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The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed district judge David Hittner's 2023 ruling that Senate Bill 12 was unconstitutional, meaning businesses could be fined $10,000 (£7,600) for hosting so-called sexually oriented performances. Drag artists could be charged with a class-A misdemeanour, punishable by up to a year in jail and a fine of $4,000 (£3,000).

Over the weekend, Georgia Tennant posted a series of screenshots on her Instagram Stories, detailing some of the horrendous messages she has received on the platform. In one post, shared by Metro, a troll dubbed Tennant "sick" and told her to "die" and to "go back to the street". They also shared a false claim about her marriage to Good Omens actor David Tennant, branding her the "ex-wife" of the actor. Other messages called her "disgusting" and a "dirty w****" who deserved to "die for good", per the Daily Mail.

The archival visual threads running through the magazine incluse "a squirting cucumber, an ancient Greek fertility statue, and a young Björn Borg looking at you excitedly, holding a small present," Merel says. The creative director collaborated with Kees de Klein for these odd yet cohesive images, pulled from his own personal archive, alongside Torbjørn Rødland's portfolio of images. Kees also shot portraits of Feeld members for the magazine's meet cute section, which he described as "like going on eight different dates", Merel says.

'I write publicly because I want to share this last journey, as I have shared so much of my activist life with you. You gave me a life's cause. It is wonderful to have had a life's cause: freedom and dignity for lesbians. I believe that's what lesbian feminism is really about: sharing. We built a movement by telling each other our lives and thoughts about the way life should be. We cut against the grain and rethought almost everything.'

For decades I've read about Diane and me being best friends rather than lovers. We weren't just friends. We aren't just friends. It was simply a burst of passion that lasted for years. And yes, I liked men too, but that didn't conflict with my love for Diane, the billionaire explained in his memoir.

The BBC has ruled that one of its most recognizable anchors breached impartiality standards after she changed the scripted term pregnant people to women live on air, a moment that went viral and was cheered online by gender-critical activists, including Harry Potter author JK Rowling. The British broadcaster's Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) found anchor Martine Croxall's facial expression and audible hesitation amounted to an implicit stance in the ongoing battle about trans language and categories.

In Pokémon GO, Community Days are a monthly event which see a specific Pokémon spawn on the game's map at an increased rate for a set period of time. Alongside giving trainers a chance to up the amount of candies they have for that specific Pokémon - vital for powering up and evolving - the increased spawn rate means you also have a boosted chance of encountering the much sought-after shiny variants, and the event also provides trainers with an exclusive attack as a reward for evolving the spotlighted Pokémon to its final form.

GK Barry, a podcast host, TikTok influencer and the youngest panellist on ITV's Loose Women, is a bona fide UK queer icon these days, and she's also one half of a couple that includes talented footballer Ella Rutherford. Last year, she joined other famous faces in the Australian jungle for I'm A Celebrity, which means she had to leave her girlfriend Ella behind. Ella Rutherford is a 25-year-old footballer who plays for Ipswich Town.

In 2013, I premiered my experimental short film, , at Outfest, and to my surprise, it won the Grand Jury Award. That moment wasn't just a career milestone; it was an act of recognition for the trans community. It affirmed that a trans artist could belong in cinema's future and that our stories could take up space in a world that had long refused to see us.

"Hey, I've got a question for you. Are you a good person?" the first mock text message reads. "YES! I'm good! Not perfect... but I've never done anything that bad!" the reply reads. In response, the next text states: "The Bible says; Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, no swindlers will inherit the Kingdom of God."

"For me, it was always my weight." "My queerness was something that I could handle and I could have a grasp on it," said the "Stay With Me" singer, who first came out to a friend at age 10. "But my weight as a kid was the hardest thing for me." Sam first spoke about their experience getting liposuction in a 2019 interview with Jameela Jamil, describing how it came after a doctor found their body was storing excessive amounts of estrogen in their chest.

DEAR ABBY: My longtime friend let's call her Cindy is six months pregnant and has started sharing name ideas with me. Cindy will hear a word she thinks sounds pretty and decide it will make a great name for her daughter, regardless of the meaning of the word. I had to beg her to stop considering Chlamydia as a name. She finally agreed after I repeatedly emphasized the bullying her daughter could receive over that name.

As the political backlash grows, these gaps become even more important to try to fill with some creative supports. That could be partnering with local LGBTQ+ community centers, community colleges and universities, or even mainstream media willing to do coverage of their local LGBTQ+ communities.

From Anthony Bridgerton to Prince Fiyero, Jonathan Bailey's resume is a master class in swoon. His charm is so evident that when crowned him 2025's Sexiest Man Alive on Nov. 3, the magazine included a winky pat on the back on their cover: "We know, we nailed it."

A graph, supposedly used to track the number of US citizens aged between 18 and 22 who identifed as trans or non-binary from 2021 to 2024, was created by American professor of psychology Jean Twenge, in response to claims by right-wing academic Eric Kaufmann that "trans identification is in free fall among the young". In a post on X/Twitter post earlier this month, Kaufmann shared "analysis" that he claimed showed fewer people were publicly identifying as trans. But the research was challenged by journalist Erin Reed, who said it contained "a massive statistical error" by ignoring binary trans people.

A new policy rolled out by the Pentagon effectively removes a crucial part of due process for military service members facing involuntary separation under Trump's second ban on transgender military members. Those who wish to argue against their separation at a board hearing will now have the final decision made by a superior who is not required to participate in that hearing.

Mexican word of the day: JUICY. Tell me if juicy ICE coming.

A cisgender woman in Arizona is speaking out after she says she was harassed by cops in the women's restroom of a Tucson Walmart late last month. Kalaya Morton, 19, of Phoenix, says she and her ex-girlfriend were using adjacent stalls in the store's women's restroom when two male sheriff's deputies entered. 'They were flashing lights on our feet and saying, 'You have to get out of here. You have to come out. We need to talk to you,'' Morton told .

NHS patients who are already receiving these medicines for gender incongruence and/or gender dysphoria can continue to access them, as can patients receiving the medicines for other uses.