American Cancer Society advises ‘individuals with a cervix’

‘Just say women’: CNN is mocked after tweeting American Cancer Society recommendations that ‘individuals with a cervix’ start going for pap tests at 25 instead of 21 CNN has been mocked for reporting advice for ‘individuals with a cervix’ The phrase was used by the American Cancer Society in their new guidelines Controversy echoes June … Read more

MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle resigns from Labour front bench

MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle steps down from Labour front bench because of a ‘torrent of online hate’ two weeks after he accused JK Rowling of exploiting her sexual assault ordeal in transgender row The Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven MP suffered ‘daily calls of harassment’  He served as shadow cabinet minister for air quality and natural environmental MP … Read more

Transgender model Munroe Bergdorf slams JK Rowling as ‘dangerous’

Transgender model Munroe Bergdorf slams JK Rowling as ‘dangerous’ and a ‘threat to LGBT people’ in row over the author’s latest tweets Munroe Bergdorf slammed JK Rowling as ‘dangerous’ and ‘threat to LGBT people’ Rowling called hormone therapy and surgery ‘a new kind of conversion therapy’ Her controversial statements were backed by Baroness Emma Nicholson By Jemma … Read more

Best-selling children’s author sacked after posting hashtag ‘I stand with JK Rowling’ on Twitter

Best-selling children’s author Gillian Phillip is sacked – after adding hashtag ‘I stand with JK Rowling’ to her Twitter handle amid bitter row over transgender rights JK Rowling has become embroiled in a transgenders rights row in recent weeks  Children’s author Gillian Phillip tweeted her support for the Harry Potter author  Ms Phillip has since … Read more

Raymond Burr had flings with starlets such as Natalie Wood… except he made it all up 

This month, Perry Mason — the legendary Los Angeles defence attorney who yielded to no one in getting his clients off the rap — is returning to British television screens in a transformed characterisation by the award-winning Welsh actor Matthew Rhys. Mason was the creation of U.S. author Erle Stanley Gardner in some 80 novels … Read more

Author who quit JK Rowling’s agency over transgender row says she’s ‘fallen in with the wrong crowd’

Author who quit JK Rowling’s agency over transgender row says Harry Potter author has ‘fallen in with the wrong crowd’ and needs to ‘open her eyes’ Fox Fisher, Drew Davies and Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir resigned from The Blair Partnership  A fourth author is understood to have quit but wished to remain anonymous  Fox Fisher … Read more

Authors quit JK Rowling’s literary agency for transgender stance

Four authors have resigned from JK Rowling‘s literary agency after accusing it of failing to issue a public statement in support of transgender rights and equality. Fox Fisher, Drew Davies and Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir issued a joint statement to announce their resignation from The Blair Partnership.  A fourth author is also understood to have … Read more