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Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit at Hong Kong Pride 2020. (Miguel Candela/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) A gay pro-democracy activist from Hong Kong is facing a possible years-long prison sentence after being accused of subverting the state. Jimmy Sham Tsz-Kit, a prominent voice for the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong and a proponent of LGBT+ rights, was arrested
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Some of Meghan Markle‘s high-profile pals are supporting her efforts to help women strengthen their financial status.  In honor of her 40th birthday on Wednesday, Aug. 4, the Duchess of Sussex posted a video to her Archewell foundation’s website featuring herself and Melissa McCarthy. The clip asked fans and supporters to join her—along with the 40 friends she had singled out—in
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Angelina Jolie made quite a splash while enjoying an Italian getaway.  The 46-year-old The Eternals star joined her children on a recent vacation in Italy, where they stayed at the swanky Cipriani Hotel in Venice. During the visit, Angelina spent time with married artists JR and Prune Nourry, who posted photos of the actress to Instagram throughout the excursion.
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Sara Bareilles won’t be the only Waitress cast member with prior stage-diner experience when the musical reopens on Broadway in September: Producers announced today that Waitress vets Eric Anderson, Charity Angel Dawson, Christopher Fitzgerald, Caitlin Houlahan, Dakin Matthews and Joe Tippett will be back for at least part of the show’s limited engagement. Producers Barry
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“Another day, another hotel gym, another FaceTime workout with @kirkmyersfitness,” she posted while tackling a workout remotely with Dogpound founder Kirk Myers. Kloss, whose mantra tends toward the “strong body, strong mind” variety combined with a healthy dose of self-love, mixes it up with weights, boxing, yoga and Pilates, HIIT routines and whatever else keeps her
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Kathy Griffin attends The Queerties 2020 Awards Reception on 25 February 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images) Comedian and actor Kathy Griffin has announced that she is having surgery after being diagnosed with lung cancer. The 60-year-old opened up about her diagnosis in a message posted across her social media platforms.
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Daniel Smith (L) has been arrested in suspicion of the murder of trans woman Shai Loftin. (Facebook/Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office) Shai Loftin, a 23-year-old Black trans woman with a “heart of gold”, was slain in a tragic shooting while defended her “love” in Trenton, New Jersey. Described by those who knew her as a “super
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Making herstory.  On Monday, Aug. 2, New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard made history as the first openly transgender woman to compete at the Olympics. Though the 43-year-old finished the +87 kg competition early after not being able to register a snatch, her presence at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics comes 18 years after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) created
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Alisha Patel, the first trans woman to be legally recognised by the Gujarat government (YouTube/India Times/ANI) A trans woman from Gujarat has become the first in the state to receive legal recognition of her gender identity through a new identity card system. Alisha Patel told The Times of India that having her womanhood recognised by the state
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Former Bachelorette star Clare Crawley is ready to live her best life without breast implants. But first, the reality star is showing the reality of the recovery process—the good, the bad and the graphic. The 40-year-old recently underwent explant surgery weeks after announcing plans earlier this month to remove her breast implants for health reasons. On Saturday, July 31, two days after her operation, Clare
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Transgender people in India wait for food handouts. (ARUN SANKAR/AFP/Getty) A 16-year-old girl has raised money to vaccinate 120 trans people against COVID-19 in India. Sia Sehgal, a student at a private international school outside Mumbai, raised 200,000 rupees (£1,933) for the Maharashtra District AIDS Control Society (MDACS) to buy Covishield vials. MDACS administered 120
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Supporters of the #FreeBritney movement flew to Los Angeles from across the US to protest. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Britney Spears fans are furiously trying to have her former attorney Samuel Ingham investigated by the state bar amid her turbulent conservatorship battle. Ingham served as Britney’s probate lawyer for 13 years before resigning following the singer’s
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LGBT+ rights campaigners complain of a ‘culture of disbelief’ in the Home Office’s treatment of LGBT+ asylum seekers. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty) The British government failed to put in place crucial systems to protect detained asylum seekers living with HIV, a High Court judge has ruled. A Congolese man, 28, went without antiretroviral medication for three days
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