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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

Published by Reuters By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed into law a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care such as puberty blockers or hormone therapy for transgender youth, and also enacts obstacles for adults to access treatment. Taking effect in the third most populous U.S. state, the law escalates a Republican political strategy to pursue bills restricting transgender rights. More than 500 bills affecting LGBTQ matters have been proposed across the country and at least 48 have been enacted, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Such bills were once mostly limited to regulating changing rooms and women’s sports but have expanded to limiting healthcare access even for transgender adults. In some cases legislation has sought to charge parents and doctors with child abuse if they provide treatment to transgender youth. “This will permanently outlaw the mutilation of minors,” DeSantis said at a bill-signing ceremony in Tampa. “I mean they’re trying to do sex change operations on minors, giving them puberty blockers and doing things that are irreversible to them,” the Republican governor said. “We think this is very wrong.” DeSantis, who is expected to launch a bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination in the coming weeks, has staked part of his political future on cultural issues surrounding LGBTQ rights. In addition to Florida, at least 14 other states have banned treatments for transgender youth, although many face legal challenges in the courts. Surgery for minors is exceedingly rare and only occurs after extensive monitoring by multiple medical professionals. Many Republican supporters of the bills distrust the prevailing medical consensus, which endorses gender-affirming care and in some cases considers it life-saving. Instead, opponents of transgender healthcare claim it is dangerous and experimental, with some labeling the measures as chemical castration or child abuse. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) criticized passage of the bill, saying it interfered with the doctor-patient relationship. “Florida’s bill has created a chilling effect on the medical community by inserting politics into health care,” Marci Bowers, the association’s president, said in a statement. The Florida law, known as Senate Bill 254, requires transgender adults to obtain written consent on a form adopted by the Board of Medicine and Board of Osteopathic Medicine – two oversight boards whose members are appointed by the governor and have already taken steps to restrict transgender care under DeSantis. In addition, the new law, which takes effect immediately, grants state courts jurisdiction in child custody battles over transgender minors when a Florida parent opposes treatment that is being pursued under an out-of-state parent. DeSantis also signed into law a so-called “bathroom bill” requiring all restrooms or locker rooms at public facilities to be used exclusively for people based on their gender at birth. “A woman shouldn’t be in a locker room having to worry about someone from the opposite sex being in their locker room,” DeSantis said. (Reporting by Daniel Trotta; additional reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta; Editing by David Gregorio) View the full article

Published by Orlando Sentinel Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a series of bills on Wednesday taking aim at transgender treatments for minors, pronouns in schools, bathroom use and keeping children out of drag shows. “We are not doing the pronoun Olympics in Florida,” DeSantis said during an event at a Christian school in Tampa. “It’s not happening here.” He spoke at a lectern with a sign that read, “Let Kids Be Kids.” LGBTQ advocates dubbed the measures the “slate of hate,” calling it the most extensive package of anti-LGBTQ legislation passed in one legislative session in Florida’s history. “This is an all-out attack on freedom…. Read More View the full article

Published by Radar Online Will / MEGA; Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency / MEGA Justin Timberlake is hell-bent on getting an advance copy of Britney Spears‘ juicy tell-all after the pop star signed a $15 million deal to spill secrets about her life and meteoric rise to fame, insiders close to the former NSYNC hitmaker claimed. Earlier this week, RadarOnline.com learned that Spears’ memoir hit a roadblock and was shockingly delayed over concerns from some A-listers who are worried about what the songstress will share with the world in what is anticipated to be a best-seller. 2004 RAMEY PHOTO It’s unknown exactly which of her fellow celebrities’ concerns led to her book being pushed back, but one source close to the situation claimed Timberlake could be one of them. “Justin’s future is literally in the hands of Britney,” tattled an insider about their whirlwind romance which spanned from early 1999 until 2002. “She knows everything.” Never miss a story — sign up for the RadarOnline.com newsletter to get your daily dose of dope. Daily. Breaking. Celebrity news. All free. 2002 RAMEY PHOTO Britney Spears’ ‘Brutally Honest’ Memoir Scheduled To Release In Fall: ‘This Book Will Shake The World’ Britney Spears’ Ex-Husband Jason Alexander Remarries Nearly One Year After Wedding Crash Arrest Britney Spears’ Longtime Manager Allegedly Had ‘Career Intervention’ For Singer In Cabo “Justin is apologetic and trying to get hold of the manuscript before anyone else does,” the source added. “He has a PR war room set up, but they can’t do anything until they read what she has to say.” RadarOnline.com has reached out to a Timberlake rep for comment. The US Sun reported on Sunday that publisher, Simon & Schuster, was already starting to feel the heat even though an official release date has not been announced. MEGA “There are a lot of nervous A-listers,” an insider told the outlet. “Strongly worded legal letters have been sent to the publishers by people who know Britney.” It was claimed Spears will leave no stone unturned within the pages, sharing never-before-heard details about her brief fling with actor Colin Farrell in 2003. Sources claim she wrote about a tacky gift he sent her after their romance fizzled, a bumper sticker that allegedly read, “Honk If You’ve Slept With Colin Farrell.” Farrell has yet to confirm or deny the claims. GDA Photo Service/Newscom/The Mega Agency An insider told RadarOnline.com exclusively there has “not been this much secrecy around a book since Prince Harry‘s memoir.” And that’s not all. It’s claimed “there’s no way Justin’s going to get an advance copy — unless Britney sends him one.” View the full article

Published by Radar Online Mega Senator Kyrsten Sinema reportedly used tens of thousands of dollars in campaign funds to pay for her expenses while traveling the country to participate in marathons and triathlons, RadarOnline.com has learned. In a surprising development to come months after Sinema abruptly left the Democratic Party in December 2022, the now-independent senator has been accused of using campaign funds to pay her travel expenses and other amenities on at least six separate occasions between 2019 and 2022. Mega Even more surprising are the claims that the 46-year-old Arizona senator also held campaign fundraisers during those trips in an apparent effort to legitimize her campaign money spending. That is the sudden revelation shared by Daily Beast on Sunday in a newly published report exposing Sinema’s campaign money spending over the past four years. Mega According to the outlet, Sinema’s campaign spent $1,500 on “meeting meals” and “event supplies” in April 2022 while the senator was in Massachusetts to participate in last year’s Boston Marathon. Sinema’s campaign also reportedly spent an additional $8,740 in “lodging expenses” at an “unspecified Ritz-Carlton Hotel” that same month. U.S. Military Tracking Another Mysterious Balloon Flying Over Hawaii Senator Lindsey Graham Calls Taxpayer-Funded Abortion ‘Barbaric’ As Supreme Court Rules On Mifepristone Use U.S. Navy Picks Active-Duty Drag Queen for Face of New Recruitment Program Meanwhile, the independent senator reportedly collected more than $16,000 in campaign contributions while in Boston for the marathon – suggesting that Sinema held some sort of campaign fundraiser while in Massachusetts that month. Daily Beast further alleged that Sinema used campaign funds to bankroll several other trips she took to participate in marathons and triathlons in recent years, including the Mountains2Beach Marathon in Ventura County, California, in May 2019, the Light at The End of the Tunnel Marathon outside Seattle, Washington, in June 2021, and another Boston Marathon in October 2021. Mega But while Sinema allegedly spent thousands of dollars in campaign funds to pay for catering, lodging, and transportation expenses during those trips, she also reportedly collected an average of $20,000 in campaign contributions during each trip. According to campaign finance experts who spoke with Daily Beast, Sinema did not break any Federal Election Commission rules by using campaign funds due to the fact she held campaign fundraisers during the trips – but at least one expert acknowledged Sinema is “pushing the gray area” of the FEC’s rules by “appearing to tie legitimate campaign activity to unrelated personal pursuits.” Never miss a story — sign up for the RadarOnline.com newsletter to get your daily dose of dope. Daily. Breaking. Celebrity news. All free. Mega “Tacking some personal activities on to a fundraising trip is generally going to be fine,” Brendan Fischer, the deputy executive director of the watchdog group Documented, told the outlet. “But this appears to be the inverse—tacking fundraisers on to personal trips to justify the use of campaign funds to cover the costs.” “The FEC generally isn’t going to scrutinize this kind of spending,” he explained. “But at the same time, I doubt any FEC commissioners would declare that a candidate may travel anywhere they want using donor funds, as long as they ask another donor for more money while there.” View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Lady Gaga’s $22.5 million mansion compound was reportedly the centre of a security scare after a man brought her flowers. Cops are said to have rushed to the 37-year-old ‘Poker Face’ singer’s sprawling estate in Malibu, California, on Thursday (11.05.23) after security called them to report a man on the property carrying a bunch of blossoms. TMZ said a source told them “the singer’s security detained the man… and when police arrived, he told cops he was just dropping off flowers”. The outlet added the man “only made it to the base of Lady Gaga’s driveway before he was stopped” and officers were said to have told him “it wasn’t a good idea to try and give Gaga anything”. But TMZ said their insider claimed the man had been spotted before on her property, adding he “often drops off little gifts for her”. It is understood the man was not arrested over the flower incident. TMZ added: “Lady Gaga was home when cops came racing over… but we’re told she had no contact with the flower-bearing man and was instead safely inside her estate.” Gaga has been targeted for years by stalkers, including in a scary incident in 2012 when she was left “shaken” after one of her fans got backstage at one of her shows. The ‘Bad Romance’ singer’s team called police after a woman forced her way into the holding area of London’s 02 Arena during her concert and was found heading for Gaga’s dressing room. An insider said at the time: “Gaga was understandably shaken by the incident but was a consummate professional and continued as per normal, putting on a dazzling show.” The fan, who was said to be known as a “nuisance” to Gaga’s security, was reported to have gone to “great lengths” to get to the singer, and was found with forged backstage passes. The same year, Gaga’s breast was grabbed by another fan outside a hotel in Paris. View the full article

Published by Al-Araby After capturing hearts in Qatar World Cup, Moroccan footballer Zakaria Aboukhlal broke them on Sunday after announcing his boycott of Ligue’s yearly pro-LGBTQ+ campaign. “I don’t believe I am the most suitable person to participate in this campaign,” wrote the twenty-two-year-old Toulouse FC player in a press release on Sunday. As the French League 1 championship kicked off over the weekend, all teams in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 will have jerseys bearing the rainbow colours, a symbolic support of the LGBTQ+ community. The Moroccan winger, who joined the French club Toulouse FC last June, reportedly… Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Faye Marsay thinks authentic casting is “super important”. The 36-year-old actress – who starred in the 2014 comedy-drama film ‘Pride’ – admits that the debate over straight actors’ entitlement to portray LGBTQ characters is “tricky”. She told The Independent: “I do think that authentic casting is super important. Because those are lived experiences and there are groups of people who might not get the parts they want by virtue of who they are and what their sexuality or their orientation is. “I don’t think it’s [necessarily] this or that. But equal opportunity to explore those roles – certainly for people who were overlooked due to their sexual orientation – I think we need to be mindful of that.” ‘Pride’ centred on a group of lesbian and gay activists who raised money to support families affected by the miners’ strike in the UK in the 1980s. Faye suggested that the movie, and its themes, remain as relevant now as they did in 2014. She explained: “I think it’s tricky, because the culture we’re in right now is very polarised. The algorithm is strong. So people are only seeing what their beliefs are.” The actress bemoaned the influence of social media platforms, suggesting that algorithms serve up content that their users will agree with. Faye – who also starred in the 2017 war drama film ‘Darkest Hour’ – said: “I believe that’s how an algorithm [works]. But like I said, I’m a rubbish millennial.” Meanwhile, Faye previously confessed that she felt a “massive responsibility” while making ‘Pride’. The film star told Den of Geek: “I make myself not well sometimes, because I just want to be good at it, and I want people to enjoy it. When I’m working, I’m not saving anyone’s life or anything like that, but it becomes a massive responsibility.” View the full article

Published by Global Voices People gathered at first Nepal Pride Parade near the Federal parliament of Nepal on June 29, 2019. Image via Wikimedia Commons by AllyProud. CC BY-SA 4.0. On May 2, 2023, same-sex marriage is finally to be legalised by order of the Supreme Court in Nepal after several years of legal disputes. In addition, the court recommended extending recognition to other same-sex relationships. This landmark decision makes Nepal the first country in South Asia to permit same-sex marriage. The protection of LGBTQ+ rights and their recognition as fundamental rights was initially acknowledged in the new consti… Read More View the full article