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report from The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.Additionally, no openly transgender or nonbinary judge has ever been nominated, let alone confirmed, to the federal bench. An openly LGBTQ person has never served on nine of the 13 federal circuit courts, or on 77 of the country’s 94 federal district courts.An openly LGBTQ person has also never served as a lifetime district court judge in 39 states — or within the borders of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, whose jurisdiction extends to the states of Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.“Having more judges, including openly LGBTQ judges, who come from all of our communities helps to build more trust in the judiciary and brings vitally important perspectives into our justice system,” Lena Zwarensteyn, senior director of the fair courts program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, said in a statement.“As LGBTQ rights are being subject to litigation across the country, it is increasingly clear that we need judges at all levels of the judiciary who understand what’s at stake.

Hayden Panettiere‘s representative is responding to those concerned about her most recent interview.

2023 study by The Trevor Project, an LGBTQ crisis intervention and suicide prevention nonprofit, found that 15% of LGBTQ youth reported being subjected to conversion therapy, with that subgroup being more than twice as likely to have attempted suicide over the past year than individuals who never underwent conversion therapy.Beshear, an LGBTQ ally, noted that he still hopes Kentucky lawmakers will take action to ban such practices but issued the order due to a lack of action by the state’s Republican-dominated legislature.Lawmakers previously overrode a veto Beshear issued of a sweeping anti-LGBTQ bill that bars gender-affirming care for minors, prohibits schools from acknowledging student’s gender identities and pronouns, and blocks LGBTQ-related content from being talked about in schools.“To me, [the issue is] not even about gender or sexuality. It’s about protecting our youth from an inhumane practice that hurts them,” Beshear said during the signing on September 17.He pushed back on critics who claim that banning conversion therapy infringes on anti-LGBTQ individuals’ free speech rights or forces individuals to adopt beliefs that may conflict with their religious views.“Today’s action does not force an ideology on anybody.

Project 2025.More than 92% of LGBTQ adults have heard about Project 2025.

Holly Jones New York-based indie sales outfit Visit Films has acquired international distribution rights to Cecilia Atán and Valeria Pivato’s pensive second feature “Surfacing” (“La Llegada Del Hijo”) ahead of its global debut on Sunday as part of the San Sebastián Film Festival’s prestigious New Director’s Competition. “We have had the privilege of helping launch films in San Sebastián for many years and are so pleased to be working on ‘Surfacing.’ Atán and Pivato have crafted a delicately balanced film that threads the fine needle of emotional subtlety and full-blooded passion.

K.J. Yossman When Prince Andrew invited BBC current affairs show “Newsnight” to interview him at Buckingham Palace in 2019, neither he – nor his interviewer Emily Maitlis – had any inkling that it would not only result in the British royal’s public disgrace, including being stripped of his titles and patronages, but would spawn two dramatizations within five years.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent MK2 Films, the European sales, production and finance powerhouse behind movies by Justine Triet and Joachim Trier, is getting ready to ramp up its global scope and move further in the English-language space. Following its appointment of Protagonist’s former managing director Vanessa Saal as executive consultant and U.K.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Agent 86,” a rare China-Tunisia coproduction film, will have its world premiere on Friday in Tunisia, ahead of a commercial release in Tunisian theaters from Sept. 25. The film is pitched as “a fast-paced action thriller following an international Special Task Force that comes together to fight cross border drug trafficking after a devastatingly addictive drug named Devil’s Breath goes on sale in Hong Kong.” The driving force behind the movie is Tunisian actor-director Bassem Khayati, who produced and directed the film and also appears as its co-lead. Khayati is a veteran of several Jackie Chan movies including “Dragon Blade,” “Kung Fu Yoga” and “Vanguard,” as well as action roles in numerous other Chinese titles including “Fox Hunting,” “Mojin, The Lost Legend” and “Go Away Mr.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter CBS has set the first three cast members for the upcoming daytime soap opera “Beyond the Gates.” Tamara Tunie, Daphnee Duplaix, and Karla Mosley are all joining the series, which was originally picked up at the broadcast network in April under the title “The Gates.” As previously reported, the show was developed under CBS Studios’ content partnership with the NAACP. The show will begin production this fall in Atlanta and will premiere on CBS in early 2025. The official description for “Beyond the Gates” states: “‘Beyond the Gates’ is set in a leafy Maryland suburb just outside of Washington D.C., and in one the most affluent African American counties in the United States.

The boss of a holiday park where a five-year-old boy tragically drowned has defended the decision not to have a lifeguard on duty at the pool, an inquest heard.

With the impact of the cost of living crisis still squeezing finances and borrowing rates remaining high at 5.0 per cent, many pensioner households could be missing out on thousands of pounds in much-needed income which they are entitled to receive, research by advisory firm HUB Financial Solutions reveals.

A rare surviving cast-iron statue of Scotland’s Bard, Robert Burns, has completed a trip from South Africa to a display in Stirling.

Celtic have got everyone talking after their impressive Champions League opener.

When Alexa Chung teamed up as the new creative director and designer for British heritage label Barbour, it felt like a match made in style heaven. Alexa was, of course, the one who turned the humble waxed jacket into a festival fashion staple, as well as having a knack for pairing practical wellies with dreamy slip dresses that's long been unrivalled.The unveiling of her debut collection, The Edit by Alexa Chung, has fashion enthusiasts buzzing with excitement.

An inquest will investigate the tragic case of 21 year old Bethan Amy James, who devastatingly died from what is believed to be sepsis just 48 hours after being admitted to hospital. Bethan's grief-stricken father, former England cricketer and respected sports journalist Steve James, was heartbreakingly unable to return home in time to see his daughter due to travel delays caused by bad weather conditions while he was away covering a Six Nations' match in Ireland.

A contestant on the US version of Strictly Come Dancing made show history this week when she debuted on the dance floor.The 33rd series of Dancing With The Stars, which is filmed in LA, features Anna Sorokin as one of the contenders – but viewers of Netflix may know her better as Anna Delevey, the real-life ‘fake heiress’ who was portrayed by Julia Garmer in the Netflix drama Inventing Anna. And with Anna convicted in 2019 on multiple counts of larceny and theft, she has a very special accessory to wear on the Dancing show – her court-ordered ankle tag. The convicted con artist certainly made the best of her tag – ­which monitors her location at all times and allows her to avoid jail – by having it decorated with glitter as she made her debut on the show.

When it comes to hair tools, particularly straighteners, GHD is widely recognised as the best of the best. With over two decades in the business, both professional hairstylists and beauty enthusiasts swear by them for achieving salon-worthy tresses every time. Earlier this year, the celeb-loved brand unveiled its latest addition to its hair tool range, the GHD Chronos.

A massive storm, stretching nearly 600 miles, is set to drench parts of the UK as we wave goodbye to September and welcome in October. Weather maps from WXCharts, supported by Metdesk data, reveal that a large portion of the country will be hit with heavy rain.The storm, covering a 575-mile area from Newcastle to Lands End, is expected to arrive just as we step into Tuesday, 1 October from 6pm.The Met Office's long-term forecast for the end of September also hints at heavy rainfall.

My Mum, Your Dad is back on TV screens with a new set of single parents hoping for a second chance at love.The new series kicked off on Monday, 16 September and has already proven to be a hit with viewers. Among the parents searching for love is Maria Lopiano, who appears on the ITV dating show alongside her daughter Livia. Maria, 51, has been open about her dating history and past relationships, but her successful career has now been revealed.

Susannah Constantine has opened up about the time she suffered a severe wardrobe malfunction at a Royal dinner party, revealing Prince Philip came to her rescue.The Strictly Come Dancing star attended a gathering at Windsor Castle during her eight-year relationship with David Linley, son of Princess Margaret. Susannah, 62, who found fame presenting What Not to Wear alongside Trinny Woodall in the early 00s, described the incident as her "worst wardrobe malfunction" during an interview on the Dirty Mother Pukka podcast, hosted by Anna Whitehouse and Polly Hazlewood.

This year's Love Island had us all in our feels with all of the couples expressing their love for one another, and we'd hope they'd all go the distance. The latest casualty in the Love Island break-ups is Joey Essex and Jessy Potts, who announced their split yesterday (Wednesday 18 September), just two months after the show ended. Several other couples have announced their splits over the past few weeks, including finalists Sean Stone and Matilda Draper.