Huge Protest as Anti-LGBTQ Group Delivers ‘Alternative Viewpoint’ on Trans Youth at Minnesota School Board Meeting

Dupe is a four letter word to some, and I admit I have mixed feelings on the matter, especially when it’s tiny indie beauty brands providing the “inspiration”. However I simply can’t rip my eyes away from Aldi’s audacious lookalikes – or in this case, smell-alikes.This week the supermarket dupe master is turning its attention to fragrance, with £5.99 “competitors” (its word) to three blockbuster scents, including Carolina Herrera’s Good Girl and YSL Black Opium. However the one that’s got me truly intrigued is Lacura Atom, which is inspired by one of the most famous perfumes in the world: Escentric Molecules’ groundbreaking Molecule 01.

Dreamcatcher have returned with their second studio album ‘Apocalypse: Save Us’ and a powerful music video for its title track ‘Maison’.The new visual portrays the girl group into two alternate realities. In the first, the members of the girl group wander a post-apocalyptic wasteland, surrounded by collapsed buildings and rubble.

Post Malone to have a lawsuit over his 2019 hit ‘Circles’ dismissed.US District Judge Otis D. Wright II declined to rule from the bench on Malone’s dismissal motion after an afternoon hearing in Los Angeles yesterday (April 11), but the federal judge made it clear he was still anticipating a trial on May 17, reports Rolling Stone.It comes after Canadian songwriter Tyler Armes previously filed a federal lawsuit in California listing Post (real name Austin Post), Post’s producer Frank Dukes, and Universal Music Group as defendants.

Kylie Jenner has confessed she still hasn't changed her baby boy's name after revealing it's no longer Wolf.The 24 year old welcomed her second child with rapper Travis Scott, 30, on 2 February this year, which is just one day after their four year old daughter Stormi's birthday. A week after the birth, The Kardashians star announced they had decided to name their son Wolf in a very low-key Instagram story post. But just one month later, the pair decided to go back on the name and change it as it "didn't feel like it was him".

Robyn and Neneh Cherry have shared a new video for ‘Buffalo Stance‘, a cover of Cherry’s classic 1988 single, with production from Dev Hynes and a feature spot from Mapei.The video, which stars Pose actor Indya Moore, sees various models and actors hanging out in a house with retro decor and an old poster of Cherry.Last month, Cherry shared the news that Robyn had covered her song, also revealing that the new version was part of a “new project” that she will be “able to talk about soon”.“It feels strange to be doing this with everything going on in the world right now but… I am still so honoured & excited to announce that my incredible friend @robynkonichiwa has covered ‘Buffalo Stance’ with @Mapei & Dev Hynes for a beautiful new version!” she wrote.Cherry, meanwhile, was the recipient of this year’s Icon Award at the BandLab NME Awards 2022. The singer-songwriter was presented with the Icon Award by her own daughter, the singer Mabel, at the awards show at the O2 Academy Brixton on March 2.“I’m so blessed to have you as a mum,” Mabel said in the acceptance speech.

Amid rising cost of living prices in the UK, houses across the country are doing whatever they can to save money on bills. With energy costs rising, heating our homes has become increasingly expensive, with many taking money-saving tips wherever they can to lower their bills this spring. Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis has now been praised after shoppers discovered a £35 SpecialBuy bargain from Aldi which will help to keep you warm for as little as 4p a week.

Jack Harlow is heading for his first-ever UK Number 1 single this week with First Class. If he can hold off some stiff competition from Harry Styles, of course. 

Kim Kardashian, 41, shared new information about her divorce from Kanye West, 44, on the latest episode of the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast. “We went about eight months without even speaking to each other at the beginning of the divorce,” Kim, who filed for divorce from Ye in Feb. 2021, told host Amanda Hirsch. “And then, you know, we started talking again and I went to the Donda premiere,” she added.

Naman Ramachandran ScreenCraft Works, a new virtual community, has revealed a mentoring scheme for under-represented production and post-production talent to enhance their careers via international connections. The ScreenCraft Works International Mentoring Scheme will provide structured career development for marginalized craft talent, matching a mentee with a mentor from a different country, to share knowledge and experience, widen employment and peer-to-peer networks and bring new cultural perspectives to local and international productions, virtually.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Venice Film Festival is getting in gear to celebrate its 90th anniversary with an international conference to be held in Venice in July.The Biennale, which is the fest’s parent organization, has announced it will hold a confab on July 9 in Venice in the library auditorium of the Biennale foundation’s archives. It will be attended by an as-yet unspecified plethora of international film academics, critics, and also film directors and talents, to commemorate the advent of the world’s oldest film fest.The First Exposition of Cinematic Art — later to be known as the Mostra del Cinema in Italy and the Venice Film Festival globally — opened on Aug.

Naman Ramachandran Markus Schaefer will assume the role of president and CEO of ZDF Studios, succeeding Fred Burcksen, who is leaving the company after more than 26 years. Together with co-director Karoline Meichsner-Sertl, Schaefer will be in charge of ZDF Studios’ future plans.Schaefer held various management positions at All3Media Deutschland in Munich from 2004 before being appointed chief financial officer in 2010 and CEO in 2014.

Florida passed a so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which bans sexual orientation or gender from being taught to children under 10.“We have to take back control,” Mamet said. “If there’s no community control of the schools, what we have is kids being not only indoctrinated but groomed in a very real sense by people who are, whether they know it or not, sexual predators.“Are they abusing the kids physically? No, I don’t think so.

Christine Lampard and husband Frank are living proof that absence does make the heart grow fonder. The couple, who have been married for six years, are currently based in different cities due to their individual work commitments.MORE: Christine Lampard shares rare footage of daughter Patricia playing footballThe two stars and their two children Patricia and Freddie have a beautiful family home in London which is their main place of residence, however, they also have another property in Liverpool because of Frank's job as manager of Premier League club Everton.WATCH: Christine Lampard shares rare footage of daughter Patricia playing footballDuring an interview with Fabulous Magazine, the Loose Women panellist opened up about how they manage the long-distance.

They've confirmed it's their 'last, final' tour as Little Mix; but Jade Thirlwall (aka 'Jade'

The engaged pair from North Port, Florida had embarked on an enviable road trip across the United States, vlogging each moment and projecting their curated perfection over social media.

transgender, and no one, not even their parents know. If you’re a teacher in Alabama you would be legally required to tell that child’s parents, if a bill that’s already passed the Senate becomes law.SB184 is expected to be taken up in the House this week.

Ken Paxton, lawyers for parents of trans kids disagree on whether child abuse investigations can continue” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.For LGBTQ mental health support, call the Trevor Project’s 24/7 toll-free support line at 866-488-7386. You can also reach a trained crisis counselor through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by calling 800-273-8255 or texting 741741.When a judge ruled Friday that Texas could not investigate parents for child abuse simply for providing gender-affirming care, it was immediately clear that the legal fight was far from over.That same night, Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an appeal and then announced on Twitter that the “Democrat judge’s order permitting child abuse is frozen.”He said that “[m]uch-needed investigations [will] proceed as they should,” and noted that his “fight will continue up to the Supreme Court.”Lawyers representing the families of transgender children said they don’t believe the appeal should affect the injunction.Legal experts say this case falls into a complicated corner of the law until the appeals court weighs in.This case stemmed from a nonbinding legal opinion that Paxton issued last month, arguing that certain gender-affirming health care can constitute child abuse.

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona has issued a warning to Florida’s governor, lawmakers, and educators after the state Senate late Tuesday morning passed the dangerous “Don’t Say Gay” bill.“The Department of Education has made clear that all schools receiving federal funding must follow federal civil rights law, including Title IX’s protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity,” Secretary Cardona said in a statement.

The Washington Post reported.The legislation is part of a wider attack on civil rights by the increasingly authoritarian Republican Party.

her opinion piece published in the newspaper of record lamenting what she claims is an increase in “self-censorship” on college campuses.“Even as a liberal who has attended abortion rights protests and written about standing up to racism, I sometimes feel afraid to fully speak my mind,” Camp says.But Emma Camp isn’t just any University of Virginia senior. Despite claiming to be “a liberal,” she’s a writer at the libertarian outlet Reason and a former intern at the right-leaning Koch-funded Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis‘s press secretary, Christina Pushaw, entered the battle over the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, saying anyone who opposes the legislation is “probably” grooming children for sex. Many immediately took that to mean she is calling them, especially LGBTQ people, pedophiles.The far-right, often the religious right, for decades have falsely accused LGBTQ people of being pedophiles.

The parade organizers of the Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade — scheduled for today March 6, 2022 — firmly maintained their ban on LGBTQ participants, according to a report in the New York Times.When executive director of the Staten Island Pride Center Carol Bullock attempted to hand in the center’s application during the parade’s registration, president of the parade committee Larry Cummings immediately threw her application in the “rejection pile,” seemingly without a second thought.This outright refusal to allow LGBTQ individuals or groups from marching in the parade has long been held by the Staten Island St.