JK Rowling warns of coming ‘scandal’ amid transgender debate

President Trump’s own HIV/AIDS advisory council adopted a resolution Thursday urging his administration not to implement a new regulation that would enable discrimination against transgender patients in health care.

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NBC News, Merritt Corrigan, the deputy White House liaison at USAID, was fired on Monday following months of attacks from LGBTQ advocates and congressional Democrats who found some of her past tweets or public statements offensive and contrary to USAID’s mission.Shortly after, Corrigan unlocked her previously private Twitter account and issued six tweets, blasting USAID, congressional Democrats, and the media.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom held a coronavirus press conference on Monday and highlighted some good news. He also issued a warning about the state’s future with respect to COVID-19.Newsom announced a total of 5,719 new coronavirus cases in the state for a total of 514,901 confirmed cases since the pandemic began.

JK Rowling says medics have backed her in her ongoing transgender row and warned that a scandal is about to blow up that will lead to a backlash against her critics. The Harry Potter author, 54, has defended herself in recent weeks against accusations of being transphobic, an allegation she strongly denies.

Amanda Holden is holidaying in the South of France with her husband Chris Hughes and their daughters Lexi and Hollie.And on Thursday, the Britain's Got Talent star shared the most gorgeous family photo of them taken whilst having dinner at Club 55, along with former Formula One driver David Coulthard, Piers Morgan, and their respective wives.MORE: Amanda Holden's daughter Hollie is her double in sweet new photo Fans are convinced that Lexi is identical to a young Holly WilloughbyMany of the

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorDave Grohl has spoken out in defense of teachers as the Trump administration continues its “daunting and evermore politicized question of reopening our schools in the coronavirus pandemic.”In the first audio version of the Foo Fighters founder’s “Dave’s True Stories” series, Grohl — whose mother (pictured with him above) was a public school teacher — says:“Every teacher has a ‘plan.’ Don’t they deserve one too? My mother had to come up with three separate lesson

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti warned that the county is "on the brink" of enduring another stay-at-home order as novel coronavirus cases continue to rise. Speaking on CNN's State of the Union Sunday, Garcetti addressed the rapid reopening of California, which resulted in a surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

Following a flurry of anti-trans comments made on social media, sales of JK Rowling’s books have dipped in the US.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterUnlike much of the rest of the media industry, the world of publishing enjoyed a rise in sales as summer reading season kicked into gear in June.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorLos Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Monday that the city’s COVID-19 threat meter is “on the border of going to red,” the highest level, which would mean a complete shutdown in L.A. owing to the coronavirus pandemic.“Let me tell you the bad news,” Garcetti said.

JK Rowling ’s golden handprints have been vandalised with red paint in Edinburgh amid the controversy over her comments on transgender people. A trans pride flag was also planted next to the Harry Potter author's prints - a tourist favourite close to the Capital's city chambers.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia broke records for daily new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, according to the New York Times. That — among other things — had the mayor of America’s second-largest city worried about a new COVID-related crisis.“We’re going to see across this nation a testing emergency,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti in response to a question from Deadline.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles City Mayor Eric Garcetti began his Wednesday coronavirus press conference with some good news, and then a warning.“We are making progress,” said the mayor, “and while it is fragile, it is progress.”Noting that Los Angeles as seeing the highest level of hospitalizations since the pandemic began, Garcetti warned, “These [next two] weeks are absolutely critical.

Pride Month. The Walk the Moon frontman came out as bisexual in an Instagram post on June 30. «My whole life i have passed for a 'normal person', cisgender straight guy, and this has afforded me a life of privilege.

Harpers calling for the end of cancel culture.The letter warns against the development of “censoriousness” and “an intolerance of opposing views”.Rowling, who has recently spoken of her views on transgender rights and has sparked a controversial discussion, said on Twitter that she was “proud to sign this letter in defence of a foundational principle of a liberal society: open debate and freedom of thought and speech.”The letter acknowledges “powerful protests for racial and social justice”, but

Dozens of artists, writers and academics have signed an open letter decrying the weakening of public debate and warning that the free exchange of information and ideas is in jeopardy amid a rise in what they call “illiberalism.”