Big Freedia Shows Beyoncé's Phone Number to Ross Mathews

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        Big Freedia Shows Beyoncé's Phone Number to Ross Mathews
      The RuPaul's Drag Race judge shared red-carpet tips with the bounce musician — and got a diva's digits in return.
 
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Here's a teaser from tonight's episode of Big Freedia Bounces Back, in which Big Freedia makes her debut at the Grammy Awards -- but not before getting some red-carpet advice from RuPaul's Drag Race judge Ross Mathews.
Watch the full episode at 10 p.m. Eastern on Fuse.
 
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Big Freedia Shows Beyoncé's Phone Number to Ross Mathews

The RuPaul's Drag Race judge shared red-carpet tips with the bounce musician — and got a diva's digits in return.

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Casa Kuà says Berlin police officers searched attendees’ belongings, broke into lockers, and held people for up to four hours during a weekly transfeminine gathering.

More than 100 pediatricians and nurses have joined the campaign against Initiative 638, which they say would create harmful barriers for young athletes.

A West Texas district attorney is also seeking answers as to who is impersonating the Transgender Education Network of Texas.

John Braun is championing Initiative 638 in a race against Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez that could help determine control of the House.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to be told .

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One participant says he was 17 during an alleged encounter.

“There’s no reason to have singled us out and discriminated against us,” executive director Mary Adam tellsThem.

Tremon Hill has been charged with murder over the fatal 2018 shooting.

Rallygoers laughed as Trump used the slur against the cisgender pediatrician, who has publicly opposed transgender inclusion in women’s sports.

“I don’t need the idea planted into their head a million times,” one user wrote on a conservative subreddit.

Anthem Orlando is just the latest LGBTQ+ nightclub to report having its account unexpectedly taken down.