Two Utah Teens Charged With Hate Crimes Over Assault on Gay Couple

Activists in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv will hold a series of Pride events in the coming days.

(CNN) -- President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet with the families of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan at the White House on Friday, marking his first time personally meeting with them since their loved ones were detained in Russia.White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday that Biden will meet with Griner's wife, Cherelle Griner, and Whelan's sister, Elizabeth Whelan, to assure them his administration is committed to securing the release of their loved ones and that they remain "front of mind." Biden will meet with them separately, an official said."One of the things that the President wanted to make clear is, and one of the reasons he's meeting with the families, is that he wanted to let them know that they remain front of mind and that his team is working on this every day, on making sure that Brittney and Paul return home safely," Jean-Pierre said.The Biden administration has repeatedly said that working to secure Griner and Whelan's release, as well as that of Americans wrongfully detained abroad, is a top priority. In late July, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the US had put forward a "substantial proposal" to try to secure the release of Griner and Whelan.

CNN. Backers of the bill had previously hoped that it would receive an up-or-down vote prior to November’s elections, with Collins saying she hoped Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wouldn’t intentionally delay a vote on the measure to use as a cudgel against non-supportive senators in the midterms. Schumer had previously been expected to file for cloture on the bill this week, but the five senators lobbying Republicans — Baldwin, Collins, Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) — said they had asked him for additional time. The five previously drafted a “consensus amendment” to add to the bill that protects religious liberty and the tax-exempt status of religious institutions, but getting Republicans to sign onto the bill has proven difficult.Due to Senate rules, and near-unanimous support from Democrats for the Respect for Marriage Act, backers need to garner at least 10 Republican votes to overcome a filibuster, as 60 votes are needed to start, and stop, debate on the legislation before it receives a final up-or-down vote.Collins told Axios that other Republicans have provided their own suggestions with language they’d like to see added to the bill.

The Ben and Dave Show on Here TV.However, since that time he has turned right-wing, writing books and espousing his views via The Rubin Report on YouTube (1.7m subscribers).A recent episode had him addressing a viewer’s concerns about what teachers can talk to kids about in schools. Rubin said that all states should enact laws similar to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill (the Parental Rights in Education bill).Dave Rubin: If I found out a teacher talked to my 6-year-old about gender or sexuality, “I might kill that person” https://t.co/KbqKk7RjHG pic.twitter.com/arOwsvtpC3— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) September 15, 2022“How can we put a stop to this kind of insanity? Should the parental rights in education bill in Florida be adopted into other states or is that still not enough?,” Rubin asked.“Look, that’s a start.

Although she’s been a major staple within the LGBTQ+ community for a number of years, Ts Madison is finally being recognised as a “voice and a global phenomenon”.

Happily, the two remain very close friends. Marshall is still Phoebe's drummer, and they continue to write music together.

A Transgender version of the popular Joker film titled The People’s Joker has been pulled from the Toronto International Film Festival lineup after Warner Brothers Studios reportedly issued a cease and desist order. The crowd-funded film was written by Trans filmmaker Vera Drew who also directs and stars in the feature.  In The People’s Joker, […]

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  DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer taffet@dallasvoice.com Two decades before the assault

The Texas Power Exchange contest, owned by Malcolm and Master John, began last year with Doctor Bubbles and Kit Kat Anne taking the title the first year. Pictured are, from left, Malcolm, Doctor Bubbles, Kit Kat Anne and Master John.

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Pop culture guru David Ferguson is back with a look at what promises to be an essential read – the queer romance anthology ‘Young Men In Love’. Reviewing an anthology is difficult as it is hard to fit in every individual story and every individual creator (so apologies in advance to creators I don’t mention) but […]

As reported last night by independent media in Serbia, the Serbian government has now promised that the EuroPride march will be allowed to take place in Belgrade tomorrow, Saturday 17. After a first announcement made by Serbian President Vučić earlier in August, the EuroPride Parade due to take place tomorrow had officially been banned by […]

Don’t expect Tayce to sashay back into the Drag Race werkroom just yet.

From releasing her debut single in 2020 to creating the soundtrack of a social media moment, Dréya Mac has quickly found her place in the expansive UK rap scene.

Regina “Mya” Allen, a Black transgender activist, was shot and killed in Milwaukee less than a month before her 36th birthday.

“Black men loving Black men is the revolutionary act,” says the filmmaker Marlon Riggs in his 1989 documentary, “Tongues Untied.” For Riggs, who would die of complications from AIDS five years later, the film — made during the darkest days of the epidemic — had “a singular imperative: to shatter America’s brutalizing silence around matters of sexual and racial difference.” Just 55 minutes long, “Tongues Untied” is freewheeling yet frank, a mosaic of interviews and personal testimony by Riggs and readings of works by friends of his (the poet Essex Hemphill;¹ the writer Joseph Beam²) interspersed with other footage (of Eddie Murphy telling a homophobic joke;³ of Black gay men marching against AIDS). It’s funny about sex and romance in New York, unflinching about the rise of H.I.V.

On a hot day in early August, 24 people gathered in a studio space in Red Hook, Brooklyn. They all had something in common: All of them were artists.

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Luke Macfarlane, left, Billy Eichner star in Bros, directed by Nicholas Stoller. (Photo by Nicole Rivelli/Universal Pictures)

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The fight against transgender equality has quickly escalated to an outright war waged by extremists on the political right who seem to completely control a narrative that most of their base actually doesn’t even support. Why is the political right so adamant about fighting transgender equality? Because it gets people to vote; historically, that has already been proven. In the 1980s, Paul Weyrich rallied evangelicals like himself

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Meet Willow, an adorable little domestic shorthair mix kitty with soft fur that changes color from gray to tan to white. She is approaching 4 years of age and weighs a healthy 9 pounds. Willow is a sweet and snuggly little cat, which is heartwarming when you learn that she was rescued from a bad situation by the SPCA of Texas. She would prefer to meet with any children under the age of 12 before committing to a new home with them. She would also love to be taken in by a family that already has a cat in place to help her learn the ropes. She is patiently waiting at the Jan Rees-Jones Animal Care Center in Dallas.

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RICH LOPEZ | Staff writerrich@dallasvoice.com For its new season, Bruce Wood Dance decided to go home — a

MambaOnline.com is South Africa’s longest-running LGBTIQ+ news and lifestyle online platform. We wish to contract a queer content writer / creator / journalist based in Johannesburg for a fixed-term three-month project (Oct-Dec 2022).

Liz Truss has become Britain’s new prime minister — but what is her background where LGBTQ+ rights are concerned?Ms Truss beat rival Rishi Sunak for the top job after receiving 81,326 votes from Tory party members.It was a restless leadership race that saw Ms Truss and Mr Sunak spar on trans rights while Britain braced for soaring bills and a deepening cost of living crisis.The former women and equalities minister has now officially been handed the keys to Number 10.From her voting record to her time in the Government Equalities Office (GEO), Ms Truss helped the government enshrine LGBTQ+ Brits with some rights, but has abandoned other reforms.Elected as MP for South West Norfolk in 2010, Ms Truss has a mixed track record when it comes to voting for LGBTQ+ rights.She was one of the few Tory MPs to vote in favour of marriage equality for the public in 2013 and LGBTQ+ personnel a year later.Though Ms Truss has never voted against pro-LGBTQ+ laws, she abstained from the 2019 vote to extend the same right to Northern Ireland.When Ms Truss first became equalities minister in 2019, she vowed to use her power to stamp out ‘identity politics’.Ms Truss abandoned reforms to the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA) in 2020 which would have made it simpler, easier and cheaper for trans people to change their legal gender. UK gender recognition law is among the worst in Europe, according to the European Commission.A 2018 consultation found strong support for allowing trans people to self-identify, meaning trans people would no longer need a medical diagnosis to change their legal gender.The European Commission says medical checks are ‘invasive’ and ‘dehumanising’.Despite public approval, ministers binned the broad changes, but moved the

For the uninitiated, Heathers tells the story of the students at American high school Westerberg High. Early on, we’re introduced to protagonist Veronica Sawyer, who is struggling to get by until she does a favour for the Heathers – the popular trio of mean girls at the school. Suddenly Veronica is catapulted to popular status, and the protections that affords, but at what cost? Over the course of the show we see her struggle as she is forced to choose between former friends and, effectively, surviving high school.

A NSW Supreme Court jury  on Thursday held Hamdi Alqudsi guilty of allegedly plotting to carry out attacks on Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and other places as leader of the terrorist group ‘Shura’. The court has scheduled Alqudsi’s sentencing over two days starting October 31, reported the Sydney Morning Herald. Alqudsi was the first Australian to be convicted and sentenced to eight years imprisonment in 2016 for his role in sending young men from Australia to Syria to help  Islamic State fighters in the country’s civil war. The prosecution case was that Alqudsi set up the Shura in 2013 and dubbed himself the “commander” and “emir” of the Shura. Shura means consultation council in Arabic.

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EuroPride is set to take legal action against Serbia for cancelling the event’s upcoming Pride march on 17 September. 

According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, in 2019, one out of every five students — that’s 20 percent — reported being bullied. The Trevor Project notes that LGBTQ students are more than four times as likely to attempt suicide, compared to their straight and cisgender peers, and that bullying is a “strong and consistent factor” for youth suicide. On Saturday, Sept. 17, United Court of the Lone Star Empire, Anjelfire Sommers-Starr and J. Larry Finch host “Stop the Madness — the Bullying Must Stop,” the court’s annual show to raise awareness on the subject of bullying. The event, starting at 7 p.m. and hosted by Danielle Starr (pictured), benefits AIN.

Try to remember the kind of September … Everyone keeps asking me if the world is ending. I’m no prophet; however, here’s a trio of new mind-puzzlers y’all are welcome to ponder: 1. Quiet quitting; 2. Zaporizhzhia; 3. Functional extinction. Imminently, in this unkind September of ours, these three stumpers shall soon become catchall, household phrases. Quiet quitting: Like toadstools in autu

Ethereum, the blockchain that underpins the world's second-largest crypto token ether, on Thursday underwent a major software upgrade that slashes the amount of energy needed to create new coins and carry out transactions.

Grindr has named a new CEO ahead of its landmark public listing.

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By Dale BarrettA bid to change the name of the space outside Newtown’s Town Hall to ‘Pride Square’ has been approved by the Geographical Naming Board of NSW.  The Board is currently seeking community feedback on the renaming, coinciding with Sydney’s hosting of WorldPride in February 2023.Inner West Councillor Mat Howard made the proposal to rename Bedford Square in March, where it was passed unanimously by council. A proposal by Councillor Pauline Lockie for the installation of a rainbow crossing in Newtown coincided with Cr Howard’s motion for ‘Pride Square’.Councillor Mat Howard (centre) at a trans and gender diverse swim night organised by Inner West Council.

Lil Nas X has partnered up with League of Legends for an epic collaboration. 

The cast of ‘Clue’ at Dallas Theater Center. (Courtesy photo by Imani Thomas)