It has been challenging, but we've spent all week long scouring the depths of Instagram to bring you this week's Instahottie — Amini Fonua. When swimmer Amini Fonua competed for Tonga at the 2016 Summer Olympics, he was one of only 56 openly LGBTQ Olympians at the event, according to OutSports. He is the owner of the Fonua Swim Company located in New York City where they help high school swimmers get noticed by NCAA collegiate recruiters, he is extremely detail-orientated when it comes to helping swimmers take their sport to the next level. As of December, Amini was back in Auckland City, New …

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Billie Joe Armstrong thinks it is “cool” to be a “bisexual icon”. The Green Day frontman – who revealed in a 1995 interview that he was attracted to both men and women – is proud that people look up to him as a role model. He told People magazine: “I like it. I think it's cool that someone calls me a bisexual icon. I've seen that before. I'm like, ‘Yeah!' ” The 54-year-old rocker – who has sons Joey, 28, and Jajob, 25, with wife of 29 years Adrienne – thinks the younger generation are “more brave” when it comes to speaking about their sexuality these days because he thinks people are more will…

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Journalists are starting to notice warning signs for the Trump 2024 presidential campaign, and it's not that 100% of the GOP primary vote in New Hampshire's Dixville Notch, a small village that for decades has been casting its ballots at midnight, went to Nikki Haley. Nor is it the repeated confused and incorrect comments the ex-president has been making at rallies – something the Biden camp has been relentlessly promoting, as MSNBC's Joe Scarborough reported Tuesday morning. READ MORE: Gen Z Is Less Religious, More Liberal, More LGBTQ – But Will They Vote? The Biden campaign has “seized the z…

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By Mollie Quirk Today the nominations were announced for the 96th annual Academy Awards, which comes more than a month before the Oscars take place in Los Angeles in March. But as the nominations were unveiled, social media angrily reacted to those who were shamelessly snubbed by the Academy. From the 2023 box office smash hit Barbie being snubbed more than once, to Leonardo DiCaprio also missing out on a nod – film buffs are less than impressed. For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US. READ MORE: Oscars nominations LIVE: Oppenheimer cleans u…

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By Lisa Richwine and Danielle Broadway BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) – “Oppenheimer,” the epic film about the World War Two race to build the first atomic bomb, landed a leading 13 Oscar nominations on Tuesday and cemented its role as frontrunner for the prestigious best picture trophy. The three-hour drama directed by Christopher Nolan outpaced gothic comedy “Poor Things,” another best picture contender that scored 11 nominations for the film industry's highest honors. Both movies will compete with feminist doll adventure “Barbie,” Leonard Bernstein biopic “Maestro,” and Martin Scorsese…

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, following a disastrous campaign and a weak second-place showing in Iowa, ended his presidential ambitions this month — a rapid fall for a figure once considered a rising GOP star and potential post-Trump savior. And the Miami Herald editorial board fears that Floridians will face the brunt of DeSantis' anger over his humiliation for the next three years. DeSantis' change in tone was evident, the board wrote, from the second he announced he would veto a proposed GOP bill that would establish a state defense fund awarding up to $5 million to former President Donald Tru…

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Despite having no public education experience, Chaya Raichik — a former real estate agent who runs the controversial LibsofTikTok social media account — has just been appointed to a position where she will wield influence over educational materials made available to Oklahoma public school students. Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters announced on Tuesday that Raichik had been appointed to the Oklahoma Department of Education Library Media Advisory Committee, as part of his ongoing effort to gradually infuse far-right political ideologies into public school curriculum. “N…

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Days after Florida governor and 2024 GOP candidate Ron DeSantis ended his campaign, Florida political operatives are anxiously wondering whether or not the Sunshine State leader will “take political retribution against Republicans who he sees as having betrayed him in the presidential race,” Politico reports. “Will it be the prickly, thin-skinned vengeful guy we have learned to love or can he learn he has to build rather than burn bridges?” one Tallahassee political operative said to the news outlet. Politico notes, “Fears of a vengeful DeSantis aren't unfounded,” as the governor “went after D…

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Although Fox News personalities regularly use Vice President Kamala Harris as a punchline, former Trump spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany warned the network's viewers that Harris seems to have upped her game heading into the 2024 presidential election. After playing clips of Harris talking about abortion rights on ABC's “The View,” McEnany speculated that Harris has been through some media training because her presentation on the program was much better than in past interviews. “She's on a show whose audience is mainly women,” McEnany explained. “You saw it, she brought up abortion again and again …

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By Brad Brooks LONGMONT, Colorado (Reuters) – A Colorado man who killed five people in a 2022 mass shooting at a gay nightclub has agreed to plead guilty to federal hate crime and gun charges, according to court documents unsealed on Tuesday. Anderson Lee Aldrich, 23, will plead guilty to 74 federal charges, according to court documents unsealed in U.S. District Court in the District of Colorado. That will result in “multiple concurrent life sentences plus additional consecutive sentences totaling 190 years imprisonment,” according to the filings. The documents state that Aldrich chose his tar…

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A gay Chechen man has fled Russia after spending months in police custody, where he faced abuse from law enforcement officials linked to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, the North Caucasus LGBTQ+ rights group SK SOS announced Wednesday. Rizvan Dadayev was detained in the summer of 2022 after a video circulated online where local extortionists forced him to admit he is gay, SK SOS told The Moscow Times. He had not been heard from since. The SK SOS rights group learned that Dadayev was held in the basement of a police station in the Chechen capital of Grozny from late July to mid-November 2022. “D…

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By Tatiana Krisztina Elton John can finally say he's an EGOT winner after decades in the entertainment industry. The singer finally made it to the legendary status when his Disney+ special, Elton John: Farewell from Dodger Stadium won Outstanding Variety Special (Live) at the 2024 Emmy Awards. He is now the 19th person to receive the high honor of EGOT, which stands for Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. Elton first made his journey towards getting an EGOT when he won a Grammy in 1987. He won Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for the song That's What Friends Are For along with St…

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As the June European election approaches, anxiety among the continent's leaders is on the rise, and with good reason. In Germany, the AfD consistently polls above 20%, and Marine Le Pen's National Rally in France continues to gain momentum — both a continuation of a trend seen in a number of member states. In what appears to be a desperate last-minute appeal, Margaritis Schinas, Vice President of the European Union, has thrown his support behind the notion of enlisting pop star Taylor Swift to raise awareness about the upcoming election. The endorsement comes amid warnings that the parliament …

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Jennifer Coolidge thanked the “evil gays” for her latest Emmy Award win. The 62-year-old actress took home the gong for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Tanya McQuoid in the hit HBO series ‘White Lotus' for the second time at the annual awards ceremony on Monday (15.01.24) and made sure to thank the two homosexual characters who had ultimately led to her alter-ego's demise. During her acceptance speech, she said: “Thank you. I have to put this down. I still don't have the strength. I got the hook last year, I talked so much. I'm gonna be so fast. Mike White, tha…

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By Kyle O’Sullivan & Rosaleen Fenton Tinky-Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po – four names that conjure up very particular images. The colossus alien-like creatures were a mainstay of the 90s, running round and causing mischief on the screen’s of despairing parents. They also had an unlikely older fanbase of clubbers and uni students, who would stick them on the telly while hungover, and happily wear Teletubbies merchandise to the club. The brightly coloured creatures were an unstoppable hit – scoring a No 1 single and hundreds of millions in merchandise singles after debuting in 1997, and changing …

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TV's top talents gathered on Monday, January 15, for the Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles to celebrate this star-studded ceremony. Stay tuned for all the juicy details! The Bear, Succession, and Beef stole the spotlight, dominating the night with several awards each. Succession collected six prizes at this year's Emmys. One was for star Kieran Culkin, who won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series trophy that night. Fellow cast member Sarah Snook also nabbed her victory after being named the best lead actress in a drama series for her portrayal of Siobhan “Shiv” Roy on the s…

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Ru Paul has responded to backlash over Drag Queens reading at libraries during his speech at the Emmys, calling out the controversy. The 63-year-old took to the stage to give a speech after his TV show won the Reality Competition award for the fifth consecutive year. The celebrity calling out the controversy of drag queens not being allowed to read to children in libraries, is as honest as Ru Paul's Drag Race's favorite segment – when the “library is open”. There has been much debate surrounding queens holding reading sessions at libraries in the US. Ru Paul accepts his Emmy, calling out legis…

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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an Indiana public school district's defense of a policy barring transgender students from using bathrooms corresponding with their gender identity, as the justices steered clear – at least for now – of a contentious issue in the nation's culture wars. The justices turned away the Metropolitan School District of Martinsville's appeal of a lower court's ruling that a middle school's policy on bathroom access likely violated the rights under the U.S. Constitution and a federal anti-discrimination law of a tra…

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Despite currently holding second-place in the polls and coming in a close third in the Iowa Republican Caucuses Monday night, former Trump UN Ambassador Nikki Haley appears to have shifted gears. Critics are citing remarks she made Tuesday that, some suggest, show she may be trying to run for vice president. “You’re the only woman in this race,” CNN’s Dana Bash reminded Haley in a face-to-face interview. “How do you feel about your party’s frontrunner being held liable for sexual abuse?” Bash was speaking about the latest E. Jean Carroll defamation and sexual abuse case, which is now in the pe…

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Disney received a legal boost in its First Amendment fight against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over the controversial law dubbed “Don't Say Gay,” court records show. Attorneys for the House of Mouse last week submitted a new filing in their federal lawsuit alerting the court to former prosecutor Andrew Warren's victory in a parallel freedom-of-speech fight, court records and reports show. “The same values are at stake here,” Disney said in the filing. POLL: Should Trump be allowed to run for office? The ruling Disney refers to saw the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revive a challenge from Wa…

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Indiana lawmakers kicked off the new year and new legislative session by filing more than 600 bills, including one drafted by a House Republican which targets LGBTQ people in a massive, sweeping rewrite of a number of state statutes, with one clear goal: voiding any legal recognition of transgender people. GOP state Rep. Chris Judy, the vice chair of the House Family, Children and Human Affairs Committee, is the lead sponsor of HB 1291, a 69-page bill that removes the word “gender” from many state laws and inserts “biological sex” in its place, redefines gender by providing specific, biologica…

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By Zoe Delaney Padam Padam scored Kylie Minogue her first top 10 single in 12 years back in May, but the track wasn't always destined for the Princess of Pop. It's been revealed that Rita Ora was in the running to provide the vocals for that turned out to be last summer's anthem, but the song's producer fought to give Australian icon Kylie the track. Speaking in a new interview, Lostboy, who worked with Norwegian songwriter Ina Wroldsen on the song, admitted there was “a moment when Rita was going to cut” Padam Padam amid uncertainty regarding Kylie's suitability for the record. “We wrote Pada…

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By Nia Dalton Derren Brown once tried to ‘train himself out of being gay' and went to a religious camp to be ‘cured' before turning his back on religion entirely. The British illusionist, who does not claim to possess any supernatural powers, has been performing for three decades and is a BAFTA award-winning entertainer, performing both on television and on stage. Derren was brought up as a Christian and was sent to Bible classes by his parents from the age of five. During his teenage years, he became an evangelical Christian and presented himself as asexual, before deciding that he was an ath…

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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Ohio's House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to override the governor's veto of a bill that bans gender-affirming healthcare for minors, one of dozens of bills under debate this year that would restrict transgender rights across the U.S. In this presidential election year, the number of bills has already surpassed last year's record-setting pace, extending a contentious cultural debate in the United States. Democrats say transgender people and parents of transgender kids should determine treatment, as endorsed by the medical consensus, while Republicans portra…

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