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WVLA.“In eight years as a Democratic governor with a Republican legislature, I have issued 319 vetoes. More than 99% of those vetoes have been sustained.

law, which was approved by the Republican-dominated legislature and signed by Gov. Bill Lee earlier this year.A federal judge subsequently issued an injunction blocking the state from taking any adverse action against doctors who recommend non-surgical gender-affirming treatments, on the grounds that the plaintiffs in the case were likely to succeed in proving their claim that the law is unconstitutional and should be overturned.The plaintiffs have argued that the Tennessee law runs counter to federal laws prohibiting discrimination in health care and violates both the rights of trans minors and the rights of their parents to make whatever medical decisions they believe to be in their children’s best interests.But in a July 8 decision, the 6th U.S.

temporary injunction prohibiting the state from seeking to enforce Section 4 of Senate Bill 150, a sweeping anti-LGBTQ bill that, in addition to barring gender-affirming medical care for minors, restricts which restroom and locker room facilities transgender students can use, allowing teachers and other students to misgender trans-identifying minors, and prohibits certain types of classroom instruction on LGBTQ-related topics and topics related to sexuality, HIV, or other sexually-transmitted diseases.The measure was vetoed by Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear in March over concerns that it infringed not only on LGBTQ students’ right to freedom of expression and equal protection under the law, but the parental rights parents who choose to affirm their children’s identities.In issuing the injunction, Hale sided with the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, which sued to overturn the law on behalf of seven families with transgender children.

Charna Flam The Emmy Awards statuette is getting a 75th anniversary makeover. The Television Academy confirmed that the Emmy trophy will receive a rare enhancement for the 75th annual ceremony this year. The numbers “75” will be etched in to the base of the award that features a female figure with wings holding up a globe-like sphere. The Academy noted that it drew inspiration for the move from Halley’s Comet, which returns into view every 75 years. “We were trying to find a way to honor the historic nature of the anniversary. Emmy is all about celebrating excellence, and it has been for three quarters of a century,” said Maury McIntyre, president of the Television Academy. “Those standards really haven’t changed significantly regardless of what era the greatest medium on Earth has been in. In that spirit, we didn’t want to veer too far with Emmy herself.”

The Television Academy wants this year’s Emmy ceremony to be special — and no, we’re not talking about how (or if) the WGA strike will impact the show.

#TrollingStone #RollingSmear”Expect Rolling Stone to lead the corporate media’s frantic crusade to vilify me to stop my White House bid. Rolling Stone was once the premier standard-bearer of the counterculture.

similar law passed in Arizona last year that bans gender-affirming surgeries for minors — which is less severe than bans on all types of gender-affirming care that have passed in 18 other states over the past two years.The lawsuit challenging the law, signed by Gov. Eric Holcomb in April, was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of four transgender youth and their families, a physician who specializes in gender-affirming care, and a health care clinic offering itself out to individuals suffering from gender dysphoria, a condition where a person’s anatomy does not match the gender by which they identify. “Because Plaintiffs have some likelihood of success on the merits of constitutional claims, a preliminary injunction is in the public interest,” Hanlon wrote in his ruling.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg blasted Republicans attacking the LGBTQ community on Tuesday, saying the reason right-wing lawmakers have decided to target them is they don’t want to talk about their “radical positions,” including opposing President Joe Biden’s massive infrastructure law and other accomplishments, like $35 insulin.Appearing on MSNBC, Secretary Buttigieg was asked to weigh in on the Human Rights Campaign’s declaration earlier in the day, of a national emergency in the U.S.

Al Roker is out and about after undergoing a total knee replacement last month. The beloved 68-year-old weatherman looked dapper as he attended the 2023 Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic with wife Deborah Roberts on Saturday.Roker was all smiles as he wore a light blue seersucker suit with a purple tie and coordinating fedora hat to the event at at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey.

didn't necessarily go anywhere, to my knowledge, but since she's done a press cycle, and thusly put her spin on classic feminine style on full display. At the 2023 Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic at Liberty State Park in Jersey City on Saturday, June 3, Stone seemed to be inspired by the summer sun in a carefully curated yellow and white ensemble that was simultaneously elegant and casual. Stone, in , wore a textured knit crewneck short-sleeve top with white and yellow stripes tucked into a white tiered miniskirt with gold embellishments. Emma Stone's careful color coordination is perfect for the summer season.She accessorized with white slingback block heels, a white bag with a thick shoulder strap, brown wayfarer-style sunglasses, and gold hoops that echo the gold dots on her skirt.

Statement accessories were the name of the game at the 2023 Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic at Liberty State Park on Saturday (June 3) in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Homlessness campaigners are demanding an investigation into the evacuation of 40 Africans from a dangerous “building site” blocks of flats.

EXCLUSIVE: Daisy Jelley, one of the stars of buzzy Cannes Film Festival debut How To Have Sex, Normal People and Red Election star Clinton Liberty, and The Witcher and Willow actress Niamh McCormack are among the rising Irish and British actors aboard for vampire horror Feed, which is being launched for the Cannes market.

Hollyoaks actress Abi Phillips and her long-term partner, who is known as Gav Gilly. He popped the question while on a romantic holiday to Lake Garda in Italy. Abi, who played Liberty Savage on the soap, shared the happy news with her fans less than 24 hours after the proposal.

An awkward run-in? Kristen Stewart and ex Robert Pattinson were both at the 2023 Met Gala — as was model and ex-wife of Rupert Sanders, Liberty Ross.

The Met Gala, an annual fund-raising benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, showcases the pinnacle of themed haute couture on its red carpet each year. From opulent to outlandish, notable figures and the Hollywood elite dress to impress — or at least make a splash.Last year’s unforgettable looks included Kim Kardashian controversially donning Marilyn Monroe’s glittering 1962 garment and Blake Lively’s ode to Lady Liberty in a dazzling copper and — after its unraveling — oxidized green gown.Alongside Anna Wintour, Conde Nast’s chief content officer and Vogue’s global editorial director, popstar Dua Lipa, actress Penelope Cruz, tennis player Roger Federer and screenwriter Michaela Coel will serve as co-chairs of the event.Here is everything else we know about New York’s most anticipated fashion extravaganza.To watch the biggest night in fashion unfold, stream the Met Gala’s red carpet arrivals and interviews on E! or Vogue’s website on May 1 beginning at 6 p.m.

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick have gone viral with a video they made in protest of the drag bans happening in the United States.Since the beginning of 2023, dozens of bills have been filed in states across America, targeting drag performances.Last month in Nashville, Tennessee, lawmakers passed a law that bans one class of entertainer: «male and female impersonators,» otherwise known as drag performers. However, a day before the nation's first anti-drag law was set to take effect, a federal judge temporarily blocked it for violating the First Amendment.Now, Bacon and Sedgwick are throwing themselves behind the LGBTQ+ community by dancing to Taylor Swift's «Karma» to raise awareness about the bans on drag queens. The Twitter video starts with the married couple in matching T-shirts standing far away from the camera.

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed an amicus brief — a document submitted to a judge by a person or group intending to influence the court’s decision in a trial to which they are not party — on behalf of Joseph Foreman, aka Afroman. The ACLU’s action comes as Foreman faces a lawsuit brought by Ohio police officers who raided his home in August on suspicion of drug trafficking and kidnapping, found no incriminating evidence, and felt humiliated when the Palmdale, California-born rapper used security camera footage from the raid in several music videos promoting his album Lemon Pound Cake, released the following month.

The Script star Mark Sheehan has sadly died at the age of 46. The guitarist passed away after suffering from a brief illness, the band have confirmed. In a statement shared by the Irish group, they paid tribute to their longtime friend and fellow musician.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is tracking 452 anti-LGBTQ bills in the U.S., according to data the organization has compiled through April 11. These bills have been introduced in state legislatures across the U.S. since January and represent a new record — already more than twice the number of such bills introduced all of last year.

signed into law in 2021.However, Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented, saying they would have granted Morrisey’s request.A federal judge previously blocked the law from taking effect while a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the ban proceeds.The plaintiff in the case, 12-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, is a transgender girl who tried to join her middle school girls’ cross-country team, but was informed that she would be barred from the team due to the law prohibiting transgender athletes from competing in female-designated sports.Pepper-Jackson sued state officials, her local school board, the West Virginia Board of Education, and the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission, arguing that the law is unconstitutional and discriminatory.In July 2021, U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Goodwin, of the Southern District of West Virginia, issued an injunction blocking the law from taking effect on the grounds that Pepper-Jackson was likely to prevail in her claim that the law is discriminatory.Six months later, Goodwin rejected Pepper-Jackson’s claim that the law violates Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sex-based discrimination, finding the ban constitutional and asserting that the state had a legitimate interest in ensuring cisgender female athletes are not disadvantaged by having to compete against athletes assigned male at birth.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a bill into law that bans most gender-affirming care for transgender minors, making that state the latest to target trans youth in legislation. Photo: Office of Gov. Brian Kemp

is back for another explosive season, and ET is exclusively premiering a first look at what's to come.In ET's exclusive trailer, Mariana struggles with survivor's guilt after Evan was shot trying to help her, Joaquin (Bryan Craig) and his sister, Jenna, escape Silas's farm compound to get the latter out safely. Although the incident brought back Callie and their moms, Stef and Lena, to rally around Mariana as she struggles with fallout from Jenna's escape, the remorse threatens to overwhelm her.«I wish it was me,» Mariana tells her sister as Evan languishes in a medically induced coma.

TikTok.The House Foreign Affairs Committee’s 24 Republicans voted a bill through which could give the President powers to ban the video-sharing app over claims that it is a Chinese espionage tool, or any other app deemed a security risk.However, the 16 Democrats voted against the bill with Ranking Member Gregory Meeks saying he opposed the legislation because it would “damage our allegiances across the globe, bring more companies into China’s sphere, destroy jobs here in the United States and undercut core American values of free speech and free enterprise” [via The Independent]. Members of both parties have called for a ban on TikTok on the basis of its Chinese ownership, which means the company is legally obliged to turn user data over to the Chinese government upon request.The bill still needs to be passed by the full House of Representatives and the Senate before  it goes to Biden and it officially becomes law. Foreign Affairs Committee chair Michael McCaul said he expects the full House to vote on the measure this month.However, Jenna Leventoff, a senior policy counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, criticised the legislation in a statement.“We’re disappointed that the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to approve a bill that would effectively ban TikTok in the United States, in violation of Americans’ First Amendment rights.

There were lots of celebs in attendance at the Burberry fashion show during London Fashion Week, including hot couple Jason Statham and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

An Ohio teacher is facing jail time after sending lewd photos to… ugh… a middle school student.

Two missing children are in safe hands after being missing nearly a YEAR!

Spin Master Entertainment’s sequel PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie has added to their voiceover ensemble including Kristen Bell (Frozen, Zootopia), Christian Convery (“Sweet Tooth”), McKenna Grace (Gifted, “The Handmaid’s Tale”), Lil Rel Howery (Get Out, Free Guy), James Marsden (Disenchanted, Sonic The Hedgehog), Finn Lee-Epp (Let Him Go) as Ryder, and tennis ace Serena Williams.

If this is a sign of things to come, this war of words will probably never end.