South Dakota passes horrific bill banning transgender athletes from school sports

3 min read With fears of a full-on Russian invasion of Ukraine growing every day, Oksana Solonska from KyivPride speaks with Matt Fistonich about what it’s like being LGBTQ+ in Ukraine, what effects a Russian takeover could have, and how Kiwis can help queer Ukrainians amid this geopolitical crisis.

< 1 min read Multiple episodes of the hit television series Friends have been removed or censored by Chinese streaming services due to LGBTQ+ characters and storylines.

Andrew Garfield said he’ll compete on Strictly Come Dancing if he wins at the upcoming Oscars.

America Chavez is about to break into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel’s number one lesbian superhero, America Chavez has long been a fan favorite in the comics, and it’s about time we get to know her on the big screen. Soon we’ll get that chance as she appears in the upcoming film “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” coming out May 6.

Brian Kennedy debuts his new podcast, Falling Out, today. Episode 1 features Sarah Stillwell, LPC, discussing why LGBTQIA+ mental health matters.

Jasmine Kennedie has come out as transgender.

Drag Race star Jasmine Kennedie came out as transgender during the latest Untucked.

Pride Amsterdam dit jaar meneacute;t 25e Canal Parade Het bestuur van Stichting Pride Amsterdam heeft gisteravond groen licht gegeven om aankomende zomer weer een complete Pride-week te organiseren, inclusief botenparade.

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Ex-Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, who is suing the National Football League for discrimination in its hiring practices, has landed another NFL job.

Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are back on screens for the ITV show Saturday Night Takeaway - and they've certainly planned a great comeback show.Acting as an incredible helper, RuPaul joined the two hosts to announce new segments and guests, while also promising that an impressive Drag Queen performance will take place at the end of the show.As the show went full speed ahead, Ant and Dec surprised a budding bride-to-be with her dream wedding after she was forced to cancel due to Covid-19.Moving onto the next segment, the hosts joked to RuPaul that it was unlikely he had ever seen somebody come on the show dressed in plain clothes only to see a dramatic transformation by the end.Ant said: "Right let's go back to our star guest announcer, did you enjoy that Ru?" Who said they loved it. Dec chirped: "I bet you've never seen a TV show before where somebody starts up in ordinary clothes and by the end of it they're in a spectacular dress and loads of makeup?" The audience began to chuckle at the clear joke, but RuPaul's mind was elsewhere as he said: "Um, seen one? I invented one honey.

Ricky Gervais is ready to shock when he goes back on tour.He has written new material on taboo subjects, including near-the-knuckle jokes about dwarfs, the disabled, Muslims and gay people.Other gags tackle controversial topics such as rape, the migrant crisis and climate change.And he will poke fun at big names including Game Of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage and the late Stephen Hawking.The comic wants to take risks because it is one of the few things that gives him a thrill now he’s in his 60s.He said: “It gives me an adrenaline rush. I think, ‘Can I say that?’.

said in a statement. “Anyone in the comedy community knows these names and knows their time to shine is long overdue.

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Gemma Collins was left amongst the carnage after Storm Eunice managed to destroy her Essex mansion.

Nasty Gal released a survey that ranked the top-rated drag brunch venues in the US. After some deliberation, we came up with our top ten.Did your city’s favorite drag brunch make our list?  A post shared by Pariah Sinclair (@pariah_sinclair) In a statement to GayCities, owners Leigh Philipkosky & Ellie Skinner said they were flattered to be featured so highly: “What makes of Love & Regret so special is that we are committed to our community and making it an enjoyable place for all to live. We are committed to inclusivity.

Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.What actors can boast a career as long and varied as that of Paul Winfield? The classy method actor flourished in a career that spanned forty years, and that saw him perform in such varied fare as the films Cliffhanger, Huckleberry Finn, and The Terminator, and in TV series including Julia, The Simpsons and as the title role in the Martin Luther King, Jr. miniseries King.

Daniel Newman addressed his nude photo leak, Sarah Jessica Parker talked Samantha Jones, and Gus Kenworthy made his Olympic debut for the UK.

Related: Men are posting their hairy chests to Twitter to prove they’re not ‘ick’Maybe it’s partly to do with age, but a turning point came in the last year. Instagram is routinely blamed for fueling our physical insecurities, but sometimes it can also promote body positivity and challenge preconceptions of what’s considered attractive. I noticed how hairy the back and shoulders were of one particular hunk I follow: How blissfully unashamed or unbothered he appeared by his hairiness.“You’re gorgeous,” I thought.

GEMMA Collins gave fans a sneak peek inside her luxury pad while revealing that storm Eunice left her without power. The former The Only Way Is Essex star, 41, took to Instagram to explain that she's had no electricity since Friday.

As the number of LGBTQ-identifying people continues to grow year after year in the real world, and that trend is also increasingly showing up on TV screens, with a record number of queer characters appearing during primetime.Media watchdog group GLAAD just released its 17th annual Where We Are on TV report, which tracks the diversity of primetime scripted series regulars on broadcast networks as well as the number of LGBTQ regular and recurring characters on primetime scripted cable programming and original scripted series on all major streaming services.Related: Elliot Page is about to spill some major Hollywood teaThis year’s data comes from shows that premiered or are expected to return between June 1, 2021 and May 31, 2022. It found nearly 12 percent of series regular characters on scripted broadcast primetime programming are queer, representing an increase of 2.8 percent over the previous year, and marking a record high.Additionally, GLAAD reports there are 49 LGBTQ recurring characters on the platform, for a total of 141 LGBTQ characters on broadcast television.In another first since the group began tracking the data, lesbian characters are more represented than gay characters.Lesbian characters increased six percentage points from the previous season to rise to a total of 40 percent of LGBTQ characters, compared to 35 percent for gay characters, which is down five percentage points.Bisexual characters make up 19 percent of regular and recurring broadcast LGBTQ characters, up one percentage point after two years of decreases.Trans people are represented with 42 regular and recurring characters across all three platforms: broadcast, cable and streaming, up from 29 last year.

The Only Way Is Essex star Gemma Collins shared a video to her 2.2 million followers showing the damage Storm Eunice caused to her garden. The reality favourite, 41, videoed the aftermath of the storm to her garden including her ceramic horse Tallulah on her side. Gemma said: “Poor Tallulah was taken down in the storm.

Lady Gaga, who had gotten multiple honors for her performance as the scorned and scornful Patrizia in House of Gucci, but was pushed off the edge of glory when the Oscar noms left her out.I maintain that Gaga wasn’t helped by her relentless Oscar campaign, where she tried to position herself as basically a longstanding actor who occasionally sings. The video interview where she’s touting her credits for the millionth time—the Lee Strasberg Institute, the Stanislavski method, Circle in the Square—comes off like a parody, the kind of self-important prattle Meryl Streep never has to resort to.It was even worse than Gaga’s last campaign, “There can be 100 people in a room…”! By the time Gaga gets to detailing how she wrote herself a letter saying she wasn’t needed anymore because her character had arrived, costar Salma Hayek is serving up some award-caliber reaction shots.And the Oscars promptly sent Gaga a letter saying, “Sorry, babe.

In case you haven’t heard, there is a new fashionable trend in town, and its name is the wolf cut! This daring hairstyle has been making its rounds on social media for its unconventional look and undeniable versatility. If you’ve been on the fence about getting a wolf haircut, this guide will tell you everything you need to know about styling it and why you should hop on the bandwagon!RELATED: Non-Binary Haircuts: The Best Androgynous Hairstyle IdeasAccording to celebrity hairstylist Sarah Potempa, the wolf haircut is a hybrid style that combines the vintage shag and a slight mullet. It is characterized by its volume, natural texture, and many layers. A typical wolf haircut will have shorter, choppy layers towards the top portion of the head and longer layers in the back to enhance volume.

Related: FDA approves first long-acting HIV medication: a monthly injectionThe once-every-two-month injection is for HIV-positive adults who are already virally suppressed, have shown no previous treatment failure or resistance to either of the drugs involved.The FDA granted approval after results from a trial showed the injections remained efficient if given every couple of months.The lead researcher involved with that trial, Turner Overton, MD, a professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said in a statement, “Many people living with HIV face challenges with daily therapies and are interested in alternative dosing options.“In clinical trials, approximately nine out of every 10 trial participants preferred long-acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine dosed every two months compared to daily oral cabotegravir and rilpivirine.”Viiv Healthcare is predominantly owned by GlaxoSmithKline. Lynn Baxter, Head of North America at ViiV Healthcare, said in a statement announcing the approval, “Today’s approval is a remarkable achievement given where HIV treatment was just a decade ago.

En los campeonatos de natación femeninos de la Ivy League de esta semana, muchas personas estarán atentas a lo que haga Lia Thomas, una estrella del equipo de la Universidad de Pensilvania. En los últimos meses, Thomas ha sido noticia no solo por su velocidad —ganó con comodidad una carrera en Ohio que se volvió viral—, sino también por su identidad de género. En 2019, mientras competía en el equipo masculino, Thomas comenzó la transición médica, que consiste en tomar bloqueadores de testosterona y estrógeno.

Glasgow, said: "As the night went on our friend's boyfriend started being homophobic towards us and aggressive towards his girlfriend. "Men in the bar eventually told him to leave."Shortly afterwards, Sunday, Martina and their friend noticed the man hiding in an alleyway across the street.So the couple, along with the man's girlfriend, then decided to try to run to their flat, just five minutes away.But they quickly realised the thug was chasing them.They managed to get inside to what they thought was safety, but moments later the man kicked the door in before launching a brutal attack.Sunday, who works as a chef and uses the pronouns they/them, said: "We had only just got in the door when he kicked it open."What happened next has left Sunday and their partner shaken and terrified.Sunday was dragged outside and onto the street where the man pushed them on the ground face first before raining blows on to their face as he pinned their hand down by his knee to stop them protecting themself.They said: "My face was on the ground and he was hitting me and restraining me."He was being homophobic and transphobic and telling me he was going to kill me and kick my face in.

already record total to 56.Martina Caldera, 38, was found dead December 6 near a highway overpass in Channelview, Texas, a suburb of Houston, TV station KPRC reports. Investigators with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office initially believed she was hit by a car, but they then discovered she had been shot several times.Her family held a demonstration at the site this month to call attention to her death and to demand justice.

ZHANGJIAKOU, China – When Gus Kenworthy competed at the Sochi Olympics in 2014, he was afraid someone would find out that he is gay.Fast-forward eight years and Kenworthy is out and proud, as are dozens of other athletes at the Beijing Games.

State of the Union. The 10-episode (10 minutes each) series stars LGBTQ+ icon Patricia Clarkson (High Art, Far From Heaven) as Ellen and Brendan Gleeson (The Tragedy of Macbeth) as Scott — a Connecticut couple coming apart in large part over social issues.

New York Daily News. Salgado has made numerous anti-LGBTQ comments in the past sparking concerns of authority in his new role.Salgado says his views have changed over the years and vowed to support all immigrants in the community."I am proud to serve in this administration under the leadership of Mayor Adams and share his long-held values of tolerance and inclusion," Salgado said in a written statement put out by the mayor's press office.

Hoping to draw attention to the death of a gay man nearly two years ago, the GLBTQ+ Asian Pacific Alliance is planning a vigil in front of San Francisco City Hall next weekend. Meanwhile, San Francisco Police Chief William Scott told the Bay Area Reporter that he would personally like to meet with the man's parents, who have called on authorities to reopen their investigation.

Netflix, just months after he made controversial remarks about the transgender community in his last special for the platform.The specials will mark Chappelle's return to the streaming giant just four months after his previous Netflix show, The Closer, generated a string of backlash after Chappelle made references to the transgender community that some people said were offensive.Chappelle, 48, announced Friday that he would be executive producing the series of specials, while also serving as host of the programs. The specials will be produced as part of the comedian's Chappelle's Home Team standup series done in conjunction with Netflix, and each will star a different comic hand-picked by Chappelle.The first of these four specials will be available to stream starting February 28, Chappelle said.

Queerties voting has opened once again, and we can’t wait to announce the winners and celebrate at our awards ceremony on March 1.Of course, it’s important to be an informed voter. So we’ve compiled a handy list of all the videos nominated for Best Indie Music Video for your viewing and listening pleasure.

Related: Donald Trump attacks “racist” Black prosecutors investigating his potential crimesHabba apparently believes political parties should be one of those groups and claimed New York Attorney General Letitia James – who has been investigating Trump’s potentially fraudulent real estate dealings in the state – is targeting him simply because she doesn’t like him.“She has such disdain for this person because he was president, because he is Donald Trump and he could probably win again in ’24,” Habba told Judge Arthur F. Engoron.

Philadelphia.“I would not be standing here if it weren’t for two very important men in my life,” he began, saying later, “Mr. Rawley Farnsworth, who was my high school drama teacher.” He then cited a classmate and added, “Because they are two of the finest gay Americans, two wonderful men that I had the good fortune to be associated with, to fall under their inspiration at such a young age.”Hanks had called Farnsworth, who he hadn’t spoken to in 20 years, before the Oscars and asked his permission to mention the fact he was gay, and Farnsworth agreed.Hanks’s revelation about his drama teacher spawned a movie, In & Out, in which closeted drama teacher Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline) is outed by his former student Cameron Drake, played by Matt Dillon, during Drake's Oscar acceptance speech.And NBC’s drama Rise was inspired by the true story of closeted high school drama teacher Lou Volpe and based on a nonfiction book about him, Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town and the Magic of Theater.

The national teacher shortage has not spared San Francisco, which is seeing extreme difficulty filling teaching positions. "Hard to fill" subject areas, including math, face greater challenges still.

lawsuit on Tuesday for parents of two Wentzville school district students to prevent the removal of books about LGBTQ+ people, people of color, and other marginalized groups.It comes after the school district removed eight books from the students’ school’s library. Those included The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison; Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Paperback by Alison Bechdel; All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M.

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LGBTQ representation on scripted TV series has grown along with the footprint of streaming services, according to an annual study by the advocacy group GLAAD.

Welcome to the Weekend Binge. Every Friday, we’ll suggest a binge-able title designed to keep you from getting too stir crazy. Check back throughout the weekend for even more gloriously queer entertainment.The 2018 revelation by singer Quincy Jones that actors Marlon Brando & Richard Pryor had a steamy, unapologetic love affair elicited a collective gasp from Hollywood.

New York Daily News reports.His anti-LGBTQ and anti-abortion platform in 2013 earned him an endorsement from the antigay hate group National Organization for Marriage, a nonprofit formed for the sole purpose of opposing same-sex marriage.During a candidate forum, Salgado criticized his opponents for marching in Pride parade, and sold himself as the “only one who did not march” and as “the only one who [is] willing to say in public that I only believe in traditional marriage.”In fact, not only did he not march in the Pride parade, he organized a march in the Bronx to protest the city’s decision to legalize gay marriage in 2011.But it gets worse.Not only that, in 2013 Salgado objected to the Parks Department erecting statues in the Sheepshead Bay Holocaust Memorial Park in honor of non-Jewish victims of the Nazis, including LGBTQ people, calling it “a betrayal of the community and even worse, disrespectful to the memory of those who perished in the Holocaust.”In addition to his anti-LGBTQ comments, the Adams appointee, who was also part of the mayor’s transition team, authored a transphobic tweet in 2016 attacking then-Mayor Bill de Blasio for enacting transgender-inclusive bathroom policies that still remains up on his Twitter page today:“Bill DeBlasio wants you to allow your daughters to share the bathroom with a transgendered [sic],” he wrote. “Shame on him.”Bill DeBlasio wants you to allow your daughters to share the bathroom with a transgendered.

The chefs of Restaurant Beatrice with chef and founder Michelle Carpenter, center. (Courtesy photo)

pic.twitter.com/3k2VqzEYvm— K Hole Ocasio-Cortez from Bushwick, PhD (@smartbitch_69) February 15, 2022Here’s what folks are saying:“I just hate the taste of tap water” he’s still drinking tap water it’s just tap water from Norway pic.twitter.com/DM4G4PQgsC— Wild Geerters (@steinkobbe) February 16, 2022buy a damn brita— (@Skarlet_Starlet) February 17, 2022*guy who regularly has dozens of gallons of individual serving water bottles hand-delivered to his house voice*I’m trying to be more eco-friendly— Chris (@Tinznasty) February 15, 2022You know, I think the “carbon neutral” water bottles might be a bit offset by the energy costs of FOUR FUCKING REFRIGERATORS— Surplus Cornbread (@SurplusCornbre1) February 16, 2022Would love to make this guy take a blind taste test for water— Havana Burger (@AJamesHidell) February 16, 2022It’s giving- pic.twitter.com/uZl4lEKjLt— Chucho E. Quintero (@Chucho_Q) February 16, 2022Has anyone tried giving him tap water in the voss bottle to see if he can taste the difference? Like have we done the science here— silently housed replica (@bringurownbaby) February 16, 2022Everyone who gets water pumped into their kitchens.

Pageboy, to be published next year.“The memoir will delve into Page’s relationship with his body, his experiences as one of the most famous trans people in the world, and will cover mental health, assault, love, relationships, sex, and the cesspool that Hollywood can be,” says a news release from publisher Flatiron Books.Page, 34, who is transmasculine, is known for such films as Juno, Inception, and the X-Men series, and currently stars in Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy.He came out as trans in an Instagram post in December 2020, writing, “I want to share with you that I am trans, my pronouns are he/they and my name is Elliot. I feel lucky to be writing this.

A post shared by Donald Trump Jr. (@donaldjtrumpjr)Donald Trump Jr. and his fiancee Kimberly Guilfoyle are taking their sideshow act on the road.The MAGA power couple are headlining the “American Freedom Tour” that kicks off in Florida this weekend.

The DFW Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are right now planning Novice Sister Vera Satile’s novice project, a leather and feather bike night at Park Place in Garland from 4-11 p.m., April 23, aiming to raise money to build a playground for McShan Elementary.

The South Dakota Senate passed an anti-transgender sports ban bill, South Dakota Senate Bill 46, becoming the first chamber in the 2022 to advance discriminatory anti-transgender legislation. This comes after an historically bad 2021 session that saw a record number of anti-transgender bills introduced and passed across the country. SB 46 passed out of the State Senate Affairs Committee on Friday, Jan.