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#lgbtq-issues

Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in Western China and the country's fourth largest city, has for years been referred to as "Gaydu" by Chinese millennials wise to the cosmopolitan city's reputation as China's "gay capital". Recent detentions are evidence that the government's tolerance for Chengdu's notoriety as a gay hub is fraying. Two Chinese men who allegedly produced and shared an AI-manipulated photo of two "gay pandas" from Chengdu - known as China's "panda capital", as well - have been detained

Sykes opened her remarks by thanking the Golden Globes for having her, "because you know there's some people pissed off that a queer Black woman is up here doing the job of two mediocre white guys." She then proceeded to gently roast the category's six nominees, including Brett Goldstein, Kevin Hart, Kumail Nanjiani, and Sarah Silverman. When it came to two of the nominees, however, Sykes got a bit more savage.

"The original Christy Martin script was incredible. Life changing," Rose wrote on Threads. "I was attached to play Cherry. Everyone had experience with the core material. Most of us were actually gay. It's part of why I stayed in acting." "For her PR to talk about it flopping and saying SS did it for the 'people'. None of 'the people' want to see someone who hates them, parading around pretending to be us," Rose continued. "You're a cretin and you ruined the film. Period. Christy deserved better."

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Bill Berrien, a deeply conservative, anti- transgender candidate for Wisconsin governor, has been following nonbinary adult entertainer and author Jiz Lee "and several other authors of sexually explicit essays" on the online platform Medium, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Critics have called Berrien out for following accounts exploring gender and sexuality, but then publicly pushing traditional conservative talking points about those same topics. Berrien, a businessman from Whitefish Bay and a former Navy SEAL, is one of three candidates seeking the 2026 Republican nomination for governor.

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Mr Kirk, a staunch ally of president Donald Trump and co-founder of the conservative student group Turning Point USA, was killed by a single rifle shot during the event attended by 3,000 people in Orem, about 65km south of Salt Lake City. The killing has sparked new-found fears of a spike in political violence in the United States and an ever-deepening divide between the left and the right.

Snoop Dogg told the It's Giving podcast that he had watched Toy Story spin-offwhich featured a same-sex kiss, with his grandson, who had asked him: "Papa Snoop, how she have a baby with a woman? She's a woman." The singer recalled thinking: "Aw s**t, I didn't come for this s**t, I came here to watch the god-damn movie. Y'all throwing me in the middle of this s**t that I don't have an answer for." He went on to say: "It threw me for a loop."

Candace Owens has doubled down on false claims about Brigitte Macron, which include accusations of her being trans, amid a defamation lawsuit from the Macrons.

The Center for Transyouth Health and Development, one of the oldest public providers of gender-affirming care in the U.S., will close by July 22.

"We're in a pass/fail moment. And we're failing."