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"Kraven the Hunter" is too busy introducing characters and Intellectual Property to construct a plot, seemingly didn’t g...
12/16/2024

"Kraven the Hunter" is too busy introducing characters and Intellectual Property to construct a plot, seemingly didn’t get the memo that all these characters have shown up for a party that was over before they got there.... Aaron Taylor-Johnson does meet the physical demands of the part, as Kraven spills blood flagrantly in his skirmishes with poachers and gangsters. Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose also gets sucked into the vortex, playing another Spider-Man-associated villain, Calypso.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson struts and scowls through Sony’s haphazardly-assembled franchise nonstarter "Kraven the Hunter."

Last week, the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) announced that beginning with the 2025 season, players who ha...
12/16/2024

Last week, the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) announced that beginning with the 2025 season, players who have undergone male puberty will no longer be eligible to compete... the U.S. Golf Association (USGA) announced an identical policy restricting eligibility in elite-level competitions to athletes who were assigned female. Read the details --

A new policy prohibits athletes who have undergone "male puberty" from competing in anything but "open events."

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), claimed that she was “physically accosted” by a “pro-trans man” during a handshake. Witnesses di...
12/16/2024

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), claimed that she was “physically accosted” by a “pro-trans man” during a handshake. Witnesses dispute her version of the events.

Three eyewitnesses said a foster care advocate merely shook Mace's hand and told her that trans youth in foster care need support.

Gerald Radford, 66, repeatedly harassed Lay for more than two years, calling him a homophobic slur and making derogatory...
12/15/2024

Gerald Radford, 66, repeatedly harassed Lay for more than two years, calling him a homophobic slur and making derogatory remarks about Lay’s s*xual orientation, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. That harassment culminated in an altercation between the two men, which ended with Radford fatally shooting John Walter Lay, 52.

Florida man Gerald Radford will now face trial for the murder of John Walter Lay, a gay man with whom he'd clashed at a dog park.

Zookeepers at the Birdland Park and Gardens in Bourton-on-the-Water, England, were shocked after the king penguin they h...
12/14/2024

Zookeepers at the Birdland Park and Gardens in Bourton-on-the-Water, England, were shocked after the king penguin they had been hoping to use as part of a breeding initiative turned out not to be female.

Zookeepers in England grew suspicious after the penguin they thought was female began displaying dominant behavior.

“Every casting director I knew, they were like, ‘Lance, we can’t cast you, because they can’t look past — you’re too fam...
12/12/2024

“Every casting director I knew, they were like, ‘Lance, we can’t cast you, because they can’t look past — you’re too famous for being gay now, that they can’t look at you as anything other than that,” the singer said.

The former NSYNC member says casting directors snubbed him because they didn't believe he would be believable as a straight character.

A recently unearthed video clip of Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Secretary of Defense, shows the former Arm...
12/12/2024

A recently unearthed video clip of Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Secretary of Defense, shows the former Army National Guard officer lamenting that allowing LGBTQ service members to serve openly, and allowing women into combat roles, would erode military standards.

Trump's Defense Secretary nominee publicly lamented that allowing LGBTQ soldiers to serve openly would "erode" military standards.

William S. Burroughs originally wrote "Q***r" in the 1950s, as an extension of his semi-autobiographical novel "J***y", ...
12/07/2024

William S. Burroughs originally wrote "Q***r" in the 1950s, as an extension of his semi-autobiographical novel "J***y", but didn’t publish the daringly gay manuscript until 1985.

Luca Guadagnino’s sultry, surrealist "Q***r" intrigues and arouses, but just misses the spot.

During a meeting of the Joint Rules Committee on Tuesday, members of the Montana House of Representatives voted 10-12 to...
12/06/2024

During a meeting of the Joint Rules Committee on Tuesday, members of the Montana House of Representatives voted 10-12 to reject a proposed rule that would have prohibited all transgender women from using women’s restrooms. Read more:

Montana lawmakers narrowly rejected a rule to prevent Rep. Zooey Zephyr from using the women's restroom near the House and Senate chambers.

Grindr, the popular hookup app for gay and bis*xual men, released its annual edition of “Grindr Unwrapped,” a compilatio...
12/06/2024

Grindr, the popular hookup app for gay and bis*xual men, released its annual edition of “Grindr Unwrapped,” a compilation of cultural trends, s*xual habits, and other statistics regarding its users.

The popular gay hookup app Grindr released its annual survey of s*xual, social, and cultural trends as decided by its users.

The California Department of Public Health confirmed the first-known U.S. case of clade I mpox, a deadlier strain of the...
12/04/2024

The California Department of Public Health confirmed the first-known U.S. case of clade I mpox, a deadlier strain of the virus than circulated a few years ago, on November 16 in someone who recently traveled to Africa. The case appears to be connected to an ongoing outbreak of the clade I strain on the African continent.

The infected individual had recently traveled to Africa, where there is an ongoing outbreak of the deadlier clade I mpox strain.

Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law that restricts all transgender students in public schools and un...
12/03/2024

Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law that restricts all transgender students in public schools and universities from facilities that do not match their assigned s*x at birth.

Mike DeWine signed a bill into law that will restrict transgender students from using facilities that match their gender identity.

The “Defining Male and Female Act of 2024” seeks to enshrine gender-specific definitions of various words into law, incl...
11/27/2024

The “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 s*x as fixed at birth and binary, and defines gender, in certain contexts, as a synonym for s*x, while expressly not including gender identity or gender expression.

Senator Roger Marshall's bill would legally prohibit recognition of a person's gender that doesn't align with their assigned s*x at birth.

Police and paramedics were called to Club Pittsburgh, around 2:15 a.m. on November 22 in response to reports of a man br...
11/27/2024

Police and paramedics were called to Club Pittsburgh, around 2:15 a.m. on November 22 in response to reports of a man brandishing a weapon and threatening people. When officers arrived at the 18+ private club, they found a man on the fourth floor suffering from multiple gunshot wounds...

A homeless man is charged with attempted murder after shooting one patron and menacing six others inside the popular Club Pittsburgh.

Under the rumored plan, an estimated 15,000 service members would be medically discharged based on their diagnosis with ...
11/26/2024

Under the rumored plan, an estimated 15,000 service members would be medically discharged based on their diagnosis with gender dysphoria. They would be categorized as “unfit to serve,” despite meeting all other requirements for service, including those related to their physical abilities, academic achievement, and personal character.

A rumored executive order would discharge 15,000+ transgender individuals and ban any future transgender recruites.

The 62-year-old gay billionaire served as an economic policy adviser to Trump during the most recent presidential campai...
11/26/2024

The 62-year-old gay billionaire served as an economic policy adviser to Trump during the most recent presidential campaign and is the founder of hedge fund Key Square Capital Management. Prior to that, he was the chief investment officer at Soros Fund Management, a hedge fund started by Democratic donor George Soros.

Wall Street analysts believe Bessent will encourage Trump to roll back his aggressive plans for imposing tariffs on imported goods.

As an original, mostly Spanish-language musical, Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez hits some exhilarating highs. The score ...
11/25/2024

As an original, mostly Spanish-language musical, Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez hits some exhilarating highs. The score includes a heady mix of marches, rock, electro, and hip-hop, and stars Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofía Gascón and Selena Gomez. Streaming on Netflix.

A musical, a crime thriller, a trans romance that never mentions the word trans, "Emilia Pérez" is its own special creation.

A California man with neo-Nazi ties convicted of murdering a gay, Jewish University of Pennsylvania student has been sen...
11/25/2024

A California man with neo-Nazi ties convicted of murdering a gay, Jewish University of Pennsylvania student has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Samuel Woodward, who had Neo-Nazi ties, was found guilty last July of stabbing 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein, 28 times.

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