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Published by OK Magazine @ladygaga/tiktok Is that Lady Gaga? The “Shallow” singer took to TikTok on Wednesday, May 17, to share a clip promoting her makeup line. However, fans were alarmed, as they seemed to think it was not Gaga herself featured in the video. @ladygaga/tiktok “These NEUTRALS are HOT LIKE THIS RECORD @HausLabs (Grrrrrrr…I’m wearing maple matte ),” the pop sensation captioned the short clip of herself whirling around in a black tank top to the song “Princess Diana” by Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj. “This might not be lady gaga?? am i crazy,” one fan speculated, while a second person noted that she looked like another famous artist, “Miley Cyrus cosplaying as Lady Gaga.” A third user noted, “She looks like somebody who kinda looks like lady Gaga,” and another added, “My mind is fighting over deciding whether this is Miley Cyrus or Lady Gaga.” @ladygaga/tiktok ‘Sister Wives’ Star Christine Brown Reveals She Rocks Out To ‘Empowering’ Playlist Featuring Kelly Clarkson Oscars 2023: What You Didn’t See On TV — Lady Gaga To The Rescue, Cara Delevingne Hangs With Florence Pugh & More Lady Gaga & Michael Polansky Secretly Split After Butting Heads Over Marriage & Kids, Spills Source: They ‘Hit A Wall’ Despite the online chatter, one person pointed out that the American Horror Story actress’ appearance has changed for a new role. “She lost weight for her role in joker 2 and the video is mirrored, y’all are so quick to judge,” the user claimed. Gaga has been hard at work on the upcoming action film after nabbing the role from Margot Robbie — who was not thrilled about losing out on the project. “Lady Gaga playing Harley Quinn in the Joker sequel instead of Margot Robbie is a joke. Every real actor in Hollywood should be nervous that they are going to be replaced with some pop culture phenomenon who hasn’t paid their dues,” an insider spilled exclusively to OK!. @ladygaga/instagram 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! “Margot isn’t angry about the choice; she is insulted,” a source continued. “This isn’t about casting the most talented person for the role, but rather casting someone who get the most press attention.” Other Tinsletown insiders have not been thrilled with the casting decision either. “This might be a ‘happy’ day for Lady Gaga, but it isn’t for Hollywood,” one top publicist said. “Next Nicole Kidman will be replaced by Kim Kardashian.” View the full article

Published by City AM By Adam Bloodworth Brokeback Mountain play review and star rating: ★★★ Where was all the spine-tingling intimacy? The kissing scenes that show what two men together can be like, the caressing of a shoulder with the tuft of hair, the chin nuzzling into the armpit, the gazes of adoration? Brokeback Mountain, originally a 1997 short story published in the New Yorker, became a masterpiece of the big screen in 2005 when Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal played two closeted gay lovers who worked on a ranch and fell hopelessly in love. The film is singular in its beauty: it still retains its crown as … Read More View the full article

Published by AFP Penguin Random House and PEN America have sued a Florida school district over the removal of books that address race and LGBTQ issues Washington (AFP) – Publisher Penguin Random House and the writers’ group PEN America filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a Florida school district over the removal of books from public school libraries that address race and LGBTQ issues. The book removals are unconstitutional and a violation of the First Amendment, which protects freedom of speech, according to the suit against the Escambia County School District and the school board. “Books are being ordered removed from libraries, or subject to restricted access within those libraries, based on an ideologically driven campaign to push certain ideas out of schools,” the complaint said. “These restrictions and removals have disproportionately targeted books by or about people of color and/or LGBTQ people,” it added. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a potential candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has been a driving force behind a campaign in the southern state to restrict children’s access to certain books. Florida has been a leading battleground in the so-called “culture wars” in the United States and scores of books have been removed from library shelves in recent months, deemed inappropriate for children by conservative parents and school boards. Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America, denounced the book removals in a statement announcing the lawsuit. “Children in a democracy must not be taught that books are dangerous,” Nossel said. “In Escambia County, state censors are spiriting books off shelves in a deliberate attempt to suppress diverse voices. “In a nation built on free speech, this cannot stand.” Nihar Malaviya, CEO of Penguin Random House, said “books have the capacity to change lives for the better, and students in particular deserve equitable access to a wide range of perspectives. “We stand by our authors, their books, and the teachers, librarians, and parents who champion free expression.” Several authors who have had their books removed joined the lawsuit along with the parents of children who attend schools in Escambia County. According to the lawsuit, at least two books published by Penguin Random House — “The Bluest Eye” by Nobel Literature Prize-winning author Toni Morrison and “Push” by Sapphire — have been removed from some school district libraries and others are being targeted. They include “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini, “Two Boys Kissing” by David Levithan and “Slaughterhouse-Five” by Kurt Vonnegut. According to PEN America, 1,648 unique book titles were banned in 32 states during the 2021-22 school year, with the most occurring in Florida and Texas. View the full article

Published by NJ.com Editor’s Note: This post has been updated to include a response from the Hanover Township school board and the state’s largest teachers union. The New Jersey Attorney General filed a civil rights complaint Wednesday against the Hanover Township Board of Education and public schools, challenging a policy passed Tuesday requiring school staff to notify parents of their children’s gender identity and sexual orientation. Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined Sundeep Iyer, Director of the Division on Civil Rights, in filing an emergency motion in Superior Court to prevent the new policy from g… Read More View the full article

Published by The Spun By Andrew Gould The Los Angeles Dodgers uninvited the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from their Pride Night following an anti-trans backlash. On Wednesday, the team said the non-profit charity organization, whose queer and trans members use drag and religious imagery to satire bigotry, will no longer attend their 10th annual event on June 16. “Given the strong feelings of people who have been offended by the sisters’ inclusion in our evening, and in an effort not to distract from the great benefits that we have seen over the years of Pride Night, we are deciding to remove them from this year’… Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Andy Cohen “could have some good threesomes” with Anderson Cooper. The 54-year-old star has been single since he split up with Broadway actor John Hill in 2020 but insisted that while he “loves” CNN co-host Anderson – who called time on his long-term relationship with Benjamin Maisani in 2018 – they are “truly just good friends” and he loves being able to team up with him for work. Speaking on US talk show ‘Sherri’, he said: “We could have some good threesomes, me and Anderson! But by the way, that is what it would take because we are truly just good friends. I love him to death. We have gotten so much closer over the years and it’s also so fun being part of a duo. We’ve toured the country, 50 plus cities and we’re on every New Year’s Eve. I love making him giggle, it makes me so happy!” Towards the end of last year Andy – who has four-year-old son Benjamin and 13-month-old Lucy whilst Anderson is father to three-year-old Wyatt and Sebastian, 13 months – explained that their friendship had strengthened since they had become gay dads and noted how “glad” he is that their children will get to grow up together. Speaking on the ‘Table for Two’ podcast, he said: “We are these geriatric patients hobbling around chasing our children, but look it’s another bonding thing. I think what is going to be really interesting to us, as it develops, is being gay dads and as our kids start realizing more and more ‘Oh I have gay dads.’ I am so glad that Ben [Cohen] will grow up with Wyatt [Cooper] and that Ben with grow up seeing Anderson and Benjamin [Maisani] raising Wyatt and Sebastian.” View the full article

Published by The Seattle Times SEATTLE — Brandy Clark has lived in Nashville, Tennessee, so long that most people outside her home state of Washington don’t realize the decorated singer-songwriter hails from the Pacific Northwest. But that’s about to change, thanks to her perfectly unvarnished new album, produced by another Washington star. Brandy Clark and Brandi Carlile have moved in overlapping circles for years, yet their first proper collaboration came through early-pandemic recording sessions that saw a Zoomed-in Carlile producing two songs for Clark, including their Grammy-nominated duet “Same Devil.” On paper (and a… Read More View the full article

Published by PsyPost In new research published in the journal Human Nature, researchers found that heterosexual men in romantic relationships who sought services from sex workers preferred a “variety experience” rather than a “relationship experience.” The study sought to examine male use of a dual mating strategy, a theory in evolutionary psychology that suggests humans often employ two different mating strategies to maximize their reproductive success. According to this theory, men seek short-term sexual encounters to maximize their chances of spreading their genes widely. This strategy is driven by the desire f… Read More View the full article

Published by OK Magazine mega;@artemislangford/facebook Caitlyn Jenner accused a fellow transwoman of being nothing more than a “sexually deviant male” in a scathing tirade during an interview with America Reports host Sandra Smith earlier this week. This shocking back-and-forth occurred after transgender college student Artemis Langford chose to join a sorority at the University of Wyoming, later resulting in several members of the group suing the organization because they allegedly felt uncomfortable with Langford’s presence. mega Jenner, who transitioned and legally changed her name herself back in 2015, slammed Langford for making the decision to join the women’s college group, insisting that “if you look at those pictures, what I have to say is, he is a perverted, sexually deviant male.” Added the 73-year-old, “I’m sorry, Artemis Langford, you are not a woman and you do not belong in women’s spaces. mega;@artemislangford/facebook “I was listening to Fox News the other night and Clay Travis, I think, put it just perfectly,” Jenner continued. “He says living in this world, equality really, really has become inequality, and it’s so true because the women are not being protected here, and that is a shame.” TheKeeping Up with the Kardashians alum noted she’s been “fighting this woke world” for a “long time,” specifically trying to “protect women’s sports.” “And you know, you got to fight back all this B.S. Every day, tooth and nail,” she continued. Caitlyn Jenner Admits She Doesn’t Know What Fox’s ‘Next Step’ Will Be After Tucker Carlson Firing Caitlyn Jenner Insists the United States Needs an ‘Alpha Male’ Like Donald Trump After Alleged Biden Administration Failures: ‘We Have Become a Joke’ ‘Whine, Whine, Whine’: Caitlyn Jenner Slams Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Over Claims They Were in ‘Near Catastrophic’ Car Chase With Paparazzi mega Jenner’s opinions appeared to echo those of the three women who filed a lawsuit against the University’s Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority for allowing Langford to join. “We’re fighting for the importance of women’s spaces and what it truly means to be a woman,” one of the women said. “We were promised from the beginning that we would have a sisterhood, meaning only females, and our national sorority has failed us.” “It’s a weird, gut-wrenching feeling that every time I leave my room there’s a possibility that I’ll walk past him in the hall,” another sorority sister named Hannah told Megyn Kelly in a recent podcast episode, going on to repeatedly misgender Langford throughout the interview. “It’s a weird feeling just to know that I could run into him anytime … (he has) full access to the house. But this just goes to show like we need women’s spaces for that reason,” she continued. “Like our house is our home. Just like anyone else’s home, like, you go home at the end of the day to feel comfortable and relaxed in your own skin. And you can’t do that knowing that this individual has full access to your house.” 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! Mediaite reported Jenner’s comments to Smith calling Langford a “deviant.” View the full article

Published by AlterNet U.S. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) is demanding the Dept. of Defense rescind a memo authorizing LGBTQ Pride celebrations on military installations, and says Congress should defund America’s Armed Forces if it refuses. “What’s next, rainbow uniforms during pride month?” Roy asked on social media and in a statement to Fox News. “The Air Force and Defense Department sanctions this ridiculous use of taxpayer dollars and then expects members of Congress who represent Americans who are livid about this stuff to green light an $800 billion plus DOD budget. If DOD doesn’t put a stop to these kinds of divisive … Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English David Archuleta thought there was “something wrong with [him]” when he started to realise he was gay. The 32-year-old pop singer grew up in a religious community and did not understand the heteronormative expectations laid out to him when it was “clear” to him that he had “strong feelings” towards other boys. He told People: “My sexuality has been a part of me. It’s something that I’ve felt. I can’t say I was fully aware of it, but I knew something was different about me, starting from when I was a little kid in elementary school. People would start talking about crushes. I started feeling that for girls, but then I started feeling it for guys. I was like, “Wait, I was always told that this was supposed to be for a girl, so why am I feeling it for boys?”‘ I felt really embarrassed. Like how Elsa [from ‘Frozen’] would say, conceal it, don’t let them in, try to hold it all inside. Growing up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, everything is about marriage, everything is about having a spouse and creating children with them. But each time that I was trying to date a girl, it was clear that my feelings were equal [to] if not even stronger for guys. I was like, ‘There must be something wrong with me.'” The former ‘American Idol’ star went on to explain that he felt “mad” about his sexuality until he turned 30 and even ended up “praying” in an effort to change things but eventually learned to “love and embrace” himself for who he is. He added: “I was still feeling mad until I was 30. I was like, ‘No matter what I do, I don’t know how to change this.’ It got to a point where I was praying and I’m just like, “God, if you are really there, please. I don’t know what else to do. Am I cursed? Am I supposed to be unhappy for the rest of my life?’ “Finally, I felt this huge flow of love and peace, and it just said, “David, you need to stop asking me this because you’re asking me the wrong thing. You’re asking me to change something that I don’t intend to change. I created you this way the way, the way you were supposed to be, and you need to understand this.” “That really changed my life because I thought I had to hate myself because there was this part of me that was wrong. When I learned to love that and embrace it and just allow it to be, I was like, “Wow, I feel this love I never felt for myself ever.” View the full article

Published by AFP Disney announced it is canceling a new campus for employees near Orlando's Disney World New York (AFP) – Disney canceled plans for a new employee campus in central Florida on Thursday in the latest ripple effect from its feud with Republican governor of the state Ron DeSantis. The entertainment giant will not move forward with the Lake Nona project due to “considerable changes” since the original announcement, “including new leadership and changing business conditions,” said a memo from parks chairman Josh D’Amaro. The project, first announced in July 2021, was expected to relocate 2,000 jobs from California to Lake Nona, which is about 20 miles (30 kilometers) east of the huge Disney World complex in Orlando. The staff was to have included workers in digital technology, finance and product development, with an average annual salary of $120,000, Orlando business groups said at the time of the announcement. The project was estimated as an $864 million investment, according to earlier press reports. But Disney has been embroiled in an increasingly pitched battle with DeSantis, who is reportedly planning to launch his bid for the Republican presidential nomination next week. The origin of the fight was Disney’s criticism of a DeSantis-backed law banning school lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity. In his challenge to former president Donald Trump, DeSantis has staked out far-right positions on myriad hot-button issues, restricting children’s access to certain books and blocking a new course on Black studies. Jerry Demings, mayor of Orange County, which comprises the tourism site, said Disney’s decision was “unfortunate,” according to a statement. “However, these are the consequences when there isn’t an inclusive and collaborative work environment between the state of Florida and the business community,” Demings said. “We will continue to work closely with our valued partners at Disney.” In February, DeSantis removed Disney’s control of its special self-governing district, which allowed the city-sized park to run its own zoning and infrastructure projects, exempt from state regulations. The Florida governor also floated the idea of building a new prison near the park, which is part of a sprawling tourism site employing 75,000 people and attracting 50 million visitors per year. But Disney, which reinstated longtime leader Bob Iger as chief executive last November, has fought back. In April, Disney sued DeSantis, characterizing the Florida governor’s actions as a “targeted campaign of government retaliation” that violates the company’s right to free speech. Earlier this week, Disney asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit filed by a DeSantis-aligned oversight board. Trump, for his part, has ridiculed DeSantis’s fight with Disney, predicting in April in a social media post the company would stop investing new money in Florida or “even announce a slow withdrawal.” In a statement on Thursday, Trump’s campaign charged that DeSantis’ feud with Disney has robbed the state of a huge investment and lucrative jobs “because he was too weak to fight for his state,” while hailing Trump as “the Jobs President.” “Ron DeSantis’ failed war on Disney has done little for his limping shadow campaign, and now is doing even less for Florida’s economy,” the campaign said. Disney’s D’Amaro said in Thursday’s memo that the company is “committed to our teams who call Central Florida home.” “We have plans to invest $17 billion and create 13,000 jobs over the next ten years,” D’Amaro said. “I hope we’re able to do so.” View the full article

Published by New York Daily News NEW YORK — U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman Thursday accused Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of promoting racist tropes about Black men after she claimed to have felt “threatened” by his “physical mannerisms” during an argument on the steps of the Capitol. Bowman, a Bronx Democrat who is Black, said Greene was spewing racist dog whistles when she claimed he should be monitored because she believes he acted “aggressively” during a verbal confrontation a day earlier. “Black men continue to be characterized as aggressive and threatening when we are passionate and outspoken,” Bowman tweeted. “They’re not just … Read More View the full article

Published by Raw Story A celebrity megachurch with a global reach accused of sexual abuse is the subject of a four-part FX docuseries “The Secrets of Hillsong,” Jezebel reports. Carl Lentz, the Hillsong Church’s “rockstar pastor” who was removed from his leadership role in 2020 over allegations of “breaches of trust” and a “recent revelation of moral failures,” was the subject of a 2021 Vanity Fair investigative series that is the basis of the docuseries. Lentz in his role as “celebrity pastor” enjoyed public relationships with Justin Bieber and the Kardashian-Jenner clan along with members of the New York Knicks an… Read More View the full article

Published by OK Magazine @coltonunderwood/instagram Colton Underwood is now a married man! The former Bachelor lead said “I Do” to Jordan C. Brown in a lavish wedding ceremony at the Carneros Resort and Spa in Napa Valley, Calif., on Saturday, May 13. mega The couple first met at a Los Angeles party in 2021 and got engaged the following year. “It was very natural and organic, how it progressed,” the reality star said of their connection with his new husband, adding, “We both just had a gut feeling.” “I’ve never been more sure about something,” Underwood — who previously dated Bachelor contestant Cassie Randolph — gushed about Brown. “He has the biggest heart and he’s such a good friend to all of the people in his life. He goes out of his way to take care of his friends and his family. That speaks volumes. It was one of the first things that I noticed about him.” @coltonunderwood/instagram Jennifer Aniston, Zac Efron, Demi Lovato, More: See Which Sexy Celebrities Are Single For The Summer Flaunting Their #Pride… And More! Wilson Cruz, Colton Underwood, Gus Kenworthy Are Some Of The Sexiest LGBTQ+ Male Celebs Out There Savannah Chrisley Insists She ‘Knew’ Colton Underwood was Gay After 2017 Date “I love the family that we’ve created already,” he continued of their happily ever after. “Having our two dogs and our home and this wedding, we’ve really created a life that feels so compatible and in sync.” The three-day event was attended by 200 people and kicked off with a family dinner and welcome party on Friday night, with the outdoor ceremony on Saturday morning. “We wanted trees around and sunshine,” Brown explained of their special day. “It was really important for us to get married outside.” mega 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! Underwood revealed to the world in 2021 that he was gay after appearing on theBachelor, The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise. “For me, I’ve ran from myself from a long time. I’m gay, and I came to terms with that earlier this year, and I’ve been processing it. The next step in all of this was letting people know. I’m still nervous, but yeah… It’s been a journey, for sure.” he explained during a sit-down with Good Morning America. “I’m the happiest I’ve been in my life, and that’s been the world to me.” People spoke with Underwood and Brown. View the full article

Published by Miami Herald A Florida Keys woman alleges that Island House, a decades-old resort in Key West’s Old Town, discriminates against cisgender women, transgender people and those who identify as non-binary by keeping a men-only policy for patrons. Amina Chaudhry, 38, of Cudjoe Key, filed her civil rights complaint last June against the resort with the Florida Commission on Human Rights. During two days of commission hearings in April, the resort’s owner and attorneys defended Island House, saying its business does not discriminate against anyone based on sex or gender. “Island House is not ‘men-only,’” attorney… Read More View the full article

Published by Global Voices TVORCHI performing “Heart of Steel” at the National Eurovision Final in December 2022. The song references what the Ukrainians have been experiencing amid Russia’s full-scale invasion — screenshot from YouTube. The band TVORCHI only shared one post to their Facebook page on Saturday night before they began performing in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest finals. The Ukrainian contestants shared an image with the word “Ternopil,” the name of the city where the band got its start, written in white text on a black background. On the evening of the Eurovision Grand Final performance, the city in wes… Read More View the full article

Published by Miami Herald The Florida Department of Education could visit a K-8 school in Hernando County as early as Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation into a fifth-grade teacher’s decision to show a Disney movie featuring a gay character in her classroom. A letter sent home to parents Friday and obtained by the Miami Herald indicated a representative from the Office of Professional Practices of the state’s education department “will be on campus on or about Wednesday, May 17, 2023.” If the parent has no objection, the representative “may interview your daughter/son in connection with an investigation of a … Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Anna Nicole Smith’s friend Melissa ‘Missy’ Byrum claims they had an unofficial wedding. Model Anna died in 2007 of combined drug intoxication, and was famously married to oil tycoon J Howard Marshall II in 1994, which was her second marriage and his third and made headlines as J Howard was 89 and Anna was 26 when they married. But Melissa, who appears in the new Netflix documentary ‘Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me’, has told People they were in a “secret” lesbian relationship and got hitched “in the backyard by the pool” in 1993. She said: “We became lovers, you know? And I mean real sober lovers – it was a conscious thing. “She said that she loved me. We’d now been through some bad relationships, both of us, with men. We decided that we just didn’t need men. “She gave me a set of wedding rings and we got married in the backyard by the pool with champagne. “I wore the rings. She wanted me to have a baby with her. But I always knew it wasn’t ever going to work out. Because she was never, ever going to settle down with one person.” Melissa added: “I was not (Anna’s) first female lover. But I knew it would not last. She needed more love than any one human being could give her.” She met Anna, who she calls ‘Nicki’ at a strip club in Houston in the late 1980s, not far from where Anna grew up, and they soon became friends. Melissa added: “From the minute I met her, she always told me she was gonna end up being a famous model. And she always told me she was gonna die young. “She was a princess. If she wanted something from you, you would deliver it. That’s how it worked. Nicki was adaptable and changeable to whatever circumstances were going on in your particular dynamic of a relationship, to get what she needed. “She started to manifest the character of Anna Nicole back then. She would even pretend to be stupid when she was dancing. I watched her do it all the time. She learned stripping that guys like to think you’re dumb if you’re that pretty.” View the full article

Published by The Kansas City Star WASHINGTON — Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley suspects that most young, unmarried men view watching pornography as an example of manliness. But in his new book, the Republican says men who watch porn aren’t really men at all. “Nothing could be more timid or weak, more sterile, than a man, alone, staring at porn on his phone,” Hawley wrote. “There is no risk involved, no exposure to hardship or danger in the least. It is, as (sociologist Mark) Regenerus calls it, cheap sex. And it cheapens everyone involved.” Hawley’s opposition to pornography — and his call to men to resist the temptation to watch it… Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Anna Nicole Smith is said to have been “gender fluid” before the world had a term for the sexual identity. Late model Anna died in 2007 of combined drug intoxication, and was famously married to oil tycoon J Howard Marshall II in 1994 when he was 89 and she was 26, but her friends have now come forward to talk of her other same-sex relationships. Anna’s fashion designer friend Pol Atteu, 57, who made many dresses for her, told People about how his old friend was neither straight or gay: “I would say she was fluid. We just did not have a name for it back then.” Another of her friends Ashley Wells Lewis added to the magazine about how she always wanted love: “She spent her life in pursuit of happily ever after.” When Anna wed J Howard it was her second marriage and his third. But her friend Missy Byrum, who is featured in Netflix’s new documentary ‘Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me’, told People they had an unofficial wedding. She said about how they were in a secret lesbian relationship and got hitched “in the backyard by the pool” in 1993: “We became lovers, you know? And I mean real sober lovers – it was a conscious thing. “She said that she loved me. We’d now been through some bad relationships, both of us, with men. We decided that we just didn’t need men. “She gave me a set of wedding rings and we got married in the backyard by the pool with champagne. “I wore the rings. She wanted me to have a baby with her. But I always knew it wasn’t ever going to work out. Because she was never, ever going to settle down with one person.” Melissa added: “I was not (Anna’s) first female lover. But I knew it would not last. She needed more love than any one human being could give her.” Melissa said her and Anna’s relationship ended over the model’s addiction to painkillers. Anna had faced accusations she had married J Howard to inherit his wealth after he died, which she consistently denied. Melissa backed up her claim and said: “She really loved him. The way he took care of her and looked out for her – she cared about him a lot. “She didn’t want people to think that she was after his money. (Her) aunt Kay and I both said, ‘If you love him, to heck with what people think!’” J Howard died in 1995 and Anna, whose first marriage was to cook Billy Wayne Smith when she was 17, did not marry again after his death. View the full article

Published by Euronews (English) The 17th of May is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. First conceived of in 2004, the day was first celebrated as the International Day Against Homophobia the following year. Since then, multiple LGBTQ+ initiatives and charities have worked together to grow its support and be inclusive to the trans community. For many trans people, transphobia is a fact of everyday life. Transphobic talking points are regular features of the media cycle, while right-wing lawmakers across the world work to legislate against trans rights. Even in people’s private lives, lack of under… Read More View the full article

Published by Reuters LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s conservative President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has signed a bill decriminialising euthanasia into law in the Catholic-majority country after parliament on Friday overturned the last of his four vetoes. His office said in a statement the president had enacted the legislation “as he is obliged” to do so under the constitution. Portugal becomes the sixth European Union country allowing the procedure. Opinion polls have long been showing the majority of Portuguese are in favour of the right to choose medically assisted death over suffering. In January 2021, a previous legislature passed the first bill that would have legalised medically assisted death under certain conditions, but Rebelo de Sousa vetoed it due to “excessively undefined concepts”. As parliament kept approving slightly amended versions, the president would send them back to the house or to the Constitutional Court, usually citing doubts over wording, which critics said were mere attempts to delay its introduction. On Friday, the 250-seat parliament voted by 129-81, with one abstention, to approve the bill without changes requested by Rebelo de Sousa, effectively overturning his veto. The centre-right main opposition Social Democratic Party has said, however, it will appeal against the law with the Constitutional Court. The law specifies that people would be allowed to request assistance in dying in cases when they are “in a situation of intense suffering, with definitive injury of extreme gravity or serious and incurable disease”. It establishes a two-month gap between accepting a request and the actual procedure and makes psychological support mandatory. Portugal spent a large part of the 20th century until the 1974 Carnation Revolution under fascist rule but has since implemented many liberal reforms. It decriminalised drug use in 2001, legalised abortions in 2007 and allowed same-sex marriage in 2010. (Reporting by Andrei Khalip; Editing by Angus MacSwan) View the full article

Published by Euronews (English) Anti-LGBTQ violence is here, it’s everywhere, and it isn’t going away any time soon — at least, that’s the latest assessment made by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a statement released on the eve of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), which the world celebrates on 17 May. In a stinging condemnation of enduring global anti-LGBTQ prejudice, the UN chief urged countries to end the criminalisation and systemic oppression of queer people. “Being yourself should never be a crime,” Guterres stated. “We cannot and will not move backwards.” The current state of… Read More View the full article

Published by PsyPost A team of urologists from Belgium and Turkey recently evaluated the scientific evidence regarding the importance of penis size. In their scientific review, published in the International Journal of Impotence Research, they write that inadequacies in the current body of research prevent definitive conclusions regarding the importance of penis size for sexual satisfaction in both women and men who have sex with men. While some studies suggest that penis size is not a significant factor, others indicate a preference for slightly larger sizes, particularly in terms of girth and especially for “hoo… Read More View the full article