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Ellen DeGeneres on the Time magazine cover with the attention-grabbing title “Yep, I’m Gay.” Or more likely, while watching her sitcom Ellen, when she announced over an airport loudspeaker that she was gay. Both were great stories for us — but controversial at the time for society.Ellen’s story is perhaps one of the most storied in LGBTQ+ history. And how times have changed, and that’s partly because of Ellen, who led the way so that we wouldn’t have to be stunned at a magazine cover that blared the word “gay.”Our generation remembers what happened during those spring days in 1997, but for those who weren’t of age at that time, we can tell you Ellen’s coming-out was a tectonic pop-culture event.

Tom Hiddleston has spoken about how ‘meaningful’ he hopes it was for fans when Loki came out as bisexual in his Marvel series, saying that it was ‘important to all of us’.Last year, the actor returned as the Asgardian God of Mischief in his eponymous Disney Plus show, meeting his match in the form of Loki variant Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino).In episode three, the pair are discussing their love lives when Sylvie asks ‘Must’ve been would-be princesses or perhaps, another prince?’, to which Loki replies: ‘A bit of both. I suspect the same for you.’Fans were ecstatic over the exchange, as while he was confirmed as bisexual in the Marvel comics, the scene marked the first reference to his sexual orientation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).In a new interview, Tom, 41, explained that when he was asked to reprise the role, they ‘wanted to retain the integrity of the character’ and ‘wanted to make sure we didn’t lose the bits that people loved, while doing something new’.Speaking to The Guardian, he added: ‘I also hope Loki coming out as bisexual was meaningful to people who spotted it.

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Police in Bilbao, Spain — a port city on the country’s northern coast — have recently arrested a man in connection to the deaths of eight gay men in 2021.According to information from Spanish News Today, from September through October 2021, 25-year-old Nelson David from Columbia allegedly used Grindr to meet with victims. Once inside their homes, David drugged his victims with “liquid ecstasy” (otherwise known as GHB) and “left them to die.”Initially, none of these deaths were treated as suspicious, but in October 2021, the family of one of the victims came forward and stated that a large sum of money had been taken from his bank account after his death. Pink News reported that—even though the victim had already been cremated—Bilbao law enforcement officials were able to detect “traces of the date rape drug GHB in his system.”Authorities were able to identify David as the suspect after a survivor came forward and stated that someone he met off the dating app attempted to strangle him.

LGBTQ+ people are becoming increasingly conscious of their safety when planning trips abroad, a new study has found.

Jaquel Spivey is redefining what it means to be a leading man on Broadway, and both critics and audiences are paying attention. Hired shortly after graduating from Pittsburgh’s Point Park University to star in Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, A Strange Loop, the endearingly sassy 23-year-old has already won a Theatre World Award and earned nominations for this year’s Drama League and Tony Awards for his performance as Usher, a young Black artist at odds with his sexual identity, familial expectations, torturous thoughts, and desire to create original art.Spivey spends nearly every moment of the self-proclaimed “big, Black, and queer-*ss Great American Musical” pouring his heart out as a conflicted artist trying to decide who he is and what he wants in a world that goes out of its way to remind him that he is too Black, too gay, too fat, and not hung enough to play in the big leagues.

American psychotherapist Dr Joe Kort, coined the term to describe gay men who don’t enjoy anal sex and don’t feel comfortable defining themselves as a top or bottom!Grindr has announced that it was going beyond ‘top’, ‘bottom’ and ‘versatile’ and adding a new option – giving its users the option to identify as a ‘Side’.#grindr @grindr is adding “side” to its positions. I created a this term in 2013.

Van Leeuwen Ice Cream now open in West Village. (Courtesy photo)

If you had invested £100 in the cryptocurrency Luna a month ago, you might have been quietly confident you’d made a sensible bet. But Luna’s value has since fallen drastically – at the time of writing, that £100 is worth around 4p.

HB 1557, otherwise known as the “Don’t Say gay” bill. Now passed into law, it bans the discussion of LGBTQ topics in schools. It also limits discussion when “not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students”.For Jones, the issue was personal.

Florida and most people’s minds will immediately veer towards Miami Beach, Key West, or Fort Lauderdale. But on a recent trip, I found the state’s sunny Palm Beaches area to be a series of hidden gems, with plenty to do, easy accessibility, incredible cuisine, and some fun surprises along the way.Getting to West Palm Beach, the county’s central hub, is easy enough, with West Palm Beach Airport (PBI) featuring numerous direct flights, especially from colder northern cities.

It seems like the Cannes Market continues to surprise us with each new announcement. French director Jacques Audiard‘s (“Rust & Bone“) next film has been officially announced and you’re likely going to do a double-take when learning what it’s about.

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The UK government has finally responded to a petition calling for trans people to be protected by its restrictions on so-called ‘conversion therapy’.

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Some cryptocurrencies have always been fairly volatile, with values soaring or plunging within a short space of time. So for the more cautious investor, “stablecoins” were considered the sensible place to go. As the name implies, they are designed to be a steadier and safer bet.

Some cryptocurrencies have always been fairly volatile, with values soaring or plunging within a short space of time. So for the more cautious investor, “stablecoins” were considered the sensible place to go. As the name implies, they are designed to be a steadier and safer bet.

There are no aisles of bookcases overstuffed with comic books at Sour Cherry Comics in San Francisco's Mission district neighborhood. Instead, tables sporting the latest graphic novels, comics, and fantasy fiction greet customers to the store.What bookcases are in the shop are pushed up against the walls, providing for an airy and inviting atmosphere for comics lovers of all persuasions to browse and hang out in the seating area toward the back of the space.

Yesterday, May 10, Prince Charles addressed the UK on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II, promising to deliver on the long-proposed conversion therapy ban which, it is now confirmed, will not cover Trans people. “Legislation will be introduced to ban conversion therapy,” he promised from the House of Lords chamber at the State Opening of Parliament, […]

Coronation Street favourite Kimberly-Hart Simpson dazzled in an elegant black gown on the red carpet at the Pride of Manchester Awards. The actress and seamstress, who is known for reworkingand upcycling charity shop bargains into stunning outfits, certainly didn't disappoint at the glittering ceremony on Tuesday night.

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13 schools have been awarded accreditation from BeLonG To, deeming them safe and supportive for LGBTQ+ students. The institutions are located across seven counties – Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Limerick, Meath, Roscommon, and Wicklow. The recipients originally signed up for the Safe and Supporting Schools Project in 2020, an initiative designed and facilitated by BeLonG To […]

Actress Alexandra Daddario has chimed in on the backlash against Leah Jeffries casting as Annabeth Chase in the upcoming Disney+ show Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Daddario previously played Annabeth Chase in two Percy Jackson films The Lightning Thief and Sea of Monsters. 

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Sen. Josh Hawley has come up with the perfect solution for how to handle unwanted pregnancies in America now that the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v.

Neighbours star Hannah Martin and was involved in several high profile storylines including the death of her mum Julie.The actress was eight years old in 1992 when she first appeared on the show as Hannah Martin, and played the character for seven years until 1999.But since then she has ditched acting and taken a very different path in life.Rebecca tried her hand at being model in the earlies 2000s - which saw her feature in a number of steamy photoshoots, including posing provocatively in a boob-baring suede halter top and a belt-like mini-skirt.She also returned to Neighbours for a brief cameo in 2005 and starred in a few episodes of Coronation Street in 2002 as an Aussie backpacker who lived with Les Battersby. After moving away from acting she had a full-time job as a receptionist at Warner Bros Records.

Pope Francis has stated that the most important thing LGBTQ+ people should know about God is that “he does not disown any of his children.”

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Jack Shafer 05/09/2022 07:26 PM EDT Link CopiedJack Shafer is Politico’s senior media writer.Almost every American institution and branch of government stands guilty of mistreating gay people. Not until December 1973 did the American Psychiatric Association vote to remove homosexuality from its psychiatric disorder category (the APA still recoiled from calling it “normal”). Not until July 1975 did the federal government lift the blanket work-ban on gay men and lesbians.

“They’re just not my type” can be a blanket statement that covers a whole range of problematic judgements. Yes, it’s impossible to respond to every message, engage in every interaction, and go on every date to be socially sensitive (doing so might arguably be counterproductive and patronising), but is there a blurring between preference and […]

Queen Elizabeth II is expected to give an update on banning ‘conversion therapy’ during her annual speech at the state opening of parliament.

Benedict Cumberbatch as the returning Steven Strange, features a lesbian couple in one scene (who are also referenced elsewhere in the film).One of the main characters, America Chavez (played by Xochitl Gomez), also wears a pin of the Progress Pride flag, an updated design of the rainbow Pride flag created to celebrate the diversity of the LGBTQ community. While not much is said about her sexuality in the film, she is thought to be LGBT.Sasha Misra, Associate Director of Communications and Campaigns at Stonewall told Metro.co.uk: ‘It’s fantastic to see visible representation of LGBTQ+ people in one of the world’s most popular franchises.

Hi Jake,I’m in my early 30s and living in Miami Beach. It’s already May and “Hot Gay Summer” is approaching like a speeding train, but I don’t feel like my body is anywhere close to where it needs to be.  “Hot Gay Summer” for me means going to the various beach and pool parties, outdoor concerts, dance parties and Prides, and then traveling to P-town for the 4th of July. All my friends have bodies that are close to perfection, and I don’t want to stand out or be judged by them. My whole summer depends upon looking a certain way. It’s been a stressful time with work, and it’s been harder to get back on a regular workout schedule after the pandemic. I’m starting to panic. What should I do?Summertime SadnessDear Summertime Sadness,Grinding in a sea of perfect, sweaty torsos on a hot summer night is a gay image as old as time.

“Hey, what’s your type? What do you look for in a man?”Our friends love asking these questions because it honestly reveals a lot about a person and what they want in life. Our taste in men is also entirely different from straight men’s taste in women, so the topic deserves some attention.

Just Like Us, people across the UK have postponed coming out due to ‘harmful’ stereotypes, with 68% of lesbians delaying coming out due to stereotypes about being ‘man-hating’, ‘unattractive’ and even ‘anti-trans’.But why is it so hard for lesbians to come out as lesbians? What exactly is wrong with the L word? Why was I so scared of it, and why nearly 10 years after I finally used the word to proudly describe myself, are so many people still scared to use it?Over the last few months, I’ve been an assistant producer on the Channel 4 documentary ‘Where Have All The Lesbians Gone?’ where we tried to answer these questions.

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Last year, Stephen Morgan and Steven Romo went viral when the then-Houston television news personalities came out as gay in dual Instagram posts announcing their engagement. And since then, the two have become practically inseparable on the app."A few years ago, if I had seen us, I would have hated us,” Romo, a freelance correspondent and anchor for NBC Universal, tells The Advocate.

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Roe v. Wade and the federal right to abortion to focus solely on the potential loss of marriage equality. As terrified as I am about losing the ability to marry my fiancé, I can’t ignore the fact that without the right to abortion and reproductive health care, there would be no marriage equality in the first place.

Queen of the Universe (on Paramount+) and is moving on to new adventures. Having wowed with her rollicking “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” and a rousing version of Andra Day’s “Rise Up,” Grag — born Gregory Mohd — has won kudos from fellow drag stars like Alaska Thunderf*ck (“Grag is one of the most technically skilled singers out there, but it’s her stage presence, sense of humor, and charisma that make her an absolute superstar”) and Trixie Mattel (“She’s a star before the song even starts, and then when she begins singing… it’s over, b*tch.”)Grag recently released the five-song Desperta EP and is readying her first album in English, the first sampling being the single “Party Everyday” (which she co-wrote). The track has already been viewed more than 1.2 million times on YouTube.

bills himself as an "international lawyer" and "leader of a group trying to stop the Biden regime's effort to destroy the U.S. military via injections of the so-called vaccine that contains HIV." During Callendar and Johnson's conversation on the rightwing video-sharing platform Rumble, Callendar again claimed the various COVID vaccines give users AIDS and that health officials need to be "held accountable.""You've got more than a hundred doctors here, all of whom will tell you these shots caused vaccine-induced AIDS," Callendar said, even though no reputable doctor has made such a claim.

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The cryptocurrency market cap tops $1.7 trillion, and such a big market could create severe disturbances in financial markets. The daily turnaround in crypto markets is over $90 billion. From the government's perspective, digital currencies are unregulated, and there is no central bank or other authority to monitor what is going on with crypto.

Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Lopez  says it’s time for his state to have “a real First Lady again,” as opposed to current First Gentleman Marlon Reis, husband of Gov. Jared Polis.Lopez made the clearly homophobic remark at a campaign rally, and the crowd ate it up.

Mattea Roach is now number five in the most consecutive games won in Jeopardy history. With 21 games won, she is the second on the list for women. Ken Jennings heads the list with 74 consecutive wins followed by Amy Schneider with 40 games, Matt Amodio with 38 and James Holzhauer with 32.

Netflix Is A Joke festival, when a man made his way onstage and appeared to attempt to tackle him, per video footage shared on social media.After security apprehended the man in question, video clips showed Chappelle attempting to keep the laughs coming as he cracked jokes about the incident.In a move that has ignited criticism, video footage shows that Chappelle quipped as he spoke to the audience in the aftermath: "It was a trans man."Dave Chappelle got attacked on stage tonight and the attacker got his ass beat.Chapelle made a joke saying it was a "trans man" (no indication if it was) and probably going to get a lot of crap for it now.(no this video wasn't recorded by me) pic.twitter.com/NCoQBy4fwNHis joke has sparked outrage on Twitter, where a number of detractors spoke out against the star, who last year was criticized for his Netflix special The Closer, in which comments he made were characterized as transphobic.Weighing in on the tweets shared about the incident, one Twitter user wrote: "All these people leave out the fact Dave Chappelle joked that it was a 'trans man' that ran on stage to beat him when we don't know who it was. All we know is that things are about to get worse in this country and have been getting worse for trans people and Dave encourages it."All these people leave out the fact Dave Chappelle joked that it was a âtrans manâ that ran on stage to beat him when we donât know who it was.

YouTube channel in a video that went viral. A year later and 1,300 miles away, Lindsay was inspired by Schueller’s video to not only come out himself, but also record a video reply. Within months, the “love at first vlog” couple had moved in together.Schueller says that his YouTube channel also led him to fall in love with travel.