| It was only after Erin Wright tried to check-in for her recent American Airlines flight that she learned she had been banned from flying.
The TikToker had first tried to check-in on her phone after a two-hour drive to the Albuquerque airport to catch a flight to her sister's bachelorette party but was instead met with an error message. Because that "had never really happened" before, Wright "assumed it was just glitching" and instead went to a kiosk. After entering her information, she was met with another error, which she also "had never seen before."
"At that point I wasn't really thinking much of it, because why would I ever think that I was banned from flying?" Wright told The Advocate.
The content creator then went to ask for help at the airline's counter. The employees "didn't seem concerned at all" as she explained the situation, and then made a call to resolve the issue. Wright waited as they "were on the phone for a while, and then got off."
"That's when they were so uncomfy. They were like, 'We actually can't check you in. You've been permanently banned,'" she said. "Of course, I very genuinely don't know why. I'm very confused, I'm starting to tear up."
Shocked, Wright asked why she had been banned, which the employees would not reveal. She said that they instead told her "You should know why," which she thought was "the craziest thing to say." Wright asked again to know why and the employees refused still, though Wright could tell they "felt really bad."
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Scooby Doo and Bisexuals
| Contrary to what conversion therapy might have you believe, it’s impossible to turn someone gay or bisexual. That is, unless you watched the first “Scooby-Doo” movie at a young, formative age. If that’s the case, then you’re almost definitely bisexual now, even if you don’t know it yet. Sorry you had to find out this way.
Despite giving us this great gift, critics at the time were still pretty harsh on cinema’s first-ever live-action portrayal of Scooby-Doo. “Get out your pooper-scoopers,” warned Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers. “It’s like an amalgam of ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘Alien’ and the ‘Pokemon’ movies — minus all the good parts,” added Michael O’Sullivan at The Washington Post. I, on the other hand, couldn’t get enough of this film and the DVD I would eventually wear out in the years that followed, even if I didn’t yet understand why I loved the film so much at that point.
At the time, there was a case to be made for the “Scooby-Doo” being terrible, just as its (outrageously unfair) Rotten Tomatoes score of 32 percent might suggest. But that only applies if you’re straight. If you identify as queer, and especially if you’re one of the bisexual generation that “Scooby-Doo” raised, then these bad reviews — and not one, but two Razzie nominations — are meaningless. If anything, they make us love Raja Gosnell’s film even more. The gays do love an underdog, after all, even if said underdog is a CGI dog who already looked dated back in 2002.
Gays also love hot people, another clear draw when it comes to the “Scooby-Doo” movie. From Linda Cardellini and (a blonde) Isla Fisher to Matthew Lillard and Miguel A. Núñez Jr., any one member of the principal cast could have easily been your bisexual awakening. Except Scrappy-Doo. Probably. For me, Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Daphne was particularly confusing at the time. Did I want to be her, did I want to be with her, or did I just want to wear those purple gogo boots? Fifteen-year-old me didn’t have the answers back then, but what the film did confirm for me was my lifelong love of himbos like Fred, aka Freddie Prinze Jr., with that full-blown gay-crisis bleached blonde hair.
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Temp Block by Supreme Court
| The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Biden administration’s request to be allowed to temporarily enforce most of an April 2024 rule implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination in education programs that receive federal funding, while its appeals continued.
Friday’s ruling leaves in place for now decisions by federal appeals courts that barred the Biden administration from enforcing any portion of the rule, including three provisions that target discrimination against transgender people in schools. The Biden administration had not asked the Supreme Court to intervene with regard to two of those provisions.
The justices divided 5-4 on whether to temporarily bar the government from enforcing the entire rule. Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, joined by Justices Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. They called the lower courts’ orders “overbroad.”
The orders came in two separate challenges – one filed in Kentucky by six states and one in Louisiana by four states. Both challenges focused on three provisions of the April 2024 rule that target discrimination against transgender people. The first provision recognizes that Title IX’s ban on sex discrimination includes discrimination based on gender identity. A second provision at issue in the case makes clear that schools violate Title IX when they bar transgender people from using bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity. And a third provision defines “hostile-environment harassment” to include harassment based on gender identity, which the states say could require students and teachers to refer to transgender students by the pronouns that correspond to their gender identity.
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Acting Categories Declined
| The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has decided not to introduce gender-neutral acting categories at its awards ceremony. Despite increasing calls for inclusivity, particularly for non-binary performers, BAFTA has chosen to stick with its traditional male and female categories. This decision effectively requires non-binary stars to select a category, either "actor" or "actress," if they wish to be recognized.
The move has sparked significant debate on social media, with varied reactions from fans. According to the Daily Mail, BAFTA will continue to use gendered categories and expects nominees to specify their gender or gender identity when applying. The guidelines released last week state that film producers must confirm the gender identity of each nominee. A source noted that it remains up to the individual entrant to choose their category.
This issue has been under discussion since 2022 when the Brit Awards, BAFTA's music counterpart, transitioned to gender-neutral categories. BAFTA had previously stated they were engaged in thoughtful consultation on this topic with industry experts. Despite this, the latest update maintains the status quo, although winners can choose to have their awards refer to them as "performers" if they prefer.
The decision has elicited a range of responses from the public. Some fans criticize BAFTA for not aligning with the broader industry trend toward inclusivity. One commentator lamented the lack of a non-binary category, suggesting it would provide a more equitable solution. Another expressed frustration, arguing that the refusal to adopt a gender-neutral option contradicts the push for inclusivity seen in other areas.
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Tim Walz Gave Students Refuge
| A straight, football-coaching National Guardsman wasn’t the LGBT+ ally that Seth Elliot Meyer expected.
But Meyer, who came out as queer in his freshman year of high school in 2000, admits he was wrong about Tim Walz.
“I just sort of naively believed that someone who was a big, masculine dude with a deep voice was never someone who’s going to be on my side,” Meyer says.
“As much as those younger students who were courageous enough to be out in those years, it was just as important to have those very kind of ‘normal,’ strong, straight, masculine allies backing us up.”
Before he was governor of Minnesota, before he was a member of Congress, and before he was a candidate for the next vice president of the United States, he was “Mr Walz,” a geography teacher at Mankato West High School, roughly 80 miles south of Minneapolis.
In 1999, Walz agreed to be the faculty adviser for the school’s first-ever gay-straight alliance.
Walz and his wife Gwen, who also taught at the school, were a refuge for their LGBT+ students, alumni tell The Independent. Dozens of those former students are now campaigning for him to reach the White House.
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