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Acclaimed lesbian author and activist Elana Dykewomon has died of cancer at age 72.Dykewoman died Sunday at her home in Oakland, Calif., The Mendocino Beacon reports. Her death came just 20 minutes before a livestreamed performance of her first play, How to Let Your Lover Die, about the death of Dykewomon’s longtime partner, Susan Levinkind, of Lewy body dementia.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has requested that a special prosecutor be appointed to bring charges against several people she says conspired to tamper with the state’s 2020 election results, and they include her likely opponent in this year’s election.Nessel, a lesbian, was Michigan’s first statewide elected official from the LGBTQ+ community, and one of the first out statewide officials anywhere in the nation. A Democrat, she was first elected in 2018 and is running for reelection this year.Matthew DePerno, a lawyer from Kalamazoo, is one of the people Nessel says engaged in a conspiracy to change the Michigan vote count in the last presidential election.

The new season of The L Word: Generation Q is set to feature an extensive list of celebrity guest stars. Among them are Grammy and Emmy-nominated comedian Margaret Cho, Joey Lauren Adams, Emmy nominee Joanna Cassidy, as well as Grammy-nominated singer Kehlani. Former guest stars Rosie O’Donnell and Laurel Holloman will also return in recurring roles.Showtime announced that the reboot of the iconic sapphic show will return on November 18 on streaming and on-demand.

Russia’s highest-ranked female tennis player Daria Kasatkina has stated that she took “the right step” in deciding to come out as gay.

A number of Florida Democrats renounced support for a candidate seeking statewide office after anti-LGBTQ and anti-abortion social media posts surfaced.Agriculture Commissioner candidate Naomi Esther Blemur distanced herself from the posts, but not before supporters including Florida’s only out state Senator bailed on her campaign. She’s in the running for the Democratic nomination in a three-way primary.“As a strong voice for reproductive freedom and LGBTQ+ rights, I found Naomi Esther Blemur’s past comments unsettling as they’ve come to light,” tweeted state Sen.

The following can be attributed to Kierra Johnson, Executive Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force: “This sentence is both excessive and wrong. We have watched for months as Brittney Griner has been used as a political pawn, even as she has made clear that she did not intend to break any laws. Her case has mobilized millions of people – not just fans but anyone concerned with human rights.

Donald Trump spoke for almost two hours as he closed out the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday.In his remarks, he described a country that has been destroyed since he left office and outlined the steps Republicans should take if they win back control of Congress in November.He decried the inclusion of transgender athletes on women's sports teams, and reiterated calls for drug dealers to get the death penalty and homeless people to be moved to tent cities.Trump's speech was "unapologetic fascism," Michael Hardy, a senior editor at Texas Monthly, said in a tweet."This might be most frightening speech I've ever heard," Hardy wrote, adding that it indicated that the former president's rhetoric is "significantly more extreme than even a few years ago."Here, Newsweek has rounded up some key moments from the former president's speech.Trump began his speech by declaring the U.S. "is being destroyed more from the inside than out.""America is on the edge of an abyss and our movement is the only force on earth that can save it," he said.

revealed her body count, Alex Jones got destroyed in court, and all hell broke loose at a kid-friendly drag brunch in Chicago.

tie the knot with her toyboy fiancé, who is 22 years younger than her.The former EastEnders actress, who played Cindy Beale for 10 years, is finally marrying fashion firm boss Mike Davidson after spending 10 years together.The soap actress, who also starred in Coronation Street, told their friends: “We know it’s late notice, but we’ve been together for 10 years and what’s the point in waiting.READ MORE: EastEnders star wanted to shed camp comedy persona with 'womaniser' role"We thought life is too short and we want to see all of our friends and celebrate."Michelle first met fashion firm boss Mike in 2012 after being set up by her niece.She was previously married to Fabrizio Tassalini, who she shares a daughter with, Maia-Rose, 22, with the pair divorcing in 1998 before Tassalini died of cancer in 2014.With Mike proposing to Michelle in Los Angeles in April, the ex-EastEnders star admitted she felt that the proposal may have never come.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.She said at the time: “I never thought it would happen, but after 10 years I thought it was time.”The pair are sparing no expense to celebrate their long-awaited wedding day as after the ceremony, guests will be invited to the reception at a private bar in North London that contains a pub with a Venetian chandelier and a heated roof terrace.Following her three-year stint on Corrie, where she played Stella Price featuring in 447 episodes during her tenure, Michelle has since appeared on the likes of Death in Paradise, Suntrap and Casualty.READ NEXT:Love Island's Luca Bish makes public plea to Gemma Owen after reunion party rowCoronation Street fans 'work out' major twist as Stu's horror past

A post shared by Erik Aadland (@aadlandforcolorado)First Lauren Boebert, now this guy?!Meet Erik Aadland. He’s the Republican nominee currently running for U.S.

The mainstream media and public health officials are being so damn careful not to label monkeypox “a gay disease” that they’re doing a disservice to the gay men who most need important information about the outbreak – while misleading everybody else.

Sierra Magazine, the outlook beyond then is even bleaker if the Antarctic ice sheets collapse due to global warming.Related: Rare footage of Fire Island gay wedding offers a peek at pre-Stonewall era LGBTQ lifeThe Army Corps of Engineers is currently engaged in a $1.7 billion project to address the urgent issues threatening the island’s beaches, dunes and homes. But Sierra writer Jimmy Tobias notes that, “in the long run they may only delay the inevitable—the eventual loss of Fire Island as a place fit for human habitation.”The island’s rare grove of holly trees, the sunken forest, is already disappearing fast.

WBBH. “It’s going to keep some of them in the closet when they really should be coming out.”Sharon McGill, a member of the district’s equity committee, said the forms were put in place to protect children and teachers from running afoul of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, which prohibits discussions of LGBTQ content in primary grades and requires that such topics be “age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate” in older grades.“There are laws now in the state that teachers can’t call a student a name if it’s not their correct name,” McGill said, referring to the law.The ACLU of Florida expressed concerns about the proposed parental notification form.  “With HB 1557 in effect, the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law has already begun to stigmatize LGBTQ+ people, isolate LGBTQ+ kids, and make teachers fearful of providing a welcoming and inclusive classroom,” the ACLU of Florida said in a statement.

Due to an issue over the availability of LGBTQ+ resources in a western Michigan public library, a dispute arose concerning the facility’s millage property tax renewal, leading to a great deal of uncertainty about how the library will continue to operate when the current millage dollars stop.The Patmos Library's board president, Larry Walton, told the Associated Press that because voters passed no millage renewal in Tuesday’s primary election, the library would lose 84 percent of its $245,000 budget. The millage renewal failed with 1,905 people voting no and 1,142 people voting yes.Conservative residents of Jamestown, Mich., opposed the renewal because they feared the library wouldn’t remove all LGBTQ+ materials, Walton told the AP.“They’re protesting all LGBTQ books that are on our shelves,” Walton explained.

A post shared by emmie america (@emmieamerica)"It's so funny because when it happened it seemed so dramatic and then a year later things like this are happening every day. When I got detained everybody was freaking out. There were chats on Telegram with all the Russian media people being like, "Who has lawyers? Who can pull her out?".

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X Factor for a number of years.Louis wasn't afraid to give his honest opinion during his time on the show, which often landed him in hot water with the contestants and his fellow judges.READ MORE: Louis Walsh takes swipe at Cheryl and Girls Aloud as he says he 'never wanted them'But in regards to his own personal relationships, the manager behind Boyzone and Westlife hasn't been particularly outspoken.So, what's the truth about Louis Walsh's love life? Here, Daily Star looks into the music manager's past relationship confessions, as well as his Vegas 'wedding' with former colleague Caroline Flack.While Louis has remained fiercely private about his personal life, he hasn't been afraid to poke fun in the past.In 2012, he jokingly walked down the aisle with Xtra Factor presenter Caroline Flack during a spoof on the show.The pair got hitched at the infamous Little White Chapel in Las Vegas by an Elvis Presley impersonator.After arriving in Sin City ahead of the judge’s house stage, Louis and Caroline exchanged vows at the chapel before sealing their romance with a kiss.However, the union was disrupted when Sharon Osbourne made a dramatic entrance.But while the hilarious spoof was clearly staged for the show, Louis has always been fond of Caroline.Following her tragic death in February 2020, the music manager paid a touching tribute to his former colleague.He said: "I really liked her, she was great fun and just a pleasure to be around. She spoke her mind and was always up for a laugh." Louis and Sharon were thick as thieves whilst judging on the X Factor.

She sent a car outfitted with champagne and chocolates, suggested I wear a little black dress and pearls, and took me to a fabulous steak house at which she made sure I didn’t enter until the piano player was at his post. Her palms were so sweaty. And I was so nervous I barely touched my steak. It was our first date; it was wildly romantic. She took me on a surprise b

‘Something Rotten’ at Theatre Frisco. (Courtesy photo)

LOVE Island star Tasha Ghouri's DAD has slammed her co-star Jacques O'Neill as he wades into the ongoing show 'bullying' row. The professional rugby player has come under fire for mocking Tasha, 24, in a private Instagram story that was leaked by fans.

Sierra Magazine, the outlook beyond then is even bleaker if the Antarctic ice sheets collapse due to global warming.Related: Rare footage of Fire Island gay wedding offers a peek at pre-Stonewall era LGBTQ lifeThe Army Corps of Engineers is currently engaged in a $1.7 billion project to address the urgent issues threatening the island’s beaches, dunes and homes. But Sierra writer Jimmy Tobias notes that, “in the long run they may only delay the inevitable—the eventual loss of Fire Island as a place fit for human habitation.”The island’s rare grove of holly trees, the sunken forest, is already disappearing fast.

A 74-year old Long Island, New York retired high school teacher was sentence to 30 months in prison after spending eight years sending anonymous letters threatening to bomb, shoot, and kill more than 60 LGBTQ people, government officials, businesses, and organizations.

The basketball star Brittney Griner, used as a Russian political pawn, in her plea for clemency also apologized to her fans, among many othersBy: Audrey Cole/TRT Reporter–The WNBA player and two-time gold medalist, Brittney Griner, was found guilty by a Russian Court of attempting to smuggle drugs into the country. Her sentencing comes in the middle of the Ukraine-Russia war and a time in which US relations with Russia are at an all-time low.

US basketball player Brittney Griner has been found guilty of drug possession and smuggling with criminal intent by a Russian court.

A Russian court on Thursday found WNBA star Brittney Griner guilty of charges that she smuggled drugs into the country.

The mainstream media and public health officials are being so damn careful not to label monkeypox “a gay disease” that they’re doing a disservice to the gay men who most need important information about the outbreak – while misleading everybody else.

A U.S. District Court judge ruled Tuesday that West Virginia’s Medicaid program could no longer discriminate by excluding coverage for gender-confirming surgical care for transgender West Virginia Medicaid participants. 

sued the state in 2020 on behalf of trans West Virginians, challenging the exclusion of such care from Medicaid and from the state employee health insurance plan. A settlement reached earlier this year led to the lifting of coverage restrictions from the state employees’ plan, and now Medicaid will cover this care too.

WBBH. “It’s going to keep some of them in the closet when they really should be coming out.”Sharon McGill, a member of the district’s equity committee, said the forms were put in place to protect children and teachers from running afoul of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, which prohibits discussions of LGBTQ content in primary grades and requires that such topics be “age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate” in older grades.“There are laws now in the state that teachers can’t call a student a name if it’s not their correct name,” McGill said, referring to the law.The ACLU of Florida expressed concerns about the proposed parental notification form.  “With HB 1557 in effect, the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law has already begun to stigmatize LGBTQ+ people, isolate LGBTQ+ kids, and make teachers fearful of providing a welcoming and inclusive classroom,” the ACLU of Florida said in a statement.

We finally have an update on the new season of American Horror Story.

Love Island has received more than 5,000 Ofcom complaints during this year's series.Several allegations were made to the broadcasting regulator by viewers who were concerned with "misogynistic behaviour" demonstrated by some of the boys, claims of "bullying," and Laura Whitmore's "s***-shaming" comments about Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu.The most complaints came after Movie Night which saw Luca Bish explode at partner Gemma Owen after clips were played of her and Billy Brown "flirting".More than 1,500 complaints followed the Snog, Marry, Pie, challenge where viewers expressed concern over the boys' treatment of Tasha Ghouri.As season eight has come to an end, Daily Star has rounded up the moments that have sparked the most controversy across the series.Movie Night was hit with more than 2,500 complaints after viewers believed "misogynistic and controlling" behaviour was being demonstrated by some of the boys.The episodes, which aired on July 15 and concluded on July 17, featured the girls and boys sitting down to watch clips of what their partners got up to while they were in Casa Amor.The challenge has become a catalyst in causing tension between the couples and this year was no different.The highest amount of complaints stemmed from Luca, 23, when he got into a heated exchange with Gemma, 19, after he was shown a clip of the brunette bombshell allegedly flirting with Billy, 23.In the mind-blowing scenes, Luca slammed Gemma, saying: "You were f***ing flirting! And I was made out to look like an idiot for it."He continued ranting to the boys: "Trust me when I say, if she wants to f***ing play games with me, I'll play.

takes legal action against alleged government overreach - then put out an appeal on Twitter encouraging women to share any complaints about Mr Cohen. Mr Maugham forwarded several allegations to GNM in late 2021 and published claims about Mr Cohen's behaviour online last month, claiming he was unhappy with how his concerns had been handled. GNM said on Tuesday that Mr Cohen had agreed to "step back from work for a period of time and cooperate with the company's ongoing investigation".

The United States government has reportedly proposed a prisoner exchange in order to free queer Olympic basketballer Brittney Griner from Russia. This news comes after Russian prosecutors accused Griner of attempting to smuggle less than one gram of cannabis oil in her luggage while travelling through Moscow airport in February. President Joe Biden has allegedly […]

Move over, Sesame Street — because a mother in New Jersey is claiming that one of the mascots at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in the Garden State is racially discriminating, too!

Like many people at war in Ukraine, Olexander Shadskykh, 23, a combat medic in the army, has been forced to grapple with his own mortality. But he also has another fear weighing on his mind: What if he is killed and his boyfriend doesn’t find out in time for his funeral? Under Ukrainian Ministry of Defense regulations, the military must inform the parents and spouse or other close relatives of a soldier who is killed. But in a country that does not recognize gay marriage or even civil unions, none of that applies to a same-sex partner.

Biddenden, it's not immediately clear just how beautiful it is. A small but perfectly formed village in the heart of the Kent countryside, it really is one of those places you could quite easily blink and miss if you're not paying attention. Nestled in the picturesque Ashford countryside, it has all the elements of the traditional English village with its stretch of pretty Flemish cottages lining the high street, a village green, church, pub, café and a small selection of restaurants.

Football fans old and new have been left awe-stuck by England's newly-crowned European champions. Manchester erupted with joy as the Lionesses defeated Germany 2-1 on Sunday (July 31) while the whole country burst with pride.

Sometimes the smallest design changes can make a big difference when it comes to inclusion. 

welcomed a daughter, Kaavia James Union Wade, via surrogate in 2018. In 2021, Time published an excerpt from Gabrielle's book, You Got Anything Stronger?, in which the actor detailed her fertility struggles and path to have Kaavia. Gabrielle revisited the day her daughter was born, then stated she still wonders how it may have been different to have carried Kaavia. "So much time has passed.

British diver Tom Daley delivered a powerful statement on the eve of the Commonwealth Games night, advocating for LGBTQI+ rights while protesting against the 35 countries under the Commonwealth where being part of the queer community is currently illegal. The Olympic champion played a key role in the ceremony, as the first athlete to carry the Queen’s Baton and was met with other athletes and activists who waved Pride Progress flags, raising awareness of the member states under the Commonwealth which criminalise same-sex relations. Pride House Birmingham (PHB) co-founder Lou Englefield spoke to ABC sport stating that there are currently “more countries in the Commonwealth that criminalise homosexuality than don’t.” Though Daley had decided not to compete at Birmingham 2022, he has been a strong advocate for LGBTQI+ rights in the past, drawing attention to the persecution of queer individuals after winning his 10 metres synchro event at the Gold Coast in 2018. These laws are a legacy of colonialism. This opening ceremony for us is about showing LGBTQ+ visibility to the billion people watching.” The opening of Pride House Birmingham has been projected to have the biggest presence to date by a Pride House at a Commonwealth Games. Pride Houses are venues dedicated to diversity, culture and LGBTQI+ inclusion at major sporting events where visitors are encouraged to enjoy performances, talks and activities in addition to opportunities to view live sports.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday spoke with his Russian counterpart about efforts to secure the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday spoke with his Russian counterpart about efforts to secure the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.

I just think the timing [of Senate Democrats’ unveiling of their bill to address the effects of climate change] could not have been worse and it came totally out of the blue.After we just had worked together successfully on gun safety legislation, on the CHIPs bill, it was a very unfortunate move that destroys the many bipartisan efforts that are under way.”— Republican Sen. Susan Collins to HuffPost.

We can’t wait for the return of Olivier-nominated gay play Cruise to the West End – we caught the original production last year at the Duchess Theatre, and now it’s returning later this summer for a short run at the Apollo Theatre. Set in Soho in the 1980s, the play introduces its audience to Michael, a gay man who is diagnosed with HIV in 1984 and is told he has four years to live. With the clock ticking, he decides to make the most of the time he has left. Cruise was one of the first plays we saw post-lockdown, and we described it at the time as “a potent reminder of the power of live theatre” before awarding it a perfect score.

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In a recent Spotify podcast episode, Joe Rogan, describing himself as “a bleeding heart liberal,” directly addressed comments that he’s a “secret conservative.” He also defended same-sex marriage and claimed the conservative opposition against gay marriage is one reason he is not a conservative.

TMZ, and Page Six, the duo will be teaming up for a new version of John’s 1972 classic "Tiny Dancer."The pair secretly met at a Beverly Hills recording studio last week, and it was leaked that Universal Music will drop the single next month, Page Six reports. The insider source told the tabloid, “This was Elton’s idea, and Britney is a huge fan.

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