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Mexican singer says he was trafficked and abused as a teenager
Luis Armando Campos says singing is his life. At 23, he's already had a very impressive singing career that started when he was just a child in his native Tampico, a port city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
"I was about 11, almost 12, when I first appeared on a local TV show in Tampico," Campos said.
In 2014, he was a semi-finalist in "The Voice Mexico." The international reality singing competition franchise took his career to new levels. Even though he didn't win, Campos has since toured Mexico with his music. But what his increasing number of fans didn't know, Campos says, is that while his career was taking off, he was forced to live a double life -- as a sex slave.
Mexican singer says he was trafficked and abused as a teenager
Monsters kidnap toddler in India before raping, beheading her
The TRUTH of 'Maryland dad' Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Two Muslim 13-year-olds are jailed for raping girl, 12, because she was Jewish
UK ‘shied away’ from ethnicity of grooming gangs in child sex abuse inquiries
Fat Joe denies sex acts with minors after former hype man’s $20 million lawsuit
Soccer coach admits drugging and raping young boys
Boy, 12, is abducted 'by pedophile' after youngsters' 'To Catch a Predator' sting went horribly wrong
Man to serve 25 years in prison after using Snapchat to meet teens
Dyslexic Gay Man Not Accepted By Tampa Bay Community
Some people thought he was trying to be funny and got mad about it. Then we found out he’s dyslexic but it’s still weird.
Dyslexic Gay Man Not Accepted
Italy not signing LGBTQ+ rights bill
Pronouns, tribal affiliations now forbidden in SD public univ. employee emails
Minnesota bans Gay & Trans Panic Defense
Hundreds of gay men evicted from Dallas hotel after AKA Sorority members complained about their attire
GLAAD’s Sarah Kate Ellis Under Fire
Ford exits LGBTQ+ index
This anti-DEI activist is targeting LGBTQ rights
I Have Tourette’s, and I’m Gay
Closeted and confused about the gay scene
Paris Jackson says her family thinking ‘homosexuality is taboo’ made life ‘really hard’
Paris, who publicly confirmed she was queer last year but said she had been out for “years”, explained that she was “still kind of figuring it out”.
But her religious family members, she said, made coming to terms with her sexuality “really hard”.
“My family is very religious, and a lot of, like, homosexuality is just very taboo, so they don’t like to talk about it,” Paris said.
“It’s not really accepted…
Paris Jackson says her family thinking ‘homosexuality is taboo’ made life ‘really hard’
Jehovah's Witnesses reportedly under investigation by Pennsylvania attorney general
The Pennsylvania attorney general's office reportedly is investigating whether the Jehovah's Witnesses repeatedly failed to report child sexual abuse allegations to authorities in what is believed to be the first wide-scale examination by a U.S. law enforcement agency.
The attorney general's office told USA TODAY it "cannot confirm or deny the existence of investigations."
"Witnesses believe that they’re obeying God, that they’re putting God’s law ahead of man's law," he said. "And the reality is that they’re harming people."
Lawsuits filed across the country since the 1990s have accused the Jehovah's Witnesses and their legal corporations — including the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania and the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York Inc. — of failing to report child abuse.
USA Today
Middle School Teacher Accused Of Sexually Abusing Teen At Her Home, Including While Her Own Child Was Present
Man arrested for skipping sexual assault trial to see girl he met online
Judge rules against elderly lesbians rejected from retirement home
A federal judge this week ruled against a lesbian couple who sued a Missouri retirement home for rejecting their apartment application because their marriage is not "understood in the Bible.”
Bev Nance, 68, and Mary Walsh, 72, were married a decade ago in Massachusetts and have been in a committed relationship for roughly 40 years.
NBC News
MAN ARRESTED FOR WALKING WIFE AROUND ON DOG LEASH AT PENNYSLVANIA FAIR
A man walking his wife around on a dog leash at an annual Pennsylvania fair was arrested and charged with simple assault.
Newsweek
Kids With Cognitive Problems Can Be Locked Up for Years Without a Trial
In California and across much of the country, children with cognitive problems routinely languish in custody for months or years while judges determine whether they’ll be able to pick up the skills needed for a fair trial. Most states don’t have comprehensive programs to help these kids become “competent,” as the courts call it, referring to someone who has the ability to assist their attorneys with their defense and possesses a solid understanding of the charges and proceedings against them. In one egregious case, according to a legal director at the National Juvenile Defender Center, children were asked to watch episodes of Law & Order to prepare for their trials.
Mother Jones
Almost half of UK teenagers attracted to same or both sexes have self-harmed
A study has found that almost half (46%) of UK teenagers who identify as LGBTI have self-harmed.
The survey of 11,000 teenagers also found that nearly a quarter of 14-year-old girls (22%) have self-harmed.
Meanwhile, 9% of boys responded saying they have self-harmed in the last year
The newly-released figures are part of the Good Childhood Report, produced by The Children’s Society. They cited homophobic bullying and gender expectations as reasons for the results.
Gay Star News
Being Queer in a Juvenile Detention Center: A Survivor's Story
My name is Sasha. I am 24 years old and I am from the North Philly section of Philadelphia. As a kid, I didn’t have a problem openly expressing my own sexual orientation. I started liking girls at the age of 9 and started dressing like a boy at the age of 14. My home was very supportive of my self-expression and I was never treated differently because of it. I didn’t have to deal with the topic of being gay all the time. My family didn’t like that I was “this way,” but they accepted me. They never brought it up and that was enough support for me.
Advocate
I Was Molested by Director Franco Zeffirelli
Johnathon Schaech was 22 when acclaimed director Franco Zeffirelli cast him as the lead in his movie Sparrow. It was 1992, and the newcomer was thrilled to work with the Italian filmmaker, famed for films such as The Champ, La Traviata and Romeo and Juliet, for which he earned a 1969 Oscar nod for best director. But Schaech says Zeffirelli harassed and sexually abused him during the shoot, a trauma he’s kept secret for 25 years. Hopeful his story can help make positive change, the Ray Donovan actor, now 48, who rose to fame in That Thing You Do!, shared this first-person account with PEOPLE’s Elizabeth Leonard. In a statement, Zeffirelli’s son, Pippo, denied his father, now 94, verbally or sexually abused Schaech, calling the accusations “not credible.” His full statement appears below Schaech’s account.
I had been in Los Angeles for about three years doing some modeling and studying acting with Roy London when I got an audition for a Franco Zeffirelli movie, Sparrow. Franco was iconic and at that point had done Hamlet with Mel Gibson, The Champ with Jon Voight, Endless Love, Taming of the Shrew with Elizabeth Taylor… so you can imagine what a big opportunity this was for me.
I Was Molested by Director Franco Zeffirelli
Emma Watson Says She Has Experienced
Woman Claims Boss Forced Her to Pick Up Dog Poop After She Rejected Male Coworker's Advances
Lawmakers in numerous states face sexual misconduct claims
Boys given 5 years probation for sex assault of girl broadcast live on Facebook
Memphis pastor admits to ‘sexual incident’ with teen 20 years ago, gets standing ovation
Why Woody Allen hasn’t been toppled by the #MeToo reckoning — yet
Fox News correspondent faced sexual harassment accusations before he left: report
Protests erupt over rape, murder of 7-year-old girl in Pakistan
The double-edged sword of sexual violence in the LGBTQ community
Harvey Weinstein. Woody Allen. Lars von Trier. And, now, Kevin Spacey. In the film world, the phrase “patriarchal trash” is getting some seriously good mileage.
And, as a loudmouthed, queer feminist, I fully endorse its usage to describe powerful men with alleged histories of sexual violence. I also think it should describe the complicit bystanders who protect predation.
It’s often too easy for folks like me to throw some hefty stones, The LGBTQ community needs to address our multifaceted participation in rape culture, because all the queer theory in the world is meaningless if it’s not put into practice.
Chicago Tribune
Tony Goldwyn Opened Up About His Experience With Sexual Harassment In Hollywood
On Oct. 20, actor Tony Goldwyn tweeted his support of Lupita Nyong'o after she published a New York Times op-ed that detailed her sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein.
Goldwyn then brought up his own experience with sexual harassment.
Buzzfeed
Gay people are Grrrreat! Tony the Tiger speaks out against homophobic bullying
Kellogg’s mascots including Tony the Tiger and Snap, Crackle and Pop have ‘spoken out’ to condemn homophobic bullying.
The cereal company teamed up with LGBT charity GLAAD to stand up to bullying for Spirit Day, which is marked by schools in the US as a day to stand up to LGBTQ bullying.
Pink News