Virtual Pride to shine spotlight on north east performers

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has joked she was forced to remove a scene from one of the books in the series because is was "too graphic."The popular books established Rowling as a household name and resulted in her being one of the wealthiest people in the United Kingdom. However, she has gained notoriety in more recent years for expressing her contentious opinions on transgender people, which some LGBTQ+ activists have labeled as "transphobic," a claim Rowling has always refuted.Now she has responded to a comment from someone who referred to her as "Voldemort," who is the main villain in the Harry Potter stories.Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Rowling shared a screenshot of a comment that read: "It all makes sense if you realize she's Voldemort not Harry Potter."The author added: "My editor actually made me cut a scene in which Voldemort misgendered a pixie.

The world’s largest democratic exercise will begin in India on April 19 as citizens begin to cast their votes in the country’s election.

Donald Trump‘s felony hush-money trial this week and now it might cost him his law license. Travis, founder of the right-wing rage site, OutKick, posted some unsolicited advice on Monday to prospective jurors in Manhattan. “If you’re a Trump supporter in New York City who is a part of the jury pool, do everything you can to get seated on the jury and then refuse to convict as a matter of principle, dooming the case via hung jury,” he wrote.

The Vicar Of Dibley star shared her thoughts on what she perceives as society’s quickness to cancel people, saying “we are expected to present ourselves as perfect”.This follows French being told to “catch up” in a conversation surrounding JK Rowling’s controversial comments about the trans community.Speaking recently on the Happy Place podcast with Fearne Cotton, French began: “We’re all talking about inclusivity and favouring difference and all the rest of it. And that’s all great, I love the idea of that, but that’s not how we’re living.”She explained: “We’re living the opposite of that – we’re massively intolerant, quick to blame, litigation, bullying and trolling and all of this dreadful stuff which has got nothing to do with understanding how other human beings operate.”French continued: “We are people who know we make mistakes, we know we have shortcomings, we know all this stuff but because we are expected to present ourselves as perfect and only celebrate all the perfect things, it’s just wiped out any margin for error.The British comedian also spoke about the need for “robust debate” and a greater understanding between people.

The following is an excerpt from GETTING IN: NYC Club Flyers from the Gay 1990s by David Kennerley with a foreword by Michael Musto, available now from Daken Press. The coffee table book features over 230 eye-popping images of club flyers, as well as interviews with drag queens, club kids, DJs, and celebs from the era. Order your copy at GettingInClubBook.com.Back in the 1990s, massive venues like the Roxy, Tunnel, Limelight, and Palladium attracted a diverse, crazy quilt of drag queens, Club Kids, lesbians, trans people, Chelsea Boys, adventurous straights –– and even bi-curious types like me.