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☆ Ellen DeGeneres says the toxic workplace allegations about her talk show took 'such a toll on my ego'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

DeGeneres' daytime talk show, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," ran for 19 seasons from 2003 to 2022. But, as Rolling Stone reported, DeGeneres doesn't have any desire for "revenge," something that she commented on when an audience member asked her directly if she would seek out those who "wronged" her. Related stories"I don't know who wronged me," DeGeneres responded, per Rolling Stone. There's no mean people in show business," DeGeneres joked during the set, according to Rolling Stone. "Honestly, I'm making jokes about what happened to me but it was devastating, really," she said, per Rolling Stone.

Persons: —, Ellen DeGeneres, Ellen, DeGeneres, Stone, she's, would've Organizations: Service, BuzzFeed News, Business, West Hollywood, Stone, Hollywood Locations: West

☆ Opinion: Being lesbian is no longer just a personal identity. It encompasses much more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Opinion Allison Hope | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Lesbian Visibility Week, celebrated each year at the end of April, was first observed in California in 1990 and is marked around the world and in lesbian living rooms across America — including mine. Many laws have criminalized gay men but not women, leaving us in slightly safer territory. Gay men are also more likely to be victims of hate crimes and violence. Gay men might be criminalized, but gay women have long been targeted, sometimes in heinous ways that fly under the radar of the law, and which go unprosecuted. On this Lesbian Visibility Week, I am grateful both to be seen and to slip quietly under the radar, unnoticed.

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☆ I live in Florida and was a conservative. When my kid came out as nonbinary, the way I parent changed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Joann Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The day my child said that to me three years ago is the day my life as a parent changed. In the months preceding that day, Remy had shared they thought maybe they were bi-sexual or lesbian. My role as a parent changed when Remy came out as nonbinaryMy child was always original. JoAnn Chang's child Remy came out as nonbinary three years ago. Before Remy came out as nonbinary, I wouldn't have given these concerns a second thought.

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☆ All the surprise guest appearances at Coachella 2024, from Shakira to Paris Hilton
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Voices of a generationWatch more from the Coachella Stage all weekend on the @Youtube livestream at https://t.co/369m1pWQBo pic.twitter.com/CHCyTBKcuX — Coachella (@coachella) April 13, 2024Will Smith performed 'Men in Black' during J. Balvin's set, wearing a very appropriate suit. Olivia Rodrigo performed with No Doubt. Gwen Stefani of No Doubt and Olivia Rodrigo perform at the Coachella Stage during the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 13, 2024 in Indio, California. AdvertisementKesha also joined Rapp during her setReneé Rapp and Kesha perform onstage together. Peso Pluma Brings Out Becky G to Perform "Chanel" at Coachella 🖤 • @iambeckyg pic.twitter.com/niypTDldVK — ERIKA ❤️‍🔥 (@beckygchanel_) April 14, 2024Paris Hilton played games with Vampire WeekendParis Hilton at Neon Carnival during Coachella.

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☆ Italy’s prime minister says surrogacy ‘inhuman’ as party backs steeper penalties
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | Christopher Lamb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni says surrogacy is “inhuman” and is backing steeper penalties against the practice, including fines of up to $1 million and multiple-year prison sentences. “I continue to believe that surrogacy is an inhuman practice,” Meloni said at a conference ‘For a Young Europe: Demographic Transition, Environment, Future’ in Rome on Friday. Meloni’s comments against surrogacy fall in line with the views held by the Catholic Church. “The demographic challenge, and the economic sustainability to which it is connected, is one of the main challenges for us,” she said. The move to criminalize surrogacy is largely seen as a move against the LGBTQ+ community.

Persons: Giorgia Meloni, Meloni’s, “, ” Meloni, ’, Pope Francis, ” Organizations: CNN, Catholic Locations: Italy, Europe, Rome, ”

☆ Why is pop culture so obsessed with nuns?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

These vestal get-ups are, in fact, the latest in a long line of subversive pop culture interpretations of the lives (and loves) of nuns. More recently, Bella Hadid walked the Coperni Fall-Winter 2022 runway wearing headgear reminiscent of a nun’s habit. The “Nunsploitation” subgenre saw the transformation of nuns from icons of piety and sacrifice into harbingers of evil and sexual obsession. In lighter fare, “Sister Act 3,” a third movie in the beloved “Sister Act” series of the 1990s starring Whoopi Goldberg is currently in development. “The juxtaposition of the nun’s habit with either blatant sexuality or the cultivation of personal identity and style is shocking and grabs people’s attention,” wrote Dr. Neal.

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☆ Opinion: ‘Monkey Man’ knocks James Bond out of the ring
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-06 | by ( Opinion Noah Berlatsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“Monkey Man” is set in a semi-fictionalized Mumbai, replete with homelessness, crime and swooping, askew camera angles. Action movies — even relatively gritty ones without fanciful superhero CGI — require a bigger outlay for location and stunts. “Monkey Man” was plagued by production difficulties and financial struggles. Mindless s**t. I wanted to give it soul.” That’s an admirable sentiment — and one that isn’t just restricted to action movies. “Monkey Man” growls and spits and beats its chest and leaps you’re never quite sure where.

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☆ Taiwan needs more babies. But conservative traditions are holding back some fertility solutions
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Eric Cheung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Taipei, Taiwan CNN —For married Taiwanese men Alan Hung and Danny Huang, the process of having a biological child together was never easy. Cases like this are troubling to Chen Ching-hui, who last month became the first fertility specialist to win a seat in Taiwan’s parliament. Same-sex couples and single women are banned from accessing procedures such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) or egg freezing in Taiwan, while surrogacy is outlawed entirely. The issue is particularly pressing for Taiwan because, as its population dwindles, so do its military ranks. A nurse handling egg freezing inside a Taipei clinic run by fertility specialist, and now lawmaker, Chen Ching-hui.

Persons: Taiwan CNN —, Alan Hung, Danny Huang, “, ” Huang, Chen Ching, Hung, Huang, Aiden, Danny Huang “, Chen, –, Dr Chen Ching, Eric Cheung, ”, ” Chen, Hsueh, Chang, Paula Bronstein, Huang – Organizations: Taiwan CNN, CNN, Kuomintang, KMT, Communist Party, Taiwan’s Institute for National Defense and Security Research, Democratic Progressive Party, China Medical University Hospital Locations: Taipei, Taiwan, Russia, United States, Taiwan’s, China, East Asia, Japan, Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong, South Korea, Southeast Asia

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s former Controller Betty Yee announced Wednesday she will run for governor in 2026, vying to succeed outgoing Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, who is Black, and outgoing state Senate leader Toni Atkins, a lesbian lawmaker, have all announced their candidacies. Photos You Should See View All 60 ImagesYee served as the budget director for Democratic Gov. She was then elected as a member of the California State Board of Equalization and then as state controller. California controller is responsible for disbursing state funds, auditing government agencies and serving on more than 70 boards and commissions.

Persons: —, Betty Yee, Gavin Newsom, Yee, ” Yee, Newsom, Gov, Eleni Kounalakis, Tony Thurmond, Toni Atkins, Rob Bonta, Gray Davis Organizations: Democratic, California Democratic Party, Democratic Gov, California State, of Equalization Locations: SACRAMENTO, Calif, San Francisco, Sacramento, California

☆ Thailand’s lower house passes bill to legalize same-sex marriage
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Kocha Olarn | Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Thailand’s House of Representatives voted to legalize same-sex marriage on Wednesday, bringing the Southeast Asian nation a step closer to becoming the third territory in Asia to guarantee equal marital rights. The lower house of parliament passed the bill following a third and final reading, with 400 representatives voting in favor. It would also make the country only the third place in Asia to allow for marriage equality after Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage in 2019 and Nepal in 2023. Previous attempts to legalize marriage equality over the past decade have stalled. Nonetheless Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, of the Pheu Thai Party, had also promised to bring the marriage equality bill to parliament.

Persons: CNN —, Pita Limjaroenrat, Srettha Thavisin Organizations: CNN, CNN — Thailand’s, Party, Thailand’s, Pheu Thai Party Locations: Asia, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Nepal

☆ The No. 1 thing jobs can do to keep female employees
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Becky Cantieri | Chief People Officer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The pay gap is even bigger for AAPI women, Black women, Latinas, caregivers, disabled women, and more. The U.S. government doesn't even collect the right data to establish a pay gap for the nonbinary community. A lot goes into a big, national, average pay gap — individual career choices, variable pay across industries and more. So really, can you afford to not pay women fairly in 2024? This is comparable to 2023 when 56% of women workers reported the same, and 2022 when 54% did.

Persons: that's, doesn't, —, jobseekers Organizations: CNBC Locations: U.S, SurveyMonkey

☆ Atheists are still reluctant to ‘come out’
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Harmeet Kaur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Just like people of faith, not all atheists believe the same things. Because atheists are defined by what they don’t believe, it’s difficult to generalize what they do believe. What do atheists believe? Nearly a third of atheists believe humans have souls or spirits in addition to their physical body. It's hard to talk about atheists as a large group because they're defined by what they don't believe in.

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☆ A Night With New York’s Lesbian and Bisexual Backgammon League
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Julia Halperin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

There’s the pirate who’s said to have buried treasure on Liberty Island. And then there’s the Lesbian and Bisexual Backgammon League. “I’d heard whispers of this game for so long,” says the photographer Kate Owen, 35. For a year, she’d wondered where the mysterious tournament was held and who exactly was behind it. Then, on Valentine’s Day, she saw an Instagram post by the queer collective GayJoy calling for “a few more artsy gays to play backgammon” that evening.

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☆ It looks like Taylor Swift is a distant relative of Emily Dickinson — a poet she's thought to have long admired
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewGenealogy website Ancestry announced that Taylor Swift is distantly related to the American poet Emily Dickinson. According to Ancestry, Swift and Dickinson are sixth cousins, three times removed, tracing their roots back to the same 17th-century English immigrant. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementA Business Insider overview of the literary references in Swift's songs from last year noted that many fans think the 10th track on "Evermore" was inspired by Dickinson. The Apple TV+ series "Dickinson," which largely focuses on the poet's supposed romantic interest in Gilbert, featured the song.

Persons: —, Taylor Swift, Emily Dickinson, Swift, Dickinson, Dickinson's, Taylor, Emily Dickinson's, Sue Gilbert, Gilbert, Alena Smith Organizations: Service, Business, Poets Department, Nashville Songwriters Association, Apple Locations: American, Windsor , Connecticut, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, West Reading , Pennsylvania

☆ On social-media, Black women's content is monetized and appropriated without paying tribute to the creators
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Kara Alaimo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In the influencer world, Black female creators see their work co-opted without credit or apology. Kylie Jarrett, Ph.D., a scholar of media studies, refers to women content creators as "digital housewives," which is fitting because they often earn the same salary as stay-at-home moms: $0. Some of the most exploited people of all are Black women and girls who create content, then watch it get appropriated and monetized by others. They were eventually invited on the show via Zoom — but only after, you guessed it, social media outcry . The experience is so common among Black creators that in the summer of 2021, they went on strike to protest the practice of appropriating their work .

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☆ Alleged murder of Sydney couple by police officer reopens old wounds in LGBTQ+ community
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Angus Watson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Sydney, Australia CNN —The alleged murder of a young Sydney couple by a serving police officer has opened a tragic new chapter in the troubled history between the force and the city’s LGBT+ community and cast a shadow over Mardi Gras, a vibrant annual celebration of their culture. The bodies of Sydney couple Luke Davies and Jesse Baird were found a week after their alleged murder. Adding to that distress was a photo circulated widely of the alleged killer marching in police uniform at the 2020 Mardi Gras. The couple's alleged murder has cast a shadow over the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade. Recommendations to police included reinvestigating some of the suspected hate crimes murders, but also for officers to take courses in LGBT+ bias and to improve relations with the LGBT+ community.

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☆ Ghana’s parliament passes anti-homosexuality bill
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( David Mckenzie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Johannesburg CNN —Ghana’s parliament on Wednesday unanimously passed a controversial anti-homosexuality bill that has drawn international condemnation. The bill, which was introduced in the parliament in 2021, not only criminalizes LGBTQ relationships, but also those who support LGBTQ rights. The bill in Ghana still needs to be signed off by the country’s president before it becomes law. “Approaches rooted in inclusion of all people have been crucial to Ghana’s progress in the HIV response,” Byanyima said in a statement. “Evidence shows that punitive laws like this bill are a barrier to ending AIDS, and ultimately undermine everyone’s health.”

Persons: “, ”, Sam George, Volker Türk, Winnie Byanyima, ” Byanyima, Byanyima Organizations: Johannesburg CNN —, Twitter, CNN, United Nations Locations: Johannesburg, Africa, Ghana

☆ High-Stakes Capers Starring Low-Wage Workers
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Alexandra Chang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Waldman focuses on members of “Team Movement” at Store No. 1512, who unload trucks, organize the warehouse and stock shelves before the store opens. Diego, an immigrant from Honduras, prides himself on being competent at work, but struggles in his personal relationships. Multiple Movement members struggle with alcohol, are single parents, live with parents or grandparents and have challenges in their intimate relationships. “Help Wanted” is structured around the collective, depicting the toll of capitalism on low-wage workers.

Persons: Waldman, Will, ” There’s Nicole, Diego, ’ Organizations: “ Locations: Honduras

☆ Opinion: ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ beats Florida’s right-wing politicians at their own game
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Opinion Noah Berlatsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But sometimes — as in Ethan Coen’s and Tricia Cooke’s wonderful “Drive-Away Dolls” — they’re more adventurous. Noah Berlatsky Noah BerlatskyCoen, best known for his collaborations with his brother Joel, co-wrote and co-directed “Drive-Away Dolls” with his wife and queer filmmaker, Cooke. Jamie (played by Margaret Qualley) and Marian (played by Geraldine Viswanathan) are pictured in "Drive-Away Dolls." Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan co-star in Ethan Coen's and Tricia Cooke's latest film, "Drive-Away Dolls." “Drive-Away Dolls” tells the audience watching through that fence or otherwise, that queer looking, queer film, queer art and queer people are all a valuable, fun and worthy heist.

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☆ Opinion: A Sydney ‘copshop’ with a dark history. And the gay community reclaiming it
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Opinion Gary Nunn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Police arrest a protester during a gay rights demonstration, which would become known as the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, June 1978. A permanent place to learn and healThere’s never been a more crucial time to record and display the stories and history of my LGBTQI community. LGBTQ+ activists demonstrate in what would evolve into the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, 1978. Many arrested gay men were sent to Cooma — the world’s only known jail for gay men — also in New South Wales. My gay community finally gets to tell their own history in a venue that imprisoned and beat us for simply being ourselves.

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☆ Australia Authorities Say More Sydney Sites Tainted With Asbestos
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities on Saturday said asbestos had been discovered in more places in Sydney including housing estates as the New South Wales government continues a weeks-long scramble to remove the toxic material from mulch used in public spaces. Since then, in what is the biggest investigation by the state's Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) in decades, 32 city sites have returned positive results for bonded asbestos, the agency said in a statement on Saturday. The EPA said new sites where asbestos had been detected were a public school and park in the city's north, and two residential estates under construction in Sydney's south-west. The University of Sydney had also been identified as potentially tainted and would be tested this weekend, it said. The rate of positive results is around 10 percent," the EPA said.

Persons: Sam McKeith, Matthew Lewis Organizations: SYDNEY, New South, Environmental Protection Authority, EPA, University of Sydney, Authorities, Sydney Gay, Mardi Locations: Sydney, New South Wales, Sydney's

Greece has become the first majority-Orthodox Christian nation to legalize same-sex marriage under civil law. Public opinion in majority Orthodox countries has mostly been opposed, too. Civil unions may become more common among Orthodox countries gravitating toward the European Union. Greek Orthodox showed relative tolerance, with half of Orthodox saying homosexuality should be accepted and a quarter favoring same-sex marriage. As head of the Russian Orthodox Church, he oversees the world's largest Orthodox flock.

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The test questions will be sent to 480,000 households, with the statistical agency expecting just over half to respond. If the questions are approved, it will be the first time sexual orientation and gender identity questions are asked on the American Community Survey, which already asks questions about commuting times, internet access, family life, income, education levels, disabilities and military service, among other topics. Possible answers: Male; Female; Transgender; Nonbinary; and “This person uses a different term” (with a space to write in a response). The second gender question will be tested in two different ways to determine whether to give respondents the opportunity to select multiple answers. The agency also plans to add what it describes as a “verification” question for anyone whose responses on the two gender questions don't match.

Persons: Mike Schneider Organizations: American Community Survey, American, Survey

☆ Sydney Parks Cordoned Off, Mardi Gras Event Cancelled After Asbestos Concerns
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities on Friday cordoned off areas in several parks in Sydney after the discovery of asbestos in mulch, while schools began precautionary testing as the government scrambled to remove the toxic material from public spaces. About 700 students at a public school in Sydney's southwest will be relocated to another school for several weeks after finding asbestos on campus. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Fair Day event, which usually draws tens of thousands of revellers, scheduled for Sunday was cancelled after traces of asbestos were found around the Victoria Park venue. The New South Wales state government on Thursday set up a taskforce to provide more resources and staff to help support the Environment Protection Authority's investigations. The complex, criminal investigation involves multiple lines of enquiry," New South Wales Environment Minister Penny Sharpe said in a statement.

Persons: Penny Sharpe, Sharpe, Renju Jose, Jamie Freed Organizations: SYDNEY, Sydney City Council, Sydney Gay, Mardi, Sunday, Protection, Environment Protection Authority, Wales Environment Locations: Sydney, Sydney's, Victoria, New South Wales, New, Wales

☆ Dating apps in 2024: A look at the state of Tinder, Bumble, Hinge and Match
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Rachel Wilson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

But dating apps, including Bumble, Grindr, Hinge and OkCupid, have cemented themselves as a fixture in American life: 2023’s downloads are more than twice the number of downloads in 2012, the year Tinder launched. This is the state of the dating app market, in four charts:Downloads are starting to fallThe popularity of dating apps has remained steady despite a slight decline in overall downloads in recent years. As many as three in 10 of all Americans say they’ve used a dating app, according to Pew. Tinder’s dominance is waningTinder has been the most commonly used dating app for Americans, a status it has held almost since it launched in 2012. Tinder is the largest app in Match Group’s US portfolio, which also includes Match, OKCupid, Hinge, Plenty of Fish and 36 other dating app brands aimed at diverse communities.

Persons: CNN — Tinder, Gen, they’ve, ” Tomas Iriarte, Reyes, Tinder, Gen Z Young, who’d, Gen Z, Bumble, X, ”, Amelia Orlando Organizations: CNN, Pew Research Center, Pew, Tinder, Survey Center, American, American Enterprise Institute Locations: data.ai

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