Renée Zellweger, Rufus Wainwright on Conjuring Judy Garland

The star of Judy and the man behind Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall met up to talk about the ultimate gay icon. And we recorded it.   

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Nancy Pelosi: Congress Must Act Urgently Before Trump-Appointed Judges Give President the Power of a Monarch — WATCH

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sat down with MSNBC on Friday morning and said Congress must move swiftly before Trump-appointed judges giving the president the authority of a monarch.

Said Pelosi: “It’s a very important moment for us because I don’t trust what could happen in the courts of his appointees as to whether they will rule and say that the Congress of the United States does have the right of oversight in the Constitution of the Executive Branch. The president says ‘Article 2 says I can do whatever I want.’ No it doesn’t. You’re not a monarch. It’s a republic, if we can keep it.”

Pelosi also said she thinks that Russia is involved as well as Ukraine.

“I think Russia has a hand in this, by the way. But we saw what the Russian disruption of our election last time, their interference, 100 percent confidence of the intelligence community, high confidence in the intelligence community, that the Russians disrupted our election. That was wrong. The integrity of our elections is central to our democracy. So what the president did in inviting outside intervention into our election is — it goes beyond the pale. So that, and then to use what was in a bipartisan way passed by Congress to have this assistance to go to Ukraine is wrong. So actually we have a double whammy because he’s again violating the Constitution by overriding an act of Congress.”

Meanwhile, Russia says it is concerned about the release of transcripts of conversations between Trump and Putin.

The AP reports: ‘Asked Friday if Moscow is worried that the White House could similarly publish transcripts of Trump’s calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that “we would like to hope that it wouldn’t come to that in our relations, which are already troubled by a lot of problems.”‘

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Nancy Pelosi: Congress Must Act Urgently Before Trump-Appointed Judges Give President the Power of a Monarch — WATCH

I’m Demanding Justice at Saturday’s Trans Visibility March

Kiara St. James of New York Transgender Advocacy Group on why we must take to the streets for TNGC rights.

www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/9/27/im-demanding-justice-saturdays-trans-visibility-march

Sade’s trans son posts moving Instagram post thanking mom

Izaak Theo Adu, the 23-year-old son of iconic singer Sade, has posted a moving Instagram posting thanking his mom for her support.

Izaak came out as trans in 2016. Since that time he has been documenting his transition on social media.

Earlier this year, Izaak underwent bottom surgery. It’s a complicated process of operations that involves a lengthy recovery time. Not all trans men choose to undergo the procedure.

Six months after surgery, Izaak posted a message on Wednesday that he was finally being allowed home.

“It’s been a long hard road but We did it!! We are coming home!!!!

“Thank you for staying by my side these past 6 months Mumma. Thank you for fighting with me to complete the man I am. Thank you for your encouragement when things are hard, for the love you give me. The purest heart. I love you so much. Queen of queens ”

The accompanying image was of him hugging his mom in a restaurant.

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Izaak is the son of Sade Adu and music producer Bob Morgan. He has previously thanked both his parents and friends for their support, as well as sharing details online of his transition.

Sade shot to worldwide fame in the early 1980s with hits including “Smooth Operator” and “Diamond Life”. Her last album was 2010’s “Soldier of Love”.

She is not the only celebrity with a trans child: Cher’s son Chaz came out as trans in the 2000s. Actress Cynthia Nixon also has a trans son, Seph. In April, actress Charlize Theron revealed one of her children is trans.

Related: Charlize Theron just revealed that her eldest daughter is trans

Earlier this year, Izaak posted a video to YouTube detailing his experiences as he began the surgical procedure to create a penis (‘phalloplasty’).

In the summer, he posted to Instagram of how challenging the recovery period was proving.

“This process is trying, tiring, painful, emotionally exhausting, physically exhausting, uncomfortable (like I can’t sleep like a normal human being rn lol) I often ask myself “why the fuck do I have to endure this to be who I am” but at the end of the day this is the path that was laid out for me and I’ll walk it to the end.

“My dad always says “keep your eyes on the horizon” and that’s what I do because through all this pain is the comfort that it’s not forever and I have the rest of my life ahead of me and I am so, SO DAMN EXCITED.”

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