Russian authorities have launched the country's first-ever criminal case into “LGBT extremism,” the head of the Kremlin-aligned Safe Internet League Yekaterina Mizulinasaid Monday, just months after a top court banned the so-called “international LGBT movement.” Pro-war activistssaid earlier this month that they helped law enforcement agencies target a gay club in the city of Orenburg on suspicion of spreading “LGBT propaganda,” adding that 20 patrons had allegedly sued the venue. “The issue of opening a criminal case is currently under consideration,” a group of pro-war activists, known as th…

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Former GOP House Rep. Liz Cheney warned Republican donors to “beware” after Donald Trump took over the RNC amid his mounting legal and financial woes, RadarOnline.com can report. Cheney took to X on Monday night to warn GOP donors about Trump's recent takeover of the Republican National Committee. She alluded to the former president's struggle to secure an appeal bond following the $454 million civil fraud judgment against him in New York, asking whether it was “just a coincidence” that Trump took over the RNC just when he became “desperate for money.” “Is it just a coincidence that Donald Tru…

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Former president Donald Trump said there should be no special treatment for Prince Harry in the U.S. after stepping back from his role as a senior royal family member and moving across the pond to start a new life. In an upcoming interview, the embattled GOP frontrunner warned that Harry could be deported from America if the Duke of Sussex lied about his past drug use in his visa application, RadarOnline.com has learned. When asked if Harry should be afforded certain privileges due to his status, Trump firmly said no. “We'll have to see if they know something about the drugs, and if he lied th…

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By Coleen Nolan Dear Coleen My husband and I are both in our late 30s and have two young children. We’ve been together 14 years and met at our first job after leaving university. We’ve always had a close ­relationship, and he’s a caring husband and father. However, over the past 18 months, he’s changed and become quite distant and ­irritable. He also sees this guy he met playing in a squash league all the time. When I say “all the time”, I’m talking nearly every day and he also messages him constantly. I’m not in touch with any of my friends this much, even my bestie. He’ll be texting this mat…

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An Iranian-born Norwegian man accused of conducting a deadly shooting rampage at a gay bar in the city during the annual Pride celebrations in 2022 has pleaded not guilty to charges of terrorism and murder. Watch the full report in the player above.

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Chloe Sevigny treated Tom Hollander like her “gay best friend” on the set of ‘Feud: Capote vs. The Swans'. The 49-year-old actress had misconceptions about her co-star – who became a first-time father last year when he welcomed a baby boy with his partner – because of his portrayal of rich gay expat Quentin in ‘The White Lotus' and was horrified when she realised the truth. She told Variety: “I was like, ‘He's my new gay best friend,' until I realised that he had a wife and kids. “And I was like, ‘Oh no!' I'd been pushing up against him. He must have been like, ‘She's the biggest flirt I've ev…

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Bradley Riches' boyfriend showed him “true happiness” in love. The Celebrity Big Brother star is now soaring to popularity as he moves from being James McEwan in Heartstopper to reality TV. We saw Bradley's partner support him from day one of Celebrity Big Brother, when the Netflix actor was first introduced to the ITV show on launch night, but they've been together for over a year! Bradley Riches' boyfriendBradley Riches' boyfriend is Scott Johnston. He often posts photos with his partner of over a year on social media, and has been openly gay since appearing on Heartstopper as James McEwan. …

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Tokyo [Japan], March 14 (ANI): In a landmark ruling, the Japanese High Court said that the country's lack of legal recognition of same-sex marriage is “unconstitutional,” the Japan Times reported. The move is likely to further mount pressure on the Japanese government to do more to protect sexual minorities. The Sapporo High Court upheld the lower court's landmark verdict in 2021 that said non-recognition of same-sex marriage violates the right to equality protected under the Constitution but rejected a total of 6 million yen (USD 40,600) in damages sought by three same-sex couples in Hokkaido…

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Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters is getting taxpayers in his state to foot the bill to help him score interviews on Fox News and other right-wing media outlets. Local news station Fox 25 reports that the Oklahoma State Department of Education earlier this month signed a contract with Washington D.C.-based Vought Strategies that will pay the firm $200 an hour to help Walters drum up publicity for himself and his initiatives. Emails obtained by Fox 25 show that a Vought staffer sent out messages to national media outlets “pitching Walters for segments to talk about topics including fen…

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A MAGA-backed candidate who's running in a critical Ohio primary election potentially has some questionable online baggage. Bernie Moreno, who at one point backed LGBTQ rights before turning against them, has received former President Donald Trump's support. But in his wake is the existence of a 2008 profile seeking “Men for 1-on-1 sex” on a casual hookup website called Adult Friend Finder (AFF), according to The Associated Press. Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines at Raw Story. When prompted to answer to the account, Moreno's camp pinned blame on an intern who s…

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Kim Petras needed therapy following the success of ‘Unholy'. The 31-year-old singer released her first single in 2017 but her 2022 collaboration with Sam Smith propelled her to stardom and she had to seek help to learn how to “shut everything off” and deal with the pressures of her career. She told Cosmopolitan UK's April/May issue: “Therapy was necessary for me after having a huge song, to learn how to shut everything off… I had a therapist in my teen years and stopped when things got busy. But I missed having someone to let everything out to. I recommend therapy to everyone; it's an essentia…

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The 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, honoring those in the media “who have shown exemplary achievements for fair, accurate, and inclusive representation of the LGBTQ community,” were recognized on Mar. 14 in Los Angeles in the first of two ceremonies. The second event takes place on May 11 in New York City. Up-and-coming pop sensation Renee Rapp took home the Outstanding Music Artist for Snow Angel, presented by Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong. From the stage at the Beverly Hilton, Rapp was equal parts funny and joyous. “My parents are straight, but they're here,” she deadpanned to laughter. W…

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Wayne Brady's DMs have been “popping” since he came out as pansexual. The 51-year-old star revealed that he's pansexual – meaning he's attracted to people regardless of their sex or gender – in August 2023, and Wayne admits that it's totally changed his life. He told E! News: “My DMs are popping and it's amazing.” Wayne revealed that he's even received some X-rated messages on social media. He confessed: “It's shocking. Much respect to women, I'm sorry, I know you feel when a random guy just goes, ‘Hey, I like you so much, I'ma show you my junk.' Like, no bro, that isn't necessarily the callin…

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By Victoria Johns Elton John and Prince Harry used to get on famously well until the Spare star ended up being blacklisted from the singer's Oscars party, according to reports. Harry, 38, who for years was always welcome at the annual A-list bash in Hollywood, shared a close bond with the Rocket Man star, 76, after Elton performed a heartfelt rendition of Candle in the Wind at Princess Diana's funeral in 1997. However, when Harry asked the singer if he and wife Meghan Markle could hide out at Elton's mansion in France when he felt like he was “losing it” from “press intrusion”, things reported…

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Aside from the two songs she's already released off the project, “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages,” Beyoncé has been pretty tight-lipped about what fans can expect when she drops her country album, Act II, at the end of this month. But Dolly Parton just might be offering up a hint or two. In a recent interview with Knox News, Parton says she believes Beyoncé has recorded or intends to record a cover of “Jolene,” the country megahit that Parton first released back in 1973. “Well I think she has! I think she's recorded ‘Jolene' and I think it's probably gonna be on her country album, which I'm…

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Lady Gaga has defended Dylan Mulvaney from a torrent of “appalling” abuse. The ‘Bad Romance' hitmaker has responded after the trans activist and TikTok star was met with “hatred” after sharing a photo of them together last week in honour of International Women's Day. On Monday (11.03.24), she wrote on Instagram: “It's appalling to me that a post about National Women's Day by Dylan Mulvaney and me would be met with such vitriol and hatred. “When I see a newspaper reporting on hatred but calling it ‘backlash' I feel it is important to clarify that hatred is hatred, and this kind of hatred is vio…

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Two women in southern Russia's Krasnodar region have been fined 50,000 rubles ($550) each for kissing each other on camera, the regional court's press service said Tuesday. In early February, a police report was filed against the women, whose names were not given, after they were filmed kissing each other at a restaurant. Law enforcement authorities pressured them to apologize for their actions on camera. “I apologize to all those who thought we supported LGBT. We're against this idea,” one of the women said in a video. A Kransodar lower court found the two women, ages 19 and 24, guilty of “pr…

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To invoke one of Marvel’s more criminally underrated super-villains… This is a shocker. Normally, the ramp-up to any show’s debut (even ones that face significant criticisms in the lead-up) is generally a joyous time for the cast and crew. All of your hard work, dedication and hours spent away from your family are about to pay off with fandom and adulation — or not, but at least it’s over then. Given some of the backlash that was brewing against “X-Men 97,” a direct continuation/sequel of the beloved X-Men animated series from the ’90s, many fans surmised that everyone involved with this re…

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By Jacob Leeks The world's first openly gay top-flight footballer, Josh Cavallo, has announced he has become engaged. Cavallo revealed the news in an emotional post on social media, in which he enlisted the help of his club Adelaide United to surprise his now finace Leighton Morrell. Adelaide allowed Cavallo to ‘pop the question' to Morrell on their Coopers' Stadium pitch. The 24-year-old has been with Adelaide since 2021 and came out as gay later that year with an emotional video. In doing so, Cavallo became the first-ever top-flight footballer to come out and has since been a vocal advocate …

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People are reacting to the U.S. House passing a bill that wants to ban popular social media app TikTok. And they are not happy. The infamous bill passed in the House on Wednesday (March 13) despite pushback from the public, civil liberties organizations, and TikTok's parent company, ByteDance. The bill now heads to the Senate. READ MORE: The U.S. House Just Passed the Bill to Ban TikTok – What It Means After news of the bill's passing, people expressed their frustration on X, formerly known as Twitter. Many people pointed out that it seems like the government has an extensive list of other maj…

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Madonna fans are in shock! During the hitmaker's Thursday, March 7, Celebration Tour show at the Kia Forum in California, she was involved in a cringeworthy moment when she called out a concertgoer for sitting down before discovering they were a wheelchair user “What are you doing sitting down over there? What are you getting sitting down?” the “Like a Virgin” songstress said in a clip. Once she realized her error she attempted to apologize to the individual. “Oh, OK. Politically incorrect. Sorry about that,” she stated. “I'm glad you are here.” After the video of the incident went viral, fans…

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