Rasheed Newson talks ‘Bel-Air’, his new book, and life as a Black queer creative

TOWIE favourite Gemma Collins sent her fans into a frenzy as she showcased her incredible weight loss while slipping into a skimpy swimsuit.Showing off the results on Instagram, Gemma looked stunning as she donned a bright orange one-piece that flaunted her glowing tan and toned frame.The self-proclaimed diva was lapping up the sun in the sultry snap as she enjoyed a relaxing day sunbathing during her tropical vacation to Tenerife.Gemma posted an empowering message alongside the snap which read: "This is ME. Very important how you speak to your subconscious about yourself," followed by the hashtags #bodybeautiful # iambodybeautiful #thisisme #iambodybeautiful.She had her bleach blonde hair swept off from her face and in an up-do and donned a pair of chunky black sunglasses to protect her eyes from the light.Her loyal legion of followers were quick to flock to the comment section and flood her with heartwarming compliments and messages.One gushing fan: "You look so beautiful, I'm so so proud of your journey."Another penned: "You look stunning! gorgeous colour on you too."A third wrote: "You look amazing.

GEMMA Collins showed off her figure as she proudly posed by the pool on her family holiday. The 41-year-old looked amazing in a strapless orange swimsuit as she defiantly told her followers: “This is ME, #bodybeautiful.” Gemma, who is an advocate for  body confidence, continued: “It’s very important how you speak to your subconscious about yourself #iambodybeautiful #thisisme.” The reality star also shared a clip of herself strutting her stuff by the pool as the empowering song This Is Me song from The Greatest Showman played.

LGBTQ+ community are more likely to have problems with drinking and experience major barriers to accessing alcohol services, a new study has found. Glasgow Caledonian University researchers called for diversity training in alcohol services and services tailored for the community.Experts called the findings "concerning" after two main themes emerged.Firstly, respondents said drinking played a central role in the community, and second, the difficulty accessing treatment and support.

 Hayes has been away from the musical spotlight for years now but is roaring back to our consciousness with a flurry of activity, including a successful promotional visit of Australia, a banging headline set to a sold-out crowd of 40,000 at the 2022 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade and announcement of his 2023 Australian tour, where he’ll be performing in six Australian cities between January and February next year.“More of a mini-film than a video – come spend seven minutes in heaven with me and my gang in our fictional CLUB U WISH!”, Hayes posted on social media.The music video, totally conceptualised by Hayes, couldn’t be described better than how the press release did it: “Hayes continues to present a version of his past that is clearly a peach tinted re-imagining of his actual life. Timelines blur with the neon and pastel of the 1980’s sitting comfortably next to a Dandy-esque 60’s presentation of the singer portraying himself having a blast.”The single is inspired by the “late 80’s drum-machine, synth-bass heavy R&B pop that influenced his youth” Savage Garden fans will know that Hayes had previously alluded to his first kiss in the 1999 song Chained To You.“Acting like a mover shaker dancin’ to Madonna then you kissed me,” Hayes sang on Savage Garden‘s sophmore record.In 2022, he re-visits the moment, but this time it is an out and proud Hayes re-telling the story and its queer elements.“After so many years of being placed in a neat and tidy package, it’s nice to remember why I got into this business in the first place: to be an artist.

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is one of Winterson’s most famous books, in which she retells her life through myths and stories, and it is a touching adventure to read while reflecting on the many shades in which everyone experiences their existence. Oranges are not, in fact, the only fruit, just as there isn’t only one way of life. Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound here.Bernardine Evaristo didn’t win the Booker Prize for Fiction with this book for no reason. Girl, Woman, Other is a hymn to identity, its intersections, and women.

Democratic Party has pulled an annual fundraising event scheduled to be held at Walt Disney World following the controversy over Disney's response to the state's controversial "Don't Say Gay" bill.Hours after the party's LGBTQ+ caucus said it would skip the event in protest, the party chair issued a statement declaring their intent to reschedule and move the event, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The legislation has led to protests and walkouts among Disney employees who have voiced their frustration over the company's slow response in condemning the bill.Stephen Gaskill, head of the party's LGBTQ+ caucus, called the fact that the annual "Leadership Blue" event was still scheduled to take place during Pride Month in June "tone deaf," and urged the party to "read the room" and either cancel or move the event, the Times reported."Our timing was not ideal.

Ocean Colour Scene frontman Simon Fowler has opened up about being outed as gay by the tabloids in the 1990s.Speaking in a new interview for NME’s Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! when asked about The Sun revealing his sexuality in 1998, Fowler said: “I don’t think it was a big deal. It was noticeable that our third album [1997’s] ‘Marchin’ Already’ went to Number One and knocked Oasis’ ‘Be Here Now’ off the top spot – which is when Noel Gallagher sent us a plaque: ‘Congratulations to the second greatest band in the world’.“But the album didn’t end up selling anywhere near as much as its predecessor, ‘Moseley Shoals’, overall.

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Dustin Hice must pay Don Lemon $77,000 in attorneys fees. In an 18-page-long ruling, U.S.

Law could give me a trash bag and I'd thank him.No one asked, but I ordered rhinestoned fishnet gloves for this weekend — so yeah, I will be stealing this Instagram caption.

Cassie Randolph learned 'the same way that everyone else did' that her ex Colton Underwood had come out as gay.Cassie, 26, who dated Colton for over a year after meeting on The Bachelor, revealed she learned the news after coming across his Good Morning America interview on social media.'I found out the same way that everyone else did. I was actually in Mexico on vacation with friends, which was great — great to be away,' she said during an appearance on Kaitlyn Bristowe's podcast Off The Vine. 'But yeah, I found out through Snapchat on Good Morning America.

Lily Collins is the queen of Netflix. The actress visited The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and discussed all of her Netflix projects, including her new film “Windfall” and the super successful second season of “Emily in Paris.” She also talked about her wedding and how shooting in Paris streets made her schedule weekly visits to the podiatrist.Emily in Paris: Lily Collins celebrates renewal of season 3 and 4Lily Collins pays emotional tribute to dad Phil Collins on his 71st birthday: ‘I’m forever grateful’A post shared by Lily Collins (@lilyjcollins)Lily Collins and Charlie McDowell got married in September of last year. The two have a movie together coming out called “Windfall,” where Collins stars and McDowell directs.

Cassie Randolph is opening up about Colton Underwood. The 26-year-old “Bachelor” alum appeared on the latest episode of Kaitlyn Bristowe‘s “Off the Vine” podcast, and told the host how she found out that her ex was gay.

Being outed can be a traumatic event for LGBTQ individuals, and it’s especially bad when personal details become water cooler chatter in the workplace. One Reddit user revealed in the r/gay forum earlier this month that he was “beyond pissed off” because a coworker outed him to a new employee that day.“He was showing the new person around, introducing them to everyone, and when they got to me, he told them my name and added, ‘I don’t know if it matters to you or not, but he’s gay,’” this user wrote.He went on: “It is my choice and your choice who you come out to. No one, [not] even family, has the right to out you without your permission.

Like so many others, I recently sat down to watch the new Pixar movie, "Turning Red." For those who may not be aware of the film, it is a coming-of-age movie about Meilin "Mei" Lee, a 13-year-old Chinese Canadian girl growing up in Toronto in 2002. The movie blends fantastical elements into the mix, with Lee transforming into a giant red panda whenever her emotions rise.The story also gives a pretty accurate portrayal of a young teen's life and crushes, and while not entirely a metaphor for menstruation, it does treat the topic with an honesty not seen in a lot of animated fare, let alone one with the Disney name attached.Yes, that Disney, the one recently, rightfully criticized for its toothless, ham-fisted response to Florida's House Bill 1557, aka the "Don't Say Gay" bill, currently awaiting the signature of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R).

first reported the new steps to ease the process for Ukrainian refugees.The administration hasn’t yet given a number for how many refugees would be brought into the U.S. under the new actions.

Andrew Shaffer, interim co-executive director of the GLBT Historical Society, introduced the new virtual tour of the Lyon-Martin House in San Francisco's Noe Valley to a small group of invited guests March 22. Late lesbian pioneers Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin lived at the home for decades. It's where they held social events with the Daughters of Bilitis, the early lesbian group they co-founded, as well as many other gatherings.

This is the final 50 years in 50 weeks of the News section looking back at the Bay Area Reporter's half-century of covering the LGBTQ community. The Arts section's finale commemorates the paper's historic 50th anniversary issue of April 1, 2021 and the News section is highlighting the paper's June 3 issue that marks 40 years of the AIDS epidemic.

Following weeks of back-and-forth discussions between a gay San Francisco man and the organizers of a support group for people living with HIV over the age of 50, he has decided against rejoining the group after being subjected to what he said were humiliating and shaming comments from other group members, as well as a facilitator.Michael Misenti, 67, signed up to participate in a support group sponsored by Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital's Ward 86, the hospital's HIV care and research center, in 2021. The group is a part of Ward 86's This text will be the linkGolden Compass Program>, which was designed specifically for people living with HIV over the age of 50.

The San Francisco Redistricting Task Force is facing criticism for a preliminary map that divides supervisorial District 8, home to the Castro, Noe Valley, Duboce Triangle, Dolores Heights, Corona Heights, and other neighborhoods.The task force convened a meeting March 18 specifically to take public comment on Districts 8 and 9, which includes the Mission, Bernal Heights, and Portola. More than 100 people addressed the body, with most critical of the proposed boundaries for the two supervisor districts.

He may be the underdog in the race for the vacant 17th Assembly District seat, but former supervisor David Campos knows what it's like to fight for causes he believes in. In this case, he's fighting for not only the LGBTQ community — Campos is a gay Latino man — but for all of his would-be constituents in what has become in these closing weeks a slugfest between him and his opponent, District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney. We wish that wasn't happening, but negative attacks work, research has found, and candidates can't seem to help themselves.During last month's primary, Campos and Haney were the top two finishers, resulting in their square off in the special general election April 19.

The San Francisco Arts Commission has welcomed a lesbian Iranian woman to the panel after Mayor London Breed swore her in earlier this month.Mahsa Hakimi, who also identifies as queer, is an attorney who founded Hakimi Law in 2003 in San Francisco. She specializes in intellectual property issues and protecting the creative talent and business interests of artists and entrepreneurs, a news release from the mayor's office stated.

Whether when he lived in San Francisco or after moving to New York City, Martin Greenberg could always rely on strangers he encountered on the street to help him navigate either city. As a deaf, legally blind gay man, he would carry a written out message asking people for help, for instance, crossing the street.But when COVID-19 emerged in early 2020, and New York City went into lockdown, Greenberg found it near impossible to leave his East Village apartment. If he did, he would often be the only person out on the streets of Manhattan, with no one to provide him assistance.

While longtime San Franciscans tend to loathe large capital infrastructure projects, there is one project that neighborhood groups and neighbors agree on that deserves public support: the long-awaited reimagining of Harvey Milk Plaza and the Castro Muni station, at Castro and Market streets.As president of the Eureka Valley Neighborhood Association since 2020, an involved Castro resident since 2013, and a former board member of the GLBT Historical Society, I've gotten to watch and participate as the Harvey Milk Plaza redesign project began in its infancy and has now progressed to a fully formed, ready-to-go plan. The Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza organization has engaged in a robust multi-year community engagement program that has unequivocally obtained and incorporated numerous layers of feedback from a wide swath of community stakeholders.

Almost two years to the day when then-named Lyon-Martin Health Services announced a massive potential cut in its services, the 43-year-old clinic for women and transgender people is striking back out on its own with a new name, severing a seven-year relationship with a statewide chain of medical centers.Merged in 2015 with HealthRIGHT 360, a network of medical and substance-abuse counseling clinics that now has branches in 13 Bay Area and Southern California counties, Lyon-Martin leaders had hoped the merger would ease its ongoing financial instability. In 2011, just four years before the merger, the clinic was nearly shut down after its board announced the organization was nearly $1 million in debt.

Persistence has paid off for transgender nurse Veronika Fimbres, as the Green Party member has qualified to appear on the June 7 primary ballot as a candidate for California insurance commissioner. She is the first known transgender statewide office seeker to make it onto a general election ballot in California, as well as the first person living with HIV to do so.Twice before she had attempted to qualify as a candidate, first in the 2018 gubernatorial race.

Last month, when Mayor Eric Adams’s decision to hire three people with histories of homophobic views and statements was met with outrage from members of the L.G.B.T.Q. community, he agreed to meet to hear their grievances. Some attendees described the meeting as productive, but Mr.

The Massachusetts Medical Society and the Fenway Institute urge FDA to change blood donor policy for men who have sex with menOur nation’s health care system continues to deal with a myriad of challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, many of which are complex and will likely require a substantial amount of time to address and correct, according to Fenway Institute.One of the most pressing issues in the delivery of quality care, however, can be mitigated by rescinding a policy that is discriminatory and not based on sound science. The physicians of the Massachusetts Medical Society and The Fenway Institute urge the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revoke its policy on unnecessary scrutiny and subsequent exclusion of men who have sex with men (MSM) from donating blood — a simple, safe step that will expand a blood supply that is perilously low across all health care settings.

In 1966, three years before the Stonewall Riot in NYC, the Transgender community took action against police abuses in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District. A documentary called Screaming Queens: the Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria was made about the incident.

WCCB about Fezco, the dog who was abandoned by his owners for humping another male dog. “It was one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard,” Nichols said of the reason given for leaving Fezco with Stanly County Animal Protective Services. “That’s just pack behavior.” He said he and Winn looked at each other after hearing the news story and decided to adopt the abandoned dog.Nichols told TMZ that he felt a connection to the dog, who was being unfairly discriminated against, just as he and Winn have been in their own lives. According to the The Charlotte Observer, Nichols then drove about an hour from their home to Albemarle, located about 40 miles northeast of Charlotte, to adopt the dog, who he and Winn have renamed Oscar, after Oscar Wilde, a gay Irish poet and playwright in the early 1890s.Nichols said the application wanted to make sure that whoever adopted Oscar would be committed to nursing him back to health.

Nobody likes to be stereotyped…. Unless it’s by a fellow gay.The ‘gay culture is…’ meme refuses to disappear, and folks across Twitter have plenty of responses, ranging from the relatable to the utterly ridiculous.Here’s how people are answering the question — “What is gay culture?”gay culture is saving the same photo five times because it’s “not the same photo, they’re cropped slightly differently each time!” pic.twitter.com/HXavA1Rbke— ali | GAY PIRATES ??? (@docwhovians) March 23, 2022Gay culture is saying “hay gurl” to a fully twenty-seven year old man with a beard.— Andrew Z¡gler (@andrewzigler) March 20, 2022Gay culture is developing a crush on ur friend and mentally friend zoning yourself out of fear if you express ur feelings it will either a.

Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher “While I am grateful for an ever-deepening pool of queer love stories, watching them in adulthood does not sate the deep thirst for direct experience I felt in my youth.” Garrett Schlichte was exactly twice the age of his sister. When he was 28 and his sister was 14, she would dish to him on the phone about her teenage love life.

The Bachelor star Colton Underwood, has revealed her anger and frustration at learning he’d come out of the closet.Underwood chose Randolph as the “winner” of Season 23 of The Bachelor back in 2018. They remained a couple until May 2020 when the pair had a very public break-up. Randolph accused Underwood of stalking and harassment and went so far as to take out a restraining order against him.

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series star Joshua Bassett told People that everything he does today “aligns with what I needed when I was 10.” This includes being an out and proud member of the LGBTQ+ community — even if he wasn’t planning on coming out when he did.In a video interview with Clevver News last May, Bassett referred to Harry Styles as being “hot,” which fueled speculation about his sexuality. The singer-actor cleared things up shortly thereafter in an interview with GQ, where he said, “I’m happy to be a part of the LGBTQ+ community.”Reflecting on his coming out almost a year later, Bassett told People, “They kept asking me questions about Harry Styles, and I was like, ‘This is pretty much my coming out video.’ I wasn’t intending on saying that, but I also wasn’t kidding.”Today, Bassett feels freer than ever.

told Australian Vogue that there was little "comfort" with her character's high fashion look, joking, "There are literally no sweatpants" on the set."The brightness and boldness and fun and sense of humor Emily has in her wardrobe enhances her personality, especially coming out of COVID where comfort was everything," she said. "Not everything felt super comfortable after COVID, but it was really nice to have fun with fashion again in the most heightened way possible."While speaking to Jimmy, Lily insisted that if the Netflix show were to continue filming spinoffs in other cities, she would prefer that her character wear flats instead of heels.Maren Morris' mental health is in a good place these days, in large part due to her husband, fellow country singer Ryan Hurd.In a new chat with People magazine, the "Circles Around This Town" singer said Ryan helped diagnose her with postpartum depression after their son, Hayes Andrew, was born in March 2020 during the very early days of the COVID pandemic. "I do check-ins all the time [with] therapy, which I've done for years, and my husband was a huge help diagnosing that too," Maren said.

Cassie Randolph is opening up about Colton Underwood. The 26-year-old alum appeared on the latest episode of Kaitlyn Bristowe's  podcast, and told the host how she found out that her ex was gay.Randolph and Underwood ended up together at the conclusion of his 2019 season of . They called it quits in May 2020.

“don’t say gay” legislation. The Black Swans took to Twitter, tweeting that the sign was removed because it was considered political. Saturday's match was the opening game of the NWSL’s preseason Challenge Cup and the Pride was playing against the Washington Spirit when the sign was ordered to be taken down.The Prides’ statement, in part, said, “Over the past two days, the Orlando Pride leadership team has taken part in numerous discussions with supporters, players, front office and team staff, as well as community leaders in LGBTQ+ activism, to address, listen and learn from Saturday’s events.

She has become well known for wearing eye-catching outfits in nearly every episode of the comedy-drama program Emily In Paris.And on Wednesday morning, Lily Collins proved that she could pull off a seriously stylish look off the series with a trio of photos that were shared to her Instagram account.The 33-year-old performer was seen posing in a vibrantly colored outfit while preparing to appear on an episode of Live With Kelly And Ryan in all of her shots. On the show, she talked about her husband Ooh la la! Lily Collins proved that she could pull off a seriously stylish look with a trio of photos that were shared to her Instagram account on Wednesday Collins rocked a bright orange double-breasted coat on top of a beige sweater while posing for the shots.The Mank actress also wore a matching pair of wide-legged pants as she prepared to appear on the program.

Anti-gay rugby star Israel Folau has said he wants to “move forward” from his past homophobic comments. He also wants fans to know he has “no regrets” about what he said.To recap: The former Aussie rugby player made international headlines back in 2018 for comments he made about gay people on social media.

Update 3/23/22: Fezco has a new home and a new name. A gay North Carolina couple, Steve Nichols and John Winn, adopted the dog and renamed him Oscar after the queer Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde.In an interview with The Charlotte Observer, Nichols told the outlet that they felt an instant connection to the animal.

At its March 22 city council meeting, Denton passed a nondiscrimination ordinance.

The Swimmer has arrived.The new romantic drama from writer/director Adam Kalderon follows the story of Erez (Omer Perelman Striks), a champion swimmer with wild ambitions for his career. A new team placement pairs him with Nevo (Asaf Jonas), a handsome fellow swimmer, and the two form an immediate, electric attraction for one another.

EXCLUSIVE: There is a major casting change on CBS’ untitled Mother & Son Legal Drama Pilot. Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden is in negotiations to play the female lead opposite Skylar Astin. She will replace fellow Oscar winner Geena Davis, who was originally cast in the pilot but is no longer part of the project.

Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and Mayor Eric Adams held court in one corner of the room, while famous friends-of-the-brand Jessica Chastain and Janelle Monáe sparkled in another. In between were more glittering faces: Zoey Deutch (in bright pink), Lily Collins (in classic black-and-white suiting), TikTok star Nic Kaufmann (in a double-breasted olive suit) and influencer Ivy Getty (channeling groovy vibes in a Western shirt).The runway was dominated by classic Ralph Lauren looks, mostly in shades of black and white with pops of red.

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Far-right candidate Éric Zemmour faces yet another lawsuit in the run-up to France's presidential election, this time filed by gay rights groups who say he denied that homosexuals were rounded up and deported during the country's wartime Nazi occupation.

Got a burning desire to have your news personally curated by Donald Trump, Jr.? Well, now you can!This morning, the ex-president’s eldest son announced he’s launching a news aggregation site called “MxM News” that he hopes will compete with Apple News and Google News.Exclusive: Donald Trump Jr. launches news aggregation app https://t.co/IIrkgxzHjy— Donald Trump Jr.