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Despite war, Ukraine celebrates Pride Parade in Kharkiv Since Ukraine was attacked by Russian troops in February 2022, numerous men and women have been at war to defend their country. The resistance seems to be bearing fruit, as Russian troops have been pushed out of the first cities and areas in recent days. How sustainable this success is remains to be seen. For Ukrainians, however, even in these difficult times, war is not the only factor. In the liberated city of Kharkiv, they are currently going one step further. A pride parade is being planned under the motto "United as Never Before". The Pride Parade is to be celebrated on several days Although the situation in Ukraine is far from calming down, the LGBTQIA+ community wants to organize queer celebrations between September 17 and 25. This was announced by the lesbian-feminist organization Sphere NGO in the framework of...

Documentary "How God Created Us" Receives German Television Award On Tuesday and Wednesday evening, the winners of the 2022 German Television Award were announced. A special highlight was that the documentary "Wie Gott uns schuf - Coming-Out in der katholischen Kirche" received the German Television Award as best documentary/reportage. Also nominated in this category were "The Outbreak - Was the Pandemic Avoidable?", "Gladbeck", "The Night the Flood Came - Protocol of a Climate Catastrophe" and an episode of "Team Wallraff - Now More Than Ever! "As God created us" as the starting signal for the #OutInChurch movement. The authors of the documentary "Wie Gott uns schuf" spent a total of two years researching for their series. They contacted employees of the Catholic Church and spoke with them about their queerness. Even today, in the Catholic Church, homosexual people are treated as...

These comic book characters enchant the queer community Comic books will probably always hold an important place in the hearts of many people. Despite various film adaptations, the pictures with speech bubbles are still offered in many stores today. And business is undoubtedly good. Particularly popular in this context are the Marvel and DC comics, which are devoured by many young people, but also by adults. Among other things, it is always the typical male superheroes who save the world. Some of them also have a female partner or a male partner. Read that right, because Marvel and DC characters aren't all cis or straight. Instead, there is now a colorful diversity here that many probably wouldn't expect. The following sections are meant to illustrate just how queer the world of Superman, Deadpool and co. really is. Queer characters at Marvel and DC Male heroes definitely don't always have to be...

Finally starts now the 4 season of Prince Charming Looking for the great love on TV ... And in the best case also find? This is exactly what the new Prince Charming Fabian Fuchs hopes for, who was already officially introduced as the new Prince Charming in June of this year. Now it becomes serious. Again 21 men want to conquer the heart of the prince. Now the secret about the candidates has finally been revealed and RTL presents the men who are looking for the love of their lives in front of the camera. Fabian has a lot of respect for the task imposed on him, because in the course of the broadcast will break hearts. But the goal for now is to find the great love ... and here some feelings just remain unrequited. Starting on September 29, viewers will be able to watch the new season of Prince Charming on RTL+ and cheer along with their favorite contestants. Every Thursday there will be a new episode. In total, there will be nine episodes and...

Change in Bishop This - Homosexuality Is "God-Wanted" Not only individual "flocks" within the congregations of the Catholic Church are in favor of relaxing Catholic guidelines and laws. More and more bishops and cardinals are also speaking out and calling for a new way of thinking in the church in some areas. Bishop Helmut Dieser made it into the headlines with one particular statement. He was not always positive towards homosexual people. With one of his last statements, however, he turned away from the conventional ideas of the Catholic Church. In this context, he emphasized in interviews with two Christian magazines that homosexuality is also wanted by God. His view of things has changed and apparently the clergyman has absolutely no problem showing exactly that to the outside world. A fundamental question: Is homosexuality a sin? Many members of the church always see homosexuality as...

Lysander Laier is transsexual Lysander Laier has been a member of the Würzburg City Council for two years. In the time before he was involved in the Green Youth and in refugee politics. His commitment was rewarded. The youth section of the Greens elected him to the board. Now he is making headlines again with his coming out. The 24-year-old Green politician is transsexual. Among other things, he spoke with the station TV Mainfranken about this important step. With Lysander, another person who is in the public eye has come out as queer. He is likely to have given courage to many others. But how do his party colleagues actually react? And how was the outing received by the public? Laier felt uncomfortable for years During the interview with TV Mainfranken, Laier gave deep insights into his "gender crisis" and reported in detail about his transsexuality. Half a year ago, he had his first coming out in front of a restricted...

Neil Patrick Harris: Eighth wedding anniversary with David Burtka Most people will remember Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson from the cult series How I Met Your Mother. There he embodied the suit-wearing womanizer who never avoided flirting with pretty women and had little left for relationships. The actor's private life, however, looks quite different. Here he was recently able to celebrate the eighth wedding anniversary with his husband and two children. Neil Patrick and his David still seem to be as much in love as on the first day. On Instagram, Harris published a beautiful post addressed directly to the love of his life. In the photo, only the two of them can be seen smiling happily at the camera. In the background, the sun is slowly setting. He wrote: "We got married eight years ago. He is still the center of my life. He is the person I want to impress, the bright light ...

Queer diversity at the Creative Emmys There are numerous queer reality shows and soaps airing in the American media, which are of course not only celebrated by members of the community. Quite a few queer shows, as well as actors and actresses, have made it onto the Creative Emmys nomination list. Some of them were able to take home the most coveted TV award on American television. The Creative Emmys are a side category of the Emmy Awards and for that reason alone are among the most important TV prizes that can be awarded in the USA. The winner of this year's awards was RuPaul. With his show "RuPaul's Drag Race," he won two of the coveted prizes this weekend. Winner of the evening: RuPaul The show "RuPaul's Drag Race" was nominated a total of seven times at the Creative Emmys and was handed two awards. Once for Best Production Design and once in the category...

Don't Worry Darling premieres in Venice On Monday, the film Don't Worry Darling celebrated its premiere in Venice. The film stars pop star Harry Styles in his first major film role. Accordingly, on the red carpet it became fast, loud and bustling when the protagonist appeared. The fans cheered, screamed and even some tears flowed at the sight of the popular pop star. Before that, he took part in a press conference, where journalists could ask their questions about the film. So it was certainly not boring on this day. Among other things, the queer community should be very happy that Harry will now also be seen on the big screen. After all, the singer has always had a special connection to the scene. He has already collected many donations for queer organizations in the past, helped a fan come out at one of his concerts and also dresses ...