#Gay #politician #Lord #PeterMandelson – a #trans #rights #advocate – set to be named the #UK's #ambassador to the #US.

He would replace #Dame #KarenPierce, whose #service in #WashingtonDC is expected to end in early 2025.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Politics #Allies #Representation #Culture

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/12/20/gay-politician-lord-peter-mandelson-ambassador/

#Dame #JudiDench turns 90: #Acting #icon has only ever been #clubbing once – and it was to see #Cher at a famous #LGBTQ+ #venue.

The #English #actress, known for a cavalcade of #roles, including across the #JamesBond series, turns 90 years young on Monday (9 December).

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Movies #Allies #Representation #Culture

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/12/09/judi-dench-90-gay-clubbing/

#Politically #Queer: In #conversation with #Dame #AngelaEagle #MP

She is here to get things done, and from the very first question that drive is in full effect. Angela, our longest-standing #out #lesbian #MP, and our only #out #lesbian #minister, is an absolute #forceofnature. In fact, for all her wry #humour and #warmth, Angela can be ever so slightly #terrifying.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Politics #Labour #Representation #Culture

https://diva-magazine.com/2024/08/19/politically-queer-in-conversation-with-dame-angela-eagle-mp/

#NewZealand's #Government won't say if it will follow #Britain's move to #ban routine use of #pubertyblockers.

Last year, #NewZealand's #MinistryofHealth removed a #claim that #pubertyblockers were "#safe and #reversible" from its #website. However, leading #youth #health #specialist #Dame #SueBagshaw said they were #both.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TransKids #Healthcare #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/513980/government-won-t-say-if-it-will-follow-britain-s-move-to-ban-routine-use-of-puberty-blockers

On this side of the pond everyone's suddenly terrified of drag queens, while over in the UK Sir Ian "Gandalf" McKellan is touring the UK as Mother Goose.

Wrote a little thing about mainstream media in the context of the last couple weeks of New York Times and Fox News-related news for @damemagazine https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/02/21/legacy-media-tilts-two-ways-center-right-and-far-right/ #DAME #byPM