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Published by AlterNet Prosecutors in Florida have dropped charges against Retired District of Columbia Police Lieutenant Brett Parson, who last year was accused of soliciting sex with an underage male. Parson, who during his career led DC’s Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit, “was arrested in Broward County, Florida, in February 2022 and charged with two counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor — a 16-year-old boy,” WTOP reported on Tuesday. “According to prosecutors,” the outlet continued, “Parson and the boy agreed to meet at a gas station, then drove to a more remote parking lot, where they engaged in sexual ac… Read More View the full article

Published by Global Voices Made by Global Voices with OpenAI The Twitter account of the Feminist Resistance Movement (a grassroots anti-war organisation originated in Russia) published tragic news about the death of a transgender girl from Russia who committed suicide in a refugee camp in the city of Drachten in the Netherlands. Трансгендерная девушка из России покончила с собой в лагере для беженцев в Нидерландах Хина Захарова подала прошение о предоставлении ей убежища в декабре 2022 года. Ранее девушка сообщала, что в стране серьёзные проблемы с очередью на получение гормонозаместительной терапии.pic.twitter.com/H5BA… Read More View the full article

Published by NJ.com New Jersey is everywhere. But everywhere is not New Jersey. Actor Kal Penn, who was born and raised in the Garden State, knows that very well. “Being from New Jersey is like an ethnicity,” Penn once said in an interview with NJ Advance Media. So when the star of the “Harold & Kumar” movies became a guest host on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” this week, he relished the chance to riff on an “only in Jersey”-type news story. “Let’s check in on my home state of New Jersey,” Penn said, introducing one segment on Tuesday night’s show. “I’m sure they’re not doing anything incredibly stupid.” Penn… Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Azealia Banks was once so “broke” she had to sleep in storage space. The 31-year-old rap star now has an estimated net worth of $3 milllion but admitted there was a time when there was no work coming in for her despite her fame and ended up sleeping rough. She told Dazed magazine: “There was a point in time when people didn’t want to book me. I had n***** stealing my royalties and all type of s***. “Like, there was a point in time when I was so f****** broke that I was sleeping in a storage space. You know, famous and broke.” The ‘Broke with Expensive Taste’ hitmaker has made various controversial comments over the years including joking that she wanted to “spray a gay man in the face with pepper spray” and ended up banned from Twitter in 2020 over a series of tweets deemed transphobic but insisted that others are also capable of making “bad jokes”, quipping that they also get paid for it. She said: “Everybody makes a bad joke sometimes. Like, who cares? Quentin Tarantino gets paid $500m to make really bad jokes all the time, you know? Come on. Let me get my s*** off!” Meanwhile, Azealia lost her dad at the age of two to a battle with cancer and was often left wondering if her mother would ever come back following her schizophrenia diagnosis, leaving the future rap star to be raised by caretakers. She said: “I was raised by Dominican caretakers. My mom would throw them a couple thousand dollars and just disappear for five weeks. I would just be in my head, like, ‘Does my mother not want me anymore? Is she coming back? Is she alive?’ She would brag about how she did witchcraft and killed my father!” View the full article

Published by The Kansas City Star Kansas City-based endocrinologist Brandon Barthel has provided care for transgender adults for six years, including helping them go through hormone therapy. When he sees patients and talks to colleagues these days, he sometimes hears fear. The onslaught of legislation across Missouri, Kansas and much of the country targeting gender-affirming care has unsettled the region’s small community of providers and the patients who turn to these doctors, counselors and others to help them navigate difficult questions of gender and sex. Barthel worries the measures have created a chilling effect on docto… Read More View the full article

Published by St. Louis Post-Dispatch It’s problematic enough that a federal judge in Texas known for his aggressively right-wing politics from the bench is presiding over a lawsuit that seeks to outlaw a widely used abortion drug. If past is prelude, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk will do whatever he can to aid the anti-choice plaintiffs — as demonstrated by his remarkably brazen attempt this week to thwart protests and media coverage of the case. Kacsmaryk is a Donald Trump appointee who has a history of controversial rulings on immigration, LGBTQ rights and other issues. In the current case, he tried to postpone putting a Wednesday he… Read More View the full article

Published by Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Margot Douaihy reached Chicago’s Lincoln Park in a roundabout way. She grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She came from a religious family and a long line of clergy. She went to Catholic school, but as she got older, Douaihy felt distanced from the church. She was queer and in the closet. She moved to Massachusetts and became a poet. Several years ago, when she decided to tiptoe toward her love of mystery novels, she came up with a kind of homage to the hard-boiled detective thriller, with a twist: Her amateur sleuth was a queer badass nun. The book critiqued institutions, foreground… Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Diplo has “got a b*** job from a guy” before but doesn’t think it is “that gay”. The ‘Lean On’ producer – who has previously dated the likes of Katy Perry and M.I.A. – admitted he has received oral sex from a man in the past but doesn’t want to “define” himself as homosexual, though he could potentially see himself with a male “life-partner”. Speaking to Emily Ratajkowski on her ‘High Low’ podcast, he said: “I don’t want to define that I’m gay, but I think the best answer I have is I’m not not gay. “There’s a couple guys that I’d be like, ‘I could date this guy… life partner-wise.’ I’m not really aroused by men that much, that I know about. “I’m sure that I’ve got a b*** job from a guy before. I’ve got a lot of b*** jobs… Getting a b*** job’s not that gay, I think.” The 44-year-old producer – whose real name is Thomas Wesley Pentz – began talking about his sexuality after he explained his TikTok algorithm has recently showed him a number of “hot guys” chipping wood. Emily, 31, the asked if TikTok is why Diplo knows he isn’t completely heterosexual. He replied: “Maybe. The wood-chopping guy is kinda sexy. They’re hot guys, but I don’t know if that’s gonna be the thing that’s gonna set me over into the gay side, totally, is the wood-choppers, but they’re pretty hot guys.” He then described himself as “more of a vibe guy” than being concerned about a person’s gender, and he’s reflected on how “fluid” younger men seem to be now than when he was growing up. He said: “Men that are younger than me, and I meet a lot in the scene, they’re very fluid. It never was like that when I was in high school. “There was definitely like, you had gay kids in school, and you had gay cousins or whatever. It was different than it is now. “We knew that there was gay kids in middle school, but high school, there was always a small gay community at every school. “When everybody was coming out, like ‘Doss is gay,’ all these artists were gay, I felt like it wasn’t crazy. “It’s just weird how the temperature of our culture changed so much, but I thought it was never weird to be gay.” View the full article

Published by Radar Online Mega Nearly 40 Russian officials have been found dead under mysterious circumstances after criticizing Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, RadarOnline.com has learned. In a startling development to come more than one year after Putin first invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a total of 39 Russian oligarchs, scientists, and military generals have been found dead under “odd” and “unexplained” circumstances. Mega According to Daily Star, nearly all of the 39 deceased passed away from mysterious “suicides” and “accidents” and were found dead shortly after criticizing the 70-year-old Russian leader and denouncing his war in Ukraine. Most recently, Russian real estate tycoon Sergey Grishin – who made headlines after selling Prince Harry and Meghan Markle their Montecito, California mansion – died from sepsis after criticizing Putin’s military regime. Mega Even more shocking was an incident last week in which a Russian scientist named Andrey Botikov was found strangled to death with his belt inside his Moscow apartment not long after denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to Russian sources, Botikov – who was once in charge of creating a Covid-19 vaccine for Russia – was “most likely” murdered on behalf of Putin and the Kremlin. Vladimir Putin’s Allies Drop Like Flies As Russia Enters Second Year Since Invading Ukraine Vladimir Putin ‘Concerned About His Own Safety’ As Russian Oligarchs And Generals Turn On Embattled Politician Vladimir Putin Suffers New Mutiny As Russian Troops Refuse To Fight In Ukraine: ‘We’re Being Sent To Certain Death’ As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Grishin and Botikov’s sudden and mysterious deaths came just weeks after millionaire Russian sausage tycoon Pavel Antov was declared dead after falling from a hotel window in India while on vacation for his 66th birthday. Vladimir Budanov, Antov’s close associate, was also found dead after suffering an alleged heart attack in India less than 48 hours before Antov fell to his death. Mega But while the mysterious and sudden deaths of nearly 40 Russian officials over the past year have created suspicion towards Putin and the Kremlin, an intelligence official named Professor Anthony Glees has since claimed the passings are nothing more than a “course of conduct” for the Russian leader and his acolytes. “There are two kinds of victim, as far as we can tell: those who are opposed to Putin’s Ukraine policies,” Glees explained, “and those who Putin believes have double-crossed him.” 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 “Oligarchs from the world of business who have taken the money but not done his bidding, whether kept cash not meant for them, or opposed him politically,” Glees continued, “or perhaps both.” “It is this that makes [Putin] so dangerous.” Meanwhile, Putin has reportedly started to grow increasingly more paranoid that he may be assassinated in a potential coup over his failure to successfully take Ukraine more than one year after launching an invasion that was purportedly only supposed to take a matter of days. View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Tilda Swinton has refused to adhere to COVID-19 protocols on the set of her new movie. The 62-year-old actress had been told to wear a mask “at all times” whilst on the set of her upcoming motion picture – which is set to begin shooting in Ireland within the coming months – but refused to do so as she insisted she is “very healthy” despite having contracted the virus multiple times. Speaking as part of her keynote speech at the SXSW Film and TV Festival on Monday (13.03.23), she said: “I’m about to shoot a picture in Ireland, and I was told to wear a mask at all times, and I’m not. I’m sure this is being recorded. I’ve had COVID-19 multiple times so I’m full of antibodies and very healthy.” In 2022, the Academy Award-winning actress explained that while she had got off “relatively lightly” with the virus, she still suffered from vertigo and noticed a mental decline as she struggled to learn her lines for various projects. She said: “I was coughing like an old gentleman who smoked a pipe for 70 years, and had nasty vertigo. I got off relatively lightly, but the worst thing is how it affected my brain. I did two films that I had to learn a lot of text for. I’m normally quite quick at studying, and picking stuff up, but this was like chewing a really big piece of gum. I couldn’t remember my lines. [I have recovered] More or less, but I’m still forgetting things. I have to work my brain!” View the full article

Published by Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday issued an executive order aimed at expanding background checks for gun purchases to bring down mass shootings in the country. Biden also asked Congress to take additional action to reduce gun violence and urged the Federal Trade Commission to issue a public report analyzing how gun manufacturers market firearms to minors, according to the order released by the White House (Reporting by Kanishka Singh and Rami Ayyub in Washington, Editing by Doina Chiacu) View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Jamie Lee Curtis has tearfully told how she has decided to call her Oscar trophy “they/them” in honour of her transgender daughter Ruby. The ‘Halloween’ actress, 64, scooped Best Supporting Actress for her role in the multi-Oscar winning ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ during Sunday’s (12.03.23) 95th Academy Awards, and started sobbing during a video link appearance on the ‘Today’ show on Tuesday (14.03.23) while watching her acceptance speech back for the first time. She wiped away tears as she told hosts Savannah Guthrie, 51, and Hoda Kotb, 58, after the footage of her emotion-filled moment of victory was played: “I hadn’t watched that. So, that was the first time I’ve seen it.” Jamie – who has adopted daughters Ruby, 27, and Annie, 36, with her 75-year-old husband Christopher Guest – added as she held up her Oscars statue and declared it was non-binary: “Here they are! In support of my daughter Ruby, I’m having them be a they/them. I’m just going to call them ‘them’ – they/them. And they are doing great. They are settling in.” Jamie first revealed Ruby was transgender in 2021, and told AARP magazine she and Christopher had “watched in wonder and pride as our son became our daughter Ruby’. Jamie also said after Sunday’s Oscars about having gender-neutral awards categories, and the inclusivity challenges that would come with the move: “Obviously I would like to see a lot more women be nominated so that there’s gender parity in all the areas and all the branches, and I think we’re getting there. “We’re not anywhere near there. And of course, the inclusivity then that involves the bigger question, which is, how do you include everyone when there are binary choices, which is very difficult. “As the mother of a trans daughter I completely understand that.” Jamie also warned: “And yet, to de-gender the category, also, I’m concerned (that) will diminish the opportunities for more women, which is something I also have been working hard to try to promote. “So it’s a complicated question, but I think the most important thing is inclusivity and more women.” View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Blac Chyna has vowed to dissolve her face filler as part of her dramatic make-under. The 34-year-old model and reality TV star, who rose to fame as Nicki Minaj’s stunt double in the music video for the rapper’s ‘Monster’ hit, also said she was going to stop using “long stiletto nails” after she shocked fans by last week toning down her trademark curves with a breast and bum reduction. She told of her intentions to make her beauty regime even plainer when a fan commented on her most recent Instagram posts, saying: “Please get some face filler dissolved too… you don’t need it and would look 10x more beautiful without it.” Blac – real name Angela White, who has son King, 10, with rapper Tyga, 33, and daughter Dream, six, with 35-year-old Rob Kardashian – replied it is “next on my list”. And in an Instagram Story post in which she showed off her bare, natural nails, she added: “I feel so free without the long stiletto nails. “Shoutout to all the women that wear them. They no longer serve my purpose.” The socialite, who has had a huge range of cosmetic surgeries including four breast surgeries, liposuction, and a silicone backside enlargement when she was 19, posted a series of videos to Instagram documenting her surgeries. She said: “I just want all the ladies out there to know: do not get silicone shots because you can get sick, you can die, have complications and all this other crazy stuff. “I’m past that stage. Been there, done that. I’m passing the baton to the younger ladies.” She added she was heading into “a different way” in her life and captioned her post: “I want you all to be a part of my life changing journey. I reduced my breasts and gluteus maximus. “You all have the power to heal your life, and you need to know that.” Her final video in the series about her surgeries showed her lying in bed in a darkened room covered in bandages, and said she was a few days into recovering from her make-under. Blac added about her latest procedures: “I must say I am very very very happy. “I’m in recovery mode. I’ve got my bandages on… also I got the reduction in my butt. Normally my procedure would have taken four hours tops. “My procedure took over eight and a half hours, y’all. Whatever that silicone mass in my buttocks kept clogging the machine and breaking the machine.” Blac recently said she was deactivating her OnlyFans account – said to have made her $240 million after she offered a subscription for $450 a year – because of her kids. View the full article

Published by Raw Story An all-ages drag event in Ohio recently was disrupted by a group of neo-Nazis who chanted “there will be blood.” Newsweek reports that the event, which took place in Wadsworth, Ohio this past weekend, attracted not only neo-Nazis but other anti-LGBTQ groups including local chapters of White Lives Matter and the Proud Boys, both of which reportedly tried to distance themselves from the self-avowed Nazis who shared their distaste for drag events. In fact, Newsweek notes that spats between the Nazis and the other anti-drag activists got so intense at one point that local police actually had to de… Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Julia Garner has her “fingers crossed” that the Madonna biopic will happen. The ‘Ozark’ star is set to play the ‘Material Girl’ hitmaker on the big screen and is still hopeful that the project will come to fruition despite being shelved for the time being as the pop icon embarks on her ‘Celebration’ world tour. Julia, 29, told Entertainment Tonight at the Vanity Fair Oscars party on Sunday (12.03.23): “Yeah, yeah. I don’t want to tell too much. I want to keep things… yeah, fingers crossed.” Madonna is set to direct her own biopic and the Queen of Pop believes that she is the only person who can do justice to her own story. The 64-year-old singer said: “I’ve had an extraordinary life, I must make an extraordinary film. “It was also a pre-emptive strike, because a lot of people were trying to make movies about me. Mostly misogynistic men. So, I put my foot in the door and said, ‘No one’s going to tell my story but me.’ “I have a very long script that is really hard for me to make shorter. I’ve been whittling away at it, but it’s like hacking off my limbs.” Madonna has previously opened up about the “draining” experience of writing a script that covers her childhood in Michigan to global superstardom. The ‘Like a Prayer’ singer said: “Writing my script is the most draining, challenging experience I’ve ever had. “It’s kind of like psychotherapy in a way, because I have to remember every detail from my childhood till now. “Remembering all the things that made me decide to be who I am, my journey as an artist, my decision to leave Michigan to go to New York, all the things that happened to me when I was young and naive, my relationships with my family and friends, watching many of my friends die.” View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Lady Gaga wanted people to see the “real” version of herself when she went without makeup at the Oscars. The 36-year-old pop icon – who is known for wearing extravagant costumes and makeup – appeared at the annual awards ceremony on Sunday (12.03.23) to give a stripped-back performance of ‘Hold My Hand’ from ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and according to producer Ricky Kirshner, was so busy shooting ‘Joker: Folie: A Deux’ that she “didn’t have time” to do anything grand before hitting the stage bare-faced. He told The Hollywood Reporter: “We’ve built up trust in the relationship with Gaga over the years — I did the Super Bowl with her and Glenn has done many awards shows with her, including the ‘Shallow’ performance on the Oscars. “She really wanted to do something. She honestly was shooting her movie [the ‘Joker’ sequel] — there was no trickery involved. And Thursday, at four-something, we got a text that she wanted to try something, didn’t have time to put together a big performance, but wanted it to be raw and people to see the real Gaga, and, with a voice like that, you don’t need much more than that.” Ricky added that part of his job is “going with the flow” as he recalled that it was touch-and-go whether the ‘Poker Face’ hitmaker would even be able to perform at all. He said: “We’re doing the show for the people in the room and the people watching at home. Some people make it and some don’t. Glenn honestly said on Wednesday [during a preshow press conference] that Gaga wouldn’t perform, and then on Thursday and Friday that changed. We just go with the flow and produce the show for the people that are there and the people that we’re working with.” View the full article

Published by NJ.com DEAR ABBY: A dear friend, “Lorraine,” contacted me because her daughter “Gabby” came out to her as bisexual and Lorraine knew I had experience with “this type of thing.” My daughter is bisexual. Lorraine was repulsed by her daughter’s revelation and upset that Gabby expected her to be supportive and wear pride stickers, etc. My friend didn’t understand why she needed to be proud, and she told Gabby that even if she were a murderer she would still love her, and that was all that was important. I’m mortified and unsure how to handle this. We fly my daughter’s flag outside her window. We wear pri… Read More View the full article

Published by DPA A rainbow flag flies outside the Autobahnkirche St. Christophorus on the sidelines of the blessing of same-sex couples. There has been a sharp reaction from the Vatican to a decision by the Catholic Church in Germany to approve blessing ceremonies for homosexual couples. Benedikt Spether/dpa There has been a sharp reaction from the Vatican to a decision by the Catholic Church in Germany to approve blessing ceremonies for homosexual couples. Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin told journalists in Rome on Monday evening that a local church cannot make decisions that affect the universal church. Parolin, who is one of the most influential cardinals internationally, said that the Holy See has already expressed itself “clearly and unequivocally” on the subject in the past, and any change required a discussion with the Vatican and the other churches of the world. However Parolin played down suggestions that the move by German Catholics could be seen as a rebellion. “There have always been tensions and different positions in the Church,” he said. The Vatican will now continue the dialogue with the German bishops to clarify how those decisions can be integrated into the so-called Synodal Way of the universal Church, he said. Germany’s synodal assembly on the reform of the Catholic Church decided last week to allow official blessing ceremonies for homosexual couples. A working group is now to be formed to prepare a handout for the blessing ceremonies “in a timely manner.” The handout is to specify how the blessing ceremonies are to take place. As soon as this handout is ready, each bishop can implement the blessing celebrations in his diocese. An evaluation of the experience will be carried out in 2026. View the full article

Published by Reuters UK By Federico Maccioni MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s right-wing government has told Milan’s city council to stop registering same-sex parents’ children, re-igniting a debate around Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s conservative agenda. Italy legalised same-sex civil unions in 2016, overriding opposition from Catholic and conservative groups, yet it fell short of giving them adoption rights, fearing that it would encourage surrogate pregnancies, which remain illegal. In the absence of clear legislation on the issue some courts have ruled in favour of allowing same sex couples to adopt each others’ chil… Read More View the full article

Published by Raw Story Mike Pence’s homophobic joke about Pete Buttigieg sparked a brief clash on “The View.” The former vice president mocked the transportation secretary for taking “maternity” leave while U.S. airline travelers faced delays and other issues after he and his husband adopted twins, which Pence said caused Americans to develop postpartum depression, but conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin wasn’t as troubled by his remarks as her fellow panelists. “Pence has been a champion of paternity leave, so I think that’s what was an issue for me with it not landing,” Griffin said. “He knew it was [called] paterni… Read More View the full article

Published by OK Magazine MEGA Diplo is getting candid about his history in the bedroom — but he doesn’t feel the need to put a label on his sexuality. During the Tuesday, March 14, episode of Emily Ratajkowski‘s “High Low” Podcast, Diplo sat down with the stunning model and revealed he’s had multiple sexual encounters with men. MEGA While the famous DJ isn’t “aroused by men that much,” he confirmed, “I’m sure I’ve gotten a blow job from a guy before. … For sure. 100 [percent], yeah.” Despite receiving oral pleasure from a male, Diplo hasn’t “defined” his sexuality, however, he admitted he’s “not not gay.” The My Body author asked the 44-year-old if there was a “specific memory” of his NSFW endeavors, but Diplo was seemingly too shy to share. “I’ve gotten a lot of blow jobs, but I don’t know. I mean, getting a blow job is not that gay, I think,” the music producer quipped, to which Ratajkowski, 31, let out a laugh and responded, “I don’t know. You tell me?” MEGA The mother-of-one wasted no time getting down to business with Diplo during their chat, as she initiated the conversation about the Major Lazer creator’s sexuality. “We should talk about what you said to me last night, which is that you’re a little gay,” Ratajkowski expressed at the beginning of the podcast episode. From Lil Nas X To Halsey, Re-Create The Best Grammys Red Carpet Makeup Looks At The Sephora Sale — Shop Now From Family Squabbles To Expanding Their Young Brood & More: Everything To Know About Joe Jonas & Sophie Turner’s Relationship Diplo Posts Shirtless Airplane Bathroom Selfie As Shocking Sexual Assault Accusations Arise 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! “You want to cut right into that? I was really into the social media [questions],” the father-of-three sarcastically replied. Per Diplo’s request, the dynamic duo began chatting about Instagram and TikTok — which reminded the American DJ about the “sexy” woodchopping men he frequently sees on his For You Page. MEGA “They’re hot guys. I don’t know if that’s gonna be the thing that’s gonna send me over to the gay side totally,” Diplo humorously confessed before asking Ratajkowski if the social media app can “tell you that you’re gay.” “I was on lesbian TikTok for a while, and it was like, ‘OK. Insightful,'” the Gone Girl actress — who previously posted a video hinting she was bisexual — admitted, before bringing the conversation “back to [him] being gay,” a possibility Ratajkowski called “exciting.” “You should be happy. … I could just be talking to you only about your relationships to women. I like that you’re a little flexible,” she joked. Diplo reiterated that he doesn’t “want to define that [he’s] gay. I think the best answer I have is I’m not not gay.” “There are a couple guys … I could date, life partner-wise,” he stated, noting he’s “more of a vibe guy … over gender.” Diplo expressed his appreciation that “the temperature of our culture has changed,” specifically in regard to men being more “fluid.” The Grammy winner thought back to when he was younger, recalling: “You had gay kids at school and gay cousins or whatever, but it was different than it is now.” “I thought it was, like, weird to be gay,” he concluded about the matter. View the full article