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Published by AFP (L-R) Neil Young, Graham Nash, David Crosby and Stephen Stills had many ups and down as a band New York (AFP) – Neil Young hailed the late David Crosby as “the soul” of their supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, paying homage Friday to the former bandmate he shared a decade-long feud with. Crosby, the singer-songwriter who pushed past rock’s confines as a co-founder of CSNY as well as The Byrds, died this week at the age of 81. Crosby’s head-butting with Young as well as Graham Nash and even at times Stephen Stills was well-documented, and was cited as a reason the band behind hits including “Ohio” broke up — multiple times. Their final appearance as a quartet was in 2013 at a benefit, after which Young and Crosby became estranged over disparaging comments the notoriously brash Crosby made about Young’s partner. Crosby made attempts to apologize, but the damage was done. But following Crosby’s death, Young focused on his longtime collaborator’s artistry and their band’s legend. “David’s voice and energy were at the heart of our band,” Young wrote on his website. “His great songs stood for what we believed in and it was always fun and exciting when we got to play together.” “We had so many great times, especially in the early years. Crosby was a very supportive friend in my early life, as we bit off big pieces of our experience together,” the “Heart of Gold” singer continued. “David was the catalyst of many things.” “Thanks David for your spirit and songs, Love you man. I remember the best times!” When news of Crosby’s death broke one day prior, Nash had also put aside his falling out with his collaborator to honor his legacy: “David was fearless in life and in music.” “He leaves behind a tremendous void as far as sheer personality and talent in this world.” And Stills, the only bandmate still speaking to Crosby at the time of his death, called him “a giant of a musician.” “The glue that held us together as our vocals soared, like Icarus, towards the sun.” For years fans had hoped for a CSNY reunion, a door that officially closed with Crosby’s passing. “I think CSNY was a very good thing,” Crosby told AFP in 2021. “And I’m very proud of it.” “And I think it’s very finished.” View the full article

Published by OK Magazine @gwendlynbrown/instagram; @paedonbrown/instagram Sister Wivesstar Gwendlyn Brown opened up on her rift with older brother Paedon in a scathing social media clip, warning fans against believing anything he says and accusing him of being a physically abusive bigot. @gwendlynbrown/instagram “He is still the sexist, homophobic, transphobic, racist, violent abuser that he has always been for several years,” Gwendlyn alleged in a snippet reposted by a TLC fan account to Instagram on Tuesday, January 17. ‘SISTER WIVES’ ALUM GWENDLYN BROWN TEASES JANELLE & CHRISTINE SHOULD ‘GET TOGETHER’ IN NEW SPINOFF “He’s the most awful person I’ve ever had the displeasure of knowing, and I would strongly advise taking anything he says as fact,” she continued, referring to his recent comments made in a shocking, three hour YouTube Live session. “I would advise against giving him any kind of support even if you’re just watching the kind of content he puts out.” @christine_brownsw/instagram This comes after Paedon, 24, slammed his younger sister, 21, for allegedly cutting off “most” of the Brown kids during his Wednesday, January 11, sit-down with celebrity blogger John Yates. ‘SISTER WIVES’ ALUM PAEDON BROWN CLAIMS ROBYN NEEDS TO ‘CUT THE UMBILICAL’ FROM OLDEST SON DAYTON, CONFIRMS BROWN FAMILY MOVED TO FLAGSTAFF TO BE NEAR HIM “Yes, we are all sexist, racist homophobes,” he said sarcastically. “But because I’m a white male and a soldier, I’m sexist.” @paedonbrown/instagram AsOK! previously reported, the siblings’ feud is said to have stemmed from an incident that occurred while they were both still living at home when Paedon hit Gwendlyn during an argument. “I slapped Gwen after some words were exchanged, and I took it too far and I slapped her,” the TLC star admitted in a March 2022 TikTok. “And she thinks that I might do it again, and she’s scared of me, which is OK. I’m not gonna argue with her. I’m not gonna fight on that.” But one thing the pair do seem to at least partially agree on is Paedon’s claims that their father’s first wife, Meri, was cruel to several of the Brown family kids. Days after the National Guard member accused the 51-year-old of abuse that went “so far past verbal,” Gwendlyn confirmed that Meri was “scary as a kid.” “But she never attacked me and I only saw her violent once,” she noted. “Meri had moments where she was rude and scary but I don’t remember her getting physical with anyone except for Mykelti and that was only once.” View the full article

Published by Cambridge Independent By [email protected] (Paul Brackley) An extraordinary finding about the HIV-1 virus could lead to the design of new small molecules to prevent infection. An international collaboration led by scientists at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge has uncovered precisely how the virus harvests a metabolite from our cells in order to infect us. Disabling the mechanism, they have confirmed, renders HIV-1 non-infectious. HIV-1 is the most common type of the pandemic virus, affecting about 95 per cent of people with HIV and infecting between one and two million peopl… Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Madonna will play four London shows on her global tour due to “overwhelming” demand for tickets. The Queen of Pop, 64, initially announced she was adding a second date at London’s O2 Arena when seats went on sale on Friday (20.01.23), with fans complaining they were fighting to secure a ticket, and one saying it was like an “Olympic sport”. She has now said a third and fourth show will be performed at the 20,000 capacity venue, where she is set to appear on October 14, 15, 17 and 18. Madonna added: “I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for.” A press release stated her ‘Madonna: The Celebration Tour’ will take fans on her artistic journey through four decades and pay homage to the city of New York where her career in music began 40 years ago. Madonna is set to bring it to 35 cities, with the gigs kicking off in Vancouver in Canada on 15 July and continuing across North America. The singer – born Madonna Louise Ciccone – will then cross to Europe, where she will perform in 11 cities this autumn. Before the extra dates were added she was scheduled to only play London’s O2 on 14 October, as part of a European leg that will see her perform in Barcelona, Paris and Stockholm. She is due to finish the tour at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam on 1 December. Billed as a “one-of-a-kind experience”, the tour will feature Bob the Drag Queen – real name Caldwell Tidicue – as a special guest on all dates. Madonna announced the global tour on Tuesday (17.01.23) by posting a black and white video that featured DJ Diplo, actor Jack Black and rapper Lil Wayne, and ended with comedian Amy Schumer daring the singer to go on tour. It is the first time Madonna has toured since 2019, when she performed across America and Europe mark her ‘Madame X’ album. News of the extra tour dates came as Mail Online reported Madonna fans are outraged some tickets for the tour, which marks her 40th anniversary as a singer, are being sold for nearly £3,000 each. The singer has also provoked controversy with a new religious-inspired photoshoot for Vanity Fair, which has been described as “blasphemy” as it includes a photo of Madonna taking the place of Jesus in a recreation of the Last Supper, surrounded by 12 of her “disciples”. View the full article

Published by Taste of Country The country music community is mourning the loss of charismatic actor, singer, performer and pop culture personality Leslie Jordan, who died on Oct. 24, 2022 at the age of 67. According to TMZ, the larger-than-life talent was killed after a suspected medical emergency caused his career to veer off the road and crash into a building in Hollywood. It was not the crash that killed him, but rather natural causes related to his heart. The news of Jordan’s death spread quickly across the entertainment industry, spurring a range of celebrities, musicians and friends to share their own tributes on soc… Read More View the full article

Published by New York Daily News The recent explosion in anti-LGBTQ rhetoric across the country is dramatically affecting LGBTQ youth — especially transgender and nonbinary kids and young adults — according to a poll released Thursday. An overwhelming majority of queer and transgender youth in the U.S. say the growing number of policies restricting their rights have negatively impacted their mental health, leading to feelings of anxiety, fear, sadness and stress, the poll found. A record number of anti-LGBTQ bills were introduced across state legislatures in 2022 — more than 220 — according to The Trevor Project, the world’s … Read More View the full article

Published by Tribune News Service Commentators portray Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as a more organized and calculating Donald Trump. In reality, DeSantis most resembles Richard Nixon — disciplined, stiff and intense. Both lack Trump’s charisma and ease before voters. Also unlike Trump — but very much like Nixon — DeSantis effectively deploys powers of the state for political gain. And DeSantis also mimics Nixon’s cruelty, his willingness to place constituents in harm’s way in the pursuit of political gain. These traits are why DeSantis is unlikable, with nonpartisan independents judging him too extreme. That is also why — despit… Read More View the full article

Published by Reuters UK By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) – Church of England bishops apologised to LGBTQI+ people on Friday for the rejection and hostility they have faced, with the Archbishop of Canterbury acknowledging that the religious body was still “very divided” on the subject. The apology comes days after the Church of England set out proposals developed by the bishops that showed it would refuse to allow same-sex couples to get married in its churches, but said priests could bless them in church. “We have not loved you as God loves you, and that is profoundly wrong,” the bishops said in an open letter. “We affir… Read More View the full article

Published by Reuters By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump warned his fellow Republicans on Friday not to “destroy” federal retirement and health benefits as they try to exact spending cuts from President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies in the looming debate over the debt ceiling. “Under no circumstances should Republicans vote to cut a single penny from Medicare or Social Security,” Trump said in a two-minute video message posted to social media that could test his influence among Republicans who now control the U.S. House of Representatives. “Do not cut the benefits our seniors worked for and paid for their entire lives. Save Social Security. Don’t destroy it!” Trump’s call to protect the two single largest federal spending programs could put him at odds with some House Republicans who have said they should not be off the table in budget talks. Social Security, which provides retirement and disability payments, accounted for 17% of federal spending in the 2021 fiscal year, while Medicare, the health-insurance program for seniors, accounted for 13%, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Both programs are projected to grow dramatically in coming years due to an aging population. Trump, who launched his 2024 presidential reelection bid in November, was rebuffed by hard-line conservative House Republicans earlier this month when he urged them to fall in line behind Representative Kevin McCarthy as he sought to lead the chamber. Trump’s video appeared a day after the U.S. Treasury hit its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit, forcing the agency to use “extraordinary” cash-management measures to pay its bills. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has asked Congress to promptly raise the cap to stave off a default, which she said could come by June 5. Republicans, with their newly won House majority, want to extract steep spending cuts from Biden and congressional Democrats. They also intend to call on the Treasury to continue making debt and other payments should the government face default without an agreement to raise the borrowing limit. Republicans want to balance the federal budget within a decade, and some have said that changes to Social Security and Medicare should be considered. But House Republican leaders have called for preserving the popular programs. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a statement that they want to “move quickly” to raise the cap. Trump urged Republicans to concentrate funding cuts on “waste, fraud and abuse” as well as programs focused on foreign aid, immigration, climate change and LGBTQ rights. (Reporting by David Morgan; editing by Andy Sullivan and Jonathan Oatis) View the full article

Published by New York Daily News NEW YORK — Convicted sex cult leader Lawrence Ray was sentenced to 60 years in prison in Manhattan federal court Friday for terrorizing Sarah Lawrence college students and forcing them into prostitution. The 63-year-old was convicted in April of mentally and physically abusing a small group of students at the prestigious Westchester County school between 2010 and 2020. Describing Ray as “evil,” U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman said Ray’s crimes were “distinctive” and “particularly horrible.” He said he wanted to make sure Ray spent the rest of his years in prison and “is never released.” “He de… Read More View the full article

Published by OK Magazine mega Believe it or not, even Madonna has insecurities. During a recent interview, the Queen of Pop, 64, opened up about the obstacles motherhood has brought her throughout the last 26 years — especially since she welcomed six children and mostly raised them as a single mom. mega “Growing up with a mother like me is a challenge,” Madonna admitted during Vanity Fair‘s cover story of the artist published Wednesday, January 18. JENNIFER LOPEZ REVEALS SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF MADONNA & BRITNEY SPEARS’ 2003 VMAS KISS “It has been the most difficult, the hardest battle,” the “Material Girl” singer — who announced her 2023 world tour just one day prior —confessed. @madonna/instagram “Today, I am still struggling to understand how to be a mother and do my job,” the legendary artist continued. Despite her recently revealed insecurities and constant backlash over her “attention-grabbing” and provocative persona on social media, Madonna has continuously received credit for her applauded efforts in the way she raises and cares for her kids. The mother-of-six shares her daughter Lourdes, 26, with ex-boyfriend Carlos Leon, her son Rocco, 22, with ex-husband Guy Ritchie, and adopted four of her children — David Banda, 17, Mercy James, 16, and twins Estere and Stelle, 10 — from Malawi. MADONNA IS BACK & BETTER! QUEEN OF POP ANNOUNCES WORLDWIDE ‘CELEBRATION TOUR’: ‘COME JOIN THE PARTY!’ Madonna continued to express her difficulties, stating, “Because, whoever you are, having children and raising them is a work of art. And no one gives you a manual. You have to learn from mistakes. It is a profession that requires a lot of time. And it is exhausting because there is never rest.” mega Although she constantly feels unsatisfied with her nurturing abilities, the pop icon happily confirmed that “each of them has discovered their own creativity and that it comes from an authentic place.” “I have never encouraged my daughter Lola [Lourdes] to make music or my son Rocco to paint. But I’ve always exposed them to art, to music, and I’m happy that they’ve found ways to express themselves. I have respect and admiration for them and for what they do,” Madonna explained. The “Like a Virgin” vocalist concluded by sweetly confessing that “much of [her] happiness” comes from her precious brood. View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Dolly Parton plans to spend her birthday “in the studio”. The chart-topping icon turns 77 on Thursday (19.01.23) – but Dolly insists that she’ll be hard at work on her big day. Speaking about her birthday plans, Dolly told E! News: “I’m actually in the studio recording a rock ‘n’ roll album, so I’m actually working on my birthday. “I’m sure I’ll have time for some sort of a little birthday cake or something.” Dolly’s new album, ‘Rock Star’, features duets with a host of big-name stars, including Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney, and Sir Ringo Starr. The country music star is also hoping to host ‘Saturday Night Live’ in the coming months, having first hosted the show in 1989. She said: “When I did the show with Miley [Cyrus] – the New Year’s Eve show from Miami – that was produced by Lorne Michaels. “I talked to Lorne about me doing it again because when I was on that before I was hosting, I was the musical guest and I was in the skits. It about killed me. I might have to pull back a little bit but I’d love to be on it at some point.” Meanwhile, Dolly recently revealed that she doesn’t have any plans to retire. The award-winning star also insisted that she’ll keep performing until she “can’t do it anymore”. She said: “I don’t think I could retire if I wanted to. Cause I’ve dreamed myself into a corner, as I say. Cause all these wonderful things keep happening and you gotta keep the dream alive. “Since I love to work, I always say I’ll just work. ‘I’m gonna make hay while the sun shines,’ is the old saying. So, I’m gonna do that until I can’t do it anymore.” View the full article

Published by New York Daily News A homeless New Jersey veteran said Wednesday that he is certain Republican Rep. George Santos is the phony animal advocate who scammed him out of $3,000 that big-hearted donors chipped in to save his dying dog. “I recognized his face, and it just turned my stomach when I saw him.” Richard Osthoff told CNN about the lying Republican lawmaker. Santos insisted he didn’t run off with the cash earmarked for what should have been life-saving surgery on Osthoff’s cancer-stricken pit bull named Sapphire. “Fake,” Santos texted Semafor, a news site. “No clue who this is.” But Osthoff, who served in the … Read More View the full article

Published by Raw Story The North Dakota House of Representatives has introduced a bill that would strictly prohibit expanded use of pronouns outside of the gender that the person was born. House Bill 2199 restricts the definition of gender to the person’s natural gender at birth and then requires that all pronoun use be reflective of that same gender. Any violation by anyone who works at an institution that receives state funding, including public schools would be subject to a $1,500 fine. If gender is challenged, the bill puts the responsibility on the individual to prove their gender. “Say, they’re a boy, but they… Read More View the full article

Published by Raw Story Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) accepted large, albeit as-of-now unspecified, sums of money into his gubernatorial inauguration fund from several corporations that he has publicly trashed for being “woke,” and, in some cases, even used state policy to punish, according to The Washington Post. “Two major fundraisers are lobbyists for Disney, the entertainment giant that DeSantis moved to punish for speaking out against his bill restricting classroom discussions of sexuality,” said the report. “Another inauguration co-chair lobbies for BlackRock, the investment powerhouse that DeSantis’s administration… Read More View the full article

Published by Chicago Tribune My kids and I were in a hurry to get to the lake, and I ran into a gas station looking for a hat. My only options living in the Midwest were hats saying “Guns Save Lives” and “Make America Great Again.” The only somewhat subtle hat was an all-black hat that had the American flag on it. In the aftermath of the 2020 election controversy, I hesitated because I didn’t want to support the election deniers. I was desperate, so I bought it anyway. As soon as I got into the car and passed out the Gatorade, my kids all said, “Mom you can’t wear that hat! That’s a Trump hat!” Shocked and saddened, I ask… Read More View the full article

Published by NJ.com After complaints from parents and consultation with the school district’s lawyers, the Washington Township School District superintendent decided to remove rainbow-colored Safe Zone signs that had been hanging in Long Valley Middle School since 2019. Superintendent Peter Turnamian announced the change at the Jan. 3 board of education meeting. To replace the signs, a traditional symbol of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community, Turnamian said the school’s mascot, the panther, would be incorporated to encourage kindness to all students. “Ultimately, the advice of le… Read More View the full article

Published by Sports Illustrated By Jimmy Traina Stephen A. Smith actually issued an apology after saying Rihanna is no Beyoncé. 1. “She’s fantastic.” “She’s spectacular.” “Rihanna’s music is fantastic.” “She’s great.” “I love her dearly.” “I listen to her music.” “She’s gonna be good. She can’t be bad. She’s too great not to be good.” Imagine saying all those things about someone and then having to apologize. That’s what happened to Stephen A. Smith on Wednesday after he riled up Rihanna fans. Smith appeared on a talk show and was asked whether he was excited about Rihanna’s upcoming halftime performance at the Super Bowl. A… Read More View the full article

Published by Reuters UK By Charlotte Van Campenhout AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A hair salon in Amsterdam’s nightlife district opened after hours at the weekend to offer a safe space for members of the LGBTQ+ community who do not feel safe in the city to dress before going out for the night. The “DRESS&DANCE” pilot project was organised by students at the InHolland University and Maud Gussenhoven, who manages the city’s central Reguliersdwarsstraat street. “It is sad that this is needed but there have been incidents that have made people feel unsafe,” said Gussenhoven. Even though Amsterdam is known as a queer-friendly cit… Read More View the full article

Published by Reuters By Praveen Menon (Reuters) – Jacinda Ardern has put tiny New Zealand on the map in her five years as prime minister, becoming a global icon for left-leaning politics and women in leadership, even as she struggled at home with the economy and COVID-19 restrictions. The 42-year-old – who gained attention for bringing her baby to a United Nations meeting and wearing a hijab after a massacre targeting Muslims – announced in similarly dramatic fashion on Thursday that she will step down in less than three weeks, saying she had “no more in the tank”. “Be strong, be kind,” New Zealand’s youngest prime minister in more than a century repeated through her eventful tenure, but her empathetic leadership and crisis management skills often masked her government’s shortcomings. Considered personable and engaging, Ardern turned speaking from the heart and smiling through adversity into a winning formula for surging to power in 2017 and returning with a blowout win in 2020 that ushered in New Zealand’s first purely left-leaning government in decades. Her leadership was marked by unprecedented events for the island nation of 5 million: the 2019 massacre of 51 Muslim worshippers in Christchurch by a white supremacist and the eruption of the White Island volcano, and, the next year, the pandemic. “I hope I leave New Zealanders with a belief that you can be kind but strong, empathetic but decisive, optimistic but focussed,” Ardern said in an emotional resignation announcement. “And that you can be your own kind of leader – one who knows when it’s time to go.” PROBLEMS MOUNT, RATINGS FALL Ardern received worldwide praise for her response to the Christchurch attacks, which she labelled terrorism. Wearing a headscarf, she met the Muslim community, telling them New Zealand was “united in grief”. She delivered a ban on semiautomatic firearms and other gun curbs within weeks of the massacre, a stark contrast to the United States, where lawmakers and activists have struggled to address gun violence despite regular mass shootings. Launching a global campaign to end online hate, she has often herself been a target of right-wing extremists online. Ardern made global headlines in 2020, presiding over New Zealand’s most diverse parliament, with more than half the members women and the highest number of indigenous Maori lawmakers. When COVID arrived, she was among the first leaders to close borders and pursue a zero-tolerance strategy that kept New Zealanders safe from the virus, holding death rates far below those of other advanced nations. But not everyone was happy with her “go hard, go early” approach, which included a nationwide lockdown over a single infection. While Ardern’s popularity rose internationally, at home she has faced growing political headwinds, struggling to prove that her leadership extended beyond crisis management and kindness. Her ratings have dropped in recent months on a worsening housing crisis, rising living costs and mortgage rates, and growing concerns about crime. She remains, however, more popular that her rivals. Despite her promises of transformational leadership, Ardern’s affordable housing programmes have been set back by blunders. Even on climate change, which Ardern called “my generation’s nuclear-free moment”, progress has been incremental. REFRESHING Ardern burst onto the global scene in 2017 when she became the world’s youngest female head of government at the age of 37. Riding a wave of “Jacinda-mania,” she campaigned passionately for women’s rights and an end to child poverty and economic inequality in the country. Raised a Mormon by her mother and police officer father, Ardern left the church over its stance on LGBTQ people in the early 2000s and has since described herself as agnostic. Hours after being appointed Labour Party leader, she was asked whether she planned to have children. Ardern said it was “totally unacceptable in 2017 to say that women should have to answer that question in the workplace”. Eight months after becoming premier, she had a baby daughter, becoming only the second elected leader to give birth while in office, after Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto. Less than three months later, Ardern brought the baby, Neve Te Aroha, to the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Many took her pregnancy and prime minister’s maternity leave as symbolising progress for women leaders, part of a wave of progressive female leaders including Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin. Meeting with Marin in Wellington in November, Ardern shot back at a question whether the two were meeting only because of they were young and female. “I wonder whether or not anyone ever asked Barack Obama and John Key if they met because they were of similar age,” Ardern said, in reference to the former U.S. president and New Zealand prime minister. “Because two women meet, it’s not simply because of their gender.” (This story has been corrected to fix Ardern’s age in the second paragraph) (Reporting by Praveen Menon in Sydney; Editing by William Mallard) View the full article

Published by AlterNet Former beauty queen turned anti-LGBTQ activist Carrie Prejean is back, and declaring that the Miss Universe Pageant now being owned by a transgender women is a declaration of “war.” In 2009, Miss California, Carrie Prejean, gained national attention for her response to a question by a gay blogger at the Miss USA Pageant about same-sex marriage. What followed were repeated efforts to capitalize on her anti-LGBTQ fame, including a short stint as a spokesperson for NOM, the National Organization For Marriage, an anti-LGBTQ organization that aggressively attempted to prevent same-sex couples from … Read More View the full article

Published by AlterNet A new report is raising awareness about the growing concerns transgender Americans are facing, namely in states like North Dakota as Republican lawmakers advocate for an alarming number of anti-trans pieces of legislation. According to a new report published by The Daily Beast, Decca Muldowney began with a brief overview of the uptick in proposed bills targeting members of the LGBT community. Sharing details from the Trans Legislation Tracker, Muldowney wrote, “Last year’s legislative season saw a record-breaking number of anti-LGBT bills filed across the country, many aimed at restricting the… Read More View the full article

Published by St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS — More than a dozen faith leaders filed suit Thursday in St. Louis Circuit Court to overturn Missouri’s abortion ban, arguing state legislators acted based on their personal religious beliefs and violated the separation of church and state protected in Missouri’s Constitution. The faith leaders, from St. Louis, Kansas City and Columbia, represent several Protestant and Jewish denominations. They partnered with the National Women’s Law Center and Americans United for Separation of Church and State in drafting the suit. “What these abortion restrictions do is enshrine into law the part… Read More View the full article

Published by The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — Coach John Tortorella said on Thursday that he had spoken to defenseman Ivan Provorov “probably a week before the game” regarding his decision to not take part in warmups on Tuesday night to avoid wearing a Pride Night-themed jersey. General manager Chuck Fletcher was also involved in those conversations, Tortorella said. Additionally, Tortorella said he spoke to Flyers Pride Night ambassador Scott Laughton, who helped start an initiative to invite members of the LGBTQ+ community to Flyers games throughout the season. Per a league source, Comcast Spectacor chairman and CEO Dave … Read More View the full article

Published by AlterNet United States Congressman George Santos (R-New York) became the first openly gay non-incumbent Republican elected to the House of Representatives in the November 2022 midterms. But a newly surfaced video from 2020 shows Santos railing against children whose parents are the same gender. Speaking with right-wing commentator John Stubbins on his podcast, Indivisible, Santos – who has been outed as a fraud and pathological liar – said that schools should refrain from teaching kids about family diversity and declared that same-sex couples have destabilizing influences over a young person’s psycholo… Read More View the full article