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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Published by AFP Hollywood (United States) (AFP) – “Oppenheimer” swept the board on Sunday at the Oscars, Hollywood's biggest night of the year, with seven awards including best picture and best director, crowning a triumphant year for filmmaker Christopher Nolan. Nolan's masterful drama about the father of the atomic bomb, half of last summer's massive “Barbenheimer” phenomenon, also bagged acting prizes for lead Cillian Murphy and supporting actor Robert Downey Jr. Nolan — a British-American filmmaker hailed as a generational talent — said that film as an art form still has room to grow. “Movies are just a… Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Kylie Minogue is doing “more than okay” despite being tired after a massive week of performances. The 55-year-old pop superstar has performed at the BRIT Awards, was honoured with the Billboard Icon Award and even performed with Madonna over the last few days and admitted that despite her “busy” time of it, everything that has happened to her has been “incredible”. She told US TV show ‘Extra' whilst attending the Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty: “You know when you've had busy times in your life and you know you've been really busy but other people don't. So when you say ‘Oh I'm kind of tired', t… Read More View the full article

Tennessee Williams And Key Wests' Literary Legacy The art history of Key West comes from all sides. It's claim as an important gay influence cites back to visits by Tennessee Williams who is said to have finished writing A Streetcar Named Desire at Key West's La Concha Hotel. (While that paints a picture, it turns out to not be original, or more accurately is part of a collection owned with Key West's kissing cousin, the town or Provincetown in Mass which claims the same legacy, down to knowing where this great inspiration of Streetcar was finished, Captain Jack's Pier, of course.). Other works, The Glass Menagerie, Summer and Smoke, and parts of The Night of the Iguana and Suddenly Last Summer, are co-claimed to differing degrees. Ultimately the fact of The Tennessee Williams Museum is in Key West throws geographical claims to the Keys, though Provincetown's annual Tennessee Williams Festival nourishes the legacy with a festival that contributes to the relevance and modern evolution of his work. (Visit both to honor this legacy, not just for his beloved work, but for his reputation for great success with, uh, romantic partnering… equally revered in the north and south, with the ability pay homage to this legacy in both.) More On Key West on Towleroad ‘Florida Curious' to Key West Convert: Take Your Clothes Off and Say ‘Gay' in the Conch Republic Strip or Just Tease? Key West's Famous, and Infamous, Clothing-Optional Gay Guesthouses Travel: Key West Shopping at Gallery On Greene (and above) While not for everyone, but checking all the “daddy boxes ” for others in LGBTQ communities, Ernest Hemingway‘s legacy also weaves through Key West. This unexpected Venn diagram of literary Key West be bedfellows also includes Judy Blume, a long-time resident, vocal protector of young peopl eis a best-selling, and often banned, young-adults author who explores themes of self-acceptance and self-expression in her widely read novels. Just more of Key West life supporting, celebrating individuality, inspiration and freedom, a legacy across sectors and history of Key Wes and still to this day. Art Around Town Key West, a locale synonymous with inspiration, not only caters to the whims of art enthusiasts but serves as a sanctuary for artists whose works are as diverse and captivating as the island itself. At the forefront, Gallery On Greene continues to stand out with its exceptional Cuban art collection, highlighting profound connections between Key West and Cuban culture. Under the stewardship of Nance Frank, contemporary and historic works blend into a cornerstone of the island's artistic community. The Gingerbread Gallery, known as the oldest gallery in Key West, offers visitors a glimpse into the island's natural surroundings. The works here pay homage to the ethnic and racial diversity of Key West, capturing the essence of its vibrant neighborhoods with visual narratives. Shade Ceramics Delving deeper into the island's art scene, the Harrison Gallery stands as a beacon of creativity and craftsmanship. Owned and operated by Helen Harrison, this gallery not only tells the unique story of an artistic journey by sea from Costa Rica to Key West but also showcases masterful wood sculptures and artworks that are deeply influenced by the island's maritime heritage. Lastly, Shade Ceramics and its owner, Mark Klammer, offer a distinctive take on the artistic landscape of Key West with a focus on pottery that captures the warmth and breeziness of ocean life. This gallery, along with others on White Street, anchors a quieter enclave where the arts flourish with the laid-back lifestyle of the island. The workshop @ Harrison Gallery The Studios of Key West Key West's commitment to the visual arts is further exemplified by The Studios of Key West, a hub for artists and art lovers alike. This center offers workshops, exhibitions, and studios, fostering a community and is also home to Books & Books the not for profit book shop founded by Judy Blume and her husband George Cooper, who previously founded the Tropic Cinema, the Key West independent theater that “opened its doors in 2004 to welcome the circus that is Key West. We had one simple idea: to bring quality movies to people who longed for something more than Hollywood blockbusters.” Studios Key West. Express Yourself In Key West, everyone's an artist, they say. It's not a punchline to some joke told by one of the washashore hosts or comedy circuit performers at Comedy Key West. In Key West it's an expectation that many locals grow into as they stay on. Somehow it's not enough to captain a boat, write up the news or toil daily in hospitality. While interviewing subjects for our podcast (see below) almost every subject spoke of creative side projects, telling hosts they also “work in mixed media”, are finishing work on a one-man show, or have found enough support to share a poetry practice. Might work for you too. Bring your creativity and supplies… Gay Key West Uncovered is a six-part miniseries podcast that turns to the locals of Key West to help tell their story, including drag queens, creative digital nomads, a super fierce lesbian boat captain, naked pool boys, business owners and even the mayor. We were feeling all respectable and creative this time ‘round, but next time be prepared to dive into different waters, clothed or not. For now… listen to the local artists, gallerists and funny people, including comedian host Bobby Hankinson, give a quick tour of Key West's art scene in their own words: More On Key West on Towleroad ‘Florida Curious' to Key West Convert: Take Your Clothes Off and Say ‘Gay' in the Conch Republic Strip or Just Tease? Key West's Famous, and Infamous, Clothing-Optional Gay Guesthouses View the full article

Published by Raw Story Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, a Republican, took to X on Friday and raised eyebrows with an impassioned attack on federal programs to remove lead pipes. “Biden wants to replace lead pipes,” wrote Kobach, referencing a line from President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address. “He failed to mention that the unfunded mandate sets an almost impossible timeline, will cost billions, infringe on the rights of the States and their residents — all for benefits that may be entirely speculative.” Lead is a powerful neurotoxin that for much of the 20th century was used extensively in plumbing, ga… Read More View the full article

Published by AlterNet This weekend, while President Biden championed the merits of democracy during various campaign stops in swing states, former President Donald Trump hosted far-right Hungarian autocratic president Viktor Orbán at Mar-a-Lago and even took him to a concert. Trump's friendliness with the Hungarian prime minister is likely due to the fact that Orbán's central guiding philosophy and preferred method of governing are similar to Trump's, and could provide insight as to what a second Trump presidency would look like. Like Trump, Orbán is hostile toward immigrants, and notably built a massive border fen… Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Kristen Stewart knows how to use her “feminine wilds” to find acting jobs. The 33-year-old actress believes her personality has been “created” by the world she inhabits and that she understands how to “appeal” to other people. Kristen – who is bisexual – explained to ‘Extra': “I knew how to sort of use my feminine wilds to get like jobs. “I'm created by the world that we live in, which is a patriarchal world and so I know how to appeal and it never felt like a lie because I am a pretty fluid person. “I think some people are, kind of like more distinctly, you know, preferentially succinct where… Read More View the full article

Published by DPA International How many dildos are the right amount for a road trip movie about two lesbian women? None? Two? Seven? Whatever the answer, there appears to be a unusually large amount in “Drive-Away Dolls”, the new film by Ethan Coen, better known as one half of the Coen brothers behind classics like “The Big Lebowski” and “Fargo”. For “Drive-Away Dolls”, Ethan Coen enlisted the support of his wife Tricia Cooke, who also works in the film industry as an editor and producer and who, in her own words, sees herself as queer. Cooke had long had the idea for a road movie about two lesbian women, originally set to … Read More View the full article