By Amanda N'Duka
14.05.2020 - 03:17 / starobserver.com.au
American fashion designer, LGBTQI activist and heiress to the international KFC [Kentucky Fried Chicken] food-chain, Kaila Methven, is pledging to raise a million dollars for LGBTQI community members affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yes, you read that right. This is literally happening.
Methven hopes to raise $1,000,000 (AUD 1,545,380.09) for those in the LGBTQI community affected by the pandemic, by creating jobs through her newly-launched ‘PLUR Association’.
An acronym for “Peace Love Unity
By Amanda N'Duka
A protest in Colorado against racism (Pic: by Joseph Rouse)
Stars like Lil Nas X, Sadé and Kehlani, among others, have spoken out on Tuesday to criticize the Blackout Tuesday movement in which other celebrities and brands have posted blank, black squares on social media.
Fred VanVleet says people in the United States are reaching a boiling point after hundreds of years of racism.
Khloe Kardashian posted a series of selfies (seen here) on May 22 and a source tells HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star thinks the way people have reacted to her new snaps is “ridiculous”. In the sexy snaps new photo series the Good American founder, 35, debuted a new “bronde” (brown/blonde) hair makeover. But fans were more focused on her face, with many commenting that she looked “so different.”
Thanks to tough measures that included overnight curfews and restricted travel between provinces, health authorities were hopeful that African countries could avoid the worst of the coronavirus outbreaks that have ravaged Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. As of May 28, Nigeria and South Africa — two of the continent’s largest music economies — had
The rapper has been vocal over the past week on the outrage that's been sparked by Floyd's death
Robert Patrick took to Twitter to speak out against the riots across the country that were sparked by protests over the death of George Floyd after he was handcuffed and pinned down by a police officer in Minneapolis on May 25.
Lady Gaga has taken aim at U.S. citizens and President Donald Trump in a message regarding the outrage in the country following the death of George Floyd.
Idris Elba has said that people in the UK and US are becoming more aware of the impact coronavirus is having on the rest of the world.
Ricky and Pray Tell in Pose — Photo: Michael Parmelee/FX
The phrase “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey,” which has often (and perhaps erroneously) been attributed to American writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, was a familiar saying by about 1920. And it makes perfect sense that the phrase roughly coincides with the dawn of cinema, because filmmakers have been cinematically paraphrasing it for much of the last 100 years.
Though members of the LGBTQ community struggle to find acceptance all over the world, even in places such as the US, where there is seemingly overwhelming support, the fight for acceptance is perhaps most dangerous in places such as Russia.
May 24, the Sunday before Memorial Day, the New York Times devoted its customary patriotic-image-filled front page to a stark black and white list of names to mark the “grim milestone” of “incalculable loss” as the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States approaches 100,000.
U.S. sales of vinyl albums have risen for 14 consecutive years, to $504 million in 2019. But extending that streak could be a tall order—and not just because the coronavirus pandemic has shuttered many record stores for months. The couple of dozen or so vinyl record pressing plants that still exist in the United States have been hit hard too.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Twitter May 17, delivering commencement address to Smith college
A new report from American Atheists reveals that, while nonreligious people in general face discrimination and stigma, those who are LGBTQ have a disproportionate lack of familial support.