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Haunting of Bly Manor star T’Nia Miller came out as queer after her ‘a**ehole’ husband prompted a stark realisation

T'Nia Miller at the Victoria and Albert Museum Summer Party in 2019 (Keith Mayhew/SOPA/Getty) T’Nia Miller kept her sexuality hidden until her early 20s, but now that she’s out she’s determined to be seen. The east-London born actor played the ethereal housekeeper Hannah Grose in Netflix’s The Haunting of Bly Manor, a show whose central lesbian love story instantly won a strong queer fandom. Miller saw nothing like it when she was growing up. As a child she had “no exposure, no knowledge, nada” when it came to LGBT+ issues,...
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Israeli officials call for sweeping gender law reform including self-ID and recognition for trans youth and non-binary people

Tel Aviv Pride 2019 in Israel. (Amir Levy/Getty) Trans people in Israel should be given legal recognition regardless of whether they have pursued gender-affirming surgery, a government task force packed with top officials has recommended. A joint committee between the Justice and Social Welfare Ministries suggested a raft of new policies as part of its ongoing efforts to tackle the “exhausting, frustrating and bureaucratic” hurdles the trans community faces. Deputy attorney general Dina Zilber and deputy director general of the Social Affairs Ministry Avi Motola wrote in an interim report...
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Pro-LGBT+ Georgia Democrats have ‘spat in the face of Jesus’, according to a failed evangelical Republican

Conservative radio host and minister E.W. Jackson An evangelical radio host has warned Georgians that it would be spitting in the face of Jesus to vote for pro-LGBT+ candidates. American Family Radio host and minister E.W. Jackson made the claim ahead of January’s Senate run-off elections in Georgia, which are set to decide the balance of power in the US Senate and shape the first years of Joe Biden’s first term in office. In the first run-off, incumbent Republican senator David Purdue is facing a challenge from Democrat Jon Ossoff,...
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X Factor winner Alexandra Burke reveals how she and Beyoncé ‘blagged’ their epoch-defining duet

Beyoncé and Alexandra Burke's iconic performance on the X Factor (YouTube/Dingledoodie) Alexandra Burke and Beyoncé “blagged” their iconic “Listen” duet, the X Factor winner has revealed in a new interview. Appearing on Angela Scanlon’s BBC series, The Noughties, Burke recalled how the earth-shattering duet came about, revealing that Simon Cowell called her the day before the final to tell her: “Prepare yourself but we’ve got someone for you tomorrow… It’s Beyoncé.” “I hope you can sleep tonight,” Burke recalled Cowell signing off, adding: “I don’t even know how I had a voice the...
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