“I didn’t want to be the ‘first transgender ‘Survivor’ contestant,” Smithtold Peopleafter the episode aired. “I’m not ashamed of being trans, but I didn’t want that to be my story,” he said. “I just wanted to go out on an adventure and play a great game. I just wanted to be known for my game.

International human rights activists are decrying reports that at least 100 gay men have been arrested, and three killed, in the Russian region of Chechnya. A Moscow-owned Russian opposition newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, cited claims by federal law enforcement officials who said the men, ranging in ages from 16 to 50,were detained “in connection with their nontraditional sexual orientation, or suspicion of such.

Radar Online appears to be the only outlet that has gotten its grubby little hands on an advance copy of the book, entitled The Secrets Of My Life, and it made quick work of leaking some of the juiciest bits,including Jenner reportedly revealing that Robert Kardashian told her he knew O.J. was guilty of murdering Nicole Brown Simpson.

In the clip, which can be viewed above, Pearson watches from the pews as a young gay man sings and dances energetically before a church congregation. After the man’s performance concludes, he shares a tender kiss with another man on the church’s altar as the crowd of parishioners smile break into applause. Released April 3, “Silver Horizons” marks Pearson’s debut as a solo artist after 20 years as the lead singer of the Christian rock band Everyday Sunday.

May 2, 2013, the classroom was loud, cliquey, and unproductive. People began to find out rapidly about what had happened. Focused, unconcerned, I was about to experience heartbreaking devastation. A friend asked if I heard anything. I told her no. She announced to the classroom that my high school boyfriend had taken his life in the night. Frozen by my peers staring at me, I felt pure nothingness. I was quickly flooded with warmth and drained of my thoughts. My breathing reflected the slow pace of time.

Throughout the ninth season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Huffington Post Queer Voices will interview each departing queen on the Saturday following the air date of their elimination episode. Check HuffPost Queer Voices weekly to read about these queens’ reflections on their time on the show, as well as their legacies as queer artists and performers. Check out last week’s interview with Jaymes Mansfield.

Royale is now performing at New York City’s Laurie Beechman theater in a new show called “Life Goes On,” the follow up to her show “Here’s To Life,” which she debuted in 2016. The Huffington Post chatted with the drag star about life-post “Drag Race,” the political implications of drag with President Trump in power and what we can expect in the future. Well as everyone knows, I have been touring not only the country but the world.

Transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals face pervasive housing discrimination, according to a recent study. It’s worse than researchers expected, and the people being discriminated against may not even know it. Researchers at the Suffolk University Law School Housing Discrimination Testing Program in Bostonused a pretty straightforward test to determine this.

The exact number of transgender people who work as educators are unknown, and overall, exact dataon the issueis hard to come by. But the ones who do work in education often have to navigate a sticky web of parents, students and colleagues who have varying levels of acceptance,amid a backdrop of minimal workplace protections, The Huffington Post found after interviewing seven transgender educators in March.

One bill sponsoredby GOP Texas state senator Charles Perry would allow any professionals regulated by the state of Texas ― from medical providers and social workers to tow truck operators and electricians ― to discriminate against LGBTQ people based on personal religious beliefs. And yet another, pushed by Rep.