Romanian Senate approves bill banning ‘gay propaganda’ in schools

Production is set to get underway for Femme, an upcoming gay revenge thriller, which stars 1917’s George MacKay and Candyman’s Nathan Stewart-Jarret.

Located in Dublin’s Hirschfeld Centre from 1979 until the building was destroyed by a fire in 1987, Flikkers Disco offered Dublin’s queer community one of the only places where gay, lesbian, and Trans folks could gather at a time when not only were certain identities deemed illegal under Irish law, but when the ongoing HIV/AIDS […]

Gemma Collins has shared a radiant photo with her 2.2 million followers on Instagram while she enjoys a much-needed holiday in Dubai.The 41-year-old, posted a stunning photo of her relaxing in the pool at the luxury Palazzo versace Hotel.Looking happy and confident, the former The Only Way Is Essex star posed in a hot pink swimsuit, which she styled with oversized sunglasses, a big smile and a peace sign.Her slim figure stole the show in the plunging swimsuit as she struck a pose in the swimming pool, which featured a stunning backdrop.The caption read: “Girls just wanna have SUN. I will be shining brightly and unapologetically for the foreseeable future.”Fans were quick to comment on the post, one said: “Amazinggggg Versace was made for you.”Another wrote: “So deserved, enjoy Gemma.” A third added: “Have a fabulous time.”Gemma shared photos of how she prepared for holiday on her Instagram stories the day before, when she underwent a high-tech hydration facial at the Orocum Clinic in London.She wrote: “So important to have a good hydration facial for this time of year.

Nothing about Benjamin Simpson’s transition was inevitable, certainly not his penis. Though he did, in the end, grow up to be a man, he freely admits that in another place or time he might have grown into an unhappy woman, or the local eccentric, or a person who died too young from suicide. Raised in a village outside the Finger Lakes — a place, to this day, where cell service is spotty — he did not know what “transgender” was.

Ex Eastenders actress Cheryl Fergison has revealed the heartbreaking moment her teenage son’s father disowned him upon learning that he was gay. The actress, who played Heather Trott in the soap, opened up to listeners on the The Hundamental Guide to Life podcast, as she talked about her relationship with her son, Alex. Cheryl, 56, couldn’t praise her son enough in the frank interview as she commended the young actor and writer and revealed how he had overcome so much adversity to become the success he is today.

A post shared by Mr. Movie Universe (@mr_movie_universe)Actor Oscar Isaac recently endeared himself even more to his queer fans by speaking against Florida’s odious “Don’t Say Gay” law.In an interview with The New York Times, the dramatic, sci-fi actor said that Disney rightly opposed the law, which forbids kindergarten through third-grade teachers from mentioning LGBTQ issues in the classroom.“It’s an interesting time where everything is parsed, and if Disney is going to own so much of the entertainment industry, they’ve got to expect to come up against some tough decisions,” Isaac said.

Outreach.He asked the pope what was most important for LGBTQ+ people to know about God, and the “God is Father” comment came in response to that. The second question was what he would like LGBTQ+ people to know about the church, and Francis suggested reading Acts of the Apostles, a book in the New Testament.

Companynow positions its central character, Bobbie, as a 35-year-old woman questioning the validity of a traditional marriage. But director Marianne Elliott’s reimagined production also features another major casting switch that helped land actor Matt Doyle a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.Doyle plays the perpetually anxious Jamie, whose pre-wedding jitters serve as inspiration for “Getting Married Today,” an ingenious, high-velocity patter song that questions heteronormative traditions.Doyle is no stranger to Broadway, having made his debut in the original production of Spring Awakening.

To the Editor: Re “The Secrets Ed Koch Carried” (front page, May 8): I read about former Mayor Ed Koch’s closeted state of mind with a mixture of anger and sadness. As a gay psychiatrist who, in the 1980s, watched patients, friends and colleagues get sick and die from AIDS, I felt anger about the closeted mayor who refused to advocate forcefully enough for them. Yet I also felt sadness as a psychoanalyst who has observed, studied and written about the psychology of being in the closet.

In naming Matt Dorsey as the new District 6 supervisor, San Francisco Mayor London Breed has not only appointed the second gay man living with HIV to fill a vacancy on the Board of Supervisors in recent years but also someone who has personal experience combatting a substance use disorder. An alcoholic who also overused a variety of drugs, including crystal meth, Dorsey has been clean and sober for 19 months as of May 7."I was very honest about it," Dorsey, 57, told the Bay Area Reporter about his discussion with Breed when he spoke with her privately last month about his interest in being named the supervisor for the city's South of Market, Treasure Island, and Mission Bay neighborhoods.

Axios reports. Also, if a violation of the law “deprives a student of an athletic opportunity or causes direct or indirect harm to the student, then the student will have a private cause of action for injunctive relief, damages, and other relief, plus costs and including attorney fees.”“This law sends a horrible message that trans and nonbinary youth can be excluded from the many benefits of participating in sports,” Chris Sanders, executive director of the Tennessee Equality Project and Tennessee Equality Project Foundation, said in a statement.

admitted to the 1988 murder of American Scott Johnson to over 12 years in jail for the crime.Scott Philip White, 51, who now identifies as gay, will serve a minimum of at least eight years and three months behind bars for the killing of Johnson, whose naked body was found at the bottom of the cliffs near Manly in northern Sydney in December 1988. Johnson was 27 at the time of his murder.

Chrishell Stause confirmed rumours that she is dating Australian singer G Flip during the Selling Sunset reunion.

Donald Trump, believes Black people are “more racist” than white people, and objects to being called “gay”, preferring to be called “a conservative who likes men”. He recently spoke out in support of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill.Related: Herschel Walker’s gay son just shared his thoughts on Ukraine and we’re all a little stupider nowLast week, he decided to weigh on on the current abortion debate in the US, following the leaked draft of the upcoming Supreme Court ruling on Roe v.

We had high hopes for David Eldridge’s new play – the second part in a trilogy, Middle follows on from 2017’s Beginning, which we caught when it transferred to the West End and we absolutely loved it. A cleverly-constructed two-hander, over the course of 100 minutes we gained an insight into the beginnings of a potential romance – guy meets girl at a house party, a conversation ensues, one thing leads to another and… well, you know how it goes. Beginning was a play overflowing with clever lines, dripping with subtext, and very relatable and human exchanges.

Galway boy Zac Johnson has made a splash in the international gay porn industry. Appearing in productions from some of the biggest companies in the porn industry, the Irish native has been nominated for eight Grabby Awards and raised a lot of temperatures in the process. Zac shared his journey in the industry, from getting […]

EX-EASTENDERS star Cheryl Fergison claims her son's dad disowned him when he came out as gay aged 16. The actress, who played Heather Trott in the soap, opened up about her relationship with son Alex on The Hundamental Guide to Life podcast.

When Tsepo Bollwinkel’s wife gave birth to their first child, there was joy but also painful memories for the transgender German, who was forced to undergo sterilisation in order to change legal gender in the 1990s.

Tennessee’s Governor Bill Lee approved an archaic anti-LGBTQ+ bill banning trans athletes from collegiate sports.

Popular South Korean K-Pop singer and actor Holland said he was the victim of a homophobic attack last week. Holland, one of the few out gay K-Pop singers, said he was attacked on May 5, while he was walking in the Itaewon neighbourhood in Seoul. Trigger Warning: This story has details and visuals of a homophobic attack, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.The Itaewon area, where the incident occurred is the popular LGBTQI night life district in South Korea.The photo showed bruises to his head and face.

these five gay-approved Latina pop stars, then catch up on the latest from Gay TikTok:Axel Hotel welcomed the heteros.Vogue did that.Rob Madge put on a show.Ben Barker walked the dog.Sina Yadollahi aka Construction Gay spilled some facts.Alejo Ospina got in uniform.♬ And why arent you in uniform – No context SpongebobLaganja Estranja felt acknowledged.Saro went back to bed.Trixie Mattel got her own show.And Matt dried his hair.

“It’s like you can’t be a gay football player, people will go mad.I give the example, when I was playing for West Ham, someone from the English federation came and he said ‘we need to accept everyone’ and the amount of players that were like no, if some of my team mates are gay they have to leave now, I won’t do any shower [with them].’I stand up and I say ‘shut up, shut up everyone, can you hear yourselves?’ We still don’t accept everyone.

Wandering eyes almost got one Reddit user into trouble recently, and now he’s wondering how to handle being caught checking a guy out.This user, whom we’ll dub Looky Lou, said he was walking up a flight of stairs at a train station when an older gentleman breezed past him. And Lou took the opportunity to take a look at this gent’s caboose.“Unbeknownst to me, his son was behind me, and as he passed me, the next thing I heard was the kid say, ‘Dad, that dude’s looking at your a**.’ I clearly wasn’t being as subtle as I thought,” Lou recalled. “I could hear them having a laugh about it as they walked away.

Gemma Collins has given an update to concerned fans over her fiancé Rami Hawash, who suffered a serious accident at work, injuring his left eye. The former TOWIE star, 41, revealed that it's still not clear if his vision will recover in that eye.

How I Met Your Father star Kim Cattrall finally shared her thoughts on HBO Max’s Sex and the City revival in a new interview.

Openly gay K-pop star Holland revealed that he was recently the victim of a homophobic attack.

Gemma Collins has shared how her fiancé Rami Hawash may not get his sight completely back after suffering from a horrific eye injury. The star, 41, revealed earlier this month that Rami had been involved in a serious accident at work that left his eye badly damaged and in need of surgery as she posted a selfie with him where he also displayed a deep cut on his nose bridge.

GEMMA Collins has vowed to stand by Rami Hawash even if he is blind after his horrific accident. The Reality TV diva, 41, said she did not know if her fiance would regain his full sight, but she would still be with him.

Hi Jake,I’m in my early 30s and living in Miami Beach. It’s already May and “Hot Gay Summer” is approaching like a speeding train, but I don’t feel like my body is anywhere close to where it needs to be.  “Hot Gay Summer” for me means going to the various beach and pool parties, outdoor concerts, dance parties and Prides, and then traveling to P-town for the 4th of July. All my friends have bodies that are close to perfection, and I don’t want to stand out or be judged by them. My whole summer depends upon looking a certain way. It’s been a stressful time with work, and it’s been harder to get back on a regular workout schedule after the pandemic. I’m starting to panic. What should I do?Summertime SadnessDear Summertime Sadness,Grinding in a sea of perfect, sweaty torsos on a hot summer night is a gay image as old as time.

Pop music might sound a lot like gay rights, but the actual stage often only offers room for heteronormative artists. In Latin America, it’s even harder for unabashedly queer Latinx pop stars to thrive.

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie has successfully taken over the West End and beyond – and now one of its creators wants to see the production being retold in schools.The Feeling singer Dan Gillespie Sells wrote and composed the music for the hit show, which was created by Tom MacRae and is based upon the true-life story of 16-year-old schoolboy Jamie Campbell, as he overcomes prejudice and bullying to step out of the darkness and become a drag queen. It has even been turned into a movie, keeping Dan very busy amid The Feeling’s hiatus, which began in 2016 and came to an end recently with the release of their new album Loss Hope Love. Reflecting on Jamie’s popularity on the theatre boards, Dan told Metro.co.uk: ‘We’ve just been trying to keep up with its success, it’s kept us all so busy and we’ve loved it and are trying to look after the story and trying to make sure it doesn’t get pulled out of shape by producers, especially when there’s big executives from movie companies getting involved, you’re like, we need to look after this story because I don’t want it to become something it isn’t. ‘That’s our main job with Jamie is to look after him.’ Dan revealed that he, and other members of The Feeling who also contributed music, were drawn to Jamie’s story because they could ‘see ourselves in it’. ‘We’re three guys who went to regular state schools, come from working class backgrounds and basically were big dreamers at school,’ he explained. ‘We recognise ourselves in this character and could make him into our hero, which we’d never seen on-screen or stage before. ‘We’d never seen a young gay, really effeminate boy who was actually the hero of the story, so that was what drew us to making it.

Metro.co.uk: ‘Fate always brings you back. I’m lucky he’s very supportive because I have got such a busy career and you need a man with confidence really, that can understand my life. ‘It is a lot sometimes, I’m not gonna lie but I have to juggle that home balance, you know, because when you’re a single girl you can just get up and go.

The first Downton Abbey film gave us Thomas Barrow, played by Rob James-Collier, a gay butler whose sexuality was explored throughout the film by way of a short-lived romance with the king’s royal dresser. However, in Downton Abbey: A New Era, currently playing in theatres, Thomas Barrow’s story gets more of a spotlight and his experiences as a gay man are presented under a warmer more optimistic light, with bright hope for his future. For LGBTQI fans of both the show and western television, the introduction of this storyline back in 2010 was a milestone moment. Thomas Barrow is an openly gay character played by an openly gay actor; while in this moment in time this alone may not be much to celebrate, in 2010 this was relatively rare in Hollywood, considering shows like Will & Grace were the height of mainstream gay representation, with straight actors playing the lead roles. At this time streaming services which have now majorly streamlined production and allowed more marginalised stories to be told, were also not yet around. Thomas Barrow.

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.

It’s been a truly terrible week for Madison Cawthorn and he only has himself to blame.The anti-LGBTQ congressman from North Carolina, who is currently running for reelection and faces eight primary challengers, has been trending pretty much every day since Tuesday after a leaked video showing him naked, in bed, with his male cousin began circulating online.The disturbing video was first shared by American Muckrakers PAC, a political group that runs the Fire Madison Cawthorn website. In it, the young Republican appears to be reenacting some sort of rape fantasy by hooting like a gorilla while thrusting his naked groin in his cousin’s face as another male records the encounter encouraging him to “Stick it in his face!”Related: A major question about that Madison Cawthorn gay cousin-humping video is still unansweredCawthorn responded to the leaked recording on Twitter by saying he was just goofing around then claimed to be the victim of blackmail, although he didn’t elaborate on who was blackmailing him, how long it had been going on, or why.“A new hit against me just dropped,” he tweeted. “Years ago, in this video, I was being crass with a friend, trying to be funny.

A group of Republican senators is calling for a TV ratings system to warn parents about LGBTQ content in children’s programs. Their statement singles out Disney repeatedly.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorCamila Cabello will host a benefit concert on Sunday, May 8, to announce the launch of her “Protect All Kids” Fund.This emergency fund, established in partnership with Equality Florida and Lambda Legal to protect students and families from Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” law, will also provide resources to impacted students, teachers, and families. The launch event will be held at private venue in West Hollywood and will also include special performances by RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant Valentina, transgender singer Shea Diamond and a local youth choir.“As someone who grew up and still lives in Florida, I am appalled that my home state is putting the health and lives of young Floridians at risk by passing this law and inviting discrimination into our schools.

Don't Say Gay" law in Florida, a group of Republican Senators this week requested updates to the nation's TV rating systems in an effort to help parents become aware of and prevent exposing their children to gender-identity related content they find objectionable.On Thursday, a letter was sent to Charles Rivkin, CEO of the Motion Picture Association and Board Chairman of the TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board, noting the immediate need to amend the Board's current guidelines based on what they described as the "promotion of gender dysphoria." The phrase "gender dysphoria" is a concept designated in the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health) considered to be "clinically significant distress or impairment related to a strong desire to be of another gender.""...To the detriment of children, gender dysphoria has become sensationalized in the popular media and television with radical activists and entertainment companies," read the letter backed by Republican Senators Roger Marshall of Kansas, Mike Lee of Utah, Mike Braun of Indiana, Steve Daines of Montana and Kevin Cramer of North Dakota. "This radical and sexual sensation not only harms children, but also destabilizes and damages parental rights."For its part, the TV Parental Guidelines is a voluntary system of guidelines used by American families to determine whether or not a particular program is age-appropriate for children.

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In the latest installment of the Right’s culture war, Sen. Roger Marshall is demanding changes to television ratings to warn parents about LGBTQ representation in shows.The current guidelines note if a program includes sexual situations, as well as violence and coarse language.

Drag artists and performers from all corners of the world and several eras of RuPaul’s Drag Race are set to unite for a one-of-a-kind series, Bring Back My Girls. The special drag extravaganza is going to be filmed at DragCon LA 2022 and will feature panels of queens hosted by none other than Drag Race […]

Out Traveler a piece on Waikiki’s vibrant LGBTQ+ nightlife.We booked a week in December, reached out to a bunch of people in the local community, and counted the days. There was flooding in Honolulu about 10 days before our arrival, but it didn’t dampen our enthusiasm.We didn’t know it, but something more insidious was quietly throwing off our plans. On December 3, there was an unusual COVID cluster traced to gay clubs in Waikiki.

Reuters.Wednesday’s decision was unanimously made by the three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Principals and Deputy Principals Conference 2022 has faced criticism from the LGBTQ+ community and its allies for inviting Stella O’Malley to give a talk on “managing gender issues”. Ms O’Malley is one of three writers behind the widely-criticised Irish Times article entitled Bill to Ban Conversion Therapy Poses Problems for Therapists, which inspired the Trans […]

The Principals and Deputy Principals Conference 2022 has faced criticism from the LGBTQ+ community and its allies for inviting Stella O’Malley to give a talk on “managing gender issues”. Ms O’Malley is one of three writers behind the widely-criticised Irish Times article entitled Bill to Ban Conversion Therapy Poses Problems for Therapists, which inspired the Trans […]

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The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, has published a progress report from the Working Group to examine the ‘Disregard of Convictions for Certain Qualifying Offences Related to Consensual Sexual Activity between Men’.The working group was established in March 2021 and consists of representatives from the Department of Justice, An Garda Síochána, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC), the Office of the Attorney General and three members of the LGBTQ+ community with expertise in this area.Since its establishment, the Working Group has met on four occasions primarily tasked with examining the feasibility of identifying appropriate records which may support a decision to expunge or disregard a record of conviction for consensual same-sex acts between men prior to decriminalisation in 1993.In publishing the progress report, Minister McEntee said: “The Victorian-era laws which were repealed by the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 caused immeasurable harm to generations of gay and bisexual men, criminalising and stigmatising them simply because of their sexual orientation.“I am very conscious that nearly 30 years later, the damage that was caused by these laws continues to impact negatively on too many people’s lives.