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  • Hunter Schafer baulks at activist label: “I’m just a tranny who’s famous”

    08/12/2024 5:11:01 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 11 replies
    NME ^ | 12th August 2024 | Emma Wilkes
    “I just happen to be a person who’s part of a marginalized community in the public eye"Hunter Schafer has said she doesn’t consider herself a trans activist and also doesn’t wish to be thought of as such. Read More: Here’s what we know about Euphoria season three The actress first rose to fame playing trans teenager Jules Vaughn in Euphoria, but has become increasingly vocal about not wanting to be defined by her gender identity. “I just happen to be a person who’s part of a marginalized community in the public eye, and people love to call me an activist,”...
  • 'I Would've Ended Up Being a Prostitute': Kumar on Why He Didn't Have Gender Reassignment

    07/09/2024 5:30:41 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 16 replies
    AsiaOne ^ | JULY 09, 2024 | Yeo Shu Hui
    Singaporean comedian Kumar revealed he considered gender reassignment when he was younger in the latest episode of The Daily Ketchup Podcast published yesterday (July 8). The 55-year-old, who is promoting his upcoming comedy show Kumar Uncut, was asked if he had ever wanted to be a female. "Yes, when I was very young. But I changed my mind," he admitted candidly. When asked to elaborate, Kumar shared that if he had gone through the process then, he wouldn't have been who he is now. "I would've gone to the streets, I would've ended up being a prostitute," he said. Kumar...
  • ‘The View’ Co-Host Joy Behar Says A Same-Sex Relationship On The Horizon

    06/28/2024 8:43:12 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 67 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | June 28, 2024 | LEENA NASIR - ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER
    Joy Behar stunned the audience of “The View” by casually stating she would be interested in pursuing a same-sex relationship in the future. The television talk show host made it clear that she hadn’t pursued a lesbian encounter yet, but at this stage of her life, she seems to be keeping her options quite open. The discussion unfolded on Thursday’s episode of “The View,” when Behar was put on the spot by Sandra Bernhard and Judy Gold. Both Berhnard and Gold are openly part of the LGBTQ+ community and they wasted no time asking her if she has ever “gotten...
  • Sen. Rand Paul is 850/1 to be the GOP Vice Presidential Nominee

    04/28/2024 9:04:34 PM PDT · by RandFan · 42 replies
    Me ^ | April 28 | Betfair
    I know it's a longshot but you can get up to $15 at 850/1 on Rand Paul to the be VP nominee on Betfair Betting exchange. If it came off that's a return north of $12k. I might have a little go... In terms of shorter and more realistic odds here's the list: - Tim Scott: 5.2 (Shortest by a long way) Tulsi Gabbard: 9.0 Elise Stefanik: 11.5 JD Vance: 13.5
  • BYD's roofless, no-windscreen, scissor-door supercar: Headed for production

    04/24/2024 12:10:10 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 44 replies
    New Atlas ^ | April 21, 2024 | Mike Hanlon
    Chinese electric auto-giant BYD has released a bold supercar concept through its premium Fang Cheng Bao brand. The Super 9 rocks no roof, the barest hint of windscreen, and lascivious scissor doors – and it's apparently headed for production. BYD is the world’s largest EV producer. It produced 20% of the 10 million EVs sold globally last year, from Tesla (13%), Volkswagen (9%) and General Motors (6%) – those are all very rough figures for simplification purposes. For stats – go here. It is also the dominant brand in the world’s largest and fastest growing automotive market, at a time...
  • 37 Weird, Bizarre Foods from Around the World

    04/20/2024 9:54:17 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 34 replies
    Via Travelers ^ | 11/19/23 | Kyle Kroeger
    1. Casu marzu, Italy Sardinia is a beautiful island off the coast of Italy, and it’s known for its traditional foods. One of the most famous (or infamous) dishes is casu marzu, a cheese infested with live maggots. The maggots make the cheese so pungent and strong-tasting; some even say it’s an acquired taste. If you’re feeling brave, try this maggot cheese for yourself – just be sure to remove the maggots before you eat it! Casu marzu means “rotten cheese” or “maggoty cheese,” depending on your translation preferences. Its name comes from its main ingredient—sheep’s milk—and its distinct texture:...
  • 18 Gender Neutral Swimsuits That'll Have You *Truly* Feeling Yourself

    04/19/2024 9:23:26 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 34 replies
    Seventee Magazine ^ | 7/11/23 | Kelsey Syiegman
    "Honestly, I haven’t been swimming in ages, because I haven’t found anything I feel comfortable with." That's the DM I received when I asked Col Connelly (1/2 of non-binary, lesbian influencer couple @heycolanda) for gender neutral and non-binary swimwear recommendations. "A lot of queer/trans folx avoid swimming, honestly," Col explained to me via DM. Connelly's response basically confirmed what I already had already witnessed firsthand in my own life as I watched my trans-feminine sibling shoot down every family beach vacation since they began their transition. After *finally* getting my sibling to agree to a week in Florida and...
  • Top 10 80s Hair Bands To Remind You How Unforgettable That Era Was

    04/19/2024 12:26:11 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 96 replies
    Classic Rock ^ | 5/16/17 | Gayle Deparine
    Who doesn’t love the 80s? Good music and even better hair styles. Maybe today’s kids will laugh and make fun of them but hey, back in the day, they were the bomb. They look pretty and colorful on stage, they know how to party and of course, they get the girls. From heavy and glittering makeup to flashy clothing (leopard tights included), what completed the look was the large and wild hair. The more distinctive, the better. Well thanks to the alternative and grunge music of the early 90s, hair metal was eventually swept under the rug. So let’s revisit...
  • Meet the first 7 Trump Jurors (Jesse Watters video - 5 min)

    04/16/2024 8:32:39 PM PDT · by bitt · 12 replies
    foxnews ^ | 4/16/2024 | jesse watters
    Meet the first 7 Trump Jurors https://twitter.com/JesseBWatters/status/1780394222148878594?
  • EXCLUSIVE Hairy-chested, dress-wearing trans mayor of Mexican border town says they're being 'bullied' out of office and will become more vulnerable without the protection of being an elected official

    04/11/2024 7:23:35 PM PDT · by Morgana · 33 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | April 11, 2024 | Martha Williams
    California's first transgender mayor has said she has to watch her back as 'bullies' are staging a recall to oust her. Calemexico Mayor Raul Ureña, 26, identifies as a transgender woman and prefers she/they pronouns. Ureña, the first transgender mayor along the entire US/Mexico border, told DailyMail.com that she recalls feeling 'so good' whilst wearing a dress at the age of 10. However, Ureña has claimed that her gender identity has been used against her throughout the elected official's political career. The mayor said that as a transgender person, you always have to watch your back - but says that...
  • AOC opens up about ‘shock’ of stumbling upon deepfake AI video of herself performing sex act

    04/09/2024 11:02:53 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 107 replies
    New York Post ^ | April 9, 2024 | Snejana Farberov
    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has opened up about her own horrifying experience of becoming the victim of AI-generated deepfake porn — warning that it is “not as imaginary as people want to make it seem.” The Queens Democrat said she was scrolling through X while talking about legislation with her aides in a car in February when she came face to face with the AI-generated image of herself performing a sex act. “There’s a shock to seeing images of yourself that someone could think are real,” Ocasio-Cortez told Rolling Stone. “As a survivor of physical sexual assault, it adds a level...
  • EXCLUSIVE Transgender woman who flew to Turkey for £8,000 gender reassignment surgery suffered serious internal injuries after being made to walk two miles with a dilator inside her following her vaginoplasty

    04/02/2024 7:13:38 PM PDT · by Morgana · 46 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | April 2, 2024 | Kevin Donald
    A trans woman who flew to Turkey for gender reassignment surgery to beat an eight-year NHS waiting list 'feared she'd die' following complications as she flew home. Shona Thompson, 41, had waited 30 years to switch gender after realising as a schoolboy that she felt trapped in her male body. She flew to Izmir for the £8,000 operation, which was successful, but suffered internal injuries on the journey home when airport assistance she had booked in advance did not arrive. Shona should have been taken to the plane in a wheelchair after being driven to Izmir airport in an ambulance,...
  • Dodge Charger Will Get 550-HP Hurricane Inline-Six Gas Engine In 2025

    03/05/2024 5:05:53 PM PST · by matt04 · 71 replies
    The gas-powered Dodge Charger isn't dead yet. While the V-8 may be gone, Dodge will continue to offer the Charger will an internal combustion engine alongside the two new electric variants revealed today. At the top of the internal combustion food chain sits the Dodge Charger Sixpack H.O. It's powered by Stellantis's 3.0-liter twin-turbo Hurricane straight-six engine, rated at 550 horsepower. There's also a Sixpack S.O. version rated at 420 horsepower. "The Hurricane engine-powered Dodge Charger Sixpack models will give the Brotherhood of Muscle a gas option that produces better horsepower and torque numbers than the outgoing 5.7 and 6.4-liter...
  • Can transgender women breastfeed?

    02/25/2024 11:23:33 AM PST · by DallasBiff · 58 replies
    The Economist ^ | 2/23/24 | The Economist
    Biological males may have a latent capacity to produce small amounts of milk THE MALE breast is an evolutionary enigma. Human males are born with nipples and milk ducts—traits that appear early in embryonic development, before sex differentiation. What is more mysterious, however, is why male mammals of all kinds have not evolved to use this equipment to feed their offspring. The plumbing is intact: human males are known to be able to produce a milky nipple discharge in rare circumstances. That phenomenon is now in the spotlight after one trust in England’s National Health Service (NHS) stirred controversy in...
  • Some Internet Dork Is Trying To Re-Clothe Beautiful Women Because Of ‘Dignity.’ It Is Pathetic

    02/09/2024 8:43:47 PM PST · by MNDude · 81 replies
    Friday that a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool is putting clothes back on “e-girls” and removing their tattoos. The post shows four examples of women wearing limited clothing next to what “DignifAI” thinks they should be wearing. The purpose of this creepy internet robot person is to bring “dignity back to the internet,” according to its Twitter account. Political commentator Jack Posobiec said While this sounds like a nice idea, I’m not exactly sure how slut shaming confident women is going to help bring dignity back to the internet. Surely a better purpose for this type of AI would be...
  • Fox News: Trans woman shares her dating hardships: 'Men nowadays are expecting princess treatment' [video]

    01/30/2024 2:54:18 PM PST · by grundle · 46 replies
    Fox News via Yahoo ^ | January 29, 2024
    Ali C. Lopez, a trans influencer, shares her struggles navigating the dating world in the modern age in an interview with Fox News Digital.
  • A Trump/RFK Ticket? ‘I Wouldn’t Write It Off’

    01/27/2024 4:52:36 PM PST · by Signalman · 112 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 1/27/2024 | Robert Spencer
    Could Robert F. Kennedy Jr. be Donald Trump’s running mate in 2024? The Trump has had thoughts along these lines. The New York Post reported Saturday that “people close to former President Trump made preliminary overtures to Robert F. Kennedy about the possibility of serving as his running mate.” Someone whom the Post identified as “one person familiar with the matter” said that “Trump operatives expressed an interest in Kennedy early on, but it was all premature,” as it was “right out of the box when Bobby announced” his candidacy for president in April 2023. At that time, Kennedy peremptorily...
  • Florida advances law banning children under 16 from using social mediaBill would prohibit teenagers from creating an account, and is now headed to the state’s Republican-controlled senate

    01/26/2024 5:31:12 AM PST · by V_TWIN · 121 replies
    theguardian.com ^ | Thu 25 Jan 2024 | Sam Levine
    Florida lawmakers advanced a bill on Wednesday that would prohibit social media platforms from allowing young teens to have an account while requiring everyone else to verify their age. The measure prohibits anyone under 16 from creating a new social media account and requires platforms to delete existing accounts held by minors who are younger than 16. It also would require social media companies to delete any personal information from the accounts and for the platforms to use a “nongovernmental, independent, third-party not affiliated with the social media platform” to verify users’ age. The bill passed the Florida house with...
  • Solomon Friedman is on a mission to save Pornhub

    01/24/2024 8:44:46 PM PST · by MNDude · 52 replies
    The high-profile criminal defence lawyer, firearms advocate and ordained rabbi plans to make the world's largest porn site a force for good. Solomon Friedman is not someone readily defined: He’s a defence lawyer and an organ donor; a firearms advocate and an ordained rabbi; an investor, philanthropist, and pornography magnate. Born into an Orthodox family in west-end Ottawa, Friedman grew up in a household with nine siblings. His father, Barry, was a Nortel contractor and software developer whose work sprawled through the house. “I was raised in a house with more computers than kids,” Friedman says. “My first computer was...
  • Donald Trump Jr For US President In 2028? Ex-First Son Says 'Never Say Never'

    01/18/2024 9:56:24 AM PST · by libh8er · 61 replies
    Time Now ^ | 1.17.2024
    During the Iowa battle, Donald Trump Jr, the former President's son was asked an intriguing question whether he would follow father's footsteps and run for the top post and 2028. Trump Jr replied to the voter during the campaign event in Ankney pawing way for speculations. The real estate businessman was present with his fiance Kimberly Guilfoyle. While choosing not to answer the White House run in 2028 question directly, Trump Jr looked in the crowd and probably at Guilfoyle and responded in excitement “Oh God, Hey princess, you ready for this?” "Listen, you never know. I don't want to...