Jillian Michaels left California — fed up by the way the state was being run — but she’s never stopped caring about Los Angeles, the city where she was born and raised. “It’s the state with the highest cost of living. Highest gas prices, highest income tax, the highest housing, highest rent, highest everything. And … Read more
Dylan Mulvaney, the transgender influencer at the center of the 2023 Bud Light backlash, has been cast in the Broadway musical about women’s history, “Six.” Mulvaney will play Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, marking her Broadway debut. The casting comes more than two years after Mulvaney’s partnership with Bud Light sparked a nationwide boycott … Read more
Comedian Amy Sedaris sparked backlash online after cracking an outlandish “transphobic” joke during CNN’s New Year’s Eve broadcast that left co-hosts Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper speechless. The 46-year-old “Strangers with Candy” star, who appeared as the first guest during Wednesday’s live telecast, left the hosts and viewers stunned with her shocking tongue-in-cheek remark after … Read more
A group of 19 Democrat-led states and Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over a declaration that aims to restrict gender transition treatment for minors. The lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general comes after the declaration issued last week described … Read more
The new LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026–2030 is stirring controversy by proposing that kids can legally pick their gender at any age — no doctors, no red tape. Under the draft plan, age thresholds for gender recognition would vanish, and the need for therapeutic assessments could be outlawed. The Commission’s proposal promises to “support the development … Read more
J.K. Rowling bluntly trashed Emma Watson as being “ignorant of how ignorant she is” after the Harry Potter actress recently broke her silence on a years-long public rift with the famed author about their opposing trans views. The “Harry Potter” creator slammed the 35-year-old actress, who played Hermione Granger in the franchise, after Watson suggested … Read more
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel insinuated Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin was a member of the “MAGA gang” while mocking President Donald Trump’s response to his death during his show Monday night. The “Jimmy Kimmel Live” host brought up the matter during his monologue and claimed right-wing critics were hitting “new lows” trying to frame the … Read more
America First Legal (AFL) sued the Food and Drug Administration on Friday to obtain Biden-era records related to the government’s internal guidance for the recommended use of puberty blockers for kids. The Trump-aligned legal group previously uncovered communications from the former administration through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, which reportedly showed the FDA … Read more
Simone Biles winked at some controversy at the ESPY Awards. Weeks after a high-profile gender-based feud with Riley Gaines, the gymnast took home the award for Best Championship Performance for her 2024 Olympics all-around gold medal on Wednesday night — and her speech caused a stir. “That was very unexpected, especially in a category of … Read more
Boy, this is messy. Boy George picked a fight with JK Rowling on X (formerly Twitter) over the “Harry Potter” author’s controversial views on the transgender community. The feud started Saturday when the British DJ, 64, responded to a thread between Rowling, 59, and another user where she asked, “Which rights have been taken away … Read more
DEAR ABBY: I have been having a friend-with-benefits relationship with a man I’ll call “Gene.” We are both in our 70s. He lives an hour away, and we see each other once a month. Gene is married, but his wife is disabled, and their relationship has deteriorated. We used to work together, and he was … Read more
Tom Felton stands by his decision to return to the “Harry Potter” franchise despite the J.K. Rowling drama. The British actor, 37, spoke to Variety at the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday and was asked if Rowling’s controversial views on the transgender community affected his decision to reprise his role as Draco Malfoy in Broadway’s … Read more
Robert De Niro showed continued support for his transgender daughter Airyn, 29, in an interview with Entertainment Tonight on Wednesday. “As long as they’re not hurting themselves, doing anything that’s destructive or anything like that, you have to support them. Period,” the actor said. Robert De Niro at the opening dinner of the 78th annual Cannes … Read more
Sir Ian McKellen will be introducing a UK performance of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” featuring a cast entirely of transgender and non-binary performers this summer. The Trans What You Will theater group will soon be globally livestreaming their performance of a rehearsed reading of Shakespeare comedy “Twelfth Night” at The Space theater in London on July 25. … Read more
Tia Carrere is showing unwavering support as her son lives his truth. Carrere, who shot to fame in 1992 for playing Cassandra Wong in the classic comedy “Wayne’s World,” recently revealed that she’s proud of her 19-year-old son’s major life change. “He’s very matter-of-fact,” the 58-year-old star told People. “He knows who he is, and … Read more
Isabelle St. Cyr., the first transgender woman to compete the Miss Maine USA pageant, recalled bonding with Jordon Hudson over being at the center of negative media attention while competing in Portland over the weekend. During an interview with People on Monday, St. Cyr., who made it into the top 10 semifinalists, revealed advice she … Read more
The perfect dad. Liev Schreiber has opened up about his daughter with Naomi Watts, Kai, 16, for the first time since she proudly came out transgender. “Kai was always who Kai is,” the “Spotlight” actor told Variety on Thursday. “But I suppose the most profound moment was her asking us to change her pronouns.” Liev … Read more
J.K. Rowling is not backing down from her opinions on the trans community. Last week, several “Harry Potter” actors including Eddie Redmayne, Paapa Essiedu and Katie Leung signed a pro-trans open letter after the UK Supreme Court ruled that the terms “woman” and “sex” refer strictly to a biological woman and biological sex. Rowling, 59, … Read more
The Trump administration has systematically stripped funding from research into the health of L.G.B.T.Q. people. Benjamin Mueller, a reporter covering health and medicine for The New York Times, describes how hundreds of such projects were abruptly halted, stranding participants in experiments, and leading to lawsuits that argue that the administration had not offered a legal … Read more
In a new episode of her podcast, former first lady Michelle Obama says that she grew up thankful, but that kids today are significantly less so. “When I think about what our parents did or didn’t do, and maybe it’s a little bit different because we’re brother-sister, because that same gender dynamic may make it a little … Read more