Trans woman Day Rodas found murdered in LA

Clearing the air? As he prepares to spend time behind bars, Todd Chrisley chose to set the record straight on several rumors that came to light amid his high-profile fraud trial.

Gay adult film star Shawn Wolfe has died of a reported drug overdose. The death of Wolfe, whose real name was Shawn Paul Bertrand, Jr., was revealed last week in a heartfelt Facebook post by his mother, Valerie Wellner.

GEMMA Collins looks amazing as she soaks up the sun on holiday. The star struck a pose after she decided to have a getaway to Israel with her fiancee Rami Hawash.

ITV and BBC screenwriter Fay Weldon has died aged 91, her family confirmed today. Fay was the screenwriter for ITV’s Upstairs Downstairs and the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. She also wrote more than 30 novels including The Life and Loves of a She-Devil and Praxis.

Todd Chrisley is hitting back at claims he’s gay!

On weekdays in Manila, Al Enriquez, 86, pushes a rickety wooden cart with a rainbow umbrella perched on the dilapidated wood. He sells candies and cigarettes outside of a bustling commuter supermarket, where the occasional smoker or a child with a few coins stops by to make a purchase. In these dense, chaotic streets, Mr.

NFL player Carl Nassib quietly confirmed that he is in a relationship with former Olympic swimmer Søren Dahl in a heartwarming Instagram post.

GEMMA Collins paid tribute to her stepson Tristan and said they shared a special moment on holiday in Bethlehem. The TV star visited Jerusalem with her fiance Rami and his young son and called it a "breathtaking and unreal" experience.

A brand new trailer has been released for M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming psychological horror, Knock at the Cabin.

There were “immediate” conversations of a sequel to Fire Island following the release of the gaycation comedy last year, Matt Rogers has revealed.

The Supreme Court of India is set to hear arguments in favour of legalising same-sex marriage this week in what could be a historic moment for the LGBTQ+ community.

Pop icon Miley Cyrus is back and she’s just announced a brand new era.

Just days before he's set to report to a Florida prison to start serving his 12-year prison sentence, Todd Chrisley is hitting back at allegations that he's gay and had a homosexual affair with former business partner Mark Braddock.The 57-year-old Braddock testified during the trial in November that he had a gay affair with Chrisley dating back to the early 2000s, and while they ultimately broke it off, they remained close until 2012, when Chrisley called the cops on Braddock.The 53-year-old real estate mogul appeared on his Chrisley Confessions podcast on Tuesday, stating there is no truth to Braddock's allegations.  Prison: Just days before he's set to report to a Florida prison to start serving his 12-year prison sentence, Todd Chrisley is setting the record straight on allegations that he's gay and had a homosexual affair with former business partner Mark Braddock Not true: The 53-year-old real estate mogul appeared on his Chrisley Confessions podcast on Tuesday, stating there is no truth to Braddock's (above) allegationsTodd appeared on the podcast with his 26-year-old son Chase Chrisley, where he revealed why he was so insulted by the allegations.'What’s insulted me the most is that, out of all these 54 years, for me to finally be accused of being with a man, it would be someone who looked like Mark Braddock,' Todd said. He went on to say he was, 'A toad.

Co-hosts of The View got together on Tuesday to pay tribute to the late Barbara Walters, who created the famous daytime talk show in 1997.While sitting with Whoopi Goldberg, Lisa Ling, and Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd, 55, shared a funny anecdote of Walters - who passed on Friday at the age of 93.Shepherd revealed that the renowned journalist once told her she should 'be a lesbian' and avoid marrying men who 'take her money' during her bridal shower, which Walters threw for her. Brutally honest: Sherri Shepherd, 55, shared a funny anecdote of her former The View co-host Barbara Walters, who passed on Friday at the age of 93; Pictured 2009'She said, "You always get with these men who take your money! All the time! Stop getting married to men that take your money.

Queer Mississippians have remained resilient through another year of watching their livelihood be up for debate around the country. There have been wins on the federal level with the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, a bipartisan measure protecting same sex marriages. There have been atrocities such as the mass murder at Club Q in Colorado Springs and a steadily increasing number of threats against hospitals providing gender affirming care.

Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts announced her 2023 plans to marry her longtime girlfriend, Amber Laign. 

Roderic O’Gorman, Ireland’s minister for children, equality, disability, integration, and youth, has promised to introduce legislation to ban conversion therapy. O’Gorman, who is gay, has described conversion therapy as exploitative and “a cruel process rooted in the promotion of shame,” the Irish Mirror reports.“Obviously, legislation takes time, but I think it’s possible we could have it passed by the end of the year,” he recently told the Mirror. “That’s certainly what I’d be working towards, but it could drift into 2024.” He would introduce the bill in the Dáil, the lower house of Ireland’s Parliament.“I have met people who have been subjected to conversion therapy,” he continued. “It doesn’t happen a lot in Ireland, but when it does happen, its impact can be really devastating on people.

Pornhub recently released its 2022 Year in Review, which allows users to know just who pleases themselves to what. This year, the porn platform got a lot more queer, with a notable increase in trans porn, which became the third most popular category in the U.S.

Marvel’s gay Captain America is set to make his grand return in Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #8.

NEW YORK: Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty on Tuesday (Jan 3) to criminal charges that he cheated investors in his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange and caused billions of dollars in losses in what prosecutors have called an epic fraud.

The newly named Chair of the City of Kansas City LGBTQ Commission is receiving a lot of attention for his recent appointment, including on Grindr.Justice Horn, 24, was named to the leadership post on Thursday after serving as vice chair for two years. On Monday, the out former collegiate wrestler posted a screenshot of a Grindr conversation purporting to congratulate him on the new gig on Twitter.“I do not and will not regret posting this because I’m young, single, and gay—but even the folks on Grindr are wishing me well on becoming Chair of the LGBTQ Commission.

U.S. Rep.-elect George Santos was not wearing a wedding ring when he showed up to be sworn in to Congress Tuesday, the New York Post is reporting.Santos, a gay Republican, has been caught in and admitted to multiple lies since defeating Robert Zimmerman, a gay Democrat, in the race to represent New York’s Third Congressional District, located on the north shore of Long Island.

Sarah Michelle Gellar has opened up about the possibility of appearing in a Buffy reboot.

Missouri is set to carry out the first execution of an out transgender person in the U.S.Amber McLaughlin, 49, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday. She received the death sentence for the murder of a former girlfriend, Beverly Guenther, in 2003.McLaughlin’s attorneys have asked Gov.

(CNN) -- The new House Republican majority faces a once-in-a-century fight to elect the next speaker after GOP leader Kevin McCarthy failed to lock down the votes needed to win in the first round of voting. The vote can now go to a second ballot, something that hasn't happened since 1923.The outcome of Tuesday's initial vote, taking place on the first day of the 118th Congress, is a major blow that throws into question whether McCarthy will be able to win the speaker's race, though the GOP leader has vowed to stay in the race even if he did not win on the first ballot.LIVE UPDATES: The latest on the new Congress and House speaker vote The new House Republican majority now faces the prospect of a contentious, drawn-out fight that threatens to deepen divides within the party with McCarthy's political career on the line.The fight has cast a long shadow over the incoming House Republican majority.

In August 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finished an investigation on an HIV outbreak in Kanawa County, West Virginia. The findings cited the county with “the most concerning HIV outbreak in the United States” and a warning that the reported diagnoses may only be “the tip of the iceberg.”Brooke Parker, a care coordinator for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, has spent the last two years exploring the roads less traveled in the county with an effort to contain the HIV outbreak.

For the LGBTQIA+ community, attending Pride is one of the most important celebrations of the year. Our community comes together to express themselves unapologetically, backed by the love and support of the people who show up. But that's not all who shows up.

A federal appeals court has upheld a ban on transgender students at a Florida high school from using restrooms that fit their gender identity.The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 7-4 that the St.

A man and woman in the U.K. have been sentenced to jail for defrauding 80 victims, mostly gay men, they met on dating apps over a 16-year period.According to a report in MyLondon, Fredrick Diji, 37, received a prison sentence of eight years at Guildford Crown Court in South London on Friday, December 23, and his partner, probation officer Raquel Johnson, 43, was sentenced to three years and nine months.

George Santos, the gay Republican congressman-elect who has admitted to lying about significant parts of his public biography, arrived on Capitol Hill before noon on Tuesday and swiftly tried to outrun a scrum of reporters.Several dozen assembled reporters and photographers surrounded the incoming lawmaker, demanding answers to questions about his fitness for office. Santos, at one point led by an aide, seemed lost in the hallways of Congress as he tried to avoid answering questions from reporters.The politician appeared to be looking for his office but, at one point, walked into a dead-end in the basement of the Longworth House Office building, still surrounded by members of the media who were not letting down from trying to get the lawmaker to say something after weeks of avoiding their questions.Walking briskly — at times his head down, at other times smirking and grinning — Santos remained silent, except to say that he would be voting for Kevin McCarthy to be the next Speaker of the House.Shortly before noon, Santos was seen walking to the Capitol in advance of a noon vote to elect the next Speaker of the House.McCarthy has been trying to secure 218 votes to become the next Speaker.

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You better start those mothertucking engines because the 15th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race is almost here.

Ireland’s integration minister Roderic O’Gorman has promised to introduce legislation banning the “exploitative” practice of so-called ‘conversion therapy’ by 2024.

A gay former meteorologist for a top New York City television station, whom management fired for appearing in nude live streams during his private time, has broken his silence.On Monday, Erick Adame took to Instagram to address the scandal from last September, when he announced that he was fired from Spectrum’s NY1 station because he had appeared in sexually explicit, consensual videos on an adult website. Somebody had sent his employer and mother clips of him appearing on the site. In the video, Adame reportedly mentioned working for NY1.“That news also gave what I can only call sexual predators the idea that I wanted to be exploited and humiliated as if it were something I enjoyed,” Adame said in his  Instagram video.He explained that since September, many people have gone out of their way to seek out images and videos of him.“I want to be absolutely clear about something tonight,” he said. “I never wanted any of those images or videos to ever be recorded or kept or saved or shared in any way.

(CNN) -- Robin Roberts is taking a big step in 2023.During a conversation with author and motivational speaker Gabby Bernstein about setting intentions for the new year, Roberts went public with her plan to marry longtime partner, Amber Laign.The "Good Morning America" co-anchor initially said she was "hesitating because I haven't said it out loud yet" about sharing her intention."I'm saying 'yes' to marriage," Roberts then continued. "We're getting married this year."She and Laign have been together since 2005 and Roberts told Bernstein, "It was something we had talked about but we had put it off.

Drag Race finalist Gottmik has revealed that she would “love” to compete on a season of All Stars at some point in the future.

NEW YORK: Sam Bankman-Fried is expected on Tuesday (Jan 3) to enter a plea of not guilty to criminal charges that he cheated investors in his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange.

Christine and The Queens, also known as Redcar, has joined a host of talent reading CBeebies Bedtime Stories over the Christmas holidays.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s staff this summer tried to gather information on transgender people in the state based on who had changed their gender on their driver’s licenses.Someone from Paxton’s office asked the Texas Department of Public Safety to provide a list of these residents, The Washington Post reports. Because of this request, the head of the department’s driver’s license division emailed coworkers, saying, “Need total number of changes from male to female and female to male for the last 24 months, broken down by month.

Cambridge Dictionary has updated its definitions of ‘man’ and ‘woman’ to make the words inclusive of transgender people.

one tampon joke. And we were like, ‘Are we going to make this character trans for one joke? Yeah.”For Howard, who has directed four feature films now and a whole lot of television, it was a moment of “complete freedom,” and one that he didn’t take lightly.“I think this is the first time I just had the, the complete freedom with myself and the actor to decide,” Howard told TheWrap.

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC’s decision to include two transgender activists on a list celebrating successful women has proved divisive among journalists at the UK broadcaster.

Transgender athletes in New Zealand will be able to participate in community sport without having to prove or justify their gender identity, according to new guidance released by Sport New Zealand (SNZ).

A missing trans woman has unfortunately been found dead, but the circumstances surrounding her death remain a mystery.

Day Rodas, a transgender woman who worked for the Los Angeles LGBT Center, was found dead Thursday morning on a roadside in Malibu, Calif., and police are investigating her death as a homicide.Police have not stated exactly what caused her death, Los Angeles TV station KTLA reports. Her family had reported her missing after she stopped responding to calls and messages, and she didn’t report to her job.“She recently started living her life authentically as she came out to friends and family about being a trans woman,” her sister, Susie Rodas, wrote on a GoFundMe page where she and her father are raising money for funeral expenses.

A man who deeply regrets a sex change operation has called the Scottish Government’s trans policy in schools “immensely cruel” and issued a warning over its gender reform plans. Ritchie Herron, 35, is suing the NHS over a procedure to remove his male genitals nine years ago.

Acclaimed novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is once again voicing anti-transgender views.Ngozi Adichie, a Nigerian who lives part of the time in the U.S., went into trans issues in a recent interview with The Guardian in conjunction with her delivery of a Reith Lecture for the BBC. She received much criticism for a remark she made five years ago — “When people talk about, ‘Are trans women women?’ my feeling is trans women are trans women” — and has written about it a great deal.In her Reith Lecture, she denounced self-censorship and recounted a conversation with an American at a book reading, with the American advising her that certain things should remain unsaid even if they’re true.

On World AIDS Day, I am optimistic about the future. I am optimistic because we have an administration led by a president and vice-president who are longtime allies and understand the impact of the HIV epidemic in our country and the world. I am full of hope because there are advocates who are doing amazing and life-changing work from Argentina to Atlanta, from South Africa to South Central, from Lesotho to Louisiana, and from Jakarta to Jacksonville.