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Phillip Schofield has confirmed he will be returning to the public eye with his first TV stint on Channel 5's Cast Away, which is set to air next week - over a year on from the This Morning scandal. Back in May 2023, Schofield stepped down from his role as presenter on ITV daytime show This Morning after embarking on an "unwise but not illegal" affair with a younger male colleague. The scandal left Schofield coming off social media and staying out of the public eye for a year, but the star recently began using his Instagram again to share...

A recent analysis of classical medical texts suggests dementia was extremely rare in ancient Greece and Rome 2,000 to 2,500 years ago. The USC-led research, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, bolsters the idea that Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias are diseases of modern environments and lifestyles, with sedentary behavior and exposure to air pollution largely to blame. “The ancient Greeks had very, very few—but we found them—mentions of something that would be like mild cognitive impairment,” said first author Caleb Finch, a University Professor at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. “When we got to the Romans,...

“I am not oppressed as a gay man…but yet the Democrats and the left continue to tell me I’m oppressed just to get my vote. And that’s not healthy; that’s not happy; that’s not joy…They wanna talk about ‘joy,’ but they’re really robbing that joy.”

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is warning about a rise in mpox cases in the Los Angeles area and urging those at the highest risk of transmission to get vaccinated against the potentially serious disease. The vaccine is strongly recommended for men or transgender individuals who have sex with men or other transgender individuals, as well as anyone involved in “commercial and/or transactional sex.” It’s also encouraged for people who engage in sexual or intimate physical contact at large public events, those living with HIV, and the sexual partners of individuals in any of these groups. Mpox,...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) on Sunday defended the city of Aurora as a diverse and growing place with declining violent crime, after former President Trump attacked the city and the governor personally at a rally on Saturday. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” moderator Margaret Brennan noted the Trump campaign has frequently pointed to Aurora as an example of the worst of the migrant crisis, and on Saturday, he took aim at the city and the governor once again at a rally.

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) gave a priceless response to a transgender activist who stormed the stage at the Texas Youth Action Summit on Saturday. While Gaetz was addressing the audience on stage, a large man in a dress clambered on stage and made a beeline for the congressman. “This is a very strange individual,” Gaetz said as security escorted the trans protester off stage.

Lindsey O’Brien, Oregon Governor Kotek’s deputy chief of staff, who went on extended leave earlier this year, has officially resigned this week. Lindsey was among the three top staffers who stepped down all at once over Kotek’s push to expand a role for her wife within the Governor’s office. In the past few weeks, Kotek has closed the planned First Spouse office for her wife. Kotek’s wife’s personal aid ($11,000/month) also recently resigned last August. Also in August, it was reported that Oregon Governor Tina Kotek spent $200,000 of taxpayer dollars for a health-care event put on by her wife...

Texas has stopped allowing trans people to correct the gender marker on their birth certificates, according to LGBTQ+ advocacy groups in the state. On Friday, the Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT), the state’s largest trans advocacy organization, reported that the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) removed the option to amend an individual’s sex in the application form to correct birth certificates. TENT provided screenshots to Them, appearing to show form VS-170, the application used for birth certificate corrections, before and after the recent changes. The form bearing a revision date of January 21 allows applicants to “correct child’s...

A Michigan teacher and LGBTQ activist is the latest Lansing-area public employee accused of grooming a child for sex. A Michigan teacher and LGBTQ activist was arrested and charged with child sex crimes following a months-long law enforcement child predator sting.Robert Maurice Herzing, 32 (b. Nov. 3, 1991), formerly known as Robert Moore, is an English and journalism teacher at Waverly High School in Lansing.Robert Maurice Herzing in the classroom at Waverly High School in Lansing, Mich.He was arraigned on Sept. 16 in Eaton County on charges of accosting a minor for immoral purposes, third-degree attempted criminal sexual conduct and...

New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr has been fined for his Week 2 touchdown celebration that imitated Michael Jackson, a source told ESPN. Carr snuck the ball in from the 1-yard line for a touchdown in the third quarter of the Saints' 44-19 win against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. He then did a dance move made famous by Jackson that involved grabbing at his crotch. While the NFL relaxed some touchdown celebration rules in 2017, the current rulebook states a player can be flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct for "an act that is sexually suggestive or offensive." While the Week...

Rumors have been spreading today that Republican North Carolina gubernatorial candidate and Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson – known for his bombastically extreme anti-LGBTQ+ statements – is dropping out of the 2024 gubernatorial election less than 50 days before Election Day because a CNN story with numerous new accusations is about to be published.

For decades, The Walt Disney Company was a reliable source of family-friendly entertainment. It may not have been high art, but you felt safe sending your children to the theater with a dollar clutched in their hands to pay for a matinee or letting them select a Disney movie from your video or DVD collection. Those days are gone. Despite a massive collapse in share prices the last time Disney released its inner gay, the studio is at it again, this time with a miniseries that its stars describe as a “gay explosion.”Technically, the new series, Agatha All Along ,...

More than five years after Jussie Smollett staged a phony hate crime against himself, and nearly three years since his conviction by a Chicago jury, lawyers for the former Empire actor are asking the Illinois supreme court to overturn the guilty verdict. Defense attorney Nenye Uche argued on Tuesday that Smollett’s case should never have gone to trial because the actor had already entered into a binding agreement with the Cook County state’s attorney’s office not to prosecute him in exchange for him voluntarily agreeing to forfeit his $10,000 bond and perform community service, according to a report in the...

Radio shock jock Howard Stern once again shared his disdain for Trump supporters this week when admitted to hating those who voted for the former president. Stern went off about Trump when discussing the former president’s “I hate Taylor Swift” post on Truth Social last weekend. “This whole idea of you like me, you are good, and if you don’t, you are bad… I’ve been the victim of this,” he said on Sirius XM show. “I don’t agree with Trump politically, I don’t think he should be anywhere near the White House. I don’t hate the guy. I hate the...

The Arizona Cardinals have apologized to a woman who was told she had to remove a "Make American Great Again" hat in order to enter State Farm Stadium for the team's game against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday. The team confirmed it has reached out to the woman in a statement to Fox News Digital on Wednesday. The incident was initially publicized in a post on X by Turning Point Action Field Rep. VP Alyssa Goncales, who also posted alleged screenshots of text messages with other supposed attendees who were either also forced to remove MAGA hats or witnessed...

Law enforcement officials in Philadelphia, on Wednesday, provided an update to a case involving a teen boy who, officials claim, communicated with a group affiliated with Al-Qaeda and allegedly purchased materials online in an effort to obtain weapons of mass destruction. During an event on Wednesday morning, First Assistant District Attorney Robert Listenbee said Muhyyee-ud-din Abdul-Rahman, 18, of West Philadelphia, not only had bomb-making materials, that were found in the trash at his home, he had tested bombs in the woods behind his home and had likely considered an attack on Philly's LGBTQ community. ---SNIP--- In an interview with law...

The National Nuclear Security Administration is “a semi-autonomous agency within the U.S. Department of Energy responsible for enhancing national security through the military application of nuclear science. NNSA maintains and enhances the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile; works to reduce the global danger from weapons of mass destruction; provides the U.S. Navy with safe and militarily effective nuclear propulsion; and responds to nuclear and radiological emergencies in the United States and abroad.” Such important tasks require the best personnel, but the people have cause to wonder. In February, the Biden-Harris administration announced five new NNSA...

The nonprofit group Men Having Babies has held its annual conference in the Miami area since 2018.An organization that helps gay men become fathers through surrogacy is rethinking its future in Florida after receiving a flood of anti-LGBTQ hate. Back in 2017, the international nonprofit Men Having Babies (MHB) chose the Fort Lauderdale area to host one of its eight international gay parenting conferences. The group has since held six of its annual conferences in the state. But while gearing up for its annual Florida Surrogacy Conference & Expo, scheduled for October 4–5 at the Pride Center at Equality Park...

Bill would provide basis to ban Pride marches, censor films Orthodox Church has strong conservative influence Georgia at political crossroads between Russia and West Governing party faces elections next month TBILISI, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Georgian lawmakers on Tuesday approved the third and final reading of a law on "family values and the protection of minors" that would impose sweeping curbs on LGBT rights. The bill would provide a legal basis for authorities to outlaw Pride events and public displays of the LGBT rainbow flag, and to impose censorship of films and books. Leaders of the governing Georgian Dream party...

The Human Rights Campaign initially focused its report card, named the Corporate Equality Index, on ensuring that gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer employees did not face discrimination in hiring and on the job. Just 13 companies received a perfect score in 2002. By last year, 545 businesses did even though the requirements have expanded. But the scorecard itself has come under attack in recent months by conservative activists who targeted businesses as part of a broader pushback against diversity initiatives. Ford, Harley Davidson and Lowe’s are among the companies that announced they would no longer participate in the Corporate...