LGBTQ

Yetide Badaki plays the goddess Bilquis in American Gods (Paul Butterfield/FilmMagic/Getty) American Gods actor Yetide Badaki has revealed how her role on the show helped her feel comfortable enough to come out as bisexual. The Nigerian-born American stars in the Neil Gaiman fantasy series as Bilquis, the legendary Queen of Sheba and ancient goddess of love.

Alice Hoagland fought to keep the legacy of her son, Mark Bingham, alive. (Jemal Countess/Getty) Alice Hoagland, the mother of gay 9/11 hero Mark Bingham and inclusive rugby champion, has died aged 71 after a long battle with Addison’s disease. Hoagland died on 22 December at her home in Los Gatos, California, AP News reported. She

Graham Norton with Kristian Seeber, AKA Tina Burner from RuPaul’s Drag Race. (Dave M. Benett/Getty) Graham Norton once described his on-again off-again relationship with RuPaul’s Drag Race star Tina Burner as a “disaster”. Burner is among the queens battling it out to become America’s next drag superstar on RuPaul’s contest – but before she became a star

A lesbian mother published a poignant open letter in Between the Lines this week urging president Joe Biden to support LGBT+ families during his administration. Writing to Biden ahead of his historic inauguration Wednesday (20 January), Dana Rudolph, founder and publisher of Mombian, painted a troubling picture of an America where four years of Trump have

Joe Biden’s administration has already rolled back on a memo issued by Trump’s Department of Justice in the final days of his presidency on LGBT+ rights. (PATRICK SEMANSKY/POOL/AFP via Getty) Joe Biden’s justice department has taken the first major step to reverse Trump’s relentless attacks on LGBT+ Americans. Throughout his four-year presidency, Donald Trump worked

Dublin Bus denied that anti-gay slurs were used by the driver (Artur Widak/NurPhoto/ Getty) Dublin Bus has been ordered to pay €7,500 in compensation after a driver allegedly hurled homophobic slurs at a gay passenger. The passenger, who is an Instagram influencer with 75,000 followers, claimed that the driver called him a “faggot” and a

Russell T Davies thinks Olly Alexander would make a “marvellous” Time Lord (Dave J Hogan/Getty Images) Former Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies has backed It’s A Sin star Olly Alexander to be the next Time Lord in the TARDIS. With Jodie Whittaker rumoured to be stepping away from the show in the coming months,

Drag Race UK’s Cherry Valentine. (BBC) Drag Race UK star Cherry Valentine spoke to PinkNews about her untimely elimination from the competition. Drag Race UK continued this week with episode two, packed with more emotional werk room chats, backstage frissons and anthropomorphised drag rats than you can shake a pair of tucking panties at. The

Soleil ‘Sol’ Brotin. (Supplied) When Soleil Brotin, a straight construction worker, heard someone call his gay friend a “fag”, he agreed. “You are a fag,” Brotin told his pal, “you are fabulous and gay.” As his friend beamed with pride back at him and the homophobe who hurled the slur fled, Brotin told PinkNews that

Franklin Graham speaks at the Republican National Convention on August 27, 2020 (Drew Angerer/Getty) Thousands of Christians have signed a petition calling for the resignation of anti-LGBT+ hate preacher Franklin Graham over his unshaken “idolatry” of Donald Trump. Launched by the Christian group Faithful America and backed by over 22,000 people, the petition condemns Graham

JoJo Siwa performs at Honda Center on 13 August, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Getty/ Michael Tullberg) JoJo Siwa visited the LGBT+ TikTok collective Pride House LA, and her collaboration with queer TikTokers is lighting up the internet. Siwa joined LGBT+ TikTokers Mollee Gray, Jeka Jane, Garrett Clayton and Kent Boyd at the queer TikTok house, and

Just days before Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, the Trump administration launched an eleventh-hour push to entrench anti-LGBT+ discrimination in law. (Getty/Michael Reaves) Former president Donald Trump made a final desperate and futile attempt to undermine LGBT+ rights, shortly before Joe Biden took office. Just days before Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, the Trump administration launched an

The White House lit with the Pride flag. (Getty Images/Molly Riley) For the first time in history, the White House website is asking visitors for their pronouns and offering gender-neutral options to choose from. President Joe Biden wasted absolutely no time in making his pro-trans stance clear, with the website updated mere hours after his

Donald Trump was mocked in a parody of “Seasons of Love” from Rent by Randy Rainbow. (YouTube) Four years of the “orange garbage can” that is Donald Trump serving as president of the United States have been summed up in the most spectacular Broadway parody. Gay comedian Randy Rainbow created his own version of “Seasons

Director Vikas Khanna with trans actor and activist Rudrani Chhetri (Instagram/vikaskhannagroup) An acclaimed Indian film director has explained why he delayed shooting his latest movie to ensure that a transgender actor could be cast in a transgender role. Celebrity chef Vikas Khanna makes his directorial debut with The Last Color, which is in the running

Public toilets have become a focal point for gender-critical feminism (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty) A butch lesbian has reflected on the many times she’s been confronted and harassed in public toilets as anti-trans hostility spills over in the UK. Eloise Stonborough, 32, is a cis woman who presents as butch – and she estimates she is challenged

Troye Sivan told fans about his awkward encounter with a worker at a sexual health clinic. (TikTok) Troye Sivan shared an awkward condom-related conversation with a health worker at a sexual health screening – and it is horrifying and hilarious in equal measure. The “Easy” singer told fans about his recent visit to a sexual

Gay drag queen TikTok stars the Coyle twins. (Instagram/ coopercoyle) Gay TikTok stars Cooper and Luca Coyle, known as the Coyle Twins, have given a simple explanation to their followers who don’t understand the difference between drag and being trans. The TikTok stars started out on YouTube, where they currently have 180,000 subscribers, and made

Production begins this week for RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under. (Instagram/ michellevisage) RuPaul’s Drag Race is officially going Down Under, and RuPaul and Michelle Visage have already been confirmed as judges. An Australian spin-off was first announced in August 2019, when ITV’s Australian production arm confirmed that it has secured the local rights for the show. Rumours

Former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks as US President-elect Joe Biden looks on after he was nominated to be Secretary of Transportation (Getty/Kevin Lamarque) Pete Buttigieg is poised for a swift confirmation hearing on Thursday (21 January), just one day after Joe Biden takes office. The former South Bend mayor and presidential hopeful requires

Podcaster, screenwriter, queer lifestyle writer and loud, proud lesbian Jennifer Lynae Lee has been getting off to male gay porn since her teenage years – and she’s convinced other lesbians do the same for a number of very important reasons. For PinkNews, she explains why. I hold my breath. I listen with my left ear

Star Trek: Discovery‘s LGBT+ crew just grew a little bigger as actor Mary Wiseman confirms she is “queer and proud”. Wiseman, a powerhouse actor who plays fan-favourite Ensign Tilly, revealed that she has loved “people of all genders” in a recent interview with StarTrek.com. That small detail almost wasn’t published as the Zoom call’s audio

Torchwood star Gareth David-Lloyd has responded to Russell T Davies’ remarks on why straight actors shouldn’t play LGBT+ characters in film and television. Russell T Davies waded into the never-ending debate earlier this week in an interview for the Radio Times, where the showrunner explained why “authenticity” is key when casting gay roles. “I’m not

Yoweri Museveni, president of Uganda, branded LGBT+ people as “deviants”. (Jack Taylor/Getty) The incumbent president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, has won his sixth consecutive term after an election campaign marred by aggressive homophobic rhetoric. On Saturday (16 January) Museveni was once again declared the winner of the presidential election with 58.64 percent of the vote.

Surprise surprise, traits of toxic masculinity are more likely to be found in Trump fans (Envato) An entirely predictable study has found that Americans who support traditional stereotypes of toxic masculinity are more likely to back Donald Trump. A team from Penn State University found a correlation between belief in “hegemonic masculinity” – the notion

Professional 3×3 basketball player Marco Lehmann has come out publicly as gay (Instagram/@marcolehmann_13) The Swiss 3×3 basketball star Marco Lehmann has come out as gay, revealing that he’s been living a painful double life throughout his sporting career. Lehmann, 27, has played full-court basketball professionally since 2012. He now represents Switzerland on the international stage,

A court in New York has ruled that falsely claiming a person is gay can no longer be considered defamation per se because of changing social attitudes. (Envato Elements) Falsely claiming a person is gay can no longer be considered defamation per se because of changing attitudes towards the LGBT+ community, a New York court

Dominque Jackson plays Elektra in Pose. (FX) The number of queer characters on television dropped slightly in 2020, despite the fact that LGBT+ shows “dominated the conversation”. The findings were released in GLAAD’s latest Where We Are on TV report, released on Thursday (14 January). Of the 773 series regular characters scheduled to appear on broadcast scripted

Peter Ash waded into the debate around whether straight actors should play gay roles after Russell T Davies said he cast queer people in It’s a Sin for “authenticity”. (Peter Ash (L) (Twitter) and Russell T Davies (R) (Ken Jack/Getty) A straight Coronation Street star, who plays a gay man on the soap, has decided that he

World-renowned illusionists and conservationists Siegfried and Roy (right) pose with their white tiger in an undated photo. (Photo courtesy of Siegfried and Roy/The Mirage via Getty Images) Siegfried Fischbacher, one half of the celebrated magic double act Siegfried & Roy, has died from pancreatic cancer in Las Vegas at the age of 81. Best known