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3 min read In less than eight months more than 500,000 people will descend on Sydney Australia for World Pride 2023 and today the major events and ticket sales have been announced on the steps of the Sydney Opera House.

supports HTML5 videoSimon Callow has disagreed with Tom Hanks’ view that he could not – and ‘rightly so’ – as a straight man play his 1993 role as a gay man in the movie Philadelphia today.The Four Weddings and a Funeral star called it a ‘dangerous idea’ that only gay actor should take on gay roles.Hollywood star Hanks, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of lawyer Andrew Beckett, who conceals his sexuality and HIV-positive status from colleagues before suing his employers for firing him, previously said that he felt the world was ‘beyond that now’ and ‘wouldn’t accept the inauthenticity of a straight guy playing a gay guy’.Appearing on GB News on Tuesday, Callow – who identifies as gay – commented: ‘Think of all the wonderful performances of people who are not gay have given: John Hurt, Daniel Day Lewis, Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain.‘I mean, these are all as far as I know, heterosexual actors who’ve given utterly convincing credible and illuminating performances.’The actor said that people must remember the ‘general principle of acting rather than being’, using his famous role as Gareth in Richard Curtis’ hit 1994 comedy as an example of a gay role that was ‘only a tiny part of me’.He added: ‘Though I’m gay, it doesn’t qualify me to play all the many different kinds of gay people that there are.

The jury in the trial of an out gay Queensland man, accused of raping his female friend, has been disbanded after it failed to arrive at a majority verdict. Trigger Warning: This story discusses a sexual assault, 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.Judge Catherine Muir of the Brisbane District Court discharged the jury and scheduled the matter for July 14, 2022, when the court will decide on a retrial in the case. The jury, comprised of seven men and five women, and deliberated for around 10 hours on whether 28-year-old Dominic Hansson was guilty of raping his female friend in her inner city Brisbane apartment on December 7, 2019 .

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Happy Pride month y’all! This has been such an interesting Pride. First off, I got to be one of the grand marshalls of the Pride parade this year, and it was awesome. I was actually asked to be grand marshall last year in 2021, but because of freakin’ COVID it was more of a symbolic thing. This year, I got to sit in the back of a c

Houston singer Christina Wells makes her way to North Texas this weekend to celebrate Pride with the Sexy Sisters on Sunday, June 26, at Six Springs Tavern, 147 N. Plano Road in Richardson. Doors open at 2 p.m., and then the fun starts at 3 p.m., with Carmella Dubuque, Sienna Silver, Marcus David, Dahlia VonHexx, Linze Serrell, Tony Faye Alexander and Wayne Smith in the live illusion of Cher. They will be accepting cash donations at the door, and proceeds will benefit the North Texas Pride Foundation and the Miss Gay Texas State Pageant System.

Tommy Dorfman had all eyes on her when she led a special Pride Month screening of A24's new horror-comedy Bodies Bodies Bodies on Thursday.The 30-year-old actress stood out at the special event in New York City thanks to a shining teal dress that light up the evening.Joining her for the screening at the Crosby Hotel in Manhattan was the film's director,Halina Reijn, who was a vision in a white lace dress. Horror fan: Tommy Dorfman, 30, stood out in a shimmering blue dress as she led a Pride Month screening of the slasher comedy Bodies Bodies Bodies in Manhattan on ThursdayBodies Bodies Bodies stars Pete Davidson, Amandla Stenberg, Borat 2's Maria Bakalova, Industry starMyha'la Herrold,Chase Sui Wonders, Shiva Baby star Rachel Sennott and Lee Pace as a group of friends who ride out a hurricane while partying in an opulent mansion.But after they decide to play a murder–mystery game, they find that a real murder has occurred, leaving one of them as the culprit.

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie isn’t due out for another year, but new images from set are fanning the fandom flames.Something about the pink-permeated promo images for the upcoming movie already had the girls, gays, and theys in a chokehold — especially that one of Ryan Gosling as Ken looking like the ONLY rent boy.#BARBIE July 21, 2023 Only in theaters. pic.twitter.com/DAemOyv5H8— Warner Bros.

Pride of Manchester winner Jane Gregory knows what it’s like to be in an abusive relationship, but it was the murder of local mums Leanne McNuff and Linzi Ashton by their ex-partners – after suffering years of abuse – that made her realise she had to do something. Sadly their cases were far from unique, and in 2013 Jane set up the Salford Survivor Project to help others in the same situation.

USA Today condemning the Texas Republican Party’s recently adopted anti-LGBTQ+ platform but claiming the national party is actually a welcoming space — something with which many LGBTQ+ people would no doubt disagree.“The Texas GOP isn’t just on the wrong side of history. They’re shortsightedly on the wrong side of the modern Republican Party,” Log Cabin President Charles Moran wrote in the op-ed, taking the state party to task for calling homosexuality “an abnormal lifestyle choice” and not letting Log Cabin have a booth at its recent convention.

Okkar Min Maung is taking the whole ‘multi-hyphenate’ vibe to the next level.The New York-based Burmese actor, model, singer, beauty pageant winner and soon-to-be-published novelist is nothing if not busy, but he apparently has enough time left in the day to stir the thirst pot on Instagram, too.

The state's Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has appointed Casey Flores, 31, to the Virginia LGBTQ Advisory Board, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports.

To T or Not To T, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, a Los Angeles suburb, just in time for Pride. The show opens Saturday as part of the Center Theatre Group’s Block Party 2022 series and runs through July 10.To T or Not to T is D’Lo’s intimate reflection on “T and transitioning,” T being testosterone.

on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity was established in 2016 with by a narrow vote of member states, and was renewed narrowly in 2019. It is the only part of the UN that directly addresses issues pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity.

#NoTearsLeftToCry is gayer than me and I ACCEPT. Ty @ArianaGrande.Today is a good day so here goes.

Megan Barton Hanson is urging producers to launch an LGBTQ+ version of Love Island.The reality star – who came out publicly as bisexual after her split from Wes Nelson and before heading on Celebs Go Dating – has been vocal about the need for better representation on dating shows.Since splitting from Wes, Megan has been seen in two public female relationships, including Demi Sims and Chelcee Grimes. In April 2021, the glamour model said she would ‘definitely’ return to the hit ITV2 dating show ‘if there’s a gay season.’And Megan is making her desire known once again.‘We definitely need a fully LGBTQ+ Love Island cast one day… We need to speed this s**t up,’ she told Bustle.‘I got a lot of backlash on the show because I was a sexual woman. So, at the time, the last thing I would’ve felt comfortable doing was reveal that I like dating women as well. ‘I was afraid of being judged further,’ she added.In the past, it’s been speculated that producers had begun accepting applications from LGBT contestants. ITV commissioner Amada Stavri previously addressed: ‘In terms of gay Islanders, I think the main challenge is regarding the format of Love Island. ‘There’s a sort of logistical difficulty, because although Islanders don’t have to be 100% straight, the format must sort of give [the] Islanders an equal choice when coupling up,’ she added to RadioTimes.com.‘With our dating shows, such as The Cabins, there is much more sexual diversity.

KXAN on Sunday after attendees approved platform planks attacking the LGBTQ community. “It’s a small minority of people that are being un-Christian-like and spewing this hateful language.”In addition to Cargill, Log Cabin Republicans of Texas Secretary and LCR Austin Vice President David Garza, and LCR San Antonio President Mimi Planas also resigned from the state board.

Gay educator Willie Carver Jr., Kentucky’s 2022 Teacher of the Year, has officially decided to leave K-12 teaching behind.After 17 years of teaching, Willie Carver Jr. said that he has decided to leave the classroom and take a position in student support services at the University of Kentucky due to the homophobic and conservative conditions affecting public education today.Late last month, Carver spoke publicly about their hesitation to return to the classroom after the ‘21-’22 school year in the wake of the recent conservative focus on public school goings-on.“If I am, every few weeks, having to stop and undergo some sort of investigation over what’s happening in my class, I’m not going to be mentally able to do this work,” Carver told EdWeek.“Then what are my students seeing? A stressed-out, unhappy LGBTQ adult.

Facing a growing outbreak of the monkeypox virus, New York City health officials expanded access to a monkeypox vaccine on Thursday, offering it to a new group of people who may be at higher risk: men who have had multiple or anonymous male sexual partners over the last two weeks. New York City is the first American jurisdiction to broaden access to the vaccine beyond close contacts of people infected, following similar moves in the United Kingdom and Canada. Public health officials globally have been scrambling to craft an effective response to the outbreak, which has been spreading in dozens of countries since mid-May, particularly among networks of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men.

The Dorian TV Award nominees are here, representing honors bestowed by the country's top LGBTQ+ critics. BEST TV DRAMA Better Call Saul (AMC) Heartstopper (Netflix) Yellowjackets (Showtime) Severance (Apple TV+) Succession (HBO) BEST TV COMEDY 
 Abbott Elementary (ABC) Barry (HBO) Hacks (HBO Max) The Other Two (HBO Max) Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max) BEST LGBTQ SHOW
 Hacks (HBO Max) Heartstopper (Netflix) The Other Two (HBO Max) Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max) Somebody Somewhere (HBO) RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) BEST TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES Dopesick (Hulu) The Dropout (Hulu) Midnight Mass (Netflix) Station Eleven (HBO Max) The White Lotus (HBO) BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW Elite (Netflix) Lupin (Netflix) My Brilliant Friend (HBO) Pachinko (Apple TV+) Squid Game (Netflix) BEST UNSUNG SHOW
 Better Things (FX) The Other Two (HBO Max) Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max) Russian Doll (Netflix) Somebody Somewhere (HBO) We Are Lady Parts (Peacock) BEST TV PERFORMANCE Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC) Kit Connor, Heartstopper (Netflix) Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere (HBO) Bill Hader, Barry (HBO) Lily James, Pam & Tommy (Hulu) Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll (Netflix) Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets (Showtime) Amanda Seyfried, Dropout (HBO) Jean Smart, Hacks (HBO Max) Zendaya, Euphoria (HBO) BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus (HBO) Anthony Carrigan, Barry (HBO) Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus (HBO) Hannah Einbinder, Hacks (HBO Max) Jeff Hiller, Somebody Somewhere (HBO) Janelle James, Abbott Elementary (ABC) Matthew Macfadyen Succession (HBO) Christina Ricci, Yellowjackets (Showtime) Rhea Seehorn, Better Call Saul (AMC) Sydney Sweeney, Euphoria (HBO) BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Beyonce’ “Be

the flailing streamer launched a new “reality” competition series called Snowflake Mountain, which purports to trick 10 entitled young adults into attending a wilderness camp where they’re stripped of their privileges and whipped into shape by a pair of “survival experts.”Related: Ricky Gervais’ new transphobic Netflix special has social media outragedRight off the bat, the show telegraphs what it wants us to think of its cast: That they’re a joke. In its opening minutes, we’re introduced to our “snowflakes”—who are largely people of color and/or queer individuals—and they’re shown to be whiny, lazy, overly sensitive, self-centered, and even *gasp* vegan.As Snowflake Mountain wants us to believe, these people have become such a burden to their families (naturally, they all still live home), that their parents duped them into attending a survival school boot camp, which will apparently teach them to grow up, be more responsible, and….

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What is the importance of allyship? Does the community still need them? For years, many have claimed to be LGBTQ allies only to let us down with their vote, their words and their support. But what does it mean to be an ally and how can one really help? This week, Brian and Colman sit down with the incomparable Denise Lee to discuss what true allyship looks like and why it’s still vital to today’s community.

him wear that?” Jeanette simply responded, “Because that’s what she wanted to wear today.” She and Jazz then walked away with their heads held high.When the story went national, the Jennings family saw an opportunity to improve life for trans youth everywhere. So when Jazz was six, she and her mom sat for a national TV interview with renowned journalist Barbara Walters.

proposed rule impacting how Title IX, the federal law prohibiting discrimination “on the basis of sex,” will be enforced — including protecting LGBTQ students from discrimination — in schools and colleges that receive federal funding.Education Secretary Miguel Cardona announced the changes to the way the law is enforced on Thursday, which marked the 50th anniversary of passage of the landmark law. Under Title IX, schools can be denied federal funds if they are found guilty of discrimination, excluding individuals from certain benefits or activities, or allowing harassment to continue without disciplining perpetrators.Under the Biden administration’s proposal, LGBTQ students would be protected from discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics, and schools that enable such discrimination could potentially lose federal funds.“As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of this landmark law, our proposed changes will allows us to continue that progress and ensure all our nation’s students — no matter where they live, who they are, or whom they love — can learn, grow, and thrive in school,” Cardona said in a statement.The administration’s new rule would also change how schools handle sexual assault and sexual harassment allegations, marking a reversal from Trump administration rules that sought to avoid aggressively penalizing individuals accused of assault and harassment, on the grounds that they should be given a chance to defend themselves.

A post shared by Darren Hayes (@darrenhayes)Singer Darren Hayes has blasted Instagram for being “homophobic” after one of his photos was deleted for apparently being too gay (or something?) for the platform.The Savage Garden frontman shared a photo of himself, fully clothed, lounging in bed, with a naked man laying face down across him. He captioned the image with three hashtags: #HappyPrideMonth, #Homo and #Queer.NBD, right?Wrong!The image, which was taken by photographer James Reese, was almost immediately yanked down.

former U.S. President Donald Trump has branded Lightyear "one of the most disgusting and woke movies to ever be created."Nick Adams, who authored the book Retaking America, hit out at the Pixar animated film in a tweet that has sparked anger and debate on social media."Lightyear is one of the most disgusting and woke movies to ever be created," Adams tweeted.

A second bill relating to transgender issues now awaits Governor Gavin Newsom's signature. It would add California to the list of states that annually proclaim November 20 as Transgender Day of Remembrance.Assembly Bill 1741, introduced by gay Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Campbell), chair of the Legislative LGBTQ Caucus, would require the governor to officially recognize the date each year as a day of special remembrance in the Golden State. The event, started in 1998 by Bay Area Reporter Transmissions columnist Gwenn Smith, commemorates those transgender people lost to violence in a given year.One of the first states in the country to make the day an official yearly observance was Virginia.

Just an FYI – none of these films are sexually explicit, but some of them do get a little steamy, hence why they aren't all available to play on this page without heading onto YouTube.Hetero best friends and roommates, Jay and Alex, spend a whole day debating sexuality before deciding to try something new.Directed by: Sophie KargmanStarring: Justice Smith, Graham Patrick MartinWhen David returns home from college, he finds a hired hand named Brent kipping in his bedroom. Brent's the strong-and-silent type, and David can't help but by intrigued by his new roomie.Directed by: Tyler ReevesStarring: Cooper Stone, Damian Joseph Quinn, Lauren Elyse BuckleyTwo "straight" guys hook up on a whim.

21st Century President Act, now officially allows women and LGBTQ+ people to become president. The bill was passed by a voice vote.The same bill passed the House in the last Congress by a voice vote as well, the Hill reports.Tuesday's vote targeted part of the U.S. code that concerns threats to presidents, former presidents, and their "immediate family." The issue is that the code defines immediate family as “the wife of a former President during his lifetime, the widow of a former President until her death or remarriage, and minor children of a former President until they reach sixteen years of age.”The bill now strikes that wording and changes it to, “the spouse of a former President during a former President’s lifetime, the surviving spouse of a former President until the surviving 10 spouse’s death or remarriage.”The outlet notes that Hillary Clinton was the first woman presidential candidate of a major party, that Pete Buttigieg was a leading democratic candidate in the 2020 election, and that Kamala Harris became the first woman vice president with a second man.

The official trailer for the upcoming fourth Thor film, Thor: Love & Thunder, shows a character doing what so many of us have fantasized about: flicking away Chris Hemsworth’s clothes with a snap of the fingers. It’s so hard to watch someone else live your dreams. While the nudity was blurred out, fans are now speculating that this was only for the trailer, and Thor: Love & Thunder might give us our first Marvel butt (not counting the Hulk’s CGI butt).The moment marks the glorious return for Thor’s chiseled muscles, which looks to be a big part of his arc.

How do we find human connection and meaning in an increasingly isolated world? Author and poet Toni Mirosevich found peers on the Pacifica pier.On this week's Out in the Bay Queer Radio + Podcast, Mirosevich reads from her new book, "Spell Heaven and other stories." The collection, set in the fictional town of Seaview, reflects on getting "in with the out crowd" and other ways to find meaning and connection.Mirosevich dreamt up the pseudonym Seaview for the real town of Pacifica, just down the coast from San Francisco, and "Spell Heaven" mirrors her actual life. Her earlier book, "Queer Streets," is about moving there with her wife 30 years ago, before Pacifica became a lesbian haven of sorts.The book's narrator, like her, is a retired creative writing professor looking for meaning: "I saw a sign on a post down by the sea one day. It said 'I've lost something.

Rep. Lauren Boebert could soon be forced to shutter her gun-themed restaurant amid a dispute with her new landlord, and somehow, we expect the world to keep on turning.The antigay gun enthusiast recently told The Daily Beast she and her husband, Jayson Boebert, were caught off guard last week when their landlord informed them that their lease for Shooters Grill (not to be confused with Hooters) would not be renewed after the building changed ownership in May.Now the Boeberts will have to find a new location or call it quits.While the right-wing lawmaker didn’t explain exactly why they’re being kicked out, a source familiar with the deal said the property manager feels a ‘moral’ obligation to shut the restaurant down.County records show the building transferred ownership two days after the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

Texas embarrassment Ted Cruz seems as terrified of Democrats as he is of sensible arguments and beard combs.The anti-LGBTQ senator appeared on Newsmax this week to warn of massive threats of violence from the Left in the wake of the upcoming Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade.Ted says when Roe is overturned, “We’re gonna see the Left lose their minds.

Views expressed in The Advocate’s opinion articles are those of the writers and do not necessarily represent the views of The Advocate or our parent company, Equal Pride.If you are a well-adjusted adult, you are heartbroken, horrified traumatized, and once again outraged at the latest mass shooting. In Uvalde, Texas, 19 children and two of their teachers were gunned down so viciously, so immediately, and so intensely that DNA had to be sought from some of the families to ID the victims.Jake Tapper of CNN wondered aloud during his broadcast May 25 if photos should actually be shown of the child victims where they lay. His question hung in the air of silence because, of course, he was talking to a camera.

Zack Sharf The 89er Theatre in Kingfisher, Oklahoma has come under fire after posting a warning about a brief gay kiss featured in Pixar’s “Lightyear.” A sign was posted on the window of the theater during the movie’s opening weekend warning moviegoers about the gay kiss and claiming the theater would “do all we can to fast-forward” through the scene. Kingfisher is located about 50 miles from Oklahoma City.As reported by NBC News, the warning post included the following message: “Attention Parents: The management of this theatre discovered after booking ‘Lightyear’ that there is a same-sex kissing scene within the first 30 minutes of the Pixar movie.

The Through The Soil charity compilation series began in April 2021 and collected new songs from musicians around the world; acts like Spirit of the Beehive, Indigo De Souza, and Lily Konigsberg with proceeds benefitting the LGBTQ suicide prevention organization the Trevor Project. As the existential attacks against queer people in the United States grow in strength, the mission of Through The Soil continues to be a life-saving one.

The state's Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has appointed Casey Flores, 31, to the Virginia LGBTQ Advisory Board, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports.

Early set-up at Terminal 5 on June 23 (All images by Matthew Rettenmund)

As part of its celebration of Title IX, which has provided opportunities for generations of women and girls, the U.S. Department of Education has proposed changes to regulations for implementing this important law in elementary and secondary schools, colleges, and universities for public comment. As a federal civil rights law, Title IX protects students from discrimination in educational programs and activities financed by the federal government. The department said the proposed amendments will ensure that victims of sexual harassment, assault, or sex-based discrimination will receive crucial protections. An unofficial version of the changes can be found here."As we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of this landmark law, our proposed changes will allow us to continue that progress and ensure all our nation's students – no matter where they live, who they are, or whom they love – can learn, grow, and thrive in school," U.S.

Playdurizm will remind you: Be careful what you wish for.First-time feature director Gem Deger stars as Demir, a young man who wakes up next to an oinking pig in a strange, neon-hued home with no memory of how he got there. In a panic, he attempts to leave when he bumps into the strapping Andrew (Asutin Chun), a sexy screen idol who assures Demir he lives there with him and his girlfriend (Issy Stewart)… and their pig.Demir has fallen down the rabbit hole, but he’s got another hole in mind—one that distracts him from all the horrifying clues that point to how he arrived in this new reality in the first place.Related: A wannabe gay adult film star learns: Be careful what you swallow!Playdurizm‘s candy-colored world belies the film’s macabre nature, one that’s surely not for the squeamish.

Things aren’t looking so good for extreme right-wing activist Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, as the January 6 committee’s investigation into the Capitol riot deepens.The committee’s chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, told reporters yesterday that the panel has been receiving “a lot of information”, including new footage of Donald Trump’s final months in office provided by documentary filmmaker Alex Holder, who interviewed several people in Trump’s orbit, including Ivanka, Jared, Don Jr., Eric Trump, and Mike Pence, in the weeks following the election.Related: It sure looks like Ivanka lied in her testimony to the January 6 committeeThompson also said that the committee has been working to arrange an interview with Mrs.

With Baz Luhrmann’s much anticipated film Elvis arriving in cinemas this week, renewed interest in the famed singer will no doubt follow. But it’ll take a certain kind of super fan to shell out the asking price for The King’s bedazzled jockstrap.While the item would no doubt be the talk of any Pride party, it’s safe to assume the hefty $37.5K price tag means the jock is more likely to stay safe and sound in its accompanying frame.

By: Nicole Lashomb*/Editor-in-Chief—Since the beginning of time, it’s conveniently been painted as the “woman’s fault.” It was Eve that ate the forbidden fruit. It was Mary Magdalene — who as history has revealed was one of the most trusted confidants of Christ and a teacher in her own right — that was painted as a prostitute to dismiss any type of relevance and influence she had in the early church. She was just a lost “sinner,” after all.

The hosts of the Us Weekly’s “Hot Hollywood” podcast break down the biggest news of the week, including our Saks Off Fifth and Phluid Project LGBTQ+ story of the week — Jennifer Lopez using gender-neutral pronouns to introduce child Emme.