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For years, social media companies made it a top priority to combat hate speech. But in recent months, they have waffled over how to tackle hateful online commentary, particularly when it is directed at L.G.B.T.Q. communities.

An NHS nurse who was suspended after she complained about a trans woman in a female changing room has beaten an attempt to have proceedings held in secret.

American Psycho starring Austin Butler is “fake news”—at least that’s according to author Bret Easton Ellis, dashing our dreams for an even more homoerotic take on the iconic dark satire.We’d ask for a fact-checker on this, but those are pretty hard to come by these days, it seems…On a recent episode of his The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, the famed writer behind the 1991 source novel said he doesn’t believe the movie is actually happening whatsoever:Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.“From various sources that I have, this is just fake news that was put out there to see how an audience is going to react,” he shared, calling the entire production into doubt.The project was first announced back in October by the studio Lionsgate with what looked like a script cover—bearing the words “AMERICAN PSYCHO Directed by Luca Guadagnino”—featuring a tasteful dash of blood-splatter.A post shared by Lionsgate (@lionsgate)At the time, the gay auteur was riding high from Challengers‘ success and had just unveiled Queer at the prestigious Venice Film Festival, and Deadline reported the filmmaker was in “final negotiations” to helm a “new interpretation” of Ellis’s book with writer Scott Z. Burns (Contagion, Side Effects) scripting.The news nearly broke the internet as many began fan-casting which hot, young actors they’d like to see fill the shoes briefs of Christian Bale to play the anti-hero Patrick Bateman.

Kamala Harris‘ hand at the swearing-in ceremony? Or did he decline because both his hands were occupied?It depends on the angle, as well as where the clip is coming from. Stay woke with our briefing while staying informed on all things LGBTQ+ entertainment, life, and more!Brian Tyler Cohen, a popular liberal YouTuber, shared a video that appears to show the husband of Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer ignoring the Vice President when she offers her congratulations. “The husband of a Republican senator just refused to shake hands or make eye contact with Vice President Harris,” Cohen writes, before adding his kicker.

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