US and India agree defence industry cooperation plan
The United States and India agreed a roadmap for military industrial cooperation Monday, as New Delhi seeks to reduce its reliance on key arms supplier Russia in...
2023-06-05 20:59
Bangladesh to see more power cuts as demand soars - minister
By Ruma Paul and Sudarshan Varadhan DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh could face further power cuts due to higher demand, its power
2023-06-05 20:59
Spotify to lay off 200 workers in podcast division
Spotify Technology SA said on Monday it would lay off 200 employees in its podcast division, representing about
2023-06-05 20:54
Apple is about to hold its most highly anticipated product event in years
Apple may be just hours away from unveiling its most ambitious new hardware product in years.
2023-06-05 20:54
Elliot Page reveals corrective rape threat pre-transition in upcoming ‘Pageboy’ memoir
Excerpts from an upcoming memoir by The Umbrella Academy actor Elliot Page have revealed the Juno star allegedly received a rape threat from an “acquaintance” at a Los Angeles party – six years before they came out as transgender. Page came out as gay in 2014, but in a section of the book seen and shared by People, the 36-year-old details an incident at a birthday party two months later in which the unnamed individual claimed, “you aren’t gay – that doesn’t exist” and that the Canadian was “just afraid of men”. The chapter, titled “Famous A**hole at Party”, goes on to add the male then reportedly told Page: “I’m going to f*** you to make you realise you aren’t gay.” Despite the threat of ‘corrective rape’ – a hate crime where the abuser seeks to change or ‘cure’ a person’s sexuality, often to heterosexuality – the anonymous actor apparently told Page at the gym, where they saw each other again a few days later, that they “don’t have a problem with gay people, I swear.” “I think you might,” Page replied. Expanding on the situation, Page told People he’s had “some version” of the incident “happen many times throughout my life”. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter “A lot of queer and trans people deal with it incessantly. These moments that we often like don’t talk about or we’re supposed to just brush off, when actually it’s very awful. “I put that story in the book because it’s about highlighting the reality, the s*** we deal with and what gets sent to us constantly – particularly in environments that are predominantly cis and heterosexual. “How we navigate that world where you either have more extreme, overt moments like that, or you have the more, like, subtle jokes. [In Hollywood] these are very powerful people – they’re the ones choosing what stories are being told and creating content for people to see all around the world,” they said. Page added that although he’s “purposely” not sharing the name of the individual, the person “will hear about this and know it’s him”, and there were others who saw and heard what happened at the party. Pageboy is published on Tuesday. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-06-05 20:53
Qatar Airways CEO says aviation industry will miss 2050 net zero target
The CEO of Qatar Airways has described the airline industry's emissions goals as a "PR exercise," saying aviation is on track to miss its target to achieve net zero status in 2050.
2023-06-05 20:53
Cancer vaccines poised to unlock 'new treatment paradigm' with Merck/Moderna data
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO Adding an experimental mRNA-based vaccine from Moderna Inc and Merck & Co reduced the
2023-06-05 20:52
With Chris Licht in Hot Water, Is There a Countdown Clock on Charles Barkley's CNN Show?
Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal's [NBA] watch has ended for the year. After signing off on TNT last week and then getting dragged back to cover the first t
2023-06-05 20:52
UK to house hundreds more migrants on barges, Sunak says
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the U.K. government will house hundreds more asylum-seekers on barges
2023-06-05 20:50
US equity funds draw first weekly inflow in 10 weeks
U.S. equity funds received their first weekly inflow in ten weeks in the week to May 31 on
2023-06-05 20:47
Factbox-Who are the armed fighters in Russia's Belgorod region?
KYIV Two armed groups, the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) and Freedom of Russia Legion, say they have carried
2023-06-05 20:46
NCAA champ Rose Zhang 1st LPGA Tour winner in pro debut in 72 years, wins Mizuho in playoff
Two-time NCAA champion Rose Zhang became the first LPGA Tour winner in her pro debut in 72 years, capturing the Mizuho Americas Open with a par on the second hole in a playoff against Jennifer Kupcho on Sunday
2023-06-05 20:45
