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Woman who allegedly ripped hijab off student's head charged with hate crimes
A woman who allegedly snatched a hijab from the head of a Saudi Arabian college student and tried to choke her with it has been charged with hate crimes, authorities in Portland, Oregon, said.
Woman who allegedly ripped hijab...
Islamic authorities in Russia's Dagestan ban full-face veil after attacks
Fans fume at ejected NFL star Azeez Al-Shaair
The ‘A’ is not for ‘Ally’
As an asexual person, I can often feel excluded from the wider LGBTQ+ community. It can feel as if we are tolerated rather than welcomed, and sometimes even like we’re outright rejected. Having our validity disputed by LGBTQ+ peers is the most hurtful form of exclusion I have experienced.
The ‘A’ is not for ‘Ally’
Finding love as a gay man feels impossible
What little things make you lose interest in a guy?
It’s time to work toward a healthier relationship standard for queer men
Gay sex club in supermarket basement arouses imagination
Sources in the Slope — the domain of Bill de Blasio, the late Paul Auster, and ’hood heroes Foxy Brown, Steve Buscemi and John Turturro — say the regular event is known as Pickle’s Playhouse and is run, naturally, by none other than Pickle himself.
It seems the gang has been double-bagging there for at least nine months.
Gay sex club in supermarket basement arouses imagination
What it’s really like to be gay at the gym
Supervisor pushes to bring back gay bathhouses in San Francisco
ENTIRE police department - four cops and a chief - quit on same day over 'hostile' black town manager...
'In my 21 years at the Kenly Police Department we have seen ups and downs,' Gibson wrote, addressing the note to both Jones and the town's city council.
'But, especially in the last three years, we have made substantial progress that we had hoped to continue.'
He went on: 'However, due to the hostile work environment now present in the Town of Kenly, I do not believe progress is possible.
ENTIRE police department
Man Charged for pulling knife on black men
'Hostile' black town manager gave them 'crazy write-ups'
Commission recommends Detroit judge be removed
Tank-top wearing judge booted from the bench
Judge removed from Prince George’s County bench for misconduct
Former Chattanooga police chief indicted for forgery, perjury and more
Kenya Doomsday Death Toll Hits 200
The bodies are believed to be those of followers of a pastor based in coastal Kenya, Paul Mackenzie. He’s alleged to have ordered congregants to starve to death in order to meet Jesus.
More than 600 people are still missing.
Kenya Doomsday Death Toll Hits 200
Kenya cult: Children targeted to die first
We can’t let them condemn us to this hell
Haiti spirals to collapse as gangs tighten grip
The news story the world ignored
Kenya's pause to Haiti deployment
The former cop-turned-gang leader bringing Haiti to its knees
‘It is simply best not to get pregnant’
Children ‘piled up and shot’: new details emerge of ethnic cleansing in Darfur
‘Here are the girls who can get pregnant’
Woman Suing Over Male-Only Admission Policy at Clothing-Optional Gay Resort
The outlet reports that the woman, Amina Chaudhry, had previously been invited to a fundraising event at the resort, but the resort said she had been disruptive.
Chaudhry made the complaint with the Florida Commission on Human Relations. Rather than seeking monetary damages, Keys Weekly reports she aims to end the resort’s allegedly discriminatory policies and to recover court costs.
Woman Suing Over Male-Only Admission
Gay Nude Resort Must Allow Women, Judge Declares
Court rules women’s-only exhibit must allow male visitors
Please don’t call me Latinx: Why it’s not my preferred term
Ever since I emigrated to the U.S. from El Salvador, I’ve used the term Hispanic to describe my heritage. But lately, I’ve been corrected on multiple occasions about the term I use to describe myself — told that I should use the more accepted term, Latinx.
Okay, so I understand where Latinx comes from — the desire for a gender-inclusive term for people of Latin American heritage, avoiding the gendered ending of Latino or Latina. But it doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. And besides, why Latinx and not Latin American?
At the heart of this debate lies the issue of labeling, where an outside group (or a small percentage from an inside group) decides on a term, or label, and then dictates which people fit under the larger umbrella of this label. This happens all the time, and the shadow this umbrella casts is hardly constant: its edges waver, growing and shrinking as categories shift.
I have friends who have lived in this country for decades but still refer to themselves as Mexican. I have other friends who call themselves Hispanic, or Chicana/o or just American. Should I correct all of these friends and tell them their descriptors are dated, that they are now Latinx and need to start referring to themselves as Latinx?
Please don’t call me Latinx: Why it’s not my preferred term
Executive order banning use of 'Latinx
What other terms need to go after ‘LatinX’
It's 'Dehumanizing' to Use 'the' in Descriptions — Such as 'the French'
Woke 'inclusive language' has 'gone overboard'
'Latinx' is 'cultural appropriation'
CARDI B IS TIRED OF BEING CALLED ‘MEXICAN’
‘Migrant influencer’ who encouraged squatting, whines
Food Stamps Should "Only Work On Healthy Items"
EBT, also known as food stamps or SNAP, is a government-run program that gives individuals with low incomes a small budget every month to buy groceries. And the idea that the government should control what EBT recipients are allowed to buy is a talking point often made by conservatives who would like to see the program either reduced or cut entirely. (Trump, for example, has proposed getting rid of EBT and replacing it with preset boxes of food, in which the recipient has no choice in what they get.)
Suffice to say, Keke was ratioed pretty hard on Twitter for her suggestion — generating a lot more comments than likes.
Keke Palmer Is Facing Major Backlash
Food shortages beyond baby formula 'likely'
Carlee Russell smiles in mug shot as she’s charged with false police report
Why I quit using my students’ preferred pronouns
I used to use my middle-school students’ preferred pronouns.
It seemed polite.
The largest teachers union in the nation encourages it.
What harm could it do?
Why I quit using my students’ preferred pronouns
Demi Lovato ‘got tired’ of using ‘they/them’ pronouns
'Toxic femininity' is not just fake-tanned bullies on Love Island
ManKind Initiative, a domestic violence charity, has called on the programme’s producers to ensure male contestants were treated as they would female islanders. But the truth is that the entire set-up of Love Island is toxically feminine, with covert power games cloaked under smiles and ‘support’. Watching Love Island is like being trapped in the subconscious of a sixth-former from the movie Mean Girls, whose characters are constantly engaged in psychological warfare with each other.
Women are still as competitive as men. It’s just that women don’t (usually) compete directly. Instead, a more typical female strategy is to cut down a rival by insisting on ‘equality’, or get friends to gang up on her.
'Toxic femininity'
'It is disrespectful and insults women'
Girl got mad because parents bought her a Tesla instead of a Mercedes-Benz
Jennifer Gries lied about rapes to get revenge on coworker
Jenna Ortega’s rude comments should kill her career
Johnny Depp Had a Major Downfall in His Career Due to His Ex-Wife
Youth shelter employee arrested, more victims identified in sexual assault, cover-up
Mom of YouTube star is sued for $22m by 11 kids
Sentenced to 21 years for poisoning her friend with laced cheesecake
Accused stepson killer’s...
California considers separating children from their un-'woke' (asleep) parents
The bill, AB 665 , “would allow children as young as 12 years old to consent to being placed into state-funded group homes without parental permission or knowledge,” according to an analysis from California Family Council. The legislation gives a government bureaucrat the ability to keep a mother and father out of the equation based on his or her own personal decision.
California considers separating children
Community’s Obsession With Status and Looks Has Huge Mental Health Costs
The queer community is one of the highest risk groups for depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. For decades, many scientists wrongly assumed that LGBTQ+ people were inherently pathological, and therefore at greater risk for mental disorder. Shortly after research based on actual surveys of LGBTQ+ people first began in the late 1990s, discrimination and stigma were revealed to be the primary detriments to LGBTQ+ mental health. Though we certainly still have a ways to go, the queer community has since gained a measure of social acceptance. Now, some LGBTQ+ mental health researchers are shifting their focus to stress that comes from within the community itsel
Men of color were more likely to perceive what we call gay community stress. Single men were more likely to experience it, as well as men who described themselves as more feminine, men with fewer socioeconomic resources, and men who didn't feel particularly attractive. We also found that younger men compared to older men were more stressed, and that bisexual men were less likely to experience this type of gay community stress.
Community’s Obsession
Bar promotes drag event with ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD
Danny Brown Claims He Was Sexually Assaulted by Ninja of Die Antwoord
The 41-year-old artist made the allegations during a recent appearance on the 2 Bears, 1 Cave podcast, claiming the assault occurred during an afterparty for one of his shows in Paris. Brown told Tom Segura that Ninja had DM’d about possibly meeting up after the concert; Brown claims he offered to put the rapper’s name on the guest list, but Ninja ultimately declined.
Sexually Assaulted by Ninja of Die Antwoord
Disney+ Star Fired After Allegations Of Misconduct
Boy, 14, in gay village, is arrested on suspicion of rape
Man Sentenced to 22 Years in Jail for Drugging, Raping 2 Men
Celeb gay nightclub hit with discrimination allegations
Incarcerated transgender woman impregnates two inmates
Trans inmate, 27, moved to men's prison
Pedophile dies after chugging mystery liquid
Powerful gay faces over a decade of sexual misconduct allegations
Feist quits Arcade Fire tour
After permit approved for whites-only church, small Minnesota town insists it isn't racist
When the church doors open, only white people will be allowed inside.
That’s the message the Asatru Folk Assembly in Murdock, Minnesota, is sending after being granted a conditional use permit to open a church there and practice its pre-Christian religion that originated in northern Europe.
Despite a council vote officially approving the permit this month, residents are pushing back against the decision.
After permit approved for whites-only church, small Minnesota town insists it isn't racist
Is Being an Older LGBTQ+ Person as Terrifying as It Sounds?
Someone asked me the other day what my favorite movie was, and I immediately said Arthur, like I always do. Then they said, “Never heard of it? When did it come out?” I didn’t answer 1981, nearly 40 years ago. At that moment I felt old, out of date, and superficially shallow.
Thus, I was not surprised by a new report from The Fenway Institute that found older LGBTQ+ adults in the state of Massachusetts have been diagnosed with depression at twice the rate of their straight, cisgender peers. It could be Massachusetts or any other state, or any other country because depression among older LGBTQ+ people is real, and no doubt much more widespread than we ever realize. I always tell people that if it could happen to me, the proverbial life of the party, it can happen to anyone. Having dealt with severe depression, and then having sought out many older LGBTQ+ people who also experienced similar circumstances, I found it remarkable that we all suffered from some sort of PTSD from our youths.
Again, not surprised that the report also found that LGBTQ+ individuals were twice as likely to fall and be injured in a fall over the past year, and I wouldn’t be shocked to hear if some of that was related to dangerous behavior about feeling alone and useless. Another woman, a lesbian, told me that she had a life-threatening operation, and has not been the same since and feels there’s nothing to live for, except her cat, who is 10. Otherwise, she is alone, without her partner who died, and without a family to take care of her. The family has made her feel shame for who she is, and she worries about being alone for the remainder of her life. Some days, she doesn’t feel like getting out of bed, and subsists on her Social Security checks, desperately afraid that she’ll end up in a nursing home left to die. We didn’t discuss it, but I’m sure she feels equal trepidation about not being able to pay the costs of round-the-clock care.
Is Being an Older LGBTQ+ Person as Terrifying as It Sounds?