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National Defense Authorization Act into law, including a provision that strips away health care coverage from transgender minors who are children or dependents of military personnel.The $895 billion bill, which focuses on military funding, as well as salary, housing, and child care services for military personnel, was targeted by Republicans, who submitted amendments that attacked transgender health care.Under the Republican-introduced provision, TRICARE, the health insurance plan for military service members, is banned from covering any medical treatment for “gender dysphoria that could result in sterilization” for minor dependents of military members.While hormone therapy and gender confirmation surgeries would no longer be covered by TRICARE, it remains unclear whether puberty blockers would also be banned, though the intent of the provision is to limit coverage for any transition-related treatment for gender dysphoria.The House of Representatives voted 281-140 to pass the bill, with 81 Democrats voting for passage. Sixteen Republicans voted against the bill, but not because of the transgender health restrictions.Senate Democrats attacked the provision, but failed to get it removed from the bill, which ultimately passed by a vote of 85-14.Despite facing pressure from LGBTQ advocacy groups, Biden signed the bill into law, unwilling to give Republicans a line of attack against Democrats that might brand them as insufficiently supportive of the military.The bill, with the ban on transition-related care intact, is the first piece of anti-LGBTQ legislation to pass both chambers of Congress since the now-defunct “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was first introduced in 1993.

A post shared by Christopher Rice-Thomson (@chrisriceny)Broadway husbands Chris and Clay Rice-Thomson used the holidays to share some important news with their followers. They’re expecting twins!An Instagram reel showed the men holding up an ultrasound scan. A video showed them pinning stockings to a window frame: first two large stockings followed by not one but two smaller ones.

Phil Collins has reunited with his classic Gretsch drum kit and tested it out for the first time in over a decade.In a newly released video by Drumeo, the 73-year-old legendary drummer and former Genesis singer’s son Nic Collins and Drumeo Host Brandon Toews assembled the ‘Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)’ singer’s Gretsch kit which had been in storage for over a decade. “He could have definitely modernised his setup a little bit,” Nic joked while opening up the cases.Upon building the kit, Nic acknowledged how low the kit was set up.

Sex And The City? Bisexual people have long been stigmatized as selfish or greedy and confused about what they really want. But what if you just so happen to be a selfish, greedy, and/or confused bisexual? The truth is that everyone embodies these traits from time to time, regardless of who we are and how we identify. But if you’re bisexual and come across like this, you’re seen to be perpetuating a stereotype.Enter The Chaotic Bisexual™, a film or TV character who fully embraces this stereotype with open arms.

Gigi Goode got candid about creating Nava Mau’s Emmys dress.