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She chose to include her single “Born This Way” during a recent Jazz + Piano show, which all LGBTQ people know well. The residency is focused largely on jazz songs and tracks that are part of the Great American Songbook, but she deviated fro standards and put a fun classical spin on the dance-pop tune. During a moment captured on video from the show, Gaga sat at her piano and spoke to the crowd before and in between lines from “Born This Way.” “I’ve got something to say about trans rights in this country,” Gaga declared with conviction, before commencing the opening chords of her former Hot 100 No.

The iconic 79-year-old songstress delighted the 60,000-strong audience by performing her timeless hit, “Love Hangover,” which clearly influenced Beyoncé as she made her disco-leaning album Renaissance.The Grammy-nominated singer then delivered a heartwarming rendition of “Happy Birthday,” leading the entire crowd in the tune.“I’m here to celebrate Beyoncé’s birthday,” Diana Ross proclaimed, to which Beyoncé mouthed, “I love you.”Beyoncé was visibly moved throughout the performances. But who wouldn’t be? The superstar then shared a heartfelt embrace with Ross, with tears of gratitude filling her eyes. “Thank you so much,” Beyoncé said to Ross, expressing her gratitude for her time.

executive order that defines a person’s gender as based on their biological sex and unable to be changed under state law.Dubbed the “Women’s Bill of Rights,” the order seeks to effectively erase the existence of transgender identity from law, directing all state agencies, boards, and commissions to only recognize a person’s male or female assigned sex at birth for legal and statistical purposes.Under the executive order, state agencies would be barred from recognizing a person — even one who had undergone surgical transition, or one who had had their name and gender legally changed by a court order — according to their gender identity.The order defines a “female” as a “person whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova” and a “male” as a “person whose biological reproductive system is developed to fertilize the ova of a female.” The order also defines several gender-specific terms, including “woman,” “girl,” “man,” “boy,” “mother,” and “father.”Pillen has claimed the executive order is needed to ensure that women can succeed and thrive in single-sex activities or spaces and to protect the “safety” and bodily autonomy of women in multi-user public facilities where they have the expectation of privacy.“It is common sense that men do not belong in women’s only spaces,” Pillen said in a statement. “As Governor, it is my duty to protect our kids and women’s athletics, which means providing single-sex spaces for women’s sports, bathrooms, and changing rooms.”Pillen’s order is nearly identical to a similar executive order signed by Oklahoma Republican Gov.

state law seeking to prohibit drag shows by classifying them as “adult cabaret performances.”Blount Pride, a festival featuring music, art, drag performances, and a community resource fair, is held annually in Maryville, Tennessee, less than a half-hour outside Knoxville.This year’s celebration was scheduled to take place during an eight-hour time slot on Saturday, Sept. 2, on the campus of Maryville College.

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell,” says Max Clarke about how he devised the name Cut Worms, the moniker under which he records and performs music.“There’s a section where Blake has this tongue-in-cheek thing called ‘The Proverbs of Hell,'” the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter continues. “And Blake lists — I don’t know how many — like a hundred proverbs that he made up that are speaking to the morality of what at that time was seen as kind of evil.

Sweat (★★★☆☆), staged to duly tense effect by Angelisa Gillyard at Keegan Theatre.Friends Tracey (Susan Marie Rhea) and Cynthia (Lolita Marie), coworkers for decades at a steel plant in Reading, Pennsylvania, are breadwinners for their families — wives and mothers who pull their weight on the line, and at home. Yet, for all their diligence and dedication, they can’t be responsible for a husband’s addictions or a son’s violent impulses.

An Audience with Kylie. This concert special follows the format of Adele’s similarly titled special, An Audience with Adele, which garnered massive popularity worldwide, drawing in millions of viewers and earning an Emmy for the singer and her team.

Texas Tribune.The law was challenged by a group of plaintiffs, including five families with transgender children, three doctors specializing in transgender care, a national LGBTQ advocacy organization, and an organization for LGBTQ health professionals. The plaintiffs argued that the ban on gender-affirming care discriminates against transgender youth, infringes on parents’ right to make medical decisions they believe are in their children’s best interests, and violates doctors’ freedom to practice medicine.In her ruling, Cantú Hexsel agreed with the plaintiffs, finding that the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in proving the law “interferes with Texas families’ private decisions and strips Texas parents … of the right to seek, direct, and provide medical care for their children.”“The evidence before the Court does not support the conclusion the Act protects the health or wellbeing of minors,” Cantú Hexsel wrote.

Expanding on her perspective, Lipa emphasized, “The freedom of others forces them to come to terms with something they are too scared to express.” She concluded her thoughts on the matter by adding, “The beauty of a free, true, and proud being paralyzes them.”A post shared by Vogue France (@voguefrance)The pop sensation shared these powerful insights with Vogue France during an interview for their cover feature. The magazine’s front page showcased Lipa’s stunning and remarkably high-fashion look, capturing her iconic style that never misses. This isn’t the first time that the pop superstar has stood up for the LGBTQ community.

Billboard’s new tracking week initiation. By releasing songs or albums at midnight EST on Fridays, artists position themselves for a strong chart performance in the upcoming week. This Friday, in particular, witnessed a flurry of new releases from top-tier pop stars, sparking excitement among fans worldwide.Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, and Selena Gomez simultaneously unveiled new work on Friday, August 25.

Stereogum, Cooper expressed his beliefs about transgender individuals, stating, “There are cases of transgender” but that he fears many people who claim to be trans might be merely following a passing trend. He elaborated by saying, “I’m afraid there [are] a lot of people claiming to be this just because they want to be that.” Cooper’s remarks didn’t stop there. He continued, sharing his views on children’s gender identity, stating, “I find it wrong when you’ve got a six-year-old kid who has no idea.

An Atlanta-area teacher was fired after reading a children’s book featuring a nonbinary character to her fifth-grade class. In a 4-3 decision last week, the Cobb County School Board fired Katie Rinderle after she read My Shadow Is Purple to her class.

The California Republican Party is currently at odds with the national Republican Party after proposing to remove opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion – two longstanding mainstays of the national platform – from its state party platform.Supporters of the proposed change say that removing those two prominent social issues from the state’s political platform would put the state GOP’s official position more in line with the values held by most California voters. Opponents argue that by removing those topics, the state party’s stances would contradict those held by most of the party’s presidential candidates and betray values or beliefs that are deeply held by the party’s conservative base.The 2016 Republican national party platform, which still stands today as the party’s guiding document, opposes same-sex nuptials despite bans prohibiting such marriages having been struck down by the U.S.

Sex and the City world, but thankfully, that turned out not to be true.The beloved actress pleasantly surprised fans of the iconic franchise by reprising her role as the sexed-up Samantha Jones in the season two finale of the original’s spinoff, And Just Like That.Her time on screen was brief, but it ended up being satisfying to fans of the series for many reasons. In a scene that opened the final episode of Season 2, Carrie Bradshaw, portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker, received an unexpected call from her old friend.“My flight’s three hours delayed, Carrie! I won’t be able to make it there in time,” Jones stated sadly while in a car, clearly trying to make her way to see Bradshaw.In the cameo, Jones told Bradshaw that Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) had reached out to her about a party that had been organized to commemorate Bradshaw’s departure from her iconic apartment.The apartment, an emblem of New York City living, had become synonymous with the main character throughout the series.

pic.twitter.com/fss8d4qukK— Pop Base (@PopBase) August 24, 2023 Santana said, according to the video: “When God made you and me — before we came out of the womb, you know who you are and what you are. Later on, when you grow out of it, you see things, and you start believing that you could be something that sounds good, but you know it ain’t right. Because a woman is a woman and a man is a man.

Patch.com.The assailant then fled on foot. He is described as being about 6’2″ and weighing about 210 pounds.

according to court documents. “You lying, disgusting, disgraceful, motherfucking f****t…. piece of shit.

In recent weeks, TikToks calling for queer people to be whipped, stabbed, and killed have gone viral in Ethiopia. TikTok hate mongers are outing LGBTQ people by posting their names, photographs, and online profiles.The top comment from one such video says “Let’s kill them, give us their address.”“TikTok is being used to incite violence,” Bahiru Shewaye, co-founder of the Ethiopian LGBTQ rights group House of Guramayle, told the Associated Press. TikTok has removed some of these videos but is largely leaving them untouched.

Metro Weekly. “They would share with each other like a little underground network.”The students asked Carver to help establish a library so others could access the books.“It was such a beautiful moment where I could hear young people understanding the importance of books, who want to help other people,” he says.Together, Carver and the students applied for an “It Gets Better” grant and received $4,000 to build the inclusive library.After hearing an LGBTQ student at a neighboring school committed suicide, the students donated half of the grant to build a second library in their honor.With the remainder of the grant, Carver and the students worked with a local bookstore to curate a list of titles.

A new study shows that nearly 40% of Florida residents have considered leaving the state since the passage of the “Don’t Say Gay” law, with local Republicans encouraging the law’s detractors to follow through on such plans. According to a new survey by the Williams Institute, an LGBTQ policy think tank at UCLA’s School of Law, half of the 40% considering leaving Florida claimed they “very much so” wished to leave the state.Overall, 11% of survey respondents said they would likely move within the next two years.

Cassandro. The company has recently shared a captivating image and a trailer for the movie, hyping up the anticipation for its release in just a few weeksAccording to a synopsis posted by Amazon Prime Video, the film focuses on “Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso, rises to international stardom after he creates the character Cassandro, the “Liberace of Lucha Libre.” In the process, he upends not just the macho wrestling world but also his own life.” Raised in El Paso, Texas, Armendáriz’s story unfolds with the help of a dedicated trainer, who aids him in crafting the flamboyant character of Cassandro.