Political Notes: Bay Area cities celebrate Pride Month

The White Lotus, A League of Their Own, and 9-1-1 Lone Star, while Bros and The Inspection took home top honors in the film categories.Queer allies Christina Aguilera and Bad Bunny received special honors for their advocacy work, while Jeremy Pope was lauded with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award, which is presented to a LGBTQ media professional who has made a significant difference in raising visibility and promoting acceptance of queer people and issues.The red carpet featured a parade of head-turning style slays including lots of male cleavage, shimmering fits, and a couple of very important fashion statements.Check out the fiercest lewks from the 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards below:A post shared by Amanda (@roro_tarlos)Call a medic because the 9-1-1 Lone Star hunk is making us hyperventilate with his plunging décolletage.A post shared by Joel Kim Booster (@ihatejoelkim)The first shirtless blazer lewk of the night giving geometric angles for your nerves!.@Charlie_Carver at the 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards #GLAADawards pic.twitter.com/lbiP3LZcuHIt would have been an American Horror Story if Charlie had worn a shirt & deprived us of this view.Three times and it’s officially a trend.

How To Tell A Secret, which takes a closer look at what it means to be HIV-positive in this day and age, the stigma surrounding it, and the act of disclosure.Adapted from a play by Shaun Dunne called Rapids, the writer/star has teamed up with filmmaker Anna Rodgers to co-direct the project for the screen, offering an artful examination of “status” in contemporary Ireland through a blend of first-person accounts and performances pieces.As we know, testing positive for HIV is no longer a death sentence, and there are many who have it that are able to live safe, happy, and healthy lives. But some still choose to remain silent about their status out of concern that it will scare others away because—the truth is—there’s so little education and advocacy work out there.In Ireland in particular, HIV rates have more than doubled in the past year, making How To Tell A Secret‘s message all the more urgent.The film introduces us to a number of folks living with HIV across the country: Gay men, women, drag queens, and even a group of migrant women who cannot show their faces, but are about to share their truths through the documentary’s unique methods of storytelling.In conversation with PinkNews, Dunne says the film was born out of the “desire to give voice to people who can’t speak for themselves.”“At the heart of the [documentary] is that notion of giving a voice to people—and giving people a platform to tell their stories,” Rodgers adds.

Jamie Lee Curtis is honoring her daughter. To mark Trans Visibility Day on Friday, the 64-year-old actress posted a tribute to her youngest child, 27-year-old Ruby, who publicly came out as transgender in July 2021.In the pic, Curtis and Ruby are both mid-laugh, as the proud mom lovingly touches her daughter's chin. Curtis is also mom to Annie, 36.

pic.twitter.com/CJvF5mQcndThe label’s new campaign features transmasc models in a series of posters that will appear on billboards in New York, London and Paris, and in print ads around the world.In the shoot, sexy shirtless models Tai Hattingh, Arthur Macnair and Ethan Denadai pose in jeans with the waistband of their underwear exposed in a similar vain to the images famed photographer Herb Ritts took of Marky Mark back in the day.A post shared by Both& (@bothandapparel)“This campaign takes back a moment in fashion and tells a different story,” the brand wrote on their official Instagram page.Founded by Finnegan Shepard, Both&’s brand mission is to “empower, outfit, and serve the nonbinary generation, one garment at a time.”A post shared by Both& (@bothandapparel)Fingers crossed that we see him modeling some himself!Queer photographer Lydia Garnett lensed the shoot, while trans actor Daniel Sea, who starred on The L Word and the sequel series The L Word: Generation Q, served as the creative director for the campaign.“It was a real joy to collaborate with a team and a brand that is focused on highlighting the gifts and beauty of trans-masc, non-binary and GNC [gender nonconforming] folks on our own terms,” Sea shared on social media.A post shared by Both& (@bothandapparel)He also said “tenderness, collaboration, trans joy, [and] community togetherness” were key concepts he wanted to explore on-set and with the entire campaign. “In the community we uplift each other, queering the work of image making,” Sea added.

sniff them in Ubers, on dance floors and in the bedroom. They are ubiquitous, especially when the weekend rolls around.Fortunately, the New York City Department of Health has come through with a timely warning, posted Friday morning: Enjoy all the poppers you want. Just don’t swallow them!“Poppers are liquid chemicals that people inhale to get high,” tweeted @nychealth.