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Metro Weekly that he received a call from the alarm company around 2:43 a.m., indicating that someone had broken in. “Every now and then we get a false signal, but never at that time of the morning,” Bee said. “So I knew something was up.

Alabama Political Reporter that the city will “ensure all persons are served and respected equally while maintaining a safe Christmas parade event for us all.”“I am committed to fostering a thriving, safe, and vibrant family-friendly community for all of Prattville’s residents,” Gillespie said. “I hope everyone will enjoy the season that we are celebrating and will remember the reason for the season.”Clean Up Alabama has insisted that Gillespie must prevent Prattville Pride from displaying “transgender flags” — it’s unclear whether that includes the traditional rainbow-colored LGBTQ flags — and from having drag performers participate.“[The display of trans Pride flags and drag queens] would be in violation of parade rules which state that ‘political views are not allowed as decoration, in music, or otherwise by any parade participant,’ AND it also states that lewd or offensive entries will not be approved by parade officials,” the anti-LGBTQ group wrote in its email.Prattville Pride told the Alabama Political Reporter that it is “thrilled and proud to be participating in this year’s beloved Christmas parade.”“As the first organization to sign up, we were eager to join in the holiday magic and celebrate alongside our neighbors,” the group’s statement reads.

The Devil Wears Prada, based on the 2006 hit film starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway (which, in turn, was based on a 2003 novel by Lauren Weisberger).John, who wrote the score for the musical — which stars Vanessa Williams as intimidating editor Miranda Priestly — said he struggled to watch the musical due to his vision loss, reported The Associated Press.“I haven’t been able to come to many of the previews because, as you know, I have lost my eyesight,” he said. “I haven’t been able to see the performance, but I have enjoyed it.”He added, “It’s hard for me to see it, but I love to hear it and, boy, it sounded good tonight.”John had previously disclosed in September that an infection had left him “with only limited vision in one eye.”Speaking to ABC News, the “Rocket Man” singer said he hasn’t been recording new music, and instead is focused on his health and improving his vision.

more lethal than its sister strain, clade II, with the death rate ranging from 1.4% to 10%. In August, the World Health Organization declared the rapid spread of the clade I strain in some African countries a “public health emergency of international concern,” which is the highest alarm level under international law.Health officials called for an international response to curb the virus’s spread.The clade II strain of the virus was responsible for the 2022 epidemic that rapidly spread across the globe, primarily through men who have sex with men and their subsequent sexual contacts.In total, about 100,000 people were infected, with 200 dying from the disease.

WTAE.When officers arrived at the 18+ private club, they found a man on the fourth floor suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and torso.Police told CBS News that the victim, who has not been identified, is intubated and will need several surgeries to survive.The alleged shooter, 55-year-old William Samuels, is being held at the Allegheny County Jail, where he is charged with attempted homicide, terroristic threats, and simple assault.Police recovered a gun from the club. The case remains under investigation.Samuels told police that he was homeless and had rented a room at Club Pittsburgh for himself and his girlfriend because of the weather.

Defining Male and Female Act of 2024” seeks to enshrine gender-specific definitions of various words into law, including the terms “girl,” “boy,” “father,” “mother,” “female,” and “male.”The bill defines sex as fixed at birth and binary, and defines gender, in certain contexts, as a synonym for sex, while expressly not including gender identity or gender expression.Under the bill, “male” and “female” are defined as individuals who naturally have — or would have, but for a congenital anomaly — a reproductive system that produces, respectively, sperm or eggs for fertilization.The bill states that “rare disorders of sexual development are not exceptions to the binary nature of sex,” and that “in no case is an individual’s sex determined by stipulation or self-identification.”Marshall, an OB/GYN by trade, argues that due to recent “confusion” surrounding the definition of sex — which he defines as a “biological truth” — the bill is needed to codify those meanings permanently into law.The bill also states that maintaining sex-segregated facilities or sports leagues based on physical differences between the sexes shall not be considered “unequal treatment under the law,” which appears to be an effort to protect against lawsuits brought by transgender advocates.Marshall said in a news release that the bill would push back against the Biden administration’s attempt to “replace biological sex with dangerous radical gender ideology,” would ban transgender athletes from female sports, and would ensure that restrooms, locker and dorm rooms, prisons, and shelters for victims of sexual assault continue to be separated by sex.“As a physician who has delivered over 5,000 babies, I can confidently say that politicizing children’s gender

The Independent.Dahlia then hit the man with her cane, knocking him out. Subsequently, at least five other men rushed over and began beating both women.

Wicked by the self-proclaimed princess of “Popular,” Galinda, and it applies to people, places, films, film reviews, and the musical Wicked.Over the course of the show’s journey through Oz, Galinda eventually becomes Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, sworn foe of the Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba, formerly her friend.The Tony-winning tale of their rivalry turned friendship turned feud, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, adapts the 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire (itself a riff on the Oz characters created by L. Frank Baum, and made iconic in the 1939 MGM musical) into a teenage fantasy-romance promoting tolerance, individuality, and female empowerment.Opening on Broadway in 2003, the show is still running, the national tour and international productions still sell out, and the fanbase is fervently anticipating the big-budget film adaptation directed by Jon M.

newly announced policy banning transgender individuals from using restrooms and other facilities that align with their gender identity.On Wednesday, November 20, Johnson decreed that all single-sex facilities in the U.S. Capitol complex will be reserved for individuals of that biological sex.

convicted in July for the 2018 fatal stabbing of 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein. He was sentenced last Friday in a Southern California courtroom.Woodward stabbed the college sophomore, with whom he had attended high school, 28 times in the face and head and buried Bernstein’s body in a shallow grave.

The New York Times that she received one of the texts referring to an executive order and instructing her to check in to be transported to an undisclosed location for an “LGB re-education camp.” The message also mentioned Trump and the date of his inauguration.Even though she knew the text message was not real, Brier said it raised concerns about what might happen to LGBTQ people or their civil rights under the Trump-Vance administration.“The timing is not a coincidence,” Brier said of the message’s arrival. “There’s a lot of concern among my queer friends about what’s going to happen to us.”Similarly, Latino communities have been receiving messages telling them they have been selected for deportation.

resolution would prohibit members, officers, and employees of the U.S. House of Representatives from using single-sex facilities that do not align with their assigned sex at birth.The bill was introduced following the election of U.S.

Gladiator II.The Oscar-winning actor plays Macrinus, an ambitious, wealthy Roman businessman who is presumed to be bisexual in the film.“I kissed the man in the film but they took it [out]. I think they got chicken,” he told Gayety.

passing away on November 7.On November 15, MPD Chief Pamela Smith announced the arrests of a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old in connection with the attack, as reported by CBS affiliate WUSA.According to MPD Assistant Chief Ramey Kyle, surveillance video footage of the suspects was found showing them in the area of T Street NW around the time when Smith is believed to have been attacked. The two suspects have since been linked to three similar robberies in the hours after Smith’s assault.“For the last two weeks, our detectives have worked around the clock investigating these cases,” Kyle said.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Donald Trump won re-election, which, actually, was not that funny. So, the day after Election Day, heading to Signature Theatre to see Matthew Gardiner’s new production of Forum, I didn’t know what I would do with the zany hijinks of ancient Roman slaves and courtesans.Likely, I wouldn’t be the only person in the building having feelings about the election results.

Maybe Happy Ending, Will Aronson and Hue Park’s completely original musical about robot romance, has just opened.That thumbnail description is unlikely to have folks jumping online or flooding the box office to secure tickets. But like love itself, this show is worth the risk.Risk isn’t a friend to Oliver (Darren Criss), a Helperbot 3 who lives just outside of Seoul, Korea, in an apartment complex with other Helperbots, all of whom once possessed human-like qualities and were reliable aids to their Korean owners. But with newer models and improved technology, they were quickly replaced and discarded.Oliver now spends his days with his plant, Hwaboon, safe within the confines of his apartment.

United Nations pledge last December promising that Mali would promote and protect human rights. While LGBTQ rights were not specifically mentioned, the pledge stated that vital human rights include access to education, employment, and health care, as well as the ability to be paid fairly, voting rights, the right to free speech, the right to privacy, and mutual respect.The LGBTQ community faces much hostility in Mali, a predominantly Islamic African country where homosexuality is viewed as a Western import.At the same time, Sharia law, or Muslim religious law, does not tolerate same-sex relations, and people can face extrajudicial punishments ranging from subjection to conversion therapy and amputation to flogging to death.That means that most LGBTQ Malians are forced to remain closeted or do LGBTQ-specific work under a veil of secrecy.

At a ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 14, at The Schuyler at The Hamilton Hotel, the Capital Pride Alliance, and its global partner InterPride, unveiled the official theme of WorldPride 2025 — “The Fabric of Freedom.”The theme was selected, in part, due to the result of the recent 2024 U.S.

Kierra Johnson joined The National LGBTQ Task Force in 2018 as its Deputy Executive Director. She has served as its President since 2021.METRO WEEKLY: Tell me about your experience on election night. How did you feel when the night first started, and when did it sink in for you that things were not going as hoped?KIERRA JOHNSON: First of all, I couldn’t sleep.

report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that the sharp and drastic increases in the number STI diagnoses seen following the end of COVID-era lockdowns appear to have slowed.In 2023, over 2.4 million cases of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia were diagnosed and reported, with 1.6 million chlamydia cases, 209,000 cases of syphilis, and over 600,000 cases of gonorrhea.But the number of STIs decreased nearly 2% from 2022 to 2023.

charges brought against various people, including prominent gay and bisexual individuals, who participated in the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol; the indictment and conviction on felony charges of arranging a hush-money scheme with the intent of influencing a federal election; and the pursuit of charges against the former and future president for alleged election interference.