Town Defunds Library After Fight Over LGBTQ Novel

Out gay Australian footballer Josh Cavallo is on a fitness journey and he now has the abs to prove it. Cavallo recently shared a shirtless bathroom selfie video with his chiselled abs on full display.  “Your body is simply a result of your mind’s thoughts.

Iconic singer and actor Olivia Newton-John passed away peacefully on Monday 8 August at the age of 73. Her husband John Easterling announced the heartbreaking news via Instagram and Facebook yesterday saying “Olivia has been a symbol of triumphs and hope for over 30 years sharing her journey with breast cancer.  “Her healing inspiration and […]

The Only Way Is Essex.But in recent years, Gemma Collins has been on quite the health kick as the blonde bombshell delighted her loyal legion of fans with a fruity bikini snap on Tuesday (August 9).And it’s fair to say the reality star, 40, dazzled the internet all over again as she posed up a storm for the camera in full view of her 2.2million followers online.READ MORE: Mark Wright gushes over Love Island winner Ekin-Su's gym selfie as she wears his brandThe glamour puss turned up the heat as she rocked a gorgeous two-piece bikini from her collaboration with the mighty fashion giants New Look in her sprawling back garden.Her skimpy patterned swimwear hugged her killer curves perfectly as she held up a peace sign while she sizzled in the sun-drenched snap online.She paired the pink two piece with a pair of gold sandals and an oversized straw hat to protect her face from the sun.Gemma styled her blonde tresses into a soft beachy blowout which perfectly framed her oval face as she beamed to the camera.To complete the look, she added a full face of glamorous makeup which featured gorgeous glowing skin, chiselled bronzed cheeks and a soft smoky eye which she finished with lashings of black mascara.The TV star captioned the post: “Gimmie that lemon [lemon emoji] iced water [water emoji] baby [peace emoji].“Omg I've been so ill but today I'm starting to feel like me again !!! I’m drinking water lots of it and lemons of course wearing a matching bikini from my collection [bikini emoji, lemon emoji] @newlook.”She was soon flooded with a slew of compliments from her loyal legion of fans online after her latest health update.For more of the latest showbiz and TV news from the Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our

Joan Collins, 89, wowed her fans while dressed in just a bikini while on holiday with her toyboy husband, 56, last week - so we thought we'd take a look at some other hot celebrities aged 70 and over.

United States senator Lindsey Graham argued for the end of federal protections on same-sex marriage rights in a recent debate.

Neve Campbell has spoken out about her decision not to reprise her role as legendary final girl Sidney Prescott in the upcoming Scream film.

LOVE Island’s Tasha Ghouri has sensationally revealed her true feelings for former Islander Jacques O’Neill - as she UNFOLLOWED him on Instagram after bullying accusations. Tasha, 23, and Andrew, 27, had their ups and downs on hit show Love Island but the pair came out united and achieved boyfriend and girlfriend status.

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) has announced that its current Gender Participation Policy is under review, with LGBTQ+ inclusive club the Emerald Warriors urging that it remain inclusive of Trans athletes. Under the current policy, Trans men are permitted to compete in the male category subject to standard IRFU player registration consent and acknowlegments. […]

Britney Spears is making her long-awaited return to music by collaborating with Elton John on a brand new song.

Euphoria star Jacob Elordi had a commendable response to being called gay at school for taking part in school plays.

John Travolta has paid tribute to his Grease co-star Olivia Newton-John after she passed away at the age of 73 from breast cancer.

stated, "As 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the NCAA Woman of the Year program is an important opportunity to honor and reflect on the impact of women on intercollegiate sports."Historically, women had few athletic opportunities in school. That all changed when Congress passed Title IX in 1972.

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LOVE Island's Remi Lambert has slammed Jacques and Luca for 'bullying' him during a controversial Instagram live. Remi previously revealed he had rowed with ‘bully’ Jacques in a series of aired rows and has now said he "wants justice". In the clip, which has gone viral, Luca said:  "We’re not MCs, we need Remi in here for that." Remi seemed reply, saying: "What you boys saying about me and my rapping?” Jacques responded: “I said it’s really really good, you should turn pro.” The pair then exchanged looks and burst out laughing – a similar to reaction to when Remi rapped in the villa.

‘Not enough vaccines, test results delayed for days, and people cancelling Pride plans’ - monkeypox fears are building as the number of cases in Greater Manchester are on the rise.

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folks were up in arms about a television show that we hadn’t even heard about until, well, a month ago.It’s called The Terminal List, and it’s a series so poorly reviewed (it stands at 40% on RottenTomatoes) that right-wingers decided it must be great. After all, why would the perceived liberal media elite trash something unless it went against their woke values?As a refresher: The Terminal List is an Amazon Prime Video original series based on a novel of the same name from former Navy SEAL sniper Jack Carr.

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.

Homophobes in Jamestown Township, Michigan coordinated to get their local library defunded for carrying LGBTQ+ books. Folks across the world stepped in to say “no way.”Patmos Library has faced homophobia in the past, with a former director stepping down after coming out due to intolerance and hate speech.Earlier this week, the library’s annual millage (aka funding from local property taxes) for 2023 failed to pass the town vote, with some citizens refusing to fund it for having queer books available.Books like Being Jazz by Jazz Jennins, Simon vs.

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.

Metro Weekly. “But one of them said their dad was gay and it was messed up that they attacked us.

has passed away at the age of 73. RIP.With a massively successful career that spanned music, film, television, and environmental activism, Newton-John’s work has brightened lives ever since she first began performing as a teen.For many, she’ll be forever associated with the 1978 smash-hit film adaptation of the musical Grease.

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.

The Broadway production company that owns Hamilton is considering legal action against a McAllen, Texas, church for illegally performing the masterpiece and adding anti-LGBTQ+ messages and biblical themes to the show. A sermon comparing gayness and addiction was added to Lin-Manuel Miranda's original by the Door Christian Fellowship Ministries. A spokesperson for Hamilton's New York producers told The Advocate that the unauthorized production was granted permission under strict terms for one subsequent performance after it responded to a cease and desist letter. However, the local production company appears to have violated that too. YouTuber and podcast host Hemant Mehta posted videos on Twitter that show Alexander Hamilton and Eliza Schuyler Hamilton referring to Jesus as "saving" them during performances and live streams of Hamilton this weekend.  OnStage Blog, the first to report about the show, noted that Pastor Victor Lopez compared being gay to alcohol and drug addiction after one of the performances.

Emmy winner Anne Heche’s condition has not improved after she crashed into a house in Los Angeles on Friday morning.A representative for Heche told People in a statement Monday afternoon that the actor is in critical condition still.“She has a significant pulmonary injury requiring mechanical ventilation and burns that require surgical intervention,” the statement said. “She is in a coma and has not regained consciousness since shortly after the accident.”Heche, 53, suffered burns after her Mini Cooper hit a home in Mar Vista that was being rented by Lynne Michele, who was able to escape the fire that engulfed and destroyed the house and Heche’s car.Earlier in the day, witnesses told TMZ that they saw Heche hit a garage of an apartment complex near Michele’s house and then drive off.Police obtained a warrant to draw blood from the actor, CNN reports.

Gay insurrectionist Brandon Straka lost support even among some Trump fans after court documents were accidentally released that revealed the extent in which he cooperated with the FBI’s investigation into January 6 in exchange for a plea deal. Now a Trump-appointed federal judge is also thoroughly irritated with Straka, and he seems perfectly willing to revisit the deal altogether.During a hearing to address the release of Straka’s sealed cooperation agreement, U.S.

FILE – In this Feb. 23, 2017, file photo, Olivia Newton-John performs during the Viña del Mar International Song Festival at the Quinta Vergara in Viña del Mar, Chile. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

This unhinged Texas church not only put on an unauthorized Hamilton production, but rewrote it to feature the titular character being converted to Christianity.Needless to say, folks are far from “Satisfied”.The Door church in McAllen, Texas put on their born-again Hamilton over the past weekend. The first performance on Friday quickly garnered a cease-and-desist from the Hamilton Team in New York.The church then apparently went ahead with their Saturday show secretly, even while listing it as “canceled” on Eventbrite.Related: White House streams anti-gay church sermon at service attended by Mike PenceThe live-streamed show has since been taken down by official orders, but clips of it live on in the internet ether, and oh boy.The Kidz Bop-esque censorship can be heard from the very first line:Oh.

Abbi Jacobson, the Emmy Award nominee, is engaged to her girlfriend Jodi Balfour. She confirmed the news to People as she celebrated with her costars in the upcoming Amazon Video series A League of Their Own.

Below are our picks for some of the most fun and creative things to do this week in the DMV that are of special interest to the LGBTQ community.

Curtis Ingraham strikes again!Fox News propagandist Laura Ingraham‘s gay older brother issued a stern warning to his baby sister: Keep talking that homophobic trash on Fox News and she may very well end up like Alex Jones.Related: Alex Jones is getting destroyed in court so badly, even the judge is tearing him apart“If the National Inquirer had a TV show, this would be it folks!” Curtis tweeted. “You’d think Fox would be on high alert following Alex Jones’ legal comeuppance.”Jones, of course, was just ordered to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages plus another $4.1 million compensatory damages to the parents of children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School for peddling discredited conspiracy theories about the 2012 mass shooting.If the National Inquirer had a TV show, this would be it folks! You'd think Fox would be on high alert following Alex Jones' legal comeuppance.

Singer, songwriter, and actress Olivia Newton-John, beloved by LGBTQ+ audiences, has died at age 73.Newton-John died Monday at her ranch in Southern California, her husband, John Easterling, wrote on her official Facebook page. He did not state a cause of death, but he did note the entertainer’s long struggle with breast cancer.“Dame Olivia Newton-John (73) passed away peacefully at her Ranch in Southern California this morning, surrounded by family and friends,” he wrote.

A Texas boutique owner has been arrested and charged with hate crimes after being accused of attacking a transgender man and his boyfriend in April.Police arrested Evan Berryhill-Jewell, the owner of Texas Angels Boutique, on assault charges Monday, said Richard Espinoza, spokesperson for the San Angelo Police Department.Berryhill-Jewell was charged with assault because of bias or prejudice, an enhancement that carries more severe penalties if found to be guilty."Evan Berryhill's bond was set at $1000," Maj. Todd Allen, the Tom Green County Jail administrator, said in an email to The Advocate.

A transgender woman cyclist has been stripped of a silver medal she won in the sport’s recent national championships, with officials saying she hadn’t met the requirements for competing.Leia Genis placed second in the 3,000-meter women’s pursuit at the U.S. Elite Track Cycling National Championships, held in July in Pennsylvania, with Bethany Matsick finishing first. The following day, she says, she was told she was losing the medal and was no longer eligible to compete in the women’s category.“6 weeks ago I was eligible for competition at UCI C1 and C2 races held at the same velodrome and overseen by the same technical director,” Genis wrote on Instagram.

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.

Euphoria character when he was in high school. Phew!In a new GQ profile—in which he’s dubbed “Gen Z’s leading man”—Elordi opened up about his overnight fame thanks to the success of Netflix‘s teen rom-com series, The Kissing Booth, and how the phenomenon that is Euphoria is shaping the future of his career.  A post shared by Jacob Elordi (@jacobelordi)It’s that latter role that might give the impression that Elordi’s some sort of brooding bruiser not to be crossed. His Nate Jacobs is a physically and mentally abusive alpha-jock, a reprehensible rager made only slightly sympathetic by the fact that his strict father is harboring more than a few dark secrets of his own.As we come to find out over the course of this series, much of Nate’s behavior is a result of internalized homophobia—a macho mask to ensure no one even suspects he might be gay.

(CNN) -- An ordinary red-brick library in the southern English town of Reading is an unlikely backdrop for the latest front in the battle for equality for the LGBTQ+ community. But  in scenes later repeated across the country-- Covid-19 conspiracists and far-right supporters lobbed homophobic and transphobic slurs at parents and children to try to stop the kids from meeting drag queens.In footage shared online, anti-vaxxer Michael Chaves ​is seen berating parents -- some of whom are carrying infants -- arriving for Drag Queen Story Hour UK, an event at which books promoting compassion and inclusion are read to children.

will serve nine years in Russia prison for drug smuggling has been all the more unsettling for the lack of information surrounding her detention.Griner, who was caught with vape cartridges containing cannabis oil at a Moscow airport, was sentenced in August 2022, having already served six months in a women's prison outside of Moscow.A potential prisoner swap could see Griner exchanged for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. President Joe Biden has accused Russia of "wrongfully detaining Brittney," calling the decision "unacceptable."As the U.S.

This story was originally published by Global Press Journal.Stephen spent two years in prison, where he was regarded as a danger to others and subjected to weeks of solitary confinement should he make contact with another man.Police arrested him after he was found in a hotel room with a man; they subjected him to the humiliation of an anal examination, Stephen says, and charged him with having carnal knowledge of another person against the order of nature. He pleaded not guilty, and after a yearlong trial, heavily covered by the media, he was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

medical professionals can legally deny service on the basis of their religious beliefs.South Carolina recently became the seventh state to permit medical professionals to decline services based on their personal religious or moral beliefs — joining the state of Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Ohio, and Illinois, reports NBC News. According to the Movement Advancement Project, a think tank that focuses on LGBTQ-related policies, with South Carolina’s addition, one-eighth of all LGBTQ people in America now live in states allowing denial of care, and preventing lawsuits from being lodged against providers who refuse to treat patients.Such policies are often approved under the auspices of “expanding religious freedom” or protecting First Amendments rights to freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

On Sunday, July 31, six men were arrested in Nigeria’s central state of Nasarawa after being caught extorting thousands of dollars from closeted gay men as part of an elaborate blackmail scheme.Police are asking any Nigerians who have been swindled by the scammers to come forward to help provide evidence of their alleged crimes. The scam targeted eight men through a fake gay dating app, authorities explained. The six suspects are being accused of luring men on “dates,” arranging in-person meetings where they them beat their victims and steal from them.

Gay Health Network (GHN) is urging the Irish Government to speed up the monkeypox vaccine rollout process. The organisation is calling for quicker acquisition of the currently limited jab, as well as inclusive, equitable, ethical and transparent administration. According to the latest figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) published on August 3, confirmed […]

This story was originally published by Global Press Journal.Stephen spent two years in prison, where he was regarded as a danger to others and subjected to weeks of solitary confinement should he make contact with another man.Police arrested him after he was found in a hotel room with a man; they subjected him to the humiliation of an anal examination, Stephen says, and charged him with having carnal knowledge of another person against the order of nature. He pleaded not guilty, and after a yearlong trial, heavily covered by the media, he was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

This week, the gay gods of music are giving, and by gods I mean Beyoncé and Madonna.Beyoncé has reimagined Madonna’s iconic “Vogue” in her single “Break My Soul (The Queens Remix)” in which she celebrates the ball culture that inspired “Vogue” and samples the song.Queen Bey calls out the houses Xtravaganza, Revlon, LaBeija, and Amazon by name. The track also reimagines Madonna’s original rap about golden era Hollywood stars and starlets as a celebration of Black artists instead.“Rosetta Tharpe, Santigold / Bessie Smith, Nina Simone / Betty Davis, Solange Knowles / Badu, Lizzo, Kelly Rowl’ / Lauryn Hill, Roberta Flack / Toni, Janet, Tierra Whack / Missy, Diana, Grace Jones / Aretha, Anita, Grace Jones / Helen Folasade Adu, Jilly from Philly, I love you, boo / Don’t just stand there, get into it / Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it / Vogue!” she sings in the new verse.Not to be outdone, Madonna has also dropped a surprise collab with Saucy Santana this week.

Exclusively-trans agency Slay Models has brought their most recent annual model search to Here TV in the new six-part docuseries, Road to the Runway. The show profiles the search’s twenty finalists, visiting their roots and uncovering their varied journeys to the agency.Throughout the show’s premiere, Slay Models director Cece Asuncion consults with the agency’s first model, trans runway icon (and friend of the Queerties) Arisce Wanzer.Arisce, who also hosted the previous model searches, has found herself acting as something of a mentor to the girls over time – when her busy schedule gets a second to breathe, of course.We got a chance to chat with her about the new series, diversity in the industry, and the roadmap to the runway that she’s helped create.The Road to the Runway docuseries may be covering a competition, but it’s certainly no competition show.

LOVE Perez’s new interview with Queer Eye icon Jai Rodriguez soooo much. Incredibly honest! Transparency is healing! The chat left us inspired! And entertained! CLICK HERE to listen in full right now at PerezPodcast.com

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.