Queen’s Brian May apologizes after defending Bryan Singer
Now, the 71-year-old is issuing a mea culpa.

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One Out of Every 50 US Kids Identify As Trans Says CDC Study

Incredible new findings published in Centers for Disease Control’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report  (CDC) says nearly two percent of high schoolers in America identify as transgender, and approximately 35 percent have attempted to end their life sometime in the last 12 months.

The data was culled from the 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which involved 131,901 high school students in grades 9-12 from 10 states—Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin — plus districts in Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Cleveland, Detroit, the District of Columbia, Los Angeles, New York City, San Diego, and San Francisco.

“Students responded to questions about violence, victimization, substance use, suicide risk, sexual risk behaviors. The survey also included an optional question regarding transgender identity.” said The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

“This study is the first time this question was asked,” Caitlin Clark of GLSEN, a national nonprofit aimed at ensuring school safety for LGBTQ students, told NBC News. The CDC and GLSEN worked together “to figure out the best way to assess gender identity in a way that youth understand.” She hopes the YRBS question won’t remain optional for long.

Two percent who those who identified as transgender faced higher rates of victimization, substance abuse and suicidal thoughts, vis a vis their cis gendered peers according to the CDC.

CDC experts are calling for “coordinated intervention efforts in schools to create and enforce anti-bullying policy and implement training to ensure supportive school staff.”

The CDC’s announcement comes just days after the United States Supreme Court revived President Donald Trump’s transgender military ban, which blocks most trans people from serving in the military as cases challenging the policy make their way through lower courts.

Photos above: Trans writer Cole Haye‘s ten year challenge on Facebook.

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Nearly One Out of Every 50 US Kids Identify As Trans Says CDC Report

Roger Stone Tells Chris Cuomo He’s Never Discussed a Pardon with Trump: WATCH

,Conspiracy theorist Trump ally and slippery person Roger Stone headed for the evening news shows following his release on $250,000 bond Friday morning.

Stone was arrested by the FBI at a dawn raid at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Stone was charged by US Special Counsel Robert Mueller on seven counts, including obstruction of an official proceeding, making false statements and witness tampering, according to the special counsel’s office.

Stone appeared on Chris Cuomo Prime Time on CNN to defend himself.

Said Stone of his arrest: “When you don’t have evidence, you use theatrics. I think this was an overreaction and the real proof of it was, the judge only hours later gave me a $250K surety bond on my own signature. So if you’re a flight risk, they wouldn’t do that.”

Replied Cuomo: “I’m actually surprised they have you out at all. But when you say they have no proof, Roger, to be honest with you I have not seen an indictment connected to this probe that has more proof than this one does of communications that you have had that prove that you didn’t tell the truth to Congress.”

Stone argued that he wasn’t arrested for anything that shows collusion with the Russian government or Wikileaks: “First of all, I always said that there could be some process crime. There’s still no evidence whatsoever that I had advance knowledge of the topic, the subject, or the source of the WikiLeaks disclosures. I never received any of the WikiLeaks disclosures. I never communicated with Assange or WikiLeaks other than the limited communication on Twitter on direct message, which I gave to the House Intelligence Committee last September, I guess it was.”

Cuomo told Stone he thought it was “ballsy” for Stone to come on TV so soon after the indictment, adding “It makes me think you must believe there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. You believe that light is not the train but that it is the president and he will pardon you for keeping your mouth shut.”

Said Stone: “I have never had any discussion with him or communication with him regarding that. I have no idea what he might do”

Asked if he would accept one, Stone replied that he doesn’t answer “hypothetical” questions.

Stone also went on FOX News with Tucker Carlson, and got a much different type of interview:

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