Political Notebook: Starbucks union organizer aims to be 1st CA nonbinary legislator

The first trailer for Billy Porter’s directorial debut, Anything’s Possible, has finally arrived.

Hey children can you behave? Well, if you don’t want to be alone now, head to S4 Friday night, June 3 for MetroBall 15 featuring a headlining performance by ’80s pop superstar Tiffany, along with Chris Chism, Thea Austin and Martha Wash!

LGBTQ bar and nightclub owners and managers were surprised this week to find announcements online this week for “The Official Pride Bar Crawl — Dallas” which, surprisingly enough, doesn’t crawl into any of the LGBTQ bars/clubs/restaurants or, in fact, anywhere near the Oak Lawn gayborhood.

Lovecraft Country star Aunjanue Ellis has publically come out as bisexual.

Being handed a trophy for outstanding achievement in business, social service, or the arts is undoubtedly special, but when the award comes from your own community in recognition of your contribution, that’s another level again. The Honour Awards is one such accolade, recognising individuals in the NSW LGBTQ community who have distinguished themselves as leaders, providers, ambassadors, advocates, or inspirational heroes. Organised by ACON, the Honour Awards have been held annually since 2007, with the exceptions of 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic.

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At least a few dozen people were crammed into gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman's second floor City Hall offices in the late afternoon June 1 for rainbow cake and a display of art by six San Francisco LGBTQ artists in a small kick-off event for LGBTQ Pride Month. Cheerfully, Mandelman welcomed the crowd to his office but acknowledged that this year's Pride celebration was different than in years past."And of course, there's more tragedy in the world but art actually gets better, we know," he told visitors.

“Happy Pride! So excited to celebrate with all my LGBTQIA+ friends and fans,” wrote the original TV Wonder Woman Lynda Carter yesterday. The actress, who has enjoyed the character’s resurgence in the past few years and her connection to it, wasn’t done with just one tweet.

This is included in another post about a different Pride Bar Crawl that is apparently not as official or as proud as first claimed. BUT this event is a legitimate Pride Bar Crawl happening in LGBQ bars in the gayborhood!

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San Francisco Pride and LGBTQ police officers have reached a compromise for the upcoming parade that will see some personnel marching in uniform. Both the city's mayor and newly appointed gay supervisor will now march in the Parade.The police chief and command staff of the San Francisco Police Department will be able to wear their uniforms — without weapons — while other officers will wear casual attire, according to a tweet Thursday afternoon by ABC7's Lyanne Melendez and the San Francisco Chronicle. The television station is this year's official Pride media sponsor and will be broadcasting live coverage of the parade.

After months of anticipation, HBO Max’s hit series Our Flag Means Death has been renewed for a second season. 

A post shared by Lance Bass (@lancebass)In a new interview with TODAY Parents, singer Lance Bass has once again opened up about the unique challenges he faced as a closeted member of the boy band NSYNC and being outed by a reporter in 2006.To protect himself in the beginning of his career, Bass says he created a persona as “the shy one” in the band to keep from talking too much about his personal life.“During big interviews, I wouldn’t speak because I felt people would figure me out,” the 43-year-old recalls. “So I became the quiet one.

Patricia Arquette and Kesha put on a buzz-worthy display in hot pink latex ensembles for CANN Social Tonics and Weedmaps' 2022 pride campaign.While promoting the cannabis-infused beverage brand and online platform for cannabis businesses and consumers to engage, theactress, 54, and35-year-old coordinated in their sexy ensembles while sitting on a bench.The Oscar winner, who is ana steadfast ally to the LGBTQ community, wore askintight jumpsuit with a plunging neckline and ruffled belt. Glam: Patricia Arquette and Kesha put on a buzz-worthy display in hot pink latex ensembles for CANN Social Tonics and Weedmaps' 2022 pride campaignThe mother-of-two even had pink streaks in her wavy blonde bob, which matched the can oftonic she was holding.

How I Learned to Drive has had a long and successful history ever since it opened off-Broadway at New York's Vineyard Theatre in 1997. The play, which is about incest and sexual assault, is at once a cri de coeur, a comedy of manners and a bit of a therapy session. Its original cast starred Mary-Louise Parker, David Morse and Johanna Day and was directed by Mark Brokaw.

Bowen Yang, Matt Rogers is having a much-deserved breakout moment onscreen, thanks to back-to-back roles in and  -- two projects that let the comedian shine as very funny, very different characters.“I’m really proud of the fact that I was able to show versatility,” he tells ET about playing an ambitious employee at a home shopping channel named Darcy on the Showtime comedy and the messy, drunk friend Luke in the Hulu film. In the former, co-created by and starring Vanessa Bayer, Rogers loves being able to subvert the archetype of the “gay assistant.” “I love that the character and the script we’re aware of the trope and how it’s played out,” he says, explaining that Darcy “comes in, wearing designer garments and is very concerned with the fact that you call him the senior associate and not the assistant. And I thought, ‘OK, we’re already off to a very self-aware start with the character.'«While Darcy, who very much keeps SVN in working order for CEO Patricia Cochran (an Emmy-worthy Jenifer Lewis), brings the laughs, he’s not just there to be the butt of some laugh-out-loud moment.

SPLC’s website. “Nearly 7 in 10 Republicans surveyed agree to at least some extent that demographic changes in the United States are deliberately driven by liberal and progressive politicians attempting to gain political power by ‘replacing more conservative white voters.’”“We also uncovered a widespread feeling — especially among right-leaning Americans — that transgender people and ‘gender ideology’ pose a threat to children and society at large,” the article continues.

Zack Sharf Lynda Carter proved her superhero powers in real life after using social media to shut down a homophobic user claiming Wonder Woman “is not for gays.” Carter starred as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman for three seasons of the eponymous superhero TV series, which aired on ABC and CBS between 1976 and 1979. The actor marked the start of Pride Month by sharing fan art of Wonder Woman in front of rainbow colors and writing, “Happy Pride! So excited to celebrate with all my LGBTQIA+ friends and fans.”“Wonder Woman IS NOT A SUPER HERO FOR GAYS,” one Twitter user wrote to Carter, who fired back with the following statement: “You’re right.

Caitlyn Jenner went on Hannity last night to once again blast transgender athletes and attack swimmer Lia Thomas’ recent Good Morning America interview.Jenner, who really needs to get a new hobby, said Thomas’ interview focused on how much happier she is since transitioning, a happiness which Jenner credits not to Thomas living her truth but instead to her winning medals “at the expense of the other female athletes.”Related: Caitlyn Jenner retweets transphobic tweet aimed at trans athletesFellow guest speaker and Fox News shill Tammy Bruce then made the discussion about Thomas herself, stating that “it is about character; it’s about selfishness, it’s about self-indulgence, it’s about narcissism.”Jenner had begun the segment by saying that the “fault” of the situation was with the NCAA and not Thomas, but immediately switched to agreeing with Bruce’s wholly negative assessment of Thomas’ character the second it was brought into question.Related: Caitlyn Jenner just said another really stupid thing and we can’t even with her anymoreThings went even further off the rails when Jenner insisted that she herself still has an advantage in golf after seven years of transitioning and would never compete in women’s golf, and that Thomas “has a lot left over” though having undergone hormone replacement therapy for over the NCAA’s one year requirement.For the record: Jenner herself competed in an LPGA tournament just a year after beginning her transition, but who keeps track of things like that?Jenner went on a long Twitter tirade against Lia Thomas and trans athletes on Wednesday–the first day of Pride month–as a continuation of her appearance on Fox & Friends that same day.The woke world we are living in today is what has allowed

Cara Delevingne added a splash of color to her ensemble with a rainbow mask while she walked through John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on Thursday.The mask may have been to celebrateLGBT Pride Month which is June.The actress, 29, added a black hooded sweatshirt, matching sweatpants and a pair of black shoes.

Chrishell Stause is celebrating her first Pride month since striking up her romance with nonbinary singer G Filp.The 40-year-old Selling Sunset bombshell flaunted her figure by slipping into a skintight orange dress for a dance video.She rang in the festivities by joyfully gyrating to the Lizzo song About Damn Time in a video she posted to her Instagram page. Having a ball:Chrishell Stause is celebrating her first Pride month since striking up her romance with nonbinary singer G FilpAvoiding any confusion about the message behind her post, she gave the video a rainbow border and gushed in the caption: '#HappyPrideMonth.'GFlip, whose Christian name is Georgia Claire Flipo, went public with Chrishell about a month ago when they were both seen stepping out together in Los Angeles.

Alec and Hilaria Baldwin's six-year-old son Rafael picked out a new arm cast in rainbow colors on Thursday.The 38-year-old yoga instructor took to her Instagram Story to share a cute photo of Rafael - who broke his arm when playing in a park in New York in April - as he showed off his colorful cast.'He chose [rainbow emoji],' the former Mom Brain podcast host wrote on the image. Colorful:Alec and Hilaria Baldwin's six-year-old son Rafael picked out a new arm cast in rainbow colors on Thursday Proud mom:The 38-year-old yoga instructor took to her Instagram Story to share a cute photo of RafaelShe continued, 'Love that it coincides with pride month, but tbh, every month for us is pride month....because it's just a way of normal life.

The showstopping cast of Drag Race France has finally been unveiled ahead of its series premiere this month.

Marion Star.Speaking to the River Valley class of 2022, McGuire, the owner of a local manufacturing company called J.L. McGuire and Associates, told them, "Choose a spouse, I suggest.

Billy Porter can do it all. But now the gay actor-singer-author-philanthropist-musical theater legend adds one more skill to his repertoire: Feature film directing.Porter’s directorial debut comes in the form of Anything’s Possible, described as a “delightfully modern Gen Z coming-of-age story” that follows trans high school student Kelsa (newcomer Eva Reign) through her senior year.

Meet Queer Arts Featured (Queer AF), the team working to bring life, art, and community back to the historic site of Harvey Milk's Castro Camera shop.This week's Out in the Bay Queer Radio & Podcast episode was recorded at 575 Castro Street in San Francisco. To a generation of San Franciscans, this was Milk's place.

The Advocate’s Christopher Harrity wrote in 2016. “On advice, Reagan promptly fired all the men involved. Reagan trotted out the standard ‘abomination in the eyes of the lord’ tropes.

From the current Cartier exhibit, which remains open today after someone broke into the Dallas Museum of Art after hours on June 1.

Michael R. Jackson has a lot to be proud of. His musical “A Strange Loop” leads the Broadway awards-season race with 11 Tony nominations and stands poised to net the top musical trophy plus several others for him and his collaborators.

Ruth Chigowe leaves behind a one-year-old daughter

Orbital Assembly Corporation recently announced plans for the first habitable and privately-owned space facilities in orbit around the Earth, and the California-based company says its revolutionary design will ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for visitors. Their giant rotating ring design will even produce gravity, meaning no need for zero-gravity harnesses to aid in coupling with your partner while onboard.  The new Pioneer Station will house up to 28 people in five customizable pods configured on the ring of the station.

Queer identities have long been placed into a stereotypical box in entertainment, particularly on television. And if we did happen to get LGBTQIA+ characters that were nuanced, layered, and multi-dimensional, they most often were not Black.

Since coming out in 2016, Colton Haynes has spoken many times about being pushed back into the closet at the start of his career. But in his new memoir, Miss Memory Lane, he writes specifically about the infamous gay photoshoot that it almost got him passed over for his breakout Teen Wolf role.Colton’s manager at the time reportedly said to him, “Look what almost happened, Colton.

Wonder Woman actress, sparked a debate online after she tweeted about the superhero's LGBTQ origins.On Wednesday, which marked the start of Pride Month, Carter, who previously played Wonder Woman in the 1970s television series, posted a photo of the superhero surrounded by rainbow colors."Happy Pride! So excited to celebrate with all my LGBTQIA+ friends and fans.

A new study from The Bottle Club has ranked Street 66 among the top 12 LGBTQ+ bars in the UK, a miraculous achievement for the establishment seen as it’s housed in Dublin. Venues were evaluated using online resources such as Hotels.com, DesignMyNight.com, Yelp and even Google Maps, although we’re not sure that the latter was […]

RRR (“Rise Roar Revolt”).The Telugu-language epic from Baahubali director S. S.

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Lil Nas X is calling out the BET Awards for their lack of support of «Black excellence.» After the network announced the nominations for this year's awards on Wednesday morning, the  artist took to Twitter to vent his frustrations about being snubbed by the show for the second year in a row — and on the first day of Pride Month and Black Music Month, too.«Thank you, BET Awards. An outstanding zero nominations again,» the 23-year-old sarcastically wrote in a now-deleted tweet.

Swimmer Lia Thomas has unfortunately been at the centre of a debate involving transgender athletes participating in NCAA sports. In March 2022, Thomas made history as the first transgender swimmer to win a major US NCAA title. The competition was a major turning point in the controversy as many were not recognizing her win. This […]

For decades, Cassie Nova has entertained crowds in the world-famous Rose Room in Dallas, but the path to finding herself was one filled with self-loathing and fear. Deciding to never come out and being resistant to drag left Cassie (James) with little more than a pull-out couch. But finding community among her drag sisters and the love of adoring fans, Cassie now stands tall in Dallas as a symbol of Pride.

Celebrating love! Lisa Vanderpump, Carson Kressley and more stars are going all out for Pride this year.

Earlier this week we tried to decipher Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene‘s predictions about government surveillance, Bill Gates and cheeseburgers.

The Advocate offers interviews with the the gay candidate, Jonathan D. Lovitz (below), and the trans competitor, Deja Lynn Alvarez (here). “Public service has been my calling for as long as I remember,” says Jonathan D. Lovitz, a gay man who’s one of four Democrats running for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in the 182nd District, located in the center of Philadelphia.Lovitz is competing with trans woman Deja Lynn Alvarez and straight cisgender allies Ben Waxman and Will Gross in the Democratic primary.

sent a letter Wednesday to the TV Parental Guidelines Advisory Board asking it to update its rating system in light of “disturbing content” in children’s shows.“In recent years, concerning topics of a sexual nature have become aggressively politicized and promoted in children’s programming, including irreversible and harmful experimental treatments for mental disorders like gender dysphoria,” the letter says. It disregards the fact that treatments given to transgender youth are not experimental, irreversible, or harmful.“Recently, a video emerged showing a prominent executive at children’s entertainment giant Disney saying she supports having ‘many, many, many LGBTQIA+ characters in our stories,’” the letter continues.

Pete Buttigieg took the GOP to task over its focus on reigniting culture wars over LGBTQ+ rights.In a clip shared on social media, Buttigieg tells the audience, “there's a more superficial political pattern that I think has driven some of the politics of the behavior of people like these people in Florida that don't say gay… that is when all you have is a hammer everything starts to look like a culture war.”He continued that Republicans have concentrated on queer lives because they have nothing substantive to contribute policy-wise to alleviate concerns held by Americans when it comes to prescription drug prices, gas, childcare, and more.“You got a political faction that really doesn't have a lot of answers for many of the questions that people are wrestling with,” Buttigieg says.

LGBTQ+ theatre should put art before politics and stop pushing a social agenda, said top British playwright Mark Ravenhill ahead of his “queer reinvention” of Puccini’s opera “La Boheme”.

Democratic lawmakers from 16 states committed to helping transgender youth who have been affected by anti-LGBTQ+ laws in America.

Associated Press Monday. “We’re going on offense, we’re going to protect LGBQT kids and their families, and we’re going to build a rainbow wall to protect our community.”The states joining in the campaign are Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia, according to a joint announcement from Wiener, the LGBTQ Victory Institute, Equality California, and Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California.