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Published by Reuters By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) – Florida lawmakers granted Governor Ron DeSantis effective control of the board that oversees development in and around Walt Disney Co’s central Florida theme parks, escalating the Republican’s battle with the emblematic company. The bill, filed Monday and passed by both houses of the legislature on Friday, gives the governor the authority to appoint five supervisors to run what is now known as the Reedy Creek Improvement District, a quasi-government entity with oversight of the 25,000 acres surrounding the Walt Disney World resort. The board members will be confirmed by the Senate, and will have no involvement in the day-to-day operations of the theme parks. “Reedy Creek gifted extraordinary special privileges to a single corporation,” DeSantis’ spokesman Bryan Griffin wrote on Twitter. “Until Gov. Ron DeSantis acted, Disney maintained sole control. This amounted to an unaccountable Corporate Kingdom. This is over, and we are beginning a new era of accountability and transparency.” Disney World is the largest employer in central Florida with close to 75,000 employees, drawing 36.2 million visitors in 2021, according to the Themed Entertainment Association. The legislature voted last year to dissolve the special district, which for more than a half-century had provided Disney with the autonomy to govern itself, providing such government services as fire protection, water, sewer and waste removal services and infrastructure. The action, seen as retaliation for Disney’s then-Chief Executive Officer Bob Chapek speaking out against a state law limiting classroom discussion of LGBTQ issues, came with unintended consequences. Tax experts and legislators warned that eliminating the district in June 2023 would leave county taxpayers liable for nearly $1.2 billion in bond debt. The new bill preserves the Reedy Creek special district, though within two years it will be renamed Central Florida Tourism Oversight District. It will have the authority to collect revenue, pay off debt and provide a range of government services. The district is prohibited from operating its own airport or building nuclear power plants. The legislation also expressly prevents anyone with ties to the theme parks over the past three years from serving on the board. “Disney works under a number of different models and jurisdictions around the world,” Walt Disney World President Jeff Vahle said in a statement. “And regardless of the outcome, we remain committed to providing the highest quality experience for the millions of guests who visit each year.” Florida Senator Geraldine F. “Geri” Thompson, whose district includes Orlando, said she worries the governor’s appointees will reflect DeSantis’ views on diversity and inclusion. Last year, DeSantis championed a law known was the “Stop W.O.K.E.” act, that restricted conversations about race in schools and workplace training. A federal judge blocked it from taking effect in the state’s public universities. “I’m concerned that with his emphasis on eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion, if he’s going to try to get into the programmatic side of Disney,” Thompson told Reuters. (Reporting by Dawn Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Editing by Mary Milliken and Chris Reese) View the full article

Published by Raw Story A northern Kentucky mother was banned from refereeing youth basketball games because she’s a lesbian. Ayanna Mckinney and her wife signed three or their six children up for basketball and cheerleading through Upward Sports, a nationwide nonprofit affiliated with Florence Baptist Temple, and she volunteered through six weeks of the season without incident — until two church officials came to her home and forbid her from calling games due to her sexual orientation, reported WCPO-TV. “I was just in disbelief,” she said. “I don’t know how they were that comfortable to come to our house and just t… Read More View the full article

Published by The Street By Michael Tedder One of the singer’s brand extensions isn’t taking off. The paradox of Beyoncé Knowles is that while she’s one of the most famous, popular and critically acclaimed entertainers of her generation, many, many people view her as the sort of underdog you can’t help but root for. Can a person who tours stadiums and can claim eight number one Billboard hits to their credit, really be considered in any way underappreciated? The answer is a heavily qualified yes. See for example Sunday’s 65th Grammy Awards, for which Beyoncé officially broke the record for the most wins in the institu… Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Jaden Smith’s new clothes range was inspired by a “super embarrassing” episode of ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel Air’. The actor and designer, 24, has been obsessed with fashion since he launched his brand aged 14, a year before he moved out of his dad Will and mum Jada’s home, and says he thought back to an episode of the sitcom that shot his father to fame when creating his new MSFTSrep collection. Jaden told the new issue of Footwear News about including a sunflower-shaped hat with the range: “I wanted to make people into plants, to turn people into flowers. Being part of nature is the highest level of consciousness. “I thought back to an episode of the ‘Fresh Prince’, where something happens that my dad has to dress up like a sunflower. “The episode was super embarrassing for him. But I was like this is an amazing idea of how to turn someone into a flower.” He added about his other innovations: “I’ve been making these new headpieces as a kind of psychedelic statement piece that you would wear to show people how you feel about the world and how different and strange you might be.” Jaden also said his brand is “catered to people who feel different and weird, like they don’t fit in”. He added: “There’s a pain sometimes, when you feel like you are something else, that you can’t express yourself, and there’s a pain when you can’t express yourself. “So this is for those people who just want to express themselves. It makes people smile.” Jaden also said about deciding to go into fashion after making his acting debut aged eight alongside Will, 54, in 2006 film ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’: “I took the time to see multiple perspectives of the world and decided what was best for me and how I wanted to make an impact.” View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Elizabeth Banks wanted to break down myths with ‘Cocaine Bear’. The 48-year-old director is helming the horror comedy about a bear that goes on a murderous rampage after ingesting a bag full of cocaine and loved having the chance to make a movie that is “muscular and masculine”. In an interview with Variety, Elizabeth said: “I definitely wanted to make something muscular and masculine. “I wanted to break down some of the mythology around what kinds of movies women are interested in making. For some bizarre reason, there are still executives in Hollywood who are like, ‘I don’t know if women can do technical stuff.’ There are literally who are like, ‘Women don’t like math.’ It just persists.” Elizabeth is aware that the film’s outrageous subject matter means that she is putting her career behind the camera at risk by making the project. She explained: “‘Cocaine Bear’ is a ginormous risk. This could be a career ender for me.” The ‘Charlie’s Angels’ filmmaker explained that she had to do some graphic research to understand how bears would attack humans. Elizabeth said: “I don’t recommend anyone do this, but if you go down the internet hole of looking at actual animal attacks on humans, it’s f****** gnarly as s***. I love gore. I grew up on ‘Evil Dead’. The gore is part of the fun of the ride.” Banks stressed that the audience needs to believe that the drug-addled animal is real and wanted her flick to have a “documentary” feel. She said: “It had to feel like a NatGeo documentary about a bear that did cocaine. It couldn’t be something silly. It couldn’t seem animated in any way.” View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Barbra Streisand is releasing her memoir later this year. The legendary 80-year-old singer will publish ‘My Name Is Barbra’ – which was first announced in 2015 and set to be released two years later – on November 7 as she looks to share his life story “in her own words”. A press release from publisher Viking teases: “Barbra Streisand is a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment, and this engrossing and delightful book will be eagerly welcomed by her millions of fans. “Dozens of books have been written about Streisand, and now in ‘My Name Is Barbra’, she tells her story in her own words.” The book shares its name with the music icon’s 1965 album and a TV special, and it will cover her early years in Brooklyn and New York City as well as her singing career and projects such as ‘The Prince of Tides’. The star will also address her 24-year marriage to James Brolin, friendships with the lieks of Marlon Brando and her political advocacy. The synopsis adds: “The book is, like Barbra herself, frank, funny, opinionated, and charming.” Barbara previously revealed she started a draft of the book in 1999 but only “really started writing” nine years later, until the COVID-19 pandemic gave her more time to “finish” the project. The news has gone done well with fans and fellow stars including Lea Michele, who had some fun with the conspiracy theory that she can’t read. She posted a TikTok video following Barbra’s announced and joked that she has “265 days to learn to read” before the book comes out. Referencing the rumours more directly last year, Lea said: “I went to ‘Glee’ every single day; I knew my lines every single day. And then there’s a rumor online that I can’t read or write? “It’s sad. It really is. I think often if I were a man, a lot of this wouldn’t be the case.” View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Google’s parent company lost more than $100 billion in its market value after chatbot Bard got an answer wrong. The tech giant’s new AI machine has been released to a team of specialist testers and is yet to be rolled out to the public, but investors wiped a fortune off the value of the search engine’s parent firm Alphabet after experts pointed out Bard’s error while answering a question about space photography. Promotional material for Bard – Google’s competitor to Microsoft-backed ChatGPT – contained a mistake in the response by the chatbot to the query: “What new discoveries from the James Webb space telescope (JWST) can I tell my nine-year old about?” Bard’s response, contained in a video demo posted online, included an answer suggesting the JWST was used to take the very first pictures of a planet outside the Earth’s solar system, or exoplanets. The first picture was actually taken by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in 2004, according to NASA. On Wednesday (08.02.23), Alphabet stock opened lower at $102.05 per share against the previous closing price of $107.64 on the NASDAQ. During the day’s trading session, the tech stock declined as much as 8.9% to hit a low of $98.04, before the share settled 7.68% lower at $99.37 – erasing more than $100 billion in market capitalisation. The Bard error was picked up by experts including Grant Tremblay, an astrophysicist at the US Center for Astrophysics. He tweeted about the mistake: “Not to be a – well, actually – jerk, and I’m sure Bard will be impressive, but for the record: JWST did not take ‘the very first image of a planet outside our solar system’.” Bruce Macintosh, director of University of California Observatories, also tweeted: “Speaking as someone who imaged an exoplanet 14 years before JWST was launched, it feels like you should find a better example?” Bard is based on a “large language” artificial intelligence model, which is meant to mimic the underlying architecture of the brain in computer form. It is fed huge amounts of text from the web to teach it how to respond to text-based prompts, but the input can lead to the bot repeating errors from the information it absorbed. Google said the error, first reported by Reuters, underlined the need for testing new systems, with a spokesperson for the company adding: “This highlights the importance of a rigorous testing process, something that we’re kicking off this week with our trusted tester program. “We’ll combine external feedback with our own internal testing to make sure Bard’s responses meet a high bar for quality, safety and groundedness in real-world information.” Gil Luria, senior software analyst at D.A. Davidson, said “while Google has been a leader in AI innovation” over the last several years, they “seemed to have fallen asleep on implementing this technology into their search product”. View the full article

Published by AFP Legendary pop composer Bacharach, who produced a string of hit songs over decades, has died in Los Angeles at age 94 Los Angeles (AFP) – Legendary American pop composer, songwriter and pianist Burt Bacharach, whose prolific output provided a chart-topping playlist for the 1960s and 1970s with hits like “I Say a Little Prayer,” has died in Los Angeles at the age of 94. Bacharach worked with a constellation of stars during his decades-long career, from Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin, to Dusty Springfield and Tom Jones, to Elvis Costello and the White Stripes. Bacharach — who died on Wednesday of natural causes, his publicist Tina Brausman told AFP — was known for romantic and melancholic ballads that blurred the line between jazz and pop, and regularly topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. He earned a flurry of accolades including three Oscars including for the score of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” eight Grammy awards including a lifetime achievement prize, two Golden Globes and induction in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The list of hits is long: “Walk On By,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose,” and “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” are only a few of the best known. He penned nearly 50 Top 100 hits and nine songs that went to number one on the charts. Bacharach enjoyed a long and fruitful collaboration with Dionne Warwick, including on the 1985 power collaboration “That’s What Friends Are For,” a cover of a song first co-written in 1982 with Carole Bayer Sager, who was one of his four wives along with actress Angie Dickinson. “Keep smilin’, keep shinin’ // Knowing you can always count on me for sure // That’s what friends are for,” said the lyrics, which brought Warwick together with Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight for a fundraiser to combat the AIDS epidemic. Arranger, singer, writer A pianist passionate about jazz, Bacharach was born on May 12, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, and studied the art of composition in several American universities. After his military service, he was hired by Marlene Dietrich as an arranger and musical director for her tours. In 1957, he met lyricist Hal David, who died in 2012, with whom he would form one of the most successful partnerships in the music industry. Four years later, they would discover during a recording session a young chorus girl who would become their standard bearer: Warwick. Between 1962 and 1968, they wrote 15 titles that rose into the American Top 40. The songwriting duo won two Oscars for “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”: best original score, and best original song for “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head.” In 1973, a financial dispute broke out between the two men. For 10 years, they spoke only through lawyers and never worked together again. Thereafter, he traveled around the world performing with elite orchestras, though the coronavirus pandemic curtailed his touring schedule. In 2012, then president Barack Obama awarded him with the prestigious Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Demonstrating his longevity and cross-generational fan base, Bacharach sang at the Glastonbury festival in Britain in 2015 at age 87, serenading the crowd with an hour-long set of hits. The crowd bathed “in the romantic, rose-tinted glow of the easy-listening king,” reported the Guardian, adding that Adele was among those watching in admiration. Bacharach is survived by his fourth wife Jane and three children. A fourth child, Nikki, predeceased him. “RIP Maestro. It was a pleasure to have known you,” Oasis singer Noel Gallagher wrote on Instagram. View the full article

Published by New York Daily News Rep. George Santos is facing a new push for his expulsion from Congress over his serial lying. The New York Republican was targeted Thursday by Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., who unveiled a measure to boot Santos from the House. New York Democratic Reps. Ritchie Torres and Dan Goldman also joined as sponsors of the bill, which the lawmakers said will be referred to the Ethics Committee. The measure is a long shot because GOP House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would likely need to allow a vote and it would require a two-thirds majority vote to pass. Garcia, an openly gay first-term lawmaker like Santo… Read More View the full article

Published by ScreenCrush Audiences are thrilling to M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film, Knock at the Cabin, based on the novel The Cabin at the End of the World. The movie stars Dave Bautista as a man who believes he has been summoned by God to deliver an ultimatum to a family enjoying a vacation at a cabin in the Pennsylvania woods. These people must choose to kill one of their members and then actively go through with the sacrifice. Otherwise, they will live but the rest of the world will perish in a series of horrific disasters and plagues. This film is loaded with religious and Biblical imagery, including the fact t… Read More View the full article

Published by Orlando Sentinel ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis angrily reacted Wednesday to former President Donald Trump posting on social media a photograph of what is purported to be DeSantis as a young teacher partying with teenage girls. “I spend my time delivering results for the people of Florida and fighting against Joe Biden,” DeSantis said when asked about it. “I don’t spend my time trying to smear other Republicans.” He did not say if he was the person in the photo, which originally emerged on social media last year. Trump, who has been attacking DeSantis for months as the two maneuver for the 2024 GOP presiden… Read More View the full article

Published by PsyPost New research in the Journal of Homosexuality seeks to determine if there is a relationship between dark personality traits and negative attitudes toward those in the LBGTQ+ community. The findings reveal that those high in Machiavellianism, grandiose narcissism and psychopathy personality traits were likelier to hold homonegative and transnegative views. These results provide insight into the origins of homonegative and transnegative views and the people who hold them. The FBI reported that in 2019, there were 1619 hate crimes related to the victim’s perceived membership in the LGBTQ+ communit… Read More View the full article

Published by The Spun By Andrew McCarty The state of Missouri is considering legislation that would ban transgender girls from girls’ sports teams. One United States Women’s Soccer Team star isn’t sitting back as the legislation moves forward. In an op-ed written this week, Becky Sauerbrunn criticized the potential move. “The bills up for discussion in the Senate this week seek to solve a problem that simply doesn’t exist, and instead are sidelining youth from an outlet that brings them joy, connection and purpose,” Sauerbrunn wrote. She made it clear she supports transgender athletes. Here’s more of what she had t… Read More View the full article

Published by AFP Mug shot released in August 2019 of Patrick Crusius, who has pleaded guilty to shooting and killing 23 people at a Walmart store in Texas Houston (AFP) – A young white nationalist who in 2019 shot and killed 23 people at a Texas supermarket in the majority-Hispanic city of El Paso pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court, news reports said. During a hearing in the same city on the US-Mexico border, Patrick Crusius, 24, pleaded guilty to 90 counts against him including committing a hate crime resulting in death, local networks ABC7 and KFOX14 reported. His lawyers reversed course in January and decided to have him plead guilty to the shooting at a Walmart store after federal prosecutors dropped the death penalty as a possible sentence. But he still faces trial at the state level in Texas, which has not ruled out requesting capital punishment. On August 3, 2019, Crusius drove some 660 miles (1,060 kilometers) from Allen, Texas near Dallas to the Walmart Supercenter in El Paso with an assault rifle and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition. He opened fire on people in the supermarket parking lot, killing 23 and wounding 22. According to the federal indictment, before Crusius launched his attack he uploaded a document to the internet titled “The Inconvenient Truth” in which he said his attack “is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas.” He said he was “defending my country from cultural and ethnic replacement,” referring to a concept by white supremacists claiming other ethnic groups are “replacing” them in the population. When police showed up he got out of his car and identified himself as the shooter. While in custody Crusius told police he had wanted to kill “Mexicans.” The massacre ignited a debate on how then-president Donald Trump’s repeated criticism of immigrants guided the behavior of people who supported him. Crusius’s attack was the fifth deadliest mass shooting in US history. It came two years after a gunman killed 58 at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas and three years after a man murdered 49 at an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, Florida. View the full article

Published by Raw Story Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address was roundly slammed by Austin Bailey in an editorial for the Arkansas Times published on Wednesday. “Ted Cruz and Marjorie Taylor Greene might not have liked it much, but President Joe Biden exceeded expectations with his State of the Union address. Hecklers tried but failed to knock him off his game. His signature empathy infused the hour-plus speech, and at the end there was little doubt this 80-year-old man isn’t done yet,” wrote Bailey. “As the celebratory afterparty rolled on in the U.S. House chambe… Read More View the full article

Published by Euronews (English) 9 February 1971: A new decade brings new gay narratives in TV sitcoms Throughout the 60s, American television developed a particularly bad habit in telling gay stories. As the general public became increasingly aware of gay and lesbian people, television studios wanted to incorporate these sexualities into the plots of their shows. With very little representation in the US’s media industry and the environment not being a safe place to come out in, most of the shows in the 60s reduced gay and lesbian characters to a pretty harmful trope. Just like Miss Brant in the 1961 show ‘The Asphalt Jungle… Read More View the full article

Published by AlterNet Fox News host Tucker Carlson said on Wednesday’s edition of his nightly show that Democrats are “ghouls” who believe in “human sacrifice” because the party supports reproductive freedom and LGBTQ+ rights. “Last night, for lack of other entertainment options, we decided to find it funny. So take in this steaming pile of word puree and see if you can make sense of it,” Carlson said of an excerpt from President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech. Biden stated in the clip that “as we made clear last week, if China threatens our sovereignty, we will act to protect our country. And we did. But in… Read More View the full article

Published by Raw Story Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) has resigned his membership in the House Freedom Caucus, saying he’s leaving the powerful group because of its erroneous association with the Arizona Freedom Caucus, which he described as “much more populist,” Newsweek reports. “There’s a difference between conservatism and populism,” he told Punchbowl News earlier this month. “These people are operating much more on their passions than protecting all the gains they made in the last couple of years in the state legislature.” “The more difficult thing in my district is actually explaining the difference between my s… Read More View the full article

Published by OK Magazine CBS The Queen of Pop will never back down. Madonna has fired back at millions of haters after she was deemed “unrecognizable” at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 5. @madonna/Instagram The “Material Girl” singer took to Instagram with a lengthy message to critics alongside a video featuring clips from the star-studded night: One of which included Madonna locking lips — and tongues — with rapper Jozzy. “It was an honor for me to introduce Kim Petras and Sam Smith at the Grammys,” the 64-year-old icon’s message began on Tuesday, February 7. CBS “I wanted to give the last award which was Album of the Year, but I thought it was more important that I present the first trans woman performing at the Grammys — a history making moment!! And on top of that she won a Grammy!! ,” Madonna continued of Petras — who said she didn’t “think she could be here without Madonna” while accepting her award. “Instead of focusing on what I said in my speech, which was about giving thanks for the fearlessness of artists like Sam and Kim, many people chose to only talk about close-up photos of me taken with a long lens camera by a press photographer that would distort anyone’s face!!” the “Like a Virgin” vocalist stated after videos and images of Madonna on stage shocked viewers at home. Never miss a story — sign up for the OK! newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what OK! has to offer. It’s gossip too good to wait for! CBS “Once again I am caught in the glare of ageism and misogyny that permeates the world we live in. A world that refuses to celebrate women past the age of 45 and feels the need to punish her if she continues to be strong willed, hard-working and adventurous,” the mother-of-six noted. “I have never apologized for any of the creative choices I have made nor the way that I look or dress and I’m not going to start,” Madonna added. “I have been degraded by the media since the beginning of my career but I understand that this is all a test and I am happy to do the trailblazing so that all the women behind me can have an easier time in the years to come.” “In the words of Beyoncé, ‘You won’t break my soul,'” the pop sensation quipped. “I look forward to many more years of subversive behavior, pushing boundaries, standing up to the patriarchy — and most of all enjoying my life.” “Bow down b**ches! ,” Madonna assertively concluded. View the full article

Published by AlterNet A federal judge ruled against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ request for minors seeking gender-affirming treatment to be subjected to two-hour mental examinations, Orlando Weekly reports. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle comes as the two 13-year-old plaintiffs — identified as “Susan Doe” and “K.F.” in the case — are disputing a DeSantis-enforced rule banning gender-affirming care for transgender Florida residents. Per Orlando Weekly, Hinkle said the defendants, attorneys representing the state Agency for Health Care Administration, did not succeed in proving why minors should … Read More View the full article

Published by The Kansas City Star In front of a packed Missouri Senate hearing room on Tuesday, Michael Lundgren told Missouri lawmakers that when he came out as gay, he turned to his teachers. They supported and encouraged him to speak with his mother, who was struggling to accept him. “My teachers are the reason my relationship with my mom is stronger than ever,” Lundgren, 22, a St. Louis County resident, told the Missouri Senate Education and Workforce Development Committee. “When I needed them most, I had teachers who listened, supported and encouraged and they helped me rebuild my relationship with the person I love most … Read More View the full article

Published by Euronews (English) This week, the governing body of the Church of England is meeting for the General Synod, where bishops and other clergy members are debating the Anglican Church’s position on gay marriage. A vote will be taken at the end of the week, but if it follows a leaked recommendation from the bishops, the C of E will likely allow same-sex marriages to be blessed in church, but continue its ban on same-sex marriages within the church. The proposal is “undoubtedly incoherent”, says Reverend Andrew Foreshew-Cain, a C of E chaplain of Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford. On the one hand, they wi… Read More View the full article

Published by Euronews (English) Berlin is encouraging young people to go back out into the city by giving them €50 to enjoy the city’s cultural venues and events. Launched by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe, the initiative starts this month and encourages Berlin youths aged between 18 and 23 to sign up for a Jugendkulturkarte – a youth culture card. Those eligible can register for the card online and pick their cards up in public libraries until the end of February. It will also be available to non-German residents in the city. The €50 credit is valid until 30 April and can be spent at 200 venues across t… Read More View the full article

Published by AlterNet Arkansas GOP Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders appears to be targeting the LGBTQ community and its allies, Black Lives Matter activists and supporters, and all of the “left-wing” as she takes a national platform as the Republican Party’s chosen representative to deliver its response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address Tuesday night. “Every day, we are told that we must partake in their rituals, salute their flags, and worship their false idols.. all while big government colludes with Big Tech to strip away the most American thing there is -your freedom of speech,” the former Trum… Read More View the full article

Published by Reuters UK By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) – The Church of England will look into the use of gender neutral terms to refer to God in prayers, but the centuries-old institution said on Wednesday there were no plans to abolish current services. The issue reflects growing global awareness about the assumed usage of pronouns causing offence or upset to those who do not identify with the gender they were assigned at birth. “Christians have recognised since ancient times that God is neither male nor female,” a spokesperson for the Church said. “Yet the variety of ways of addressing and describing God found in scr… Read More View the full article