July 9, 1971
David Bowie started recording sessions at Trident Studios in London, for what would become the concept album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. The character of Ziggy was initially inspired by British rock ‘n’ roll singer Vince Taylor, whom Bowie met after Taylor had had a breakdown and believed himself to be a cross between a god and an alien.
1977
Barry Manilow was up to 3 with “Looks Like We Made It”
Barbra Streisand had her 23rd hit but only her fifth Top 10 with “My Heart Belongs To Me”.
1979
The Pretenders began a tour of the U.K. at the Smartyz in Chester, England.
1981
The second Broadway revival of “Fiddler on the Roof” opened at Lincoln Center’s New York State Theater.1983
Culture Club fell to number 7 with “Time (Clock Of The Heart)
Wham! went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut release ‘Fantastic!’, which went on to spend 116 weeks on the chart.
On the US Lp charts ,David Bowie at 5 with Let’s Dance,
1986
Queen performed at St. James’ Park in Newcastle uponTyne, England.
1988
Faith from George Michael was hanging around at 3 on the US LP charts
the Soundtrack to “Dirty Dancing” was #4.
Sade’s fine album Stronger Than Pride was 8, Tracy Chapman’s debut was beginning to be discovered at #9 and More Dirty Dancing from the movie was #10.
1994
Elton John moved into the Top 10 with “Can You Feel The Love Tonight”, his 60th career hit and 26th Top 10 song.
1999
Elton John had a pacemaker fitted in an operation at a London hospital following reports about his ill health. Sir Elton was forced to cancel a series of concerts.
2001
The Backstreet Boys temporarily stopped their “Black & Blue World Tour 2001.” The tour had to be put on hold because A.J. McLean entered a treatment center for depression and alcohol abuse. The tour resumed on August 24th.
2004
David Bowie was forced to cancel a string of European shows after emergency heart surgery. The 57 year-old singer had an operation last month in Germany, where he was on tour, to treat “an acutely blocked artery”. The star’s cancellation last month of 11 European dates was originally attributed to a shoulder injury.
2013
Elton John told the British tabloid The Sun that he considered himself lucky to be alive after unknowingly battling appendicitis. The Rocket Man played through the pain during a series of concerts before seeking medical attention. He told the press, “I’m lucky to be alive. I was a ticking time bomb. I guess I could have died at any time.
2021
The EU-Hungary row over an anti-LGBTQ law is a clash of cultures that underpins why European integration will never work — RT Op-edHungary’s controversial law banning the promotion of homosexuality to minors is none of the EU’s business, and Brussels’ attempts to interfere in its internal affairs with a sense of moral superiority is akin to neo-colonialism.www.rt.commeanwhile in canada
Kahnawake’s first female, LGBTQ grand chief wants to focus on healing, unity | CBC NewsOver the weekend, Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer, 41, became the first woman and first person who identifies as LGBTQ to be elected to the post, replacing former grand chief Joe Norton, who died last year.www.cbc.cahttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/queer-gay-calgary-south-asian-lgbtq-1.6093228
Gay former rugby star Brennan Bastyovanszky recharges Vancouver Rogues | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment WeeklyThe gay and inclusive rugby team offers a welcome alternative to those who are opposed to the use of homophobic language in male contact sports.www.straight.com
Three people arrested in connection with anti-gay murder in SpainSamuel Luiz Muñiz was killed in A Coruña on July 3www.losangelesblade.com
Dislike Ikea’s ‘bisexual couch’ all you want, but don’t confuse hate speech with free speech | Stuff.co.nzOPINION: This week, I received a rather unpleasant email, subject line: "Depraved homosexuality promotion."www.stuff.co.nz
Celebrating the life and loves of Frida Kahlo, Mexico’s most famous bisexualOn what would’ve been Frida Kahlo’s 103rd birthday, we celebrate the visionary Mexican bisexual who remains a global LGBT+ icon.www.pinknews.co.uk
Health: Lesbian, gay and bisexual adults are THINNER than straight people, study finds | Daily Mail OnlineThe findings come from the 2011-2018 iterations of the Health Survey for England , which is conducted annually by the National Centre for Social Research and UCL.www.dailymail.co.uk
President Biden appoints the first lesbian to ambassador-level position in history / LGBTQ NationChantele Wong will be the first lesbian and the first out LGBTQ person of color in history to serve in an ambassador-level position…www.lgbtqnation.com
Harlem Is Sending a Black Lesbian Democratic Socialist to the City Council | The NationA radical poet and educator’s come-from-behind victory over a machine politician complicates the narrative that New York Black moderates rejected a left agenda.www.thenation.com
Music Collective Giving Queer N.B. Voices An Outlet | Country 94A New Brunswick music collective is providing a platform to release music by Queer artists. Moondrip Collectiv…www.country94.ca
Why Queer Representation in Video Games MattersQueer representation in video games can help people discover who they are and help connect them with who others are.
Anti-LGBT Georgian protestors burn EU flag in capital | The StarMOSCOW (AP) — Opponents of LGBT rights clashed with police in the Georgian capital and burned a European Union flag that was hanging in front of the p…www.thestar.com
Chinese social media giant WeChat shuts LGBT accounts – CityNews Torontotoronto.citynews.ca
Dear Abby: Woman is realizing she’s a lesbian but still loves her husband – Chicago Sun-TimesShe long has identified as bisexual but now is repulsed by their lovemaking.chicago.suntimes.com
Anger over transgender athletes coming to a head – The Western StandardA recent petition was created via change.org attempting to bar New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard from becoming the first transgender athlete to compete in the Olympics.westernstandardonline.com
Luca’s Jack Dylan Grazer comes out as bisexual, shares pronounsDisney Pixar’s Luca star Jack Dylan Grazer, who voices Alberto, has come out as bisexual and confirmed pronouns as he/they on Instagram.www.digitalspy.com
Protesters in Spain flood city streets after 24-year-old gay man beaten to death in alleged hate crime | CBC NewsThe weekend death of a 24-year-old man has sparked widespread condemnation after friends of the victim claim he was targeted and beaten to death for being gay. The death comes amid a spike in attacks on LGBTQ people.www.cbc.ca
Um, No Thank You Grimes, Janelle Monáe Already Gave Us a Perfect Lesbian Space OperaGrimes says her next album will be a space opera about a lesbian A.I. romance? Nah. Also, behind the scenes of Batwoman season two, the search for Renee Montoya, the PLL reboot fills in its cast, why Fear Street is built around a queer love story, and more!www.autostraddle.com
‘Women feel betrayed’: Online petition against transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard’s Olympic status hits over 20K signatures — RT Sport NewsThe issue of transgender athletes in sports has been a divisive one – and again hit the headlines after thousands of sports fans signed a petition in opposition to transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard’s Olympics participation.www.rt.com
Nonbinary Designation for Passports Announced by Biden Administration – Rolling StoneMusic, Film, TV and Political News Coveragewww.rollingstone.com
Russian retailer says sorry for ‘unprofessionalism’ after health food advert featuring lesbian vegan parents sparks row in country — RT Russia & Former Soviet UnionA popular chain of upmarket Russian grocery stores that prides itself on fresh and healthy fare has issued a formal apology after running an advertisement that featured a lesbian couple and their children talking about veganism.www.rt.com
VIDEO : VkusVill: Russian retail chain criticised for removing LGBT family from ad campaign | EuronewsVIDEO : VkusVill has faced backlash for removing and apologising for a recent advert campaign that featured a lesbian family.www.euronews.com
Quiz: Which Lesbian or Bisexual Woman in Space Are You? | AutostraddleHello quiz fans, are you ready to boldly quiz where no-one has quizzed before?!www.autostraddle.com
Protests in Spain against suspected LGBT hate crime | ReutersPeople took to the streets of Spain’s biggest cities on Monday evening to express their anger at the death of a man in a suspected homophobic attack at the weekend.www.reuters.com
Georgian LGBT Activists Call Off Pride March After Violent Attacks | Voice of America – EnglishLGBT campaigners in Georgia have canceled a planned Pride march after opponents attacked activists and journalists and the government and church spoke out against the event.
‘Shazam’ Actor Jack Dylan Grazer Comes Out as Bisexual, Reveals His Pronouns | Jack Dylan Grazer : Just Jared‘Shazam’ Actor Jack Dylan Grazer Comes Out as Bisexual, Reveals His Pronouns Jack Dylan Grazer is opening up about his sexuality. The 17-year-old actor is best known for his roles as Eddie Kaspbrak in the It movies, as Freddy Freeman in…www.justjared.com
SEX FILES: An honest discussion on bisexuality | Toronto SunIt’s been four years since I came out as bisexual and over 20 years since I first noticed that I was attracted to more than one gender.torontosun.com
Tory MP fighting gay ‘blood ban’ says Parliament could have worked ‘better’ on C-6 | CTV NewsAn openly gay Conservative member of Parliament says it is unacceptable that a review on blood donations from men who have sex with other men could mean a ban stays in place for another year or two, but sees the situation through a “glass half full” because of the renewed spotlight on it.www.ctvnews.ca
Madrid’s gay pride returns after COVID cancellation | ReutersThousands of people danced, beat drums and waved flags through the streets of Madrid on Saturday as the Spanish capital’s gay pride parade returned after being canceled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.www.reuters.com
On This Gay Day: In 1981 the first mainstream media report about AIDS was published | OUTInPerth | LGBTQIA+ News and CultureIn 1981 the New York Times ran the first article in the mainstream media that covered that would later be recognised as HIV/AIDS. www.outinperth.com
Detroiter behind ‘I Carry You With Me’ praised for gay love storyHeidi Ewing, the documentary filmmaker who co-directed “Detropia,” makes her first narrative feature, “I Carry You With Me.”www.freep.com
Bridget Coll: Catholic nun was lesbian, militant and a history maker – BBC NewsBridget Coll from Donegal was a nun, a lesbian and an anti-torture activist in Pinochet’s Chile.www.bbc.com
‘Denigrating and demeaning’: Māori haka appropriated in Spain for LGBT pride day – NZ Herald“How would you feel if we did that to the rainbow flag, in a way that demeaned it?”www.nzherald.co.nz
Malaysia seeks stricter sharia laws for ‘promoting LGBT lifestyle’ – CNNA Malaysian government task force on Friday proposed amendments to sharia law that would allow action to be taken against social media users for insulting Islam and “promoting the LGBT lifestyle.”www.cnn.com
Conservative MPs Produced Video Highlighting Benefits of Professional Counselling to ‘Challenge’ Gay ‘Sexual Behaviour’Conservative MP won’t say if public money was used to produce campaign video featuring social conservative activistpressprogress.ca
Anti-gay priest on trial for allegedly having sex with men to help “heal” their homosexual desires / LGBTQ NationThe priest has been accused of fondling a 14-year-old boy. He is also accused of giving naked massages to help “heal” men’s homosexuality…www.lgbtqnation.com
Pastor says he doesn’t hate gay people, he just thinks they’re all pedophiles who should be executed / LGBTQ Nation“Anybody that loves children,” the Christian pastor said, would want gay people “to be executed through the proper channels…www.lgbtqnation.com
Save the Children has been captured by transgender ideology. It isn’t protecting youngsters, it’s endangering them — RT Op-edThe charity is supposed to help vulnerable children, which is why it rightly opposes FGM. So why is it promoting the idea that it’s OK for girls as young as seven to go down a path that leads to gender reassignment surgery?www.rt.com
Did Russia’s Foreign Minister Get His Bisexual Jesus Riff From TikTok?Russian officials deny that Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gets his misinformation from TikTok. He relies, instead, on an obscure Christian website, which he misreads.theintercept.com
Brazilian potential presidential candidate announces he is gay | Jair Bolsonaro News | Al JazeeraGovernor Eduardo Leite of Rio Grande do Sul could challenge Jair Bolsonaro, who has espoused anti-gay rhetoric.www.aljazeera.com
Eye to Eye, hand to hand: The enduring impact of photographer JEB’s portraits of lesbian lives – The Globe and MailJEB photographed lesbians when it was hard to find authentic representations of their lives. Canadian photographer Kerry Manders deconstructs some iconic images from Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbianswww.theglobeandmail.com
Overlooked No More: Eve Adams, Writer Who Gave Lesbians a Voice – The New York TimesHer 1925 book, “Lesbian Love,” is one of the earliest examples of American lesbian literature. She also ran Eve’s Hangout, a literary haunt in Manhattan.www.nytimes.com
The lesbian survivor who took down Bill Cosby said it’s “disappointing” that he won his appeal / LGBTQ NationA jury convicted Bill Cosby of assaulting Andrea Constand. He appealed the conviction on technical grounds and is now free…www.lgbtqnation.com
Archbishop fuels more anger by saying the church is being persecuted over residential schools – The Globe and MailArchbishop Richard Gagnon sparked anger by implying that the church is being persecuted amid widespread attention to gravesite discoveries at residential schoolswww.theglobeandmail.com
Dutch criticism of Hungary over LGBT rights reeks of ‘colonial’ past -Orban | ReutersDutch criticism of Hungary over a new law on LGBT rights reeks of a moral supremacy rooted in a colonial past, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.www.reuters.com
Twenty Arrested As Ultranationalists Attempt To Disrupt LGBT Event In TbilisiTwenty people were detained as Georgian ultranationalists attempted to disrupt a film screening at the opening of the four-day Tbilisi Pride LGBT rights festival, which aims to combat homophobia and transphobia. Outside the July 1 screening, protesters clashed with law enforcement personnel and threw stones and eggs, with some resisting 
LGBT community should say sorry to me: DUP’s Jim Wells demands apology over ‘hurtful’ commentsDUP MLA Jim Wells says he has nothing to apologise for to the LGBT community for, instead saying they should apologise to him.www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Russian Food Retailer Defies ‘Gay Propaganda’ Law With LGBT Family-Featuring Ad – The Moscow Times“We believe not featuring the families of our real customers would be hypocritical,” VkusVill said.www.themoscowtimes.com
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