Melbourne City Council Moves To Set Up LGBT Advisory Committee

Travis Barker's ex-wife Shanna Moakler has revealed that she has no desire to watch Travis and Kourtney Kardashian on the famous clan's new series, The Kardashians. Shanna tied the knot with Travis in October 2004, and they even starred in their own reality TV show on MTV called Meet the Barkers before their divorce was finalised in 2006.

Harry Jowsey comes clean about his famous DMs.

Amber Heard’s close friend Eve Barlow was reportedly kicked out of the Fairfax, Virginia courtroom last week amid the actress’ ongoing defamation trial against ex-husband Johnny Depp.

Jennifer Lawrence carries a few items in her hands while leaving a restaurant in Los Angeles on Sunday evening (April 17).

Filmmaker Andrew Dominik‘s new Marilyn Monroe movie “Blonde” starring Ana de Armas (“Blade Runner 2049,” “No Time To Die“) is easily one of the most anticipated films of the year (it’s certainly high on our list). In the Netflix project Armas plays the blonde bombshell actress who tragically died too young.

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder will have so many celebrity guest stars for season 2! – Just Jared Jr Duchess Kate wore a repeat outfit – Celebitchy Rebel Wilson is making a denial! – Popsugar There’s some news about Disneyland – Just Jared Jr

Adam Levin (Defcee) has been grinding toward a rap career since his teenage years. He started out in the Young Chicago Authors program, making his rounds at open mics across the city, crossing paths with generational talents such as Chance the Rapper, Noname, and Mick Jenkins, and eventually running his own rap and poetry workshops with the program.

Coachella may have taken place in California this weekend but if that festival doesn't quite have its focus on fashion and the world of online influence enough then there is a handy alternative, Revolve. This weekend Revolve Festival returned to the Merv Griffin Estate in La Quinta with performances from Jack Harlow, Latto, Willow, and Ty Dolla $ign in addition to an appearance by Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner.

Pusha T has announced that his upcoming fourth studio album ‘It’s Almost Dry’ will be released this Friday (April 22).The rapper confirmed the title of the album earlier this month, along with a tour of the United States in support of the album starting this May – tickets are available here.The album includes ‘Neck & Wrist’ featuring Jay-Z, which was recently released. The single was produced by Pharrell Williams and follows the release of February’s ‘Diet Coke’, which was produced by Kanye West and 88-Keys.Pusha T’s last album, ‘Daytona’, earned him a Best Rap Album nomination at the 2019 Grammy Awards.Since that release, the rapper has dropped several stand-alone singles, including ‘No Problem’, ‘Sociopath’ with Kash Doll, ‘Coming Home’ with Lauryn Hill and ‘Puppets’.He’s also collaborated with Babyface Ray on ‘Dancing With the Devil’ and last year, worked on ‘Jungle Mantra’ with Divine and Vince Staples and ‘Misfit Toys’ with Mako. In 2020, he worked with Black Thought on the single ‘Good Morning’.Lat month, Pusha T dropped a song that takes aim at McDonald’s, ‘Spicy Fish Diss Track’, released in partnership with rival US food chain Arby’s.

Kendrick Lamar has finally revealed key details of his long-awaited fifth studio album. The Los Angeles rapper tweeted a link to his website oklama.com with a new press release announcing the album's title as Mr Morale & The Big Steppers with a release date of May 13, 2022.

Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can't get enough of. Here they are, in no particular order. Read Next: Watch Flume perform with Beck, Vince Staples, Caroline Polachek at Coachella

First Class, all eyes were on these two. Harlow played it down when it came to his Coachella outfit with some black and a polo shirt, while Saweetie captured my attention with her and decked out in charms and intricate designs. Thankfully, and beauty looks are nowhere near over, as there is still the second weekend for us to watch celebrities upload a plethora of behind-the-scenes snapshots, outfit photo carousels, and a ton of — most likely consisting of , , and glitz. Though I might not be physically attending the festival this year (sigh), you can bet I'll continue to be glued to my phone come Coachella Weekend two and bookmark all the beauty looks I'll be attempting in my NYC apartment — including Saweetie's. This story originally appeared on . By By By More from GlamourSee More Stories© 2022 Condé Nast.

gave Coachella attendees a performance in a studded silver bodysuit with matching makeup and voluminous curls flowing around her. Her hair was styled in a middle part and a few along her hairline. These layered curls had the perfect amount of frizz and volume, and they flowed all the way down to her lower back.Her metallic mesh bodysuit looked fire—and I mean, it's Meg, so why wouldn't it?—but our eyes immediately traveled up to the silver shimmer pigments on her eyes.

As of Tuesday, March 22, Amazon is no longer a sponsor of the Seattle Pride parade. Seattle Pride rejected Amazon sponsorship citing the company’s donations to anti-LGBTQ causes and politicians as well as the company’s attempt to brand the parade. In exchange for a donation of $100,000, Amazon requested, among other things, naming rights for the festival. It wanted the parade to be called “Seattle Pride Parade Presented by Amazon.”Among the other requests: allowing Amazon Business executives to give speeches at the parade as well as prime billing for the corporate logo. “Pride isn’t for sale at any time of the year, but especially the month of June when our community comes together to celebrate,” said Krystal Marx, Seattle Pride’s executive director, to NBC News.We have decided to not partner w/ Amazon for the 2022 Seattle Pride Parade due to various anti-LGBTQIA+ decisions they have made, including the funding of politicians who oppose the Equality Act.

Oscar Isaac may be in the midst of promoting a new Disney series, but that doesn’t mean he’ll hold back criticism of the company’s corporate response to Florida’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” legislation.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorGreenwich Entertainment has taken North American rights to dark comedy-drama “Concerned Citizen,” which had its world premiere in the Panorama section of the Berlinale. Salzgeber has taken the rights for Germany and Austria.

Hundreds of people marched through Manchester city centre on Thursday night in a transphobia protest.

Emiliano De Pablos Antonia Nava’s Barcelona-based Neo Art Producciones has teamed with Rome’s Pupkin Production to co-produce gay romantic drama “Si las paredes hablasen” (“If Walls Had Ears”), the feature debut of Spanish femme director, Ceres Machado.Scheduled to roll by this year-end or the first quarter of 2023 in Barcelona and Rome, the film will be produced by Nava and Pupkin’s Rita Rognoni.Spanish actor Fernando Tejero (“La que se avecina,” “My Heart Goes Boom!”) is attached to star in a cast that will combine Spanish and Italian actors.Co-written by Machado and scribe Salva Martos Cortés (“Maniac Tales”), “If Walls had Ears” will narrate, in 10 sequences, a Barcelona and Rome-set story of intense love, passion and pain between two men. They are Juan, a 50 year-old married man who hides his homosexuality, and Leonardo, a 23-year Italian who arrives in Barcelona to try his luck as a soccer player.Over a decade, they will live their romance, but it remains burdened by Juan’s inability to accept his sexuality and the conflicts that it creates with Leonardo, who despite working in a homophobic environment, is open about his sexual orientation as he tries to break social barriers and stereotypes.“The concept is universal and, unfortunately, a highly topical issue.

When Ako* heard that an LGBTIQ community centre was going to open in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, the first thing she did was get herself a date. And then matching outfits.

A Killearn mum has successfully negotiated her way through the opening round on the latest series of MasterChef.

A man has been arrested after a gay woman was brutally assaulted.

Newtown’s Bedford Square is set to become Pride Square.The Inner West Council in NSW is seeking to permanently rename the public square outside Newtown Town Hall in time for WorldPride 2023.Inner West Councillor Mat Howard put forward the amendment which passed unanimously.Howard believes that Bedford Square is an ideal location as it is centrally located just adjacent to Newtown Station and is “right in the middle of businesses that are LGBTQ and/or LGBTQ friendly.”Howard continued, “I know when I first moved to Sydney, Newtown was the first place I came to looking for connection and support. I hope future generations of young LGBTQ+ people will do the same, see Pride Square at the heart of the suburb, and know that this is a community where they can be safe, be valued, and thrive.”Pride Square and the recently announced Rainbow Crossing would join the Rainbow Crossing in Summer Hill.It passed unanimously at the March 8 Council Meeting.  The Newtown Rainbow Crossing and Pride Square would be the fulfilment of a campaign aspiration by Howard.Prior to the 2021 Inner West Council Elections, he told Star Observer,  “I’m committed to delivering an Inner West Pride Centre, creating a rainbow crossing in Newtown, and making sure Council marks IDAHOBIT, Transgender Day of Visibility and Transgender Day of Remembrance.

A hunt for an escaped prisoner sparked the closure of the M56 and M6 for hours yesterday, causing traffic chaos.

Brian Houston, founder of the global megachurch, resigned following an internal investigation that found he had behaved inappropriately towards two women in the past decade. Trigger Warning: This story has details of child sexual abuse, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.The NSW police had alleged that Brian had not reported the child sexual abuse by his father Frank Houston. The allegations against Frank, related to sexual abuse of young boys when he was a pastor in New Zealand and Australia in the 1960s and 1970s. One of the nine boys had come forward to lodge a complaint that Frank had sexually abused him between the ages of seven and 12.Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston and his father Frank Houston.In 1999, the victim’s mother reported Frank to the Assemblies of God denomination led by Brian, who was legally required to inform the police.

SPOILER ALERT: The following story reveals major plot points from the Season 1 finale of HBO’s The Gilded Age.

Following an uproar by staff, Disney Pixar has restored a same-sex kiss in the upcoming animated film, Lightyear. Lightyear is the origin story of Buzz Lightyear of the Toy Story Disney film franchise.According to Variety, a scene involving a kiss between two female characters was removed by Disney executives. Following an open letter by Disney Pixar staff, the kiss, which will be the studio’s first, was restored.The uproar follows Disney’s mishandling and silence during the debate over Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill which is also discussed in the letter.“We are writing because we are disappointed, hurt, afraid, and angry,” the letter said.

A trans activist was found dead along Lake Michigan in Chicago on Thursday, March 17, after being reported missing by her family earlier in the month. Elise Malary was reported missing by her family on March 11 leading to an extensive search of the area.For 24-hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.Her body was discovered on March 17 and identified by police on Saturday, March 19. Malary worked at the Chicago Therapy Collective, a group dedicated to supporting and advocating for the transgender community. A colleague at the group, IggyLadden, said, “She’d speak out on behalf of any issue that impacted woman of color, LGBTQ folk — her heart’s so big.”In a post, the Chicago Therapy Collective said, “The outpouring of love, care, and community response reflects the deep impact of Elise’s love and advocacy on so many of us. We hope that you are taking tender care of one another.

Brisbane-based Citipointe Christian College is once again in the news, this time for asking teachers and staff to sign employment contracts that threaten to sack them for being openly LGBTQI.LGBTQI advocacy group Just.Equal has said that school should be stripped of public funding. “Religious schools cannot continue to defy discrimination laws and public opinion, and expect to receive public funding,” Just.Equal Australia spokesperson Brian Greig said in a statement.  “There comes a limit where taxpayers should no longer be expected to fund bigotry, and Citipointe has reached that limit.” Protests Outside Citipointe Christian College (Screen Grab of Nine Entertainment video)According to The Guardian, the employment contract for teachers was dated in February, after the controversy erupted over the enrolment contract. The document says that teachers agree to work within the statement of faith of International Network of Churches that runs the school. “It is a genuine occupational requirement of the college that the employee not act in a way he knows, or ought reasonably to know, is contrary to the religious beliefs of the college,” the contract says.“Nothing in his/her deliberate conduct should be incompatible with the intrinsic character of their position, especially, but not only, in relation to the expression of human sexuality through heterosexual, monogamous relationships, expressed intimately through marriage.”In a statement, Citipointe college said that it was reviewing the employment contract. “Citipointe Christian College can confirm that no member of staff has had their employment terminated for failing to sign their employment contract,”  the school said in a statement published on its website. “One staff

Seven years after a former county clerk from Kentucky refused to issue marriage license to gay couples, a court in the US has cleared the decks her to be sued for damages.US District Judge David Bunning said that former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis had violated the rights of the same sex couples in 2015, when she refused to issue marriage licenses to them citing her Christian religious beliefs. The court also rejected a request from Davis seeking immunity from being sued. Davis had stopped issuing marriage licenses to all couples after the landmark US Supreme Court  Obergefell v.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterNot unlike the many TV series Ryan Murphy has devoted to the untold histories of Hollywood, the “Glee” creator took the stage at Saturday’s Producers Guild Awards to share some of his own with one of the night’s big honorees: Greg Berlanti.Presenting Berlanti with the PGA Norman Lear Achievement Award, Murphy delivered a heartfelt and candid tribute to the prolific Berlanti — one packed with sweet and humble beginnings for men who now populate media power lists and highest-paid rankings.In the late ’90s, Murphy said, he and Berlanti were hungry young screenwriters looking to break into the industry — Murphy a journalist, Berlanti an assistant to a producer). Murphy got his big break first, selling a script to Steven Spielberg for “$30,000 after commissions,” he said.

An LGBTQ “conversion” app, created by the Malaysian Government, has been removed from Google Play after it was found to violate Google Play guidelines.According to the Independent, the app falsely claims to help the LGBTQ community “return to the right path.”The app also included a 146-page e-book about the “true experience of a gay man who migrated during Ramadan to abandon homosexual behaviour.”In a statement to the Guardian, Google said, “Whenever an app is flagged to us, we investigate against our Play store policies and if violations are found we take appropriate action to maintain a trusted experience for all.”According to Human Rights Watch, “successive governments in Malaysia have employed anti-LGBT rhetoric as a political tool, calling on LGBT people to ‘change’ their gender identity or sexual orientation to ‘return to the right path’ or risk retribution.”This is not the first LGBTQ conversion app removed by Google Play.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterOn March 9, LGBTQ employees and allies at Pixar Animation Studios sent a joint statement to Walt Disney Company leadership claiming that Disney executives had actively censored “overtly gay affection” in its feature films.

Don’t be all, like, uncool. Luann de Lesseps denied a report that she was kicked out of a gay bar for drunken antics — and she thinks bar patrons should mind their own business.

EXCLUSIVE: Award-winning filmmakers Daniel Junge and Sam Pollard are partnering on a documentary about the late Archbishop Carl Bean, the pioneering gay African American singer turned pastor and AIDS activist.

“The Real Housewives of New York” star Luann de Lesseps has responded to claims she was kicked out of a gay piano bar in Manhattan, New York City, on Wednesday night.