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Halsey wears T-shirt with image of assaulted lesbian couple at London show

The bisexual singer slams upcoming ‘Straight Pride Parade’

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Halsey paid tribute to a lesbian couple recently assaulted on a bus in London by wearing a T-shirt with the image of the couple during her concert in London on Monday.

Melania Geyamont and her girlfriend Chris, the couple displayed on Halsey’s shirt, allege that on the night of May 30 a group of at least four men beat her and her girlfriend after they refused the group’s demand for them to kiss.

The Metropolitan Police Service have arrested five teenage boys in connection with the attack. All five have been released on bail and will appear in court in July.

The shirt shows Geyamont and her girlfriend’s beat up faces after the attack. On the back of the shirt reads “Fuck your straight pride.”

“The sad reality is after the Pride parades are over and after the bars close their Pride nights, when the glitter is being swept out of the streets, a lot of people get on those trains, and they get on those buses, and they try to wash the rainbows off their bodies and they peel the stickers off their clothes because when Pride is over, it’s not safe to be gay anymore, because they’re worried that someone is going to viciously assault them or viciously attack them,” Halsey, who is bisexual, told the crowd on Monday.

She also addressed the upcoming “Straight Pride Parade” in Boston, an event organized by the group Super Happy Fun America.

“When people around the world ask the question, ‘Why isn’t there a straight pride parade?’” Halsey says. “The answer is because if there was one, you wouldn’t have to get on the bus and be terrified of getting fucking beaten or killed…every fucking day on public transport is a straight pride parade.”

A fan throws a rainbow flag on stage and Halsey wraps the flag around her body.

“If you are in this crowd and you are queer, you need to make a promise to me,” she says. “You need to promise me that you will not be afraid. Say it with me, ‘I will not be afraid.”

The crowd joins her in chanting “I will not be afraid.”

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This John Waters interview has been edited for readability — but perhaps not human decency

Pope of Trash dishes on Trump, plane etiquette, last meal, and more

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John Waters in 2022. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)

By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell.

The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass.

The occasion was the Blu-ray releases of two of his movies — the 1977 dark comedy “Desperate Living” and his enduring 1988 musical “Hairspray” — on June 23 by the Criterion Collection, which publishes restorations of films it deems culturally important. The Criterion stamp of approval has become the gold standard among cinephiles.

“It’s like getting an award,” said Waters, who wrote and directed both films.

The rest of this article can be read on the Baltimore Banner’s website.

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PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier

Seventh annual LGBTQ celebration held at The Wharf DC

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The Washington Blade's Pride on the Pier was held on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photo by Landon Shackelford)

The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13.

(Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford)

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PHOTOS: Lost River Pride

LGBTQ celebration held in rural West Virginia

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Singer/songwriter Tom Goss performs at Lost River Pride on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)

The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River.

(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)

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