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For the past nine years, the transgender flag was included among those that flew around the Stonewall National Monument in Christopher Park during Pride Month. However, the National Park Service(NPS) will no longer be displaying the Transgender Pride flag or the Progress Pride flag, stating a change of protocol as the reason.The New York City monument commemorating the Stonewall Uprising of 1969 is the first U.S. National Monument dedicated to LGBTQ+ rights, having been designated as such in 2016 by then-President Barack Obama. It has since become tradition for the monument, located in a park across the street from the Stonewall Inn, to be adorned with various Pride flags, including the trans flag. NPS funds the installation of these flags. This year, however, NPS told photographer, advocate, and installation creator Steven Love Mendez that the park will not allow Trans or Progress Pride flags this year. Related Trans landmark added to National Register of Historic Places despite Trumps anti-trans attacks The site of a historic riot is likely the first U.S. landmark to specifically honor the trans community. The censorious move comes after the Trump administration wiped all references to trans and nonbinary people from the monuments website in February, as part of his wider initiative to purge trans and nonbinary people from all references and resources provided by the federal government. The removal of trans people from a monument in which a transgender person was considered a key figure has led to outrage, with many coming to the monument to protest. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Speaking to CBS, Mendez comments, Its a terrible action for them to take. he continues, I used to be listed as an LGBTQ activist, and now it says Steven Menendez, LGB activist,' Menendez said. They took out the Q and the T.The trans-exclusionary initialism of LGB is sometimes used by transphobes to encourage a social and ideological split between gay, lesbian, and bisexual people and transgender people, based on their differing gender experiences.Upon learning of the monuments trans erasure, many New Yorkers and tourists came to the monument to set up unauthorized pride flags in protest, including smaller trans flags planted in the soil.Jay Edinin of Queens, New York, was one of the people who brought his own flag and told CBS, Im not going to stand by and watch us be erased from our own history, from our own communities, and from the visibility that we desperately need right now.Willa Kingsford of Portland, Oregon, stated, I think its absurd. I think its petty, Patty Carter of Los Angeles, California, stated, Its horrible. Theyre changing all of our history.The Stonewall Riots, to which the monument is dedicated, to began on June 28, 1969. During that time law enforcement commonly raided queer bars since New York had outlawed homosexuality and cross-dressing. During the raid at the Stonewall Inn, the LGBTQ+ community decided they had reached their tipping point and fought back against law enforcement. The resulting six days riots were said to have marked the beginning of the LGBTQ+ rights movement and became the reason why Pride Month is celebrated in June. Two of the most notable figures in this uprising were Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, both trans women. It is believed that Johnson instigated the riot by throwing a brick at a police officer. Rivera is also considered to be a key instigator; she is said to be one of the first people to fight back against the police, to which many quote her as saying, Im not missing a minute of thisits the revolution!Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling responded to out actor Stephen Frys recent condemnation of her anti-trans crusade over the weekend by suggesting that, contrary to Frys own comments, the two are not (and may never have been) particularly friendly.Fry, who has narrated the audiobook versions of all seven of the anti-trans activists Harry Potter novels, made headlines last week for comments he reportedly made about Rowling during a live recording of Queer Theatre Limiteds podcast The Show People. Related Narrator of Harry Potter audiobooks calls transphobic JK Rowling a lost cause She has been radicalised, I fear, renowned gay actor Stephen Fry said of the childrens author. According to the Daily Mail, Fry said that he feared Rowling has been radicalized by both the views of so-called Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs) and the backlash to her own anti-trans rhetoric. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today I disagree profoundly with her on this subject. I am angry she does not disavow some of the more revolting and truly horrible, destructive violently destructive things that people say. She does not attack those at all, Fry reportedly said. She says things that are inflammatory and contemptuous, mocking and add to a terribly distressing time for trans people.Since first publishing a 2020 essay arguing that allowing trans women to access women-only spaces somehow endangers cisgender women and girls, Rowling has become perhaps the most famous anti-trans advocate in the world. She has dedicated large sums of her reported $1.2 billion fortune to rolling back and limiting trans rights in the U.K. Last year, she pledged a 70,000 (about $89,000) donation to For Women Scotland (FWS), the anti-trans organization behind the legal challenge that resulted in the U.K. Supreme Courts April ruling that the legal definition of a woman under the countrys 2010 Equality Act is based on biological sex. And last December, she launched her private JK Rowling Womens Fund to personally bankroll legal cases aimed at diminishing rights and protections for transgender women in the U.K. and Ireland. During his conversation with The Show People host Andrew Keates, Fry reportedly added that he was sorry to see Rowlings transphobic turn in recent years, because I always liked her company. I found her charming, funny and interesting and then this thing happened and it completely altered the way she talks and engages with the world now.On Saturday, Good Law Project director and frequent Rowling critic Jo Maugham shared part of Frys quote on X, praising the actor for speaking out and adding that he has spoken to other former friends of the author who now despair of her privately but wont do so publicly.Rowling shared a screenshot of Maughams post, commenting that It is a great mistake to assume that everyone who claims to have been a friend of mine was ever considered a friend by me.It is a great mistake to assume that everyone who claims to have been a friend of mine was ever considered a friend by me. pic.twitter.com/bEtMcRuxQ6 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 22, 2025 As the Daily Mail noted, Fry has previously drawn criticism for his reluctance to comment on Rowlings transphobia. During a 2022 interview, he reportedly said that while it is right to remind people that trans people are here and that they are hurting and that they are being abominably treated to scream transphobe at anybody who does not buy into every single aspect of that particular persons trans views is so self-harming. It does not get the thing done.In the same interview, he noted that Rowling is a friend of mine and I have trans friends and intersex friends who are deeply upset by her. That is a circle I have to square personally.Following the Daily Mails report on Frys comments at the Show People recording, host Keates addressed the coverage in an Instagram post.Its been painful, after all these years of knowing him, to see so many label him a transphobe, despite him never having expressed anything remotely transphobia and despite interviews filled with pro-trans support being twisted out of context, Keates wrote. It mattered to me to bring him into an unapologetically LGBTQ+ space, @the2brewers as one of us, where he could speak freely, including about JK Rowlings hateful, transphobic views. And Im proud that he did and we made space for him to do so. He condemned her harmful rhetoric with vulnerability and passion.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

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In a post attacking the media for its coverage of his strike on Iran, President Donald Trump referred to CNN host Anderson Cooper as Allison Cooper in a seemingly homophobic dig, implying that he is basically a woman because he is gay. The insult also implies that being stereotypically feminine is a bad thing.The sites that we hit in Iran were totally destroyed, and everyone knows it, Trump wrote. Only the Fake News would say anything different in order to try and demean, as much as possible And even they say they were pretty well destroyed!' Related Trumps lesbian niece explains exactly why he wants a war with Iran: This is about his fragile ego We know that he is so thin-skinned and depraved that he would choose armed conflict over being humiliated. Working especially hard on this falsehood is Allison Cooper of Fake News CNN, Dumb Brian L. Roberts, Chairman of Concast, Jonny Karl of ABC Fake News, and always, the Losers of, again, Concasts NBC Fake News. It never ends with the sleazebags in the Media, and thats why their Ratings are at an ALL TIME LOW ZERO CREDIBILITY! Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Cooper was one of several journalists who questioned the presidents claim that his strikes on Irans nuclear facilities completely obliterated them. The U.S. successfully hit three nuclear sites in Iran, President Donald Trump announced earlier tonight, as the conflict between Israel and Iran entered its second week. pic.twitter.com/OekDOQxmHN Anderson Cooper 360 (@AC360) June 22, 2025Trumps homophobic comment toward Cooper came only a day after Cooper and his film crew fled to a bomb shelter while live on-air in Israel due to an alert of an incoming Iranian missile strike. Despite the danger, Cooper continued his journalistic duties, telling viewers, We have about a 10-minute window to get down into a bomb shelter, and well continue to try to broadcast from that bomb shelter, and even if we can, on the way down.Cooper spoke with viewers as he and his co-hosts, all impressively calm, walked through a hotel to descend to the basement. This is the first time today that we have had an alarm like this, he said. Its obviously something that many here in Tel Aviv have gotten used to over the last 10 or 11 days since this began. We saw one alarm shortly after the first strikes on Iran by the United States. This is the first one weve had this morning.The live feed cut off as they descended into the shelter, but once they arrived, they continued to broadcast. Cooper explained it was a luxury to have a 10-minute warning before a strike because that window doesnt exist when rockets are coming from Gaza. Trump is facing anger from every side of the aisle for his decision to attack Iran and put the United States at risk. Even some of his staunchest allies, like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), have publicly expressed their extreme disappointment in the president for breaking his campaign promise to keep the United States out of another war. Hes been heavily criticized for prioritizing his ego and desire to show strength over the safety of Americans. Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

This is gay rights!Every few months, Pornhub reveals the steamy analytics that recap all of the spicy content that audiences around the world are binging and enjoying.For Pride Month 2025, the popular site is revealing all of the popular search terms, adult entertainers, and worldwide statistics that queer people couldn't get enough of.Exclusive to Pride.com, the highlights from this year's analytics include the following: The USA showed a special interest in Black adult performers.53% of the gay erotic audience is male and 47% of the audience is female.The highest number of viewers was the 18-24 group.The 18-24 age group showed a particular interest in Tattooed Men this year.The most viewed performer was Malik Delgaty. Joey Mills came in at second place.These five key statistics are just some of the spicty details that sum up the top content consumed in the month of June. Some other interesting facts include North Dakota being the top state in the USA that watches gay pornography, along with the Twink category dominating large sections of Europe and all of Russia.Want to bring some fun facts to your next Pride event? Check out Pornhub's latest analytics by visiting the official website here.

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Supporters of President Donald Trump have begun turning on him over his decision to have the U.S. military launch bombing attacks Saturday against three Iranian nuclear facilities. Anti-LGBTQ+ Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) both publicly criticized Trump, as did the anti-LGBTQ+ pro-fascist group The Proud Boys and at least one Trump voter who recently called into C-SPAN.The U.S. military operation (dubbed Midnight Hammer) ostensibly sought to keep Iran from developing uranium to build a possible weapon of mass destruction. However, critics have noted that Trumps intelligence officials have claimed that Iran lacked the capability to do so, that Trump himself withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in 2018 (despite it being established purely to prevent Iranian nuclear ambitions), and that post-attack reports have contradicted Trumps claims that the weekend strikes completely obliterated Irans nuclear refinement capabilities. Related Trump makes homophobic dig at Anderson Cooper a day after he fled to a bomb shelter live on air The president managed to insult both gay people and women while berating the media for questioning his claims about his success in Iran. In a long X post, Rep. Greene suggested that the U.S. should be dropping bombs on drug cartels and said she was sick of neocon warmongers and all U.S. funding of foreign involvements. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today I dont know anyone in America who has been the victim of a crime or killed by Iran, but I know many people who have been victims of crime committed by criminal illegal aliens or MURDERED by Cartel and Chinese fentanyl/drugs, she wrote.Im 51 years old, she added. Im GenX. Ive watched our country go to war in foreign lands for foreign causes on behalf of foreign interests for as long as I can remember. I was in 10th grade when Desert Storm started and my father before me was sent to Vietnam, another senseless foreign war.America is $37 TRILLION in debt and all of these foreign wars have cost Americans TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS of dollars that never benefited any American.American troops have been killed and forever torn apart physically and mentally for regime change, foreign wars, and for military industrial base profits. Im sick of it. However, she also said that she continues to support Trump despite disagreeing with him on Iran. Contrary to what brainwashed Democrat boomers say, Trump is not a king, MAGA is not a cult, and President Trump has surrounded himself with people who once disagreed with him and even ran against him for President, she claimed.Theanti-LGBTQ+ and pro-fascist groupthe Proud Boyscriticized Trump in its Telegram grouplast Wednesday, writing, If the United States gets directly involved in the Israel-Iran conflict, the voters that voted for Trump because there was a hope that Trump was America First can no longer support Trump.America First does not mean war for Israel. Donald Trump, focus on the health of our nation, period. We are crumbling. We are crippled with debt with no plan for a solution. Be the President you ran as. In a Sunday call into the political network C-SPANsWashington Journalprogram, one self-described MAGA supporter named John said, I woke up this morning on my X account, and theres a short clip of Trump just ripping into [former President George W.] Bush on the presidential debates, and, you know, complaining about how the country was lied to about the weapons of mass destruction. Well, you know, I mean, I feel the same thing has just happened again to us.John was referencing unsubstantiated claims made by the Bush administration in 2002 and 2003, that Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction that warranted an immediate U.S. invasion. An estimated 300,000 people (both civilians and combatants) have died due to the March 2003 U.S. invasion of the country, according to the Iraq Body Count project.I am so disappointed in Trump, he continued, claiming that Trump had bought into Israels pro-war propaganda. He added, And I am a hardcore MAGA guy. And I had so much support for this guy. And I just feel betrayed about this. Trump has done the wrong thing Weve gotten sucked in to yet another war. And its just, I am so disappointed in this guy.Unsurprisingly, Democrats have also blasted Trump for his strikes. During the Sunday MSNBC show The Weekend, Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) said,Trump lied to the American people and to his voters, promising he would not get us in yet another Middle East war This is an astonishing double cross by Donald Trump to his supporters and to his pledge to Americans.Welch noted that Trumps own intelligence officials had concluded that while Iran was enriching uranium, it didnt have the capacity to deliver a weapon. He also said that Trump had willingly acceded to the agenda of Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, who seeks regime change in Iran, a euphemism for conquest. Surprisingly, however, Rep. Massie both publicly criticized Trump and alsointroduced a bipartisan War Powers Resolution with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) last weekto prohibit United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.I feel a bit misled, Massie told Fox News Digital in aSunday afternoon interview. I didnt think he would let neocons determine his foreign policy and drag us into another war.In response, Trump issued a social media postclaiming that Massie is not MAGA, that MAGA doesnt want or respect him, and promising to campaign for Massies Republican primary opponent in the next election.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

Trans journalist Samantha Riedel came out swinging at The New York Times this weekend in an op-ed following the Supreme Courts decision endorsing Tennessees ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth in U.S. v. Skrmetti.Riedel said the fact that Clarence Thomass concurrence cited The Times in seven instances was evidence of irresponsible coverage of transgender issues by the paper of record. Related The Skrmetti ruling proved once & for all the Supreme Court believes ideology comes before the law The majority on the Supreme Court are just Project 2025 enablers in black robes. The courts ruling is a decision tailor-made to inflict the kind of harm that conservative goons and grifters have dreamed of for years and one of the major parties we can thank isThe New York Times, she wrote. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today The Times coverage of trans issues is an effort to portray conservative transphobia as reasoned opposition, she asserted.Timesstaff routinelyignore trans voices altogether, Riedel claimed, while accusing the paper of giving free reign to editorial writers like Pamela Paul, perhaps the op-ed pages most conservative voice, to repeatedly accuse trans activists of beingmisogynisticwhile lionizing transphobic public figures likeJ.K. Rowling.When more than 200 journalistspenned an open letterdenouncing the papers misleading coverage in 2023, including someTimeswriters and contributors, Times leadershipfalsely conflatedit with another open letterpublished by GLAADto dismiss them both as contrary to its journalistic mission, Riedel wrote.Behind the scenes, leadership warned Times employees and contributors who signed the first letter that further attacks on the paper would not be tolerated. But you dont have to be a pinko like me to recognize that, despiteTimespublisher A.G. Sulzbergers insistence that his papers coverage is bothtrue and important, in reality it is neither, she said. TheTimesis, rather, in the business of legitimizing far-right propaganda by presenting naked fascism as a reasonable counterweight to left-leaning activism, grasping sweatily at its pearls to speculate about whether the transgender craze mightreallybe seducing our children.'Riedel laid blame on the Times, their writers, and the papers coverage of the spectrum of viewpoints around trans issues for enablingSkrmetti. The writers sense of betrayal may be rooted in a (perhaps naive) belief she held while growing up, that theTimeswas unimpeachably neutral in all respects. But as she notes herself, the paper hasnt always been on the right side of history as it unfolds, from early coverage of the AIDS crisis to the Iraq War. Now, she says, Times editors are working overtime to misrepresent the modern crisis of transphobia, while still finding time to recklessly manufacture consent, as she characterizes it, for Israels ongoing,U.S.-backed destruction of Gaza.Riedel says the Times essentially claims its breathless devotion to supposed neutrality,' necessitates the anti-trans coverage, as the op-ed page is host to a range of ideological views from far-left to far-right. In the end, the blame for the Skrmetti decision lies at the feet of the Supreme Courts conservative majority, including Thomas, who cherry-picked the facts used to bolster his concurrence, including Times writer Azeen Ghorayshis anodyne reporting that [t]he number of people who detransition or discontinue gender treatments is not precisely known.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

Is Ezra Miller planning a comeback?The controversial actor has recently made appearances at both the Cannes Film Festival and the Filming Italy Sardegna Festival, and now an interview that took place during the latter has people bracing for the worst.Miller told Italian outlet Lo Speciale Giornale that they attended Cannes by request of filmmaker Lynne Ramsey. The two had previously worked together on 2011's We Need to Talk About Kevin and now Miller says they may have a new project in the works."I'm working with her again," Miller said. "That will likely be the first thing I do, is a film that her and I are writing together. I've been writing a lot because you can do that in solitude, which has been friendly to me."For those in need of a reminder, Miller has been in "solitude" following a slew of outrageous incidents throughout 2022 that included multiple arrests, restraining orders, an accusation of grooming and kidnapping, and downright bizarre behavior.The actor released a statement claiming to be starting treatment for "complex mental health issues" that August, although cynics wondered whether it was just damage control ahead of Warner Bros. delayed 2023 release of The Flash.Regardless, Miller has largely stayed out of the public eye following their last film. Now, they claim to have learned various lessons from the "crucible" they went through, including who their real friends are (which is allegedly why they attended Cannes at Ramsey's request, despite feeling as if "every rich genocidal freak" goes to the iconic film festival)."When you work in this industry, youll find yourself in deep, deep relation with a lot of people who do not give a single fuck about you, or your well-being, at all," they told Lo Speciale Giornale. "And so not that I dont hold a lot of remorse and lamentation for a lot of things that I did and a lot of things that happened in that time but Im really, really grateful for the lessons that came with that abyss."...sure.

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The Senate parliamentarian ruled over the weekend that large parts of Donald Trumps big beautiful budget bill will be subject to the filibuster when senators convene to vote on the massive reconciliation legislation in the next few days, throwing several elements of the right-wing wish list along with its July 4 deadline dictated by the president into doubt.Reconciliation bill provisions must be ruled budget-related for passage with 51 votes instead of 60, according to the so-called Byrd Rule, named after the longtime West Virginia Republican senator. Related CNN pollster predicts big beautiful midterms for Democrats The GOPs disastrous budget bill is a major reason, he said. Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough threw Senate negotiations into turmoil Saturday when she ruled that big portions of the mega MAGA tax and spending cut package didnt fall under Senate procedures prohibiting their filibuster. Among the bills provisions that MacDonough told Republicans to remove was a provision that would raise the bar on court challenges to Trump administration policy by requiring plaintiffs to first post a bond before litigation begins. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Critics have called that particular requirement an authoritarian power grab by Trump and his MAGA allies.Senate Republicans tried to write Donald Trumps contempt for the courts into law gutting judicial enforcement, defying the Constitution and bulldozing the very rule of law that forms our democracy, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said in a statement, according to The Hill.But Senate Democrats stopped them cold. We successfully fought for rule of law and struck out this reckless and downright un-American provision, he added.Courts have already ruled more than 190 timesagainst the Trump administrationsince he took office again in January.The bond requirement received little notice when it came to the House floor last month, until Rep.Mike Flood(R-NE) caused an uproarat a town hall meeting after its passage by the House, when he admitted he didnt know the provision was in the legislation when he voted for it. Damnthe Senate parliamentarian has ruled that a LOT of the reconciliation bill requires 60 votes to pass, including a massive assault on federal regulations and several heinous attacks on civil service protections. This effectively guts a big chunk of the bill. www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) 2025-06-23T14:10:56.351ZOther provisions in the legislation now being reconciled in the Senate and reported by Axios include a repeal of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules limiting air pollution emissions of passenger vehicles and another allowing project developers to bypass judicial environmental reviews if they pay a fee; a provision to pass food aid costs on to states by forcing them to share expenses for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); a GOP proposal to hollow out funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and a plan to slash pay for staff at the Federal Reserve; provisions assaulting federal regulations and civil service protections; and language to expand state and local officers ability to carry out immigration enforcement, and limits on grant funding for sanctuary cities.There is no better way to define this Big Beautiful Betrayal of a bill than families lose, and billionaires win, said Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR) after the parliamentarians ruling. Democrats are on the side of families and workers and are scrutinizing this bill piece by piece to ensure Republicans cant use the reconciliation process to force their anti-worker policies on the American people. The Byrd Rule is enshrined in law for a reason, and Democrats are making sure it is enforced,Sen. Merkley said.The Senate Parliamentarians rulings are officially advisory, but rarely contradicted by Senate leadership.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

Transphobic billionaire author J.K. Rowling has encouraged random people in the United Kingdom to photograph people in womens restrooms just in case they are transgender. Her advice is likely to result in the public harassment of cisgender women who dont fit peoples preconceived notions of how a cis woman should look such harassment has occurred many times in the past.In a Saturday post on X, Rowling noted that someone asked her, How are you planning to police public toilets in light of the recent U.K. Supreme Court ruling that the legal definition of men and women in the countrys anti-discrimination law is based on biological sex. After the ruling, theU.K.s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said trans women and men should not be permitted to use the public restroom facilities that align with their gender. Related J.K. Rowling slams gay actor who called her a lost cause over her rampant transphobia The anti-trans author took to X to suggest that shes not friends with Fry anymore. In response, Rowling said that policing trans people in public toilets can be handled, Quite easily, really. Decent men will stay out, as they always have, so we can assume all who dont are a threat, given their disregard for womens and girls safety, privacy and dignity. Photographing, reporting and disseminating such mens images online will be a piece of cake. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today In the U.K., it is generally illegal to photograph people in restrooms.In response, freelance columnist Darryl Mott wrote on Bluesky, In case you cant tell what just happened, JK Rowling instructed her followers to take photos of anyone in a womens restroom who doesnt match their idea of Western feminine beauty standards. Short hair? Thick cheekbones/jaw? Too tall or broad-shouldered? Youre now a man and will be harassed. Quite easily, really. Decent men will stay out, as they always have, so we can assume all who don't are a threat, given their disregard for women's and girls' safety, privacy and dignity. Photographing, reporting and disseminating such men's images online will be a piece of cake. pic.twitter.com/3qm4eJ3Hgk J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 21, 2025In case you can't tell what just happened, JK Rowling instructed her followers to take photos of anyone in a women's restroom who doesn't match their idea of Western feminine beauty standards. Short hair? Thick cheekbones/jaw? Too tall or broad-shouldered? You're now "a man" and will be harassed. Darryl Mott (@gamerstavernshow.com) 2025-06-23T04:06:01.965ZMott is correct.In March, Phoenix cops burst into womens restroom to remove butch lesbian, accusing her of being a man. That same month, a 64 cisgender female Walmart employee was followed into a womens restroom by a customer who verbally assaulted because he thought she was trans.In January, Anti-trans Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) reportedly told a cis woman in a Capitol womens restroom, You shouldnt be here, before storming back into the restroom with her transphobic colleague, only to realize the woman wasnt trans.I made an error regarding a mistaken identity, Boebert said in a statement after the incident. I apologized, learned a lesson, and it wont happen again.In November 2022, a cisgender woman harassed another cis woman with short hair in the public restroom of the Rampart Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada because she thought she was transgender. In May 2016, 22-year-old cis woman Aimee Toms was called disgusting, flicked off, and escorted out of the bathroom because a woman mistook her for being trans.If these incidents are any indication, Rowlings advice is likely to empower others to harass all sorts of women in public restrooms, whether theyre transgender or not so much for protecting girls and womens safety, privacy, and dignity.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

Deciding to get help is one thing. Figuring out what kind of rehab fits your life, your habits, and your actual situation? Thats where things start to feel overwhelming fast. Not all rehab programs are built the same, and despite the reputation these places sometimes carry, the truth is many of them are vastly different []The post Which Type of Rehab Actually Works for Your Life? Heres How to Figure It Out appeared first on GEDmagazine.

If your TikTok algorithm is as full of hot queer people and womens sports as ours is then you have likely seen videos of a mysterious Australian basketball player wearing goth makeup and wondered: Who is that? Same. Turns out, the athlete making queer women across the internet feral is none other than Caitlin Mary Cunningham, a star pro basketball player in Australia, whose height (theyre 6 foot 4 inches tall), tattoos, unique emo/goth styling, and masc aura has made them go viral. Last week, photos and videos of Cunningham wearing Joker-inspired makeup on the basketball court took social media by storm. One TikTok video with a compilation of photos of Cunningham already has 3 million views at the time of publication, and TikTok womens sports commentator Coach Jackies video on the Aussie star has already been seen close to 500,000 times.When people are saying all of these things, its almost as if Im reading it and it doesnt click that its toward me because I just I dont understand, Cunningham tells PRIDE while throwing their hands in the air and blushing. Its really flattering, I guess. Its overwhelming. Ive never had this much attention in my whole entire life.But who is this queer basketball player everyone is obsessed with?Who is Caitlin Cunningham?@jcubedhaxI love a viral moment deep dive #wbb #queer #womenssports @CAITLECunningham is a Melbourne-based basketball player for the Cyclones, part of the Womens National Basketball League (the Australian equivalent of the WNBA). Cunningham first got signed to a professional team when they were 16 years old, and played for years before hanging up their jersey to pursue a career as a musician, model, and personal trainer. But when the COVID-19 lockdown happened in Australia, no international players were allowed into the league, so Cunningham became a hot commodity again because of their talent. They started playing again in 2021 and havent stopped since. I was so bored in lockdown, I was like, sure Ill play basketball again, they say.Now, Cunningham is going after all of their dreams at one time and thriving while doing it, including having an internet full of sapphics lusting after them.What pronouns does Caitlin Cunningham use, and how do they identify?Cunningham is queer, has had top surgery, and uses they/them/she pronouns. Cunningham didnt get the chance to explore and act out the way a normal teenager would because they were thrust onto the basketball court and into the public eye at such a young age. It wasnt until they were in their mid-20s that Cunningham started to understand who they were.I never really had to come out, I guess, because I didnt really know what I was coming out to, and then I ended up starting to like people, and I just leaned into it, they explain.The goth makeup, explainedCunningham has gone viral in large part because of the dark, goth makeup they wear on and off the court. Since there are no rules dictating what kind of makeup players in Australia can wear, Cunningham goes all out. Theyve been wearing goth makeup since they started listening to emo bands at 19, but last year they went from wearing smudgy red or black eye makeup to adding black slashes over their eyes and going for an even more dramatic look.In Australia, Im quite known in the basketball world for being like that very alternative basketball player, they say, so its wild that people are just seeing it now because I havent changed, I have always just done this.Ive always joked I wanted to go like full clown face, like The Crow, white. I guess its really chaotic to do that, so Ive just kind of been pushing the boundaries and just showing up to the pregames and having my makeup done, seeing how my teammates and the coaches [react]. They never say anything, theyre just like, Thats Caitlin.But Cunninghams alternative look doesnt stop at makeup; they also have permanent vampire fangs that their family dentist added to their teeth, are covered in tattoos, and when they arent wearing a basketball uniform, they are sporting dark alternative fashion (Cunningham wore a black band T-shirt, baggy black hoody, a silver chain, and a baseball cap to the interview with PRIDE).Cunningham said the dentist was nervous that their mom was going to kill him if he went through with it, but luckily, he is a bit of a kook, so he went ahead. I think theyre charming, Cunningham says with a huge smile on their face while describing the fangs.What does Caitlin Cunningham think of all the attention?@caitlepillarIm so shook everyone xxx I love u all thank you from bottom of heart for the love xxxxCunningham seems genuinely confused by the amount of attention theyre getting, and says that theyre just waiting for it to die down. Despite feeling overwhelmed by going viral, they have been responding to fans' questions on Cunningham's own TikTok account, which has grown from just 200 followers to over 50,000. Newfound Caitlin Cunningham fans have compared them to Dennis Rodman and Pete Davidson, which the basketball star finds flattering, and says that people in Melbourne have referred to them as the Pete Davidson of the queers.A lot of very attractive women always seem to want to date me, and I think that may have a bit to do with the comparison. But I think Im tall, Im skinny, Ive got a lot of tattoos, I dont know, Im a bit dorky, maybe similar to him, she explains. Maybe Ive just got big dick energy.Talking to Cunningham makes it clear they are a study in contrast. Both self-deprecating and modest, while also oozing confidence and a self-assured vibe. They also have a huge heart, which is evident in the way they talk about their new fans. Cunningham says theyre grateful that their increased visibility has made a huge impact on young LGBTQ+ people.Its harder to sleep because Ive been getting some quite heavy DMs, and I really care about the people reaching out to me because theyre feeling so seen and connected, and Im helping them realize something about themselves or feel comfortable in their own skin, Cunningham says. And that is so powerful, and if Im that connection for them to be the best version of themselves, I just want to know how to keep helping people feel good with themselves. If Im that role model for someone, Ill take it, Ill do it, Ill do the best I can to harness that.Theyre also in a bandIn case you didnt already have a huge crush on Cunningham, they are also part of a queer pop punk band called Free Entertainment, where they sing backup and play the electric guitar. Cunningham explains that playing music not only provided an artistic outlet, but also gave them the space to act like a typical teenager, which they missed out on by signing to a pro team when they were so young.Ive always loved music and focused on music, but it always took a back seat to my basketball career. But then I just stepped away from playing basketball and I just started doing all my music and living and going out and partying and doing all the things that people would do at like 17, 18, 19, and I was doing it at 26, 27.Not only is Cunningham in a band, but theyre planning on branching out and releasing their first single as a solo artist later this year, with plans for a full album in the future. Ive been obsessed with writing my own solo music this year, so Ive been working in the studio all year, and Im sitting on so much music. Its so funny that all of this has happened because its so much attention and Ive got so much music to share with the world that I think is going to pop, they explain, getting a little bashful about the level of fame theyre experiencing.Modeling careerNot only is Cunningham a star basketball player and a smoking hot musician, but theyre also a model. They love fashion and have many friends who are designers who have asked them to be in campaigns or walk the runway. Cunningham is hoping to go even farther with their modeling career and use their androgynous look to break down barriers in fashion. I would love to do more modeling because Ive had top surgery too, so I would love to be that androgynous that can walk mens collections, androgynous or unisex, they say. It blurs the lines of fashion.Cunningham says their ultimate goal is to walk the big shows at New York and Milan fashion week.On being Caitlin DarkFans have nicknamed Cunningham Caitlin Dark as a play on WNBA star Caitlin Clark. Cunningham says fans have been calling them Goth Caitlin for years, but theyll take the comparison to the worlds best player.If someone wants to call me a nickname and it resonates with them, I think its cute, I like it, they say.Is Caitlin Cunningham single?Ladies, youre in luck! Cunningham is single, but theyre so busy with their career and exploring their artistic dreams that theyre not in the market for a relationship right now, though theyre not opposed to someone catching their eye. Im very ambitious, so Im not really looking to date, Im more about this music and career, and I love working, they say. If I meet someone and theres a strong connection yeah, Im focused on me right now.

One thing you wont catch Tuna Melt doing is being and feeling defeated. The first thing the King of Drag star said when they hopped on a Zoom call following the premiere of the drag king competition series was, If there's anyone that can be a comeback king, it's a New Yorker.The reality series, which made its debut last week on the queer streaming network Revry, sees 10 drag kings competing for the title and the prestige of King of Drag. On their way, they take on a series of challenges that show off their D.I.C.K. (daring, innovation, creativity, and kharisma). Taking on the mantle of the shows host is iconic king Murray Hill and the judging panel is pure drag excellence, composed of Tenderoni, Dr. Wang Newton, Sasha Velour, and Damian Pelliccione. Theyre also joined by a bevy of special and iconic guest judges.The premiere episode saw the kings gathering for the first time in the Man Cave where Murray introduced the weeks challenges. First up was a sports-themed photo shoot with WNBA royalty Layshia Clarendon as the guest judge. This was followed by what may be the most intense challenge in all of drag competition history. The kings were asked to form boy bands, write lyrics, create a cohesive look, choreograph a number and do it all in 90 minutes. Yes, 90 minutes. Talk about needing big D.I.C.K. energy.While all the kings stepped up to the challenge, Tuna Melt and Henlo Bullfrog found themselves in the bottom. The king chalks up their placement to ADHD, which makes memorization on such a short timeline particularly challenging. I was so scared of doing choreography that I focused so much on the choreography of that challenge. And everything happened so fast, he recalls.For their face-off to decide who stayed, the two were asked to stage an impromptu breakdancing challenge, which proved to be a roller coaster for Tuna. When they were like, Oh, you don't have to know any of the lip syncs today, I was like, slay, because I struggle with memorization, he recalls. But then he found out why. His first reaction? This would happen to me, he laughs. Tina shares that Murray noticed that the king seemed discouraged and offered him a much-needed pep talk. Murray was just like, Look, do it for me. Do it for me, and do it for the kings, he recounts. Deep down, Murray knew that I was just, like, heartbroken.When the judges decision came down, it was Tuna Melt whose pursuit of the crown came to an end, and while the audience didn't get to see it, Tuna shares that his reaction after the judging was one no one on set will soon forget.I violently threw up right after, Tuna confesses with a laugh. It was so loud that they had to put the music on. But to be fair, I did let production know that I have this thing with nausea when I get nervous.Tuna recounts how, after the breakdancing, they immediately ran off stage and began vomiting behind the scenes. I was just like, Nooo! All the kings were, Oh my God, I feel so bad for him. I'm pretty sure Tenderoni was like, Oh, bendito. Gastrological distress aside, in that moment, Tuna Melt became the Ned Stark of drag, as they explain, They needed an iconic person to go home first. I feel it was like Game of Thrones, [only] where you didn't realize they killed the father, he jokes.As much as I would have liked to have shown everyone my entire package and what I'm capable of, I also wanted to show people a New York that is gracious, that is kind, and that can make an impact with whatever it is that they're working with. It's still very monumental to be a part of this.To that point, he didn't miss the opportunity to speak up both for his trans community and for the people of Palestine before exiting the show. He recalled that in the casting process, he told them not to put him in the cast if they were looking for someone to stay silent. As a trans person, our liberation is intertwined. We no longer live in silos. Were living in a day and age where its a global liberation, he explains. Thats no surprise considering how his drag journey began with personal liberation. Tuna first found their inner king during the pandemic as an extension of their gender journey. At the time, they were working an A&R corporate job in the music industry. Now proud trans masc, they already identified as genderfluid but were struggling with being frequently misgendered. When you're misgendered, it's like death by a thousand paper cuts, he recalls. Seeking an affirming community, they found one online with the help of drag educator Theydy Bedbug. For the first time, I was... surrounded by people who had different pronouns and different genders and different expressions, and that is what really propelled me to do drag. Tuna went on to the runner-up in the NYC Glam Award-nominated Cake Boys #TakestheCake competition and began building an audience of Tuna Can Stans and yet they still went back and forth about whether or not to apply for King of Drag when the opportunity arose. Finally, on the last possible day, they decided to take the plunge and just go for it. I said, Im going to do this because I believe in drag kings, they recall. I believe in drag things. And I want to build my production company. I want to build visibility because my time in the entertainment industry showed me that there's not enough trans masculine people, trans people in general, holding spaces in the leadership space.When the show was announced, it sent a ripple through the king community, but none of that compared to when the cast was finally announced. The reality is still setting in for Tuna, whose life has changed drastically in some ways, but remains a struggle in others. I'm also noticing how big of an impact this is when you start seeing viewing parties popping up in France, in Spain, he says. Then, on the other end, I'm still very much trying to find my place in this world as Teo, outside of Tuna, too. There's this really difficult political climate and...people forget this too, that I still very much navigate the world as a trans masculine person of color, and I think it's because I do everything with such a smile and I make it look easy... there's so much joy and validation and finally seeing us get our moment. But at the same time, too, there's this level of [concern for our] safety [in this political climate].I would not be honest if I didn't say that, yeah, I'm terrified. I'm terrified as a trans person, but there's no one else out there coming for us, he adds.But Tuna is a fighter, one whos passionate about using this moment to shed light on the struggles trans folks are facing in the world, and in the workplace and they speak from experience. Ever since I've left corporate America and I've become more into who I am, the harder it's been to find a job. I'm seeking employment, he reveals. And hes calling on allies to put their money where their mouths are. Yes, I'm resilient. But... I'm drowning a little bit, too. So I need allies to really just roll up their sleeves and say let's go. What does that look like? Give me your money, he says, Donate directly to mutual aid. Donate directly to black trans people, donate directly to the community, and redistribute wealth.He also recognizes that drag as a movement and a culture is in a moment of transition, and the show has the potential to propel it even further. Before King of Drag, we were experiencing the Silver Age. Now we're entering the Golden Age of drag, [the future] I see is drag artists having multiple personalities, whether it's a gender expressed as a woman, a man or neither, or a robot or a fairy. We're going to keep pushing the envelope forward.Even with just one episode having aired, already the series is doing that, in large part because of the incredible talent on display. Even Tuna was gagged when he began running into his castmates at the hotel where they stayed during filming. The best way I can say it is that it was like the first time I was meeting my X-Men, he recalled. We were all recruited from across the country to be a part of this team, and then you go into the studio, and it's just exciting, because you're like, oh my goodness, here's the Man Cave, and then there's Murray Hill, and it just felt like a dream, but then it's like a dream with a bunch of people that you get to play with and feel safe with... everyone in this cast is an absolute gem.Tuna sees the cast as being chosen as the architects to build the infrastructure and network of kings to elevate them all around the country. Imagine your favorite genre of music just starting out. You know, like, when punk started, you weren't like, Oh, this guy's riff sucks. You were like, This is incredible. This is electric. And I want people to feel that this is the beginning of a new genre, that it's not going to be perfect, we're at the front of it. It's the beginning of the Golden Era, and we are laying the foundation down, he explains. I really hope that kings don't feel the pressure to be just like queens, because we're never going to be just like the queens. But you know what? That's the beauty of it.Tuna has big dreams for what comes next: Not only are they already manifesting an All-Stars return to the show, should it get picked up for additional seasons, but theyre ready to share their talents with the world. I would love to have employment as a trans person. So I'm sending out a bat signal if you can, he says. If you hear this message and you want to work with me, please work with me, because I'm ready.Ultimately, though, theyve proven time and time again that theyre a survivor and theyre ready to find their collaborators and co-conspirators. The thing to really take away here is that reality TV is not just about winning. It's about stories and narratives. And I think for me, it was about showing people how to get back up, even if you feel like you've gotten knocked down.

Speaker Mike Johnson signaled he was not inclined to allow a vote on whether to authorize military strikes in Iran, while leading Democrats demanded a briefing and said the president had overstepped his power.

A new poll shows the New York City mayors race tightening in its final days. Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani are scrambling for every last vote.

The three men had been hiking in Soda Springs, Calif., when they jumped into the water near Rattlesnake Falls, a remote and isolated area that made rescue difficult.

WASHINGTONGrowing increasingly contemplative as he fantasized about a stiff drink after a long day at work, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly wondered Monday whether uranium might make a good mixer. I feel like it could bring out the more chemical notes of gin in a really nice way without overpowering it, said the Pentagon chief, conceding that it might be difficult to blend the substances due to the metallic elements density being about 20 times greater than most liquors. I hate when a drink separates, and the mixer just sits on the bottom, and then you get a big glob of it at the end. Thats what happened in that thorium mai tai I made last week. But I think in this case it might be worth it, because the cocktail would have a cool glowing colorespecially if we went somewhere with a black light. I have an idea: When we take it from Iran, lets drop a shot glass full of uranium into a pint glass of beer and chug it. At press time, Hegseth was said to have concluded that the radioactive substance made a decent chaser.The post Pete Hegseth Wondering Whether Uranium Would Be A Good Mixer appeared first on The Onion.