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FORMER Love Island star Amber Gill has broken her silence on her sexuality after saying she's done with men. The ITV2 dating show contestant - who rose to fame in 2019 when she won alongside Greg O'Shea - addressed tweets she made this week saying she would "never date a man again".

gender-affirming care for trans youth to abortion access to queer people, LGBTQ+ rights are under attack. Because the month is over, that doesn't mean Pride is. One of the best ways to honor LGBTQ+ Pride is through protest, according to the Human Rights Campaign. "We need Pride to f**king fight back," one participant told HRC. Another told the organization, "I don't want our fear to have us hiding.

Joe Lycett’s Big Pride Party on Channel 4 on Sunday, and viewers are screaming.Comedian Joe marked 50 Years of Pride in the UK with a big queer celebration held in his Birmingham hometown. During the two-hour inclusive spectacular, which also featured a lesbian proposal, eagle-eyed viewers spotted entertainer Fatt Butcher clutching a little bottle of the legal high and noted them having a cheeky inhale.Naturally, the internet went mad for the moment, with the artistic director later confirming the events on their Instagram Story‘Mom, I just did poppers live on Channel 4,’ they penned.Viewers expressed their delight at the scenes at hand on social media, with one saying they were ‘obsessed’.Sorry, the video was not found‘@FattButcher sniffing poppers live on @Channel4 next to @joelycett is everything I needed tonight,’ said another.A third was convinced this was a landmark moment in television history. ‘Sniffing poppers live on national television,’ they said.

Although we may be saying farewell to the month of Pride, the spirit of celebration, love and resilience is continually carried on through artists across the globe. Here are some of the most electrifying queer musicians making a name for themselves and putting their LGBTQ+ identity at the heart of their work. Ailbhe Reddy Kicking […]

Galway Film Fleadh begins today with a week-long programme of international film titles depicting stories that span a variety of nationalities, sexualities and relationships. The Fleadh’s central goal is to be a platform for the boldest new films and to bring audiences and filmmakers from around the world together to celebrate their shared passion for […]

A post shared by Florim Zendeli (@florimzendeli)Some traditions are meant to be preserved — the Kirkpinar Turkish Oil Wrestling Tournament in late June / early July is one of them.For the 661st year (!), men covered themselves in olive oil and braved the heat in western Edirne province to pin down their slippery opponents. The goal is to make your opponent’s back touch the ground — or his “belly face the sky.”And while an incredible 2,475 wrestlers signed up, only one could win.

Monday, July 4, 2022: I kind of wanted to sleep in some, but I got up because I had to get up and get on my way to the staging area for the July 4th parade in Coppell. I walked in the parade last year, and I had been a spectator every year going since we first moved to this bedroom community in northwest Dallas County. I left the house just after 7:30 a.m. and walked to the parking lot of St Ann’s C

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More regrets. Friends cocreator Marta Kauffman expressed remorse over the way the show depicted a trans character days after she said she was embarrassed by the show’s lack of diversity.

Congratulations are in order! The Challenge alum Melinda Collins and her husband, Matt Collins, are expecting a baby boy this October.

The trailer for British documentarian Alex Holder’s Unprecedented has just hit the internet and… UUUGGGHHH.The three-part docuseries, which hits Discovery+ later this summer, details the final days of Donald Trump‘s presidency, from his doomed 2020 presidential campaign to shortly after the deadly January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.Related: Of course #ketchup is trending on Twitter after today’s bombshell January 6 hearingThe two-and-a-half-minute trailer was obtained by Politico and doesn’t reveal too much except how much access Holder had to the Trump klan during the lead up to the insurrection, including sit-downs with Trump, Don Jr., Eric, Ivanka, and Jared.Per Politico:Ivanka frets about a line on her dress, and jokes about covering it with a pet roaming about.

Pink News that the two lovebirds had shown a strong parenting skillset the previous year when they were given a dummy egg. This year, she gave the paired Humboldt penguins a fertilized egg and the feathered couple did not disappoint, proving to be excellent parents.“It has been Diego and Zorro’s second time fostering and once again they have smashed it, becoming quite the experts at parenting,” Nicola told the outlet.Nicola said staff at the Oceanarium noticed sparks fly between Diego and Zorro as early as 2017.

Angela Davis isn't taking any credit for. "I don't really consider myself so significant as an individual," she says on this week's episode of the LGBTQ&A podcast."I'm aware of the ways in which, especially in capitalist societies, there's a tendency to focus on the individual at the expense of allowing people to understand that history unfolds, not as a consequence of the actions and the words of great individuals, but rather as a consequence of people coming together, joining hands, and uniting with their differences—not across their differences, but with their differences—in a quest to create more freedom and more happiness in the world."While credit for this new moment can be assigned to the work of many people, including a large number of names that history will never know, it's Angela Davis who's become a symbol for some of the boldest, most essential work of our lifetime: abolition, feminism, anticapitalism, the list goes on.

Heartstopper was “stopping” homophobes at London Pride over the weekend.Anti-gay protestors trying to rain on everyone’s Pride parade is nothing new, but while it would be better if they would just get with the times and leave people alone, seeing folks combat them with joy and celebration is always cathartic.In a series of viral videos captured in London on Saturday, Heartstopper’s Sebastian Croft and Joe Locke were spotted at the forefront of a mini-dance party set to Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” taunting a small group of elderly protestors screaming into a megaphone about God. Both actors were sporting inclusive Pride flags as capes, bouncing around dancing with Croft blowing kisses and Locke opting for a more pointed middle finger salute aimed at the party poopers.Kit Connor, Corinna Brown, and Tobie Donovan were also spotted partaking in the dance party, while Jenny Walser and Kizzy Edgell were reportedly walking with the group for Pride as well.

With the beginning of July came the start of a new era in Switzerland, as the country saw its first legally recognised same-sex marriages performed. Legislation from December of 2020 finally came into effect on July 1, after slightly over 64% of Swiss voters opted to legalise marriage for all in a September 2021 referendum.  […]

Twitter for his offensive comments about Elliot Page, The Rubin Report host Dave Rubin has now suffered a similar fate for sharing a screenshot of the same tweet.Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro broke the news to his followers on Tuesday that Rubin had been suspended by what he calls the "woke activists" who run Twitter. Shapiro also shared Peterson's original tweet, putting himself at risk of being suspended from the platform, as well.Last week, Canadian psychologist and conservative commentator Peterson shared a tweet that deadnamed transgender actor Elliot Page and called the doctor who performed a mastectomy on them a "criminal physician" while recalling a time when pride was "a sin.""I have been suspended by Twitter for posting a screenshot of Jordan Peterson's tweet which got he himself suspended," Rubin wrote in a message sent to and published by Shapiro.

Jesse James Keitel and CG have explained how the reboot of Queer as Folk differentiates itself from past iterations, as well as other LGBTQ+ series on air. 

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Gemma Collins wowed her Instagram followers in a throwback clip she shared demonstrating her flexibility and 3.5 stone weight loss. Gemma performed hip openers, thrusting her legs in the air and moving them open and shut whilst relaxing on a netted hammock during her trip Tenerife.In this particular snap of her sun-soaked holiday, Gemma wore a stunning rose and leopard print swimsuit, much to the Towie diva's typical summer style.READ MORE: Gemma Collins shows off weight loss in tiny black bra for gruelling work-outShe captioned her Boomerang: 'Happy Tuesday, stay FABULOUS'Her leggy display saw her blonde, short hair pulled back into two bunches, accessorised with an embellished black headband.The post comes after a string of sexy snaps displaying Gemma's new slimmed down physique.

Islamic sharia court in Nigeria's northern state of Bauchi.Several backwards laws carry a death sentence in the area – and as well as being gay, locals can also expect brutal penalties for adultery and blasphemy.READ MORE: Man runs for Mr Gay England and urges fans 'don't feel ashamed to be yourself'Judge Munka'ilu Sabo ordered that all three men, including a 70-year-old, be put to death as a punishment for their sexuality.The pre-historic monster sent them to their graves on Thursday (June 30) but said they have 30 days to appeal the ruling.Northern Nigeria is mainly under Islamic rule and strict sharia law has swept fear throughout the area.Top cop in the religious police, Adam Dan Kafi, helps lead the Ningi local government area of Bauchi.He said the gay trio was taken into custody on June 14 before being sent to court.None of the victims had a lawyer present when the appalling ruling was finalised.Through some parts of Nigeria, gay rights are non-existent and locals can be thrown behind bars for years for any public display of a same sex relationship.Brave activists hope the cruel decision could help to shine a spotlight on how sharia law can fit into a county with a constitution that is neutral on religion.Stay in the loop with all the latest Daily Star news by signing up to one of our free newsletters here.Nigerian Chief Superintendent Dolapo Badmos previously warned anyone who isn't straight should leave the country.Her appalling statement read: “If you are homosexually inclined, Nigeria is not a place for you.

Harry Styles got emotional as he delivered an empowering speech to the crowd at his recent Oslo concert.

Just because June is over doesn’t mean Pride is, and four Irish counties are set to host celebrations this coming weekend. GCN has gathered all of the need-to-know info for the festivities, so if you’re interested in attending, keep on reading! 1. Carlow Pride View this post on Instagram A post shared by Carlow Pride […]

Missouri activist Justice Horn, who is running for the Jackson County Legislature, said that one of his campaign banners had been defaced with a homophobic slur. Justice Horn, an openly gay former NCAA wrestler, found the banner spray-painted with "fag" in capital letters on Sunday.That evening, he tweeted, "Today, I learned that my campaign banner was defaced with a homophobic slur here in Kansas City. "I'll admit, this one hurt because like so many us of who experience this, this word is used to harm us. Either way, I'm not going to back down, and I'm going to hold my head high." Although Horn did not file a police report, he believes the incident was a hate crime."I don't know how much more blatantly that this was a hate crime," Horn told the Kansas City Star in an interview on Monday.

Sent to a kid who asked what it meant to be a good citizen, circa 1970. (Image via Joel Lipton)

Piers Morgan Uncensored, where she discussed her desire to revise the U.S. flag, before she and Morgan spoke about racism.Changing the subject to transgender identity, Morgan said: "We're in an era now, basically, where most public figures are too terrified to even say what they think a woman is... I mean, if I asked you what a woman is, what would you say?""I would say a human being with boobs.

Disney loves nothing better than a story where the odd-one-out finds a happy ending.But such positivity and inclusion at a time of raging culture wars makes Disney a prime target. The equivalent of Bambi in front of a hunting party.

Monkeypox has now been found in 31 U.S. states, as well as Washington D.C., as part of an outbreak that has seen over 5,700 confirmed cases worldwide across 52 countries. That's according to data from the U.S.

Irish abortion laws have been deemed “inhumane” and discriminatory during the most recent International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) conference, according to the UN human rights council. Attending the conference that took place in Geneva, was Minister for Children, Equality, Integration and Youth of Ireland, Roderic O’Gorman. O’Gorman was accompanied by a number […]

Banning so-called ‘conversion therapy’ for all is supported by the vast majority of LGBTQ+ people, a joint survey from GAY TIMES and Channel 4 News has found.

The Wendy Williams Show came to an end on June 17, after running for 13 seasons. Someone involved with the production has wasted no time deleting its social media accounts, website, and deleting its YouTube channel, which hosted hours of old clips.The website for Wendy Williams Productions has also vanished.Related: Career mean girl Wendy Williams pleads for empathy in bizarre new videoWilliams herself was absent during the final season of the show, which used guest hosts for several months.

tweeted, “WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name! They don’t call us “women” anymore; they call us “birthing people” or “menstruators”, and even “people with vaginas”! Don’t let them erase you! Every human on earth owes you!”It’s not clear what prompted the tweet. However, on Sunday the New York Times published an opinion piece that touched on the same subject.

survey by NHK. Our own neighbors where we live have always been open and welcoming, too.Yet Machi and I still don't have the right to get married in Japan. We got married in Oregon in 2015, even though we knew that the marriage certificate would have no standing in Japan.

London’s Soho was well and truly filled with people celebrating the 50th anniversary of Pride last night, as it returned to the capital for the first time in two years.The West End neighbourhood, an epicentre for the LGBTQ+ community, was decorated with an abundance of rainbow flags lighting up the streets with colour.Iconic venues in the area hosted their own after-parties while many revellers gathered in the streets to mingle.Couples shared kisses, friends drank and danced, and the police officers were seen smiling amid the fun, despite being banned from joining the parade.Earlier in the day, over a million people paraded through the capital to mark the big Pride milestone.The celebration, which had been halted due to the Covid pandemic, returned to the capital for what organisers called the ‘biggest and most inclusive event in history’.Crowds had been led by the Gay Liberation Front whose activists took part in the original 1972 parade, where 2,000 marched in protest of police treatment towards the LGBTQ+ community.This year saw some 600 groups and organisations join the parade from Hyde Park Corner to Whitehall.In Trafalgar Square, famous faces such as Dame Kelly Holmes and Peter Schofield – both of whom have come out in recent years – addressed the crowds, while an array of artists performed.Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.For more stories like this, check our news page.

Duncan James has revealed that he was so scared of coming out as gay in the past that he used to pretend to date his Spice Girls pal Geri Halliwell, as well as other showbiz friends including Martine McCutcheon and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson.The 44-year-old popstar admitted it took him ‘a long time to feel completely comfortable’ in himself, hiding his sexuality in the early days of Blue, from 2000 to 2005.Having initially come out as bisexual in a 2009 interview, after supposedly dating Palmer-Tomkinson from 2008 to 2009, Duncan privately came out to his bandmate Simon Webbe as gay in 2012, before he told his mum.In a new interview, he recalled: ‘I remember when I was in Blue the first time around, there were all these rumours I was dating my friends Geri, Martine and Tara and I used to feel relieved.‘I was playing Pride with Blue and feeling such a hypocrite because everyone was celebrating their sexuality and I was still in the closet.’‘Now I’m performing Blue hits and songs from musical theatre in full drag.

Eliot Page has shared his glee with his new passport photo after sharing the image with his six million Instagram followers (3 July).

Marta Kauffman is looking back on things she wishes she’d done differently on “Friends”.

Former AFL coach Dani Laidley has revealed that she battled years of “fear, shame and embarassment”, but now was “absolutely at peace” after coming out and being a role model for the transgender community. Laidely opened up about her struggles with gender dysphoria for most of her life during her chat on radio in the Triple M commentary box last month. “You live in fear and shame and embarrassment for years and then to come out like it did, it’s been really tough on my family, but now, to a person, it’s been great. They accept me for who I am, the person I am now, and hopefully there’s a lot of life to live,” said Laidley. The former North Melbourne player and coach explained her diagnosis to listeners.

Beloved actor Bette Midler has sparked backlash after publishing a seemingly anti-Trans tweet. Queer and ally fans have been left disappointed by the Hocus Pocus star who criticised inclusive language in a post published on Monday, July 4. “WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and […]

Pride programmes celebrating the LGBT community saw the story of April Ashley told, detailing how she became one of the UK's most prominent transgender equality campaigners.The Extraordinary Life of April Ashley took viewers back to her gritty upbringing in Liverpool's slums, through to starring in films, modelling for British Vogue and her controversial divorce court battle.Ashley, who died last year at the age of 86, became one of the first people in Britain known to have gone through gender reassignment surgery, in what proved to be a painful procedure abroad, after she was outed in the press.The documentary, which aired at 10pm on Monday July 4, was designed to “take the audience inside the intimate reality of the transgender experience” and explored how Ashley “paved the way for future generations of transgender people”, according to Channel 4.April Ashley was a transgender model, dancer, restaurant owner and equalities campaigner who was involved in the landmark divorce trial Corbett v Corbett.Born George Jamieson in Liverpool, Ashley suffered from calcium deficiency during her childhood and required weekly injections at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in the city’s West Derby area.Her obituary in The Telegraph suggests she knew at 15 she wanted to become a woman but signed-up with the Merchant Navy a year later, only to be given an dishonourable discharge after an alleged suicide attempt.At the age of 25, after embarking on a career in Paris as a part of a drag cabaret act, Ashley went to Morocco where she had gender reassignment surgery.She returned to Britain and became a successful fashion model, appearing in British Vogue for which she was photographed by David Bailey.Ashley also won a small role in the '60s

LOVE Island has been hit by almost 800 Ofcom complaints in just one month from furious fans complaining about the show's content. Viewers have flooded the broadcasting watchdog with their worries following claims of bullying, as well as their concerns over the age-gap between some Islanders embarking on romances.

Terrence Higgins Trust has launched an archive of sexual health promotion materials from the last 40 years at the Bishopsgate Institute in London.

Piers Morgan, 57, on his chat show last night that she does not believe transgender women should be allowed to compete against "biological women" in sport.The singer exclaimed that just because you "change your parts" that "doesn't make you a woman". Her interview sparked a lot of response, leaving Piers and author J.K.

sequel Hocus Pocus 2, got thousands of people talking within hours of sending her tweet. The original post by the 76-year-old performer started off in all caps."WOMEN OF THE WORLD!" She wrote to her 2.1 million followers on Monday afternoon, "We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name! They don't call us 'women' anymore; they call us 'birthing people' or 'menstruators,' and even 'people with vaginas.'"Midler continued: "Don't let them erase you! Every human on earth owes you!"The comments sparked mass debate in the comments section and across Twitter with tens of thousands of people commenting on and retweeting other comments.WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name! They don’t call us “women” anymore; they call us “birthing people” or “menstruators”, and even “people with vaginas”! Don’t let them erase you! Every human on earth owes you!"Midler goes full Rowling," wrote journalist Jon Levine, comparing Midler to the author of the Harry Potter books J.K.

Amy Lamé, London’s first Night Czar, spoke out about the importance of LGBTQ+ acceptance at an exclusive Founders’ Circle event hosted by LGBTQ+ youth charity Just Like Us.

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If you see something, say something. That appeal to the public gained traction after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and, today, remains relevant as the LGBTQ community prepares to celebrate the first in-person San Francisco Pride events since 2019. The reason, of course, is the uptick in some strange and frightening events over the past several weeks, both locally and across the country.