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Published by Reuters By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) – The Church of England's governing body will deliberate on how priests could carry out blessings for same-sex couples when it gathers in the cathedral city of York for a five-day meeting on Friday. The assembly of bishops, clergy and laity – called the General Synod – is also due to discuss on Saturday how to protect vicars who might choose not to pray over the union of same-sex couples. The CoE, which does not allow same-sex marriages in its 16,000 churches, in January set out proposals to let gay couples have a prayer service after a civil marriage, and apologis… Read More View the full article

Published by AlterNet On Sunday night, July 2, the White House was briefly evacuated after a white powder was found inside. The Washington, D.C. Fire Department, however, found that the powder was not a type of explosive and that no one was in any physical danger. According to Washington Post sources, a preliminary test indicated that the powder was cocaine. Post reporters Peter Hermann and Tyler Pager explain, “A spokesman for the Secret Service, Anthony Guglielmi, said the substance is undergoing further testing to determine what it is, and authorities are looking into how it got into the White House. He said the… Read More View the full article

Published by GB News Hollywood actor Stanley Tucci has shared his thoughts on actors playing roles that don't match their own sexuality as a fierce ongoing debate continues. The 62-year-old said actors should not be restricted to roles as their job is “to play different people”. Tucci, who starred in The Hunger Games and The Devil Wears Prada, said an actor's role is to play characters: “That's the whole point of it.” The star was asked about his beliefs on whether “straight actors should play gay characters” following his recent role playing Colin Firth's on-screen partner in Supernova. “Obviously, I believe that… Read More View the full article

Published by The Street By Daniel Kline You can't apologize for something that many Americans — maybe most of them — don't consider wrong. If you do, then you simply anger a different group than the one that's currently mad at you without fixing things with the first aggrieved party. That's the impossible position in which Anheuser-Busch (BUD) – Get Free Report finds itself after it tried to grow its customer base via a small social-media promotion with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney involving Bud Light. The company certainly misjudged its core audience, even as its work with Mulvaney was a relatively minor … Read More View the full article

Published by AlterNet A former Republican state lawmaker says she was “Team DeSantis” before the Florida GOP governor and flailing presidential candidate's campaign over the weekend promoted a viciously anti-LGBTQ ad she says is part of his “morally wrong” and “politically misguided” attacks on LGBTQ people. Now, she says, “you couldn't pay” her to vote for him. The ad, which she calls “the most anti-LGBTQ+ ad in recent history,” is a video (below) that went viral on social media with more than 20 million views after it was reposted by Ron DeSantis‘ presidential campaign. In an apparent effort to sway far-right Rep… Read More View the full article

Published by City AM By Matt Hardy Ever thought about watching a 100m race where you knew everyone was using substances to artificially enhance themselves, rather than finding out a couple of years later when a ban is issued? Well the Enhanced Games may be for you. The idea pits competitive sport alongside the world of performance enhancing drugs in an Olympics-style format, claiming to be about pushing the human body further than non-doping athletes could. But there’s no getting away from the topic being such a taboo. Drugs in sport? It’s not for everyone. ‘Like being gay 50 years ago’And Enhanced Games president… Read More View the full article

Published by Radar Online Gilbert Arenas spoke candidly about societal norms and explained why he thinks the LGBTQ+ community is the “most unfair group walking on the planet right now,” RadarOnline.com has learned. During a new interview, the former NBA star said he felt that many individuals who identify themselves as such are quick to pontificate others while discussing that subject and more. “They have a playbook that they are only playing by, that they can only see,” Arenas told VladTV. “Nobody else gets to see this playbook but we're being judged by everything that's in this playbook, but we don't know it.” The fa… Read More View the full article

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Published by ValueWalk Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg, popular name, Pete Buttigieg, is an American politician. He is the former mayor of South Bend and a 2020 presidential candidate. He is the current Transportation Secretary under Joe Biden's administration. The American politician has an estimated net worth of $250,000. He was the least wealthy presidential hopeful in the 2020 presidential elections. He had a net worth of only $100,000 at the time. The Democratic politician has become so popular in the midterm election campaign trail. After the President, Pete Buttigieg is the most requested speaker. Are you cur… Read More View the full article

Published by Global Voices Skopje Pride 2023, held on June 24, 2023. Photo by Global Voices, (CC-BY-3.0). Populist political forces across Europe have been utilizing homophobia and the stigmatization of LGBTQ+ people as a weapon of political influence for the last two decades. Many of these campaigns have mimicked, or were even helped by, the extreme right-wing circles from the US. After 2013, Moscow emerged as a major generator of homophobic narratives that exploited existing endemic intolerance in the Balkans region. A recent analysis entitled “Kremlin speaking: homophobia as geopolitics” by Bulgarian fact-checking pl… Read More View the full article

Published by uInterview.com Dolly Parton, 77, was in London yesterday to promote her new album Rockstar and her upcoming memoir Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones. True to her glitter-filled life, Parton wore a pink dress with silver lines, rhinestoned from top to bottom, silver leggings and silver metallic thigh-high boots. At her promotional event, she expressed her thoughts on touring – in light of Madonna's being rushed to the hospital this weekend. “It's always been taxing, the reason I don't tour now is because I don't want to be that far away from home, we're getting older and I've got a lot of business th… Read More View the full article

Published by Kaiser Health News Looking for an at-home HIV test on CVS' website is not as private an experience as one might think. An investigation by The Markup and KFF Health News found trackers on CVS.com telling some of the biggest social media and advertising platforms the products customers viewed. And CVS is not the only pharmacy sharing this kind of sensitive data. We found trackers collecting browsing- and purchase-related data on websites of 12 of the U.S.' biggest drugstores, including grocery store chains with pharmacies, and sharing the sensitive information with companies like Meta (formerly Facebook); Google,… Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Dolly Parton worries about being “grounded here for ever” if technology means her career can continue after she's dead. The 77-year-old singer is content with her musical legacy and isn't sure she would want artificial intelligence (AI) software being used to create new songs or recreate her likeness on stage after she has passed away because she doesn't want her soul to stay “on this Earth”. Speaking to reporters in London on Thursday (29.06.23), she quipped: “The only intelligence I have is artificial. Everything I have is artificial.” She then added: “I've left a great body of work behind a… Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Dolly Parton loves yard sales and flea markets. The ‘9 to 5' hitmaker enjoys picking up a bargain but because her celebrity status means it is hard for her to browse the aisles undetected, she and husband Carl Dean have perfected a system that allows him to do the shopping and her to have the final say. Asked if she's a bargain hunter by ‘Absolute Radio Breakfast Show' host Dave Berry, she said: “Actually, I am. I like, I like looking about, I love the bargain store. I love those kind of things. I love all antique stores and all that. My husband awesome, he's very big on that himself. “So, thr… Read More View the full article

Published by Radar Online Anheuser-Busch fired back at Dylan Mulvaney this week after the transgender influencer accused Bud Light of abandoning her during their controversial partnership campaign, RadarOnline.com has learned. The embattled beer company responded to Mulvaney's allegations on Thursday night, just hours after the 26-year-old social media star posted a blistering video against Bud Light to Instagram. According to a spokesperson for Anheuser-Busch, the beer company remains “committed” to the “partnerships” they have “forged” with “those in the LGBTQ+ community.” The spokesperson also said that the “safety”… Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Madonna was recording with Katy Perry in the studio just hours before her collapse. The 64-year-old star had been keeping up a gruelling schedule of 12-hour days for rehearsals for her 84-date ‘Celebration' tour, along with working with Katy on a special project to mark her decades in the business, before she was rushed to hospital last weekend. A source told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: “Madonna has long admired Katy and they have worked together before but never managed to actually put anything out. “Madonna has been working around the clock to make sure both her music and her world t… Read More View the full article

Published by Fadeaway World By Fadeaway World Staff Larry Bird and Magic Johnson may have been archrivals since their college days — one that spilled over into the NBA, but it didn't erase the mutual respect they had for each other. One of the instances was when Bird was thoroughly devastated by the news of Magic's HIV diagnosis. It shook the Boston Celtics legend, and in an interview in 2012, he revealed his reaction to the news. “Magic's agent (Lon Rosen) calls me and tells me about the announcement ahead of time. I said, ‘I gotta talk to him right now.' And Lon goes, ‘I don't know. He's going through all this stuff ri… Read More View the full article

Published by OK Magazine Madonna was apparently grinding in rehearsals before her recent illness! The Queen of Pop was recently hospitalized for a serious bacterial infection on June 24 after she was found unresponsive at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York, where she had been practicing. A friend of the 64-year-old recently shared their stance on the tragic situation with a news outlet. “She is the one constantly pushing herself, but she has to realize that, while she is as good as the people she is working with, many of them are a fraction of her age and without her history of injuries,” they explained of t… Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Andrew Ridgeley was “concerned” by George Michael's drug use. The 60-year-old singer admitted he was worried about his late Wham! bandmate after he was arrested several times and even jailed for a month in 2010 for offenses stemming from his cannabis use, but he is reluctant to talk to much about the subject because his friend's estate are “very sensitive” about it, even though George himself was happy to speak openly about his habit. He told Sunday Times Culture magazine: “I was concerned by his cannabis use, to be honest. But it's not a subject that I can go into in great detail, because of … Read More View the full article

Published by Raw Story U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg mocked a campaign advertisement created by Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis' team. While speaking to CNN's Dana Bash on Sunday, Buttigieg was asked about an ad slamming former President Donald Trump's past pledges to protect the rights of LGBT people. “You know, I'm going to choose my words carefully, partly because I'm appearing as secretary, so I can't talk about campaigns,” Buttigieg replied after Bash played a clip of DeSantis' ad. “And I'm going to leave aside the strangeness of trying to prove your manhood by putting up a video t… Read More View the full article

Published by Radar Online The Colorado web designer who the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday could refuse to make wedding websites for gay couples cited a request from a “flabbergasted” straight man who says he never even asked to work with her, RadarOnline.com has learned. The U.S. Supreme Court recently handed down a ruling in a case involving a Christian graphic artist who refused to design wedding websites for same-sex couples. The court ruled 6-to-3 in favor of the artist, Lorie Smith, who argued that her actions were protected under the First Amendment's right to freedom of speech. The case began in 2016 when Smit… Read More View the full article

Published by Raw Story Based upon new evidence that a landmark Supreme Court case on religious and 1st Amendment rights was based upon a bogus claim, former Solicitor General Neal Katyal claimed that Colorado’s attorney general has a duty to ask the court to rehear the case and that a justice on the court could also ask the court to review the new information. Speaking with fill-in host Michael Steele, the legal expert cited a report from the New Republic that website designer Lorie Smith made the claim that, “I will not be able to create websites for same-sex marriages or any other marriage that is not between one … Read More View the full article

Published by Euronews (English) For many older LGBTQ+ the prospect of moving into a retirement home is a worrying thought. But in Sweden, Spain and France new retirement communities for LGBTQ+ seniors are proving a hit. “Care home staff don't realise that they have LGBTQ+ residents – but based on population estimates we know they do. It's just that residents don't feel comfortable or safe being identified as LGBTQ+”, explains Professor Paul Willis, an expert in social care. Older members of the LGBTQ+ community can “be at higher risk of loneliness, they are more likely to be single and live alone. They are also less likely t… Read More View the full article