RTÉ releases statement in response to termination of Dublin Pride partnership

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Donald Trump has said that teachers should not be allowed "to teach transgender to our children" without permission from their parents, in his latest comments about transgender people.Trump made the remarks during his keynote speech at the Faith & Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority Policy Conference in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday and also criticized what he described as "gender ideology."The former president is weighing in on an issue that has rapidly become a major point of contention for Republicans: discussions of gender and sexual identity in the classroom."Pushing woke gender ideology, think of it, on young people, is nothing less than child abuse," Trump said."No teacher should ever be allowed to teach transgender to our children without the parents' consent, and I don't think too many people are gonna be giving that consent. Not too many," the former president said.During his speech in Nashville, Trump also said that politics had become a "religion" for "the radical left" and that it "has warped their sense of right and wrong.

Laverne Cox left little to the imagination as she displayed her fit figure at NYC Pride Presents: Disclosure during 2022 Tribeca Festival on Friday night.The 50-year-old Orange Is The New Black star strutted her stuff on the red carpet in a red mesh bodysuit with bold black tiger stripes throughout.Laverne's black lace panties and matching bra were visible as she posed for the cameras in her daring look. Daring:Laverne Cox left little to the imagination as she displayed her fit figure at NYC Pride Presents: Disclosure during 2022 Tribeca Festival on Friday nightShe accessorized with a pair of black mesh gloves and slipped her feet into a pair of pointy black booties.Laverne wore her waist-length blonde hair down and styled in voluminous waves.Her already stunning features were sculpted with bronzing powder and she highlighted her cheekbones and forehead for an ethereal glow.Laverne rocked a black smokey eyeshadow look and a glossy maroon lip.

Simon Webbe has gushed over his eldest daughter Alanah, who came out as gay “really young”. Simon, 44, welcomed his daughter Alanah in 1996 with his ex-girlfriend Nicola Jones.The singer has since had a second child with his now-wife Ayshen Kemal – whom he married in 2018. Ayshen gave birth to a little girl named Cyan Shenel last year.

Here’s a little new millennium nostalgia for your day. Remember the 2002 movie Scooby-Doo? You know the one that put those meddling kids into a live action camp fest that perfectly cast the characters Velma (Linda Cardellini), Fred (Freddie Prinze Jr.), Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Shaggy (Matthew Lillard), and the voice of Scooby-Doo (Neil Fanning)? Yea, that one.While the film itself received negative reviews, it was a box office success that has garnered a cult following throughout the years.

A post shared by ADAM LAMBERT (@adamlambert) At a time when Pride can sometimes feel a little sanitized and corporate-friendly, Adam Lambert has posted a short and sweet message to his fans and followers to remind them where his preferences lie.“I like dick,” he said at the start of the Pride Month video posted to Instagram.Appearing to answer queries from fans, he then responds to someone asking, “Are you gay?”“Where have you been?” responds the singer. “I’m really gay.

@VickieforNYC, we need you to acknowledge this is wrong & tell others to stop also. pic.twitter.com/pXxhY59COqThough he did mention Paladino by name in a clip of his speech he shared on Twitter, he tagged the councilwoman directly in the caption, saying that she used the term "grooming" repeatedly to "describe my community.""@VickieforNYC, we need you to acknowledge this is wrong & tell others to stop also," he wrote.Planned drag queen story events across the U.S.

, everyone was accepting. Still, when I thought about giving wrestling a shot, I believed that a sport often associated with macho men may not accept someone like me.  And when I expressed my interest in wrestling to people, there were some mixed perceptions from ex-work colleagues, or people I socialised with.

Massachusetts Catholic school can no longer call itself Catholic after a local bishop declared that its Pride and Black Lives Matter flags were incongruent with church teachings.In April, Bishop Robert McManus issued a statement opposing Nativity School of Worcester's display of Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ+ Pride flags.  By doing so, he expected the school to comply and remove the flags, but administrators have refused.Now, McManus has forbidden the school from identifying as Catholic.On Thursday, the Diocese of Worcester posted a decree about Nativity School on its website."The Nativity School of Worcester is prohibited from this time forward from identifying itself as a ‘Catholic’ school and may no longer use the title ‘Catholic’ to describe itself," McManus declared.In an open letter published in May, he claimed that "These symbols (flags) embody specific agendas or ideologies (that) contradict Catholic social and moral teaching." His issue with the school's Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ+ Pride flags is that they send a message of support."It is my contention that the 'Gay Pride' flag represents support of gay marriage and actively living a LGBTQ+ lifestyle," McManus notes.While seemingly invalidating the social justice movement, he explains his opposition to the Black Lives Matter flags.

Love can be confounding. It can be surprising and elusive; there’s no guidebook. That’s one reason why we devour romantic comedies: They’re funny but neat stories about how people get together, a process that’s terrifyingly vulnerable in real life. For Keiynan Lonsdale, best known for playing romantic lead Bram in 2018’s tender high-school romance Love, Simon, the genre has been professionally but also personally significant.

Last weekend, droves of people descended on a 15-acre park in northeast Los Angeles for an afternoon of picnicking, mingling, cheering on drag performances and a puppy costume competition, and more. Known as Dyke Day LA, this annual Pride gathering takes a homespun approach to a month typically packed with corporate-sponsored parties, parades and concerts; one organizer estimated the crowd at about 1,500. Since its first iteration in 2007, it has gone from a scrappy Eastside alternative to the spectacle of West Hollywood’s Pride celebrations to an essential — if unofficial — event on the city’s Pride calendar, open to “dykes of all genders.” (According to the organizers, that means everyone but cisgender men.) The name asserts that a term once widely taken as a misogynistic and homophobic slur can be seen as a positive, liberating label.

The ‘Godfather of Gay’, Tonie Walsh is back with his unmissable Lavender Walk, Dublin’s original LGBTQ+ history tour. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience Ireland’s rich queer history at some of the sites where seminal events took place and the country’s queer community was born. As founder of the Irish Queer Archive and co-founder of […]

As everyone already knows, Pride month is the best time of the year with a smorgasbord of LGBTQ+ events happening around Ireland. There is so much to do that it is almost impossible to keep track of all the different things happening. So, to help you find some hidden gems that are taking place this […]

The sustainable Irish urban clothing brand, Human Collective, is offering two lucky GCN readers the chance to win one of their stylish limited-edition Pride t-shirts. Available in black and white, the design sees the Pride flag sitting where fashionistas would usually find the brand’s signature equals sign logo. The design is sleek and modern, and […]

Arya Stark was queer until her sex scene with Gendry in the final season. Arya was among the few characters to survive Game of Thrones, and before she fled Winterfell for new adventures, she lost her virginity to Gendry (Joe Dempsie). Three years on from the divisive finale, Maisie has revealed she was taken aback by the moment Arya slept with Gendry when they were reunited after several years. ‘The first time that I was surprised by Arya I guess was probably in the final series where she whips off her clothes and sleeps with Gendry,’ she chuckled.‘I thought that Arya was queer, you know? So… yeah. That was a surprise.’Back in 2019 after the episode aired, Maisie admitted she thought the scene was a joke due to creators David Benioff and D.B.

Texas Republicans have been targeting transgender folks in the Lone Star State for years, especially since 2015 when the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Obergefell ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide. It’s like, since they lost on marriage, the right-wingers decided to target the most vulnerable in our community.

Dublin Pride terminated its media partnership with RTÉ on the eve of Tuesday, June 14, after the Radio 1 Liveline programme was accused of airing “unacceptable, triggering and extremely harmful anti-trans ‘discussions’”. Representatives from Dublin Pride sat down with GCN for an exclusive interview on the matter, ahead of the annual parade next weekend. Adding […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 17, 2022 CONTACT: Cathy Renna, Communications Director, National LGBTQ Task Force, 917-757-6123 NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE STATEMENT ON BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S PRIDE MONTH EXECUTIVE ORDER Washington, DC……Yesterday, along with LGBTQI+ families, advocates, elected officials, and leaders, the National LGBTQ Task Force attended the White House LGBTQ Pride Month event hosted by President and Dr. Biden.

Grindr, the social networking app, sent a pop-up message about the risk of monkeypox to millions of European and American users. A sex party organizer in New York asked invitees to check themselves for lesions before showing up. And the organizers of the city’s main Pride celebrations posted a monkeypox notice Sunday on their Instagram account.

London.The UK’s first Pride March, in 1972, took place just a few miles away between Hyde Park and Trafalgar Square.The march is depicted among the photographs within the Queer Britain museum, along with other key moments spanning the UK’s LGBTQ+ history.The museum’s contents are tightly interwoven with its staff.Front of House manager Stephanie Stevens initially joined Queer Britain as a volunteer, desperate to get ‘involved in any way’.She told Metro.co.uk: ‘As a trans woman, queer identifying, this was so important to me, I wanted to get involved in any way.‘Having an entire space dedicated to LGBTQ+ history is just amazing.‘It’s so normal to have to be grateful to be in the background of some other space, hidden away in a back room.‘To have our own museum is long overdue, it’s something we’ve needed for a long time.‘We’re slap-bang in the middle of London, standing shoulder to shoulder with huge institutions.’The aptly named ‘Welcome to Queer Britain’ display is the inagural exhibition for the museum.Lasting until July and spread over several rooms, it features key images from throughout the history of UK’s battle for LGBTQ+ rights.Rickshaw rider charged £180 for three minutes - and now he's got a £1,000 fineWhat I Rent: Oriana, £2,000 a month for a one-bedroom flat in Canning Town, LondonChef sacked for not washing hands after being caught 'kissing and fondling' waiterSection 28, the law which prohibited the ‘promotion of homosexuality’ by councils, introduced by the Thatcher Government in 1988, is featured.However images of more joyful occasions, such as the legalisation of equal marriage in England, Wales and Scotland – and later Northern Ireland – are also depicted.The exhibit also features key figures such as

Adele Roberts and her girlfriend Kate Holderness have been lighting up our lives with their love for one another.BBC Radio 1 DJ Adele and actress Kate have been each other’s rocks through thick and thin, with the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! star recently declaring she’s ‘going to have to marry’ her partner for being an ‘absolute angel’ throughout her bowel cancer journey.The pair have been in a long-term relationship for several years and are stronger and closer than ever.So today, Adele and Kate are both taking on the role of Metro.co.uk’s very own LGBTQ+ agony aunts, and they’re here to provide advice on a sticky wedding situation.Dear Adele and Kate, My partner and I have recently got engaged. While we’re super excited about wedding plans and tying the knot, some of my older family members are still disapproving of my relationship. I really want them to be there to celebrate my special day and for them to be involved (e.g. I want my dad to walk me down the aisle). However, at the moment, they don’t want to come to the wedding at all. How do I talk them around?Kate: Firstly, congratulations on your engagement! We’re so excited for you! I’m really sorry to hear that some members of your family might be choosing not to share your special day with you.

ways to celebrate.Whether you’re into dancing all night or keeping it more low-key, GayCities wants to help you get out there and celebrate in style when traveling to Pride.So, with the help of some friends, we’ve come up with this list of travel must-haves for Pride month. Coincedentally, the friendship began on the beach at Pensacola Pride 2015.

pic.twitter.com/r0h232xaXd— NASCAR (@NASCAR) June 1, 2022The reference to “recent actions” not aligning with NASCAR’s mission to welcome all is believed to be down to the fact that Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) waved the green flag ahead of the May 22 All-Star Race at Texas Motor Speedway.In February, Abbott called for state agencies to investigate gender-affirming treatments on transgender teenagers. Although not explicit, most took the tweet as NASCAR admitting Abbott’s involvement with the pre-race rituals had been a mistake.Related: Postmates marks Pride month with bottom-friendly food menusNASCAR’s new Pride range earned praise from many.I admire that NASCAR is evolving even though it’s base is probably not happy about it.

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A variety of food trucks will be on hand for hungry folks at Arts District Pride. (David Taffet/Dallas Voice)

Visitors at the opening day of With Love included, from left, Christopher Walker of ViiV Healthcare, former city council member Adam Medrano, Hope Health Center Executive Director Tamara Stephney, P.J. Moton-Poole, AP, Inc. CEO Kirk Myers and Councilman Omar Narvaez.

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Amidst attempts around the country to ban LGBTQ-inclusive children’s books, the sheer number of new titles being published gives me hope. Here are some of my favorite new ones about Pride and the early LGBTQ rights movement, perfect for this month but worth reading all year ’round. For the very youngestWe Are the Rainbow!

Leo Varadkar has expressed hope that RTÉ and Dublin Pride will “come together” and “sort out” their differences over the recent Liveline controversy. After Joe Duffy hosted a series of programmes for RTÉ Radio 1 which were considered to be platforming transphobic rhetoric, Dublin Pride announced on Tuesday, June 14, that it was severing its […]

In the United States the call for meaningful gun violence prevention is louder than ever. People are tired of mass shootings every day; they want their kids to go to school and then come home alive. And Republicans are responding to the deadly gun violence epidemic just as you’d expect them to: by demanding to see the genitals of transgender kids. Ohio House Republicans have passed a bill that allows just about anybody to demand a “genital check” of any kid playing girls’ s

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Pride In Leigh is back for the second time ever this year with lots planned for the Wigan -based town. The Spinners Mill will be hosting a number of events and activities to celebrate the occasion starting off with a viewing of ‘Everybody is talking about Jamie’ in their brand-new Film Factory on August 12.

pic.twitter.com/bSl3Cyiq9pNow, the advertisement company behind the campaign has apologised and admitted it messed up. The Austrian branch of German agency Jung von Matt posted a statement on Linkedin saying they had listened to the criticism.

London’s most successful LGBTQ+ nightclubs could close, after owners admitted they ‘don’t know what the future holds.’G-A-Y, with venues across the capital, has been in business for decades, and have welcomed guests such as Spice Girls, Lady Gaga and Adele.But the venues closed on June 12 for a ‘true break’ to protect the mental health of staff, owner Jeremy Joseph announced this week.He also revealed he is considering shutting down them for good.Mr Joseph told Virgin Radio Pride UK: ‘There are probably three or four options on the table, including closing and selling up.‘I’m not saying that’s what I’m going to do. I don’t know what I’m going to do.

Victoria Beckham is one proud mother after taking to social media on Friday to reveal her middle son Romeo's latest career high.MORE: Victoria Beckham reveals stunning details of date night with David BeckhamThe 19-year-old is the face of a stylish video campaign for fashion house Yve Saint Laurent and the fashion mogul shared the clip with her 30.1 million followers.WATCH: Victoria Beckham stuns in VB body cut-out midi dressCaptioning the chic clip on Instagram VB penned: "Proud of you @romeobeckham! @ysl @anthonyvaccarello."SEE: David and Victoria Beckham's enduring love story in photosREAD: Victoria Beckham exudes glamour in luxe pyjamas for coffee date with her BFFThe glamorous video saw the son of David Beckham from an intimate, close-up angle and captured the dark nail polish and fur denim jacket he donned.A post shared by Victoria Beckham (@victoriabeckham)Victoria was so proud of her sonFriends and fans couldn't wait to weigh in on the elevated clip. Girlfriend Mia Regan left a red love heart emoji for her boyfriend on the video whilst Creative Image Director of YSL Anthony Vaccarello also penned a simple red love heart emoji.One fan replied: "He has his mom’s face." A second added: "Beauty." A third said: " "Such a handsome young man."One fan said they thought he looked like his former footballer father and penned: "So much like his Dada."  The mother-son duo are so similar Romeo isn't the only member of the Beckham family who had Victoria beaming.

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Drag queens may be getting all the headlines these days, but the drag kings are ready to shine too, and Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Season 3 winner Landon Cider will be shining bright this weekend at Urban Cowboy Saloon, 2620 E. Lancaster Road in Fort Worth. The show starts at 9 p.m. Landon Cider is the third in a series of special guest performers Urban Cowboy has brought in to help celebrate Pride Month. The bar’s celebration continues with Drag Race Canada winner Priyanka on Friday, June 24, and the Pride After Party, following Trinity Pride from 3-10 p.m. at Magnolia Green on Saturday, June 25.

These two Macaroni penguins are living their best lives at the Folly Farm Adventure Park and Zoo in Pembrokeshire, now that their close friendship has blossomed into a romantic relationship.6-year-old Vinnie and 12-year-old Frankie are celebrating Pride Month with their zookepers, with Penguin Keeper Caroline Davies explaining that they “kind of knew they were a proper couple because they were allopreening and that basically is penguin kissing.“ “Like all great romances, they started off as friends, and they kind of got a little bit closer, a little bit closer, and now they are an absolute amazing couple together,” Davies revealed.The pair enjoy spending time together, going on dinner dates and having the best time during their beach walks in their closure.Located in the UK, Folly Farm’s Penguin Coast is the only place where visitors can see Macaroni penguins in the UK, and just one of three zoos in Europe, as the population of penguins worldwide has decreased by approximately 30 per cent over the last 30 years.Zookeepers for Vinnie and Frankie have also said that they would like for the love birds to become parents in the future.

Savannah Chrisley took to Instagram on Thursday vowing to stand by her family in the wake of her parents Todd and Julie Chrisley being found guilty in connection with bank fraud and tax evasion earlier this month.Savannah, 24, asked her followers to 'be kind' as 'it’s been a few weeks' amid the family turmoil, as she shared a quote from writerZanna Keithley.'This life is so cruel and we’re all doing the best we can,' the Atlanta native said. 'I will continue to stand by my family and fight for justice.

The cast of Circle Theatre’s ‘Young Frankenstein.’ (Courtesy photos)

Peter Pan, but your moms say no. Ugh, so frustrating!Yup, even queer parents can be unaccepting of their children who just want be true to themselves.

Billy Eichner has dropped the second trailer for his highly anticipated LGBTQ+ film Bros.

There are 140 million poor and working-class people in the United States – with 22% of LGBTQ people living in poverty. As an organization that fights for LGBTQ people and families, economic justice is a vital aspect of our movement. It is because of that that we are answering the call from the National LGBTQ Anti-Poverty Action Network for the LGBTQ community to show up for the Poor People’s Campaign’s Moral March on June 18th.  As we take to Washington, joining side by side with those affected by the inequalities present in this nation, we’re reminded that despite the progress made in our

Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin kissing days before an LGBTQ pride parade.Street artist Andrea Villa hung a large poster of Putin and Zelensky kissing each other by the side of a city street in Turin on Wednesday, three days before the Turin Pride Parade on June 18. The artist previously hung an image that depicted Putin as Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in protest of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began February 24.The new poster shows Putin and Zelensky, both dressed in suits and backed by their respective national flags, locking lips while embracing one another, with Putin's arms shown perched on Zelensky's shoulders.

Black Lives Matter (BLM) and Pride flags on its campus.Bishop Robert J. McManus of the Diocese of Worcester announced on Thursday that the Nativity School of Worcester is "prohibited" from branding itself as Catholic moving forward.This comes at a time when the majority of American Catholics support gay marriage, a percentage that has continuously increased since 2006, according to Gallup, and Catholics across the nation are speaking out about the relationship between the BLM movement and the church, according to Catholic News."As Diocesan Bishop, it is my sacred duty and inherent responsibility to determine when a school claiming to be 'Catholic' is acting in such a way that is contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church and disregards my legitimate authority as the guardian and overseer of Catholic education in the Diocese of Worcester," Bishop McManus said in the statement on the Diocese of Worcester website."Despite my insistence that the school administration remove these flags because of the confusion and the properly theological scandal that they do and can promote, they refuse to do so.

Music icon Beyoncé has revealed the release date for her highly anticipated seventh studio album.

Students at Yeshiva University in New York have tried for years to get their school to recognize an L.G.B.T.Q. student club, pushing back on the administration’s argument that its status as a Modern Orthodox Jewish school exempted it from the city’s human rights law. Last year, a group of students and alumni filed a lawsuit, and on Tuesday a state judge ruled in their favor, declaring that Yeshiva is not a religious institution and so must follow the law and recognize the club.

Axios.Sen. Jeremy Moss, who is the first openly gay person in the Michigan State Senate, told the outlet, "This is clearly an intentional target against our community.