in harming his state’s youth; just within the past few months he’s signed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill into law, attacked transgender student athletes and scolded kids for wearing masks. Thankfully, Florida’s youth are fighting back.Last night, queer teen activist Jack Petocz got to experience the Governor’s flagrant lack of care firsthand as DeSantis’ security guards kicked him out of an event for demanding an answer on DeSantis’ lack of action against gun violence in the wake of the shooting in Uvalde, Texas.Growing up, I watched in terror as mass shooting after mass shooting occurred.

In 2018, as part of a masters program in playwriting at Hunter College in Manhattan, Mara Vélez Meléndez was given a life-changing assignment: adapt a classic play. She chose “John Gabriel Borkman,” a rarely revived late Ibsen play about an ambitious banker, and in her reworking, the characters became members of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, created in 2016 by the U.S. federal government to resolve the island’s debt crisis.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration took steps this week to prohibit doctors from providing medical care to transgender youth.

Oh, Burger King. You’ve long been one of the queer community’s biggest supporters in the fast food world—a proper Burger Queen! And we appreciate that.

Senate Republicans for their "hateful" effort to add content warnings on children's shows that feature LGBTQ characters.Last month, five GOP senators wrote a letter to Charles Rivkin, CEO of the Motion Picture Association and Board Chairman of the TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board, requesting that the Board amend its current guidelines so that the federal ratings system would include warnings on content featuring LGBTQ characters and storylines.The Republican effort comes on the heels of Florida's recent parental rights bill, also dubbed by critics as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, which prevents classroom discussion of gender identity and sexual orientation.The controversy over the bill also sparked a public feud between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Disney, which opposed the legislation. In what has been seen as a retaliatory attack, DeSantis stripped Disney of the self-governing rights it has had for more than 55 years in the state."As Christian consumers, we oppose the hateful idea of adding content warnings against televised depictions of LGBTQ characters, stories, and content," the Faithful America petition reads.

KERA. “This is not about hate,” resident Gina Woodlee said during her allotted time. “This is about the LGBTQ community taking away our freedom to not have this proclaimed over our city.”Among those speaking against a proclamation was Shelley, who claims he does business in Arlington and has church members that live in the city.“I am horrified and ashamed that this city has decided to promote and solicit ‘Pride’ in this city.

In a stellar turn of events, one Twitter user’s request for video game recommendations turned into another example of LGBTQ+ allyship from the Star Wars franchise.In April, a 28-year-old “prairie queer” Elliot asked the Twitterverse for help deciding between two games to play during their recovery from top surgery.“People who have played LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga… Is it good/worth it?” they wrote. “My mother is going to buy me a video game for top surgery recovery, and I am debating between that and Kirby, LOL.”About 24 hours later, Elliot posted an all-caps update, showing how the Star Wars Twitter account came through in a big way: “SO THE OFFICIAL STAR WARS TWITTER JUST GIFTED ME THE GAME AND EVEN SENT A FEW WORDS OF ADVICE FOR SURGERY RECOVERY? STAR WARS SAYS TRANS RIGHTS!”SO THE OFFICIAL STAR WARS TWITTER JUST GIFTED ME THE GAME AND EVEN SENT A FEW WORDS OF ADVICE FOR SURGERY RECOVERY???? STAR WARS SAYS TRANS RIGHTS!!!— eli ? (@lolitselliot) April 14, 2022Related: Guess which queer star will conquer the ‘Star Wars’ galaxy…And a few days after that, Elliot showed off their Nintendo Switch menu screen, with LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga added to their video game library.

supports HTML5 videoNothing is ever plain sailing with Gemma Collins, but we wouldn’t want it any other way.The Towie star, like most of the UK, has been celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee this week, and hosted a party at her Essex mansion.However, the reality TV icon, 41, ended up taking a tumble and falling flat on her face on stage, which she did, in her own words, in ‘true GC style’.At least Gemma was able to laugh off her trip, which has naturally provided endless laughs for the internet.Before any of her pals could embarrass her, she beat them to it by posting a video of the hilarious moment on her Instagram, which boasts 2.2million followers.The video shows partygoers listening to God Save the Queen in Gemma’s garden while she walked up to the stage to take the microphone.But gravity was just not on her side, as she slipped and ended up on the ground.At least she looked fashionable while the awkward moment occurred, as the meme queen donned a bright green fringed dress, perfect for a sunny day.Her friends and followers were lapping up the chaos, with her comments section immediately flooded with crying laughing emoji.‘Hahahah love you!’, commented former Love Island contestant Amy Hart.‘Omfg this is amazing

Red, White & Royal Blue has found its stars!Casey McQuiston’s royal romance swept fans away back in 2019. The story follows Alex Claremont-Diaz, the son of the current President of the United States, and Prince Henry, British royalty, as they are forced to make nice for the cameras after news of a scandalous feud between them hits the tabloids.Naturally, things between them slowly morph from hostility to love, and they are faced with the potential complications of coming clean with their romance, and what it might mean for not only themselves, but their families.It was announced earlier this week that Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine will be stepping into the roles of Alex and Prince Henry, respectively.

Time is almost up for Jim Jordan.This week, the House committee investigating January 6 informed the anti-LGBTQ congressman that he has until June 11 to comply with the subpoena it sent him last month demanding his testimony.In a letter, Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the committee, wrote: “Cooperation with our investigation would also give you the opportunity to resolve, on the record, inconsistencies in your public statements about the events of Jan.

Pulse with her husband in 2004 to honor her late brother John who passed from AIDS in 1991. It was a business proposal pitched to them by their best friend at the time, whose dream was to open an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Orlando. Poma saw it as an opportunity to pay tribute to a community she grew up in, choosing the name “Pulse” to remember her brother’s heart that kept beating through her acts of love and service.Orlando’s queer community found their own beat within the nightclub, which quickly became one of the few unencumbered, safe spaces in the area where all felt seen and accepted.

Destry Rides Again: A long, unbroken brawl scene between Una Merkel and none other than Marlene Dietrich, one of the original gay icons of the silver screen.In more recent years, it feels like a number of films have been built around their catfights, pulling audiences in with the promise of some fierce girl-on-girl action. And, you know what? It gets us every time!Let’s take a look back through recent movie history—roughly the past 20 years—and reflect on six of the wildest catfights committed to film, the sensational skirmishes that never fail to have queer audiences hooting and hollering.And, to paraphrase the great Stefani Germanotta (a.k.a.

A father’s request to see his son’s “boy toy” has gone viral for the purest and loveliest of reasons.A teen named Louis shared the text exchange between him and his father.“Send me the pic of u and ur boy toy,” read Dad’s text, followed by two adorable photos of Louis with his boyfriend.Related: Muslim father attempted suicide after his son came out, now they’re closer than everIn the caption, Louis adds that his father wanted the photos so he could show off the couple at work.Here’s the tweet that’s since been liked over 50K times and shared by 7K people:So my dad shows off my boyfriend and I at work ?:’) pic.twitter.com/lQcQcRitxI— Golden Boy?? (@ninoCachondo) April 2, 2018After a few days of overwhelmingly positive response, Louis added this to the thread:Imma take this time to appreciate the parents i have. I’m beyond blessed to have been born into this life.

press release by the Montgomery County District Attorney’s office in Pennsylvania.Authorities said that Young had been stabbed to death.The heir’s family has been looking for him since his disappearance. Unknown to them, Young’s body was found on September 30, 2019, at Awbury Arboretum in Philadelphia.

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GEMMA Collins can fall over like nobody else in showbiz - and yesterday she took yet another tumble. The former Towie and Celebrity Big Brother star suffered a very public fall as she took to the stage at a Platinum Jubilee event.

After two long years, Pride is back with a bang! Limerick Pride Festival will be hosting a week-long celebration centred around their theme ‘A Culture of Pride’. They have prepared a unique line-up with a wide variety of events, running from July 4 until July 10 with the Pride parade taking place on July 9. […]

Michael Appler On Wednesday evening in New York City — about 60 miles and a ferry ride away from its subject— “Fire Island,” Joel Kim Booster’s romantic comedy about a weekend spent in New York’s chosen queer haven, held its premiere at the SVA Theatre.On 23rd Street in Chelsea, guests including Alok Viad-Menon, Jackie Cox, Peppermint and John Cameron Mitchell, as well as stars Bowen Yang, Matt Rogers, Conrad Ricamora and James Scully assembled to celebrate the film as part of New York’s NewFest Pride. You could have lifted the premiere’s guest list from any summer weekend spent at the Pines, something to be celebrated for a new film distributed by a gatekeeper studio like Searchlight Pictures.

Tomorrow marks 100 days since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine which continues to displace and take the lives of millions of innocent people. As a response to the ongoing tragedy, Dublin is showing its support for Ukraine during the 2022 Pride Festival. The official website for Dublin LGBTQ+ Pride features a new Ukrainian […]

Joel Kim Booster—and we’re certainly not complaining.This month alone, the actor-writer-comedian can be seen in the instant classic rom-com Fire Island on Hulu, opposite Maya Rudolph’s wannabe philanthropist in AppleTV+ comedy series Loot, and in his incisively hilarious new stand-up special on Netflix, Psychosexual. In this era of streaming wars, Booster is a bona fide triple agent.And while it’s something of a coincidence that the performer has so many high-profile projects dropping at once, this supernova moment for Booster is far from a lark.

Joel Kim Booster had a thought: Why do we even need movie trailers? Sure, they give people a bite-size look at a film they might find intriguing, but couldn’t we just … not? This was the theory Booster advanced to me one evening in late April, just hours after the trailer was released for “Fire Island,” a gay romantic comedy he wrote and starred in. Booster had anticipated this moment with a not-inconsiderable level of anxiety, so he met the morning with a plan: After posting the trailer online, he would go back to bed, then keep himself distracted with a trip to the gym and several palliative episodes of “Real Housewives.” A few hours into this plan, as his phone blew up with text messages and Twitter began to pick the trailer apart, he texted the “Fire Island” director Andrew Ahn to announce that he was having either a heart attack or a series of mini-strokes.

Daily News, the assailant reportedly attacked the unidentified 31-year-old victim on a subway train in the Bronx around 1 a.m. Wednesday because the man was playing his music too loud.

Ron DeSantis' administration is taking aim at transition-related care for children and adolescents in the state, the latest development in a recent wave of bills and other actions targeting treatment for transgender youth across the country.In a letter sent to the Florida Board of Medicine, which was obtained by NBC News, state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo wrote that he has recommended against "certain pharmaceutical, non-pharmaceutical, and surgical treatments for gender dysphoria," citing guidance released by the Florida Department of Health in April. He wrote that Florida "must do more to protect children from politics-based medicine.""Otherwise, children and adolescents in our state will continue to face a substantial risk of long-term harm," Ladapo added.The request, which was dated June 2, came days after the start of Pride Month, an annual celebration of the LGBTQ+ community that coincides with the anniversary of the June 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City.

Nick Cannon discusses fatherhood, speaking openly about his struggles and more in a candid new interview with Men’s Health.

Trevor: The Musical, based on the 1994 Academy Award-winning film of the same name.Dan Collins and Julianne Wick Davis’s new musical originally premiered at Chicago’s Writers Theatre then reopened Off-Broadway at Stage 42. The production follows a similar plotline to the film, which follows what happens to 13-year-old Trevor after it’s revealed that he has a crush on a schoolmate.Related: Don’t miss these 16 LGBTQ theatrical events of the summer It’s said that musicals enable characters the opportunity to express heightened emotion through song, and Trevor: The Musical is no exception.

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David Hearn, left with a friend at the 2019 Miller Lite Music Festival (Photo courtesy of Dallas Pride)

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Dallas Pride Executive Director Jaron Turnbow, second from left, and members of the Dallas Pride Committee (Photo courtesy of Dallas Pride)

GCN has teamed up with the mega-talented Yungblud to give our lovely readers a chance to see him live in concert this June – just enter the competition below and you could be the lucky winner of a pair of tickets! The pop-punk sensation will be returning to Dublin to take stage at the 3Arena […]

Death threats fail to stop 7,000 people marching at Jerusalem PrideLondon Pride: LGBTQ+ events in the capital this JuneWhen is Pride Month 2022 and why do people celebrate it?This Pride Month, people have been urged to ‘do more than wear a rainbow pin’ to encourage a further change in attitudes toward LGBTQ+ people.Nancy Kelley, CEO of Stonewall, said: Over the last 50 years, every battle for the rights of LGBTQ+ communities has been fought in the court of public opinion as well as in the corridors of power. ‘This data reminds us to celebrate how far we’ve come, as well as focus on how far there is to go.