Another Black trans woman has been killed in a brutal shooting, making her at least the 21st trans person murdered so far this year in the United States. Bree Black was found dead at her home on Friday night (July 3) after a fatal shooting. Police in Florida were called to the 200 block of
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A viral video of a guy surprise proposing to his boyfriend has turned us into a blubbering, weeping mess – and serves as a timely reminder that there are good things in the world. In the video, Cody distracted his boyfriend Brandon by asking him to look at something in the distance. He then quickly
Poland’s staunchly anti-LGBT+ President Andrzej Duda has vowed to ban same-sex couples from adopting children. Duda, who has expressed his opposition to LGBT+ rights on numerous occasions in recent weeks, made the comments at a campaign rally in southern Poland today (July 4). Speaking at the campaign event, Duda said he will put forward an
Nicholas Petricca of Walk the Moon has come out as bisexual (Steve Jennings/Wireimage) Walk the Moon lead singer Nicholas Petricca has proudly come out as bisexual in an emotional video about the importance of living your truth. The singer-songwriter came out to his 100,000 Instagram followers in a powerful video recorded on the last day
This “ladies man” thought he was straight – until he had a stroke and ended up in the care of a handsome gay nurse, he revealed on First Dates. Adam, who appeared on First Dates in 2014, went down a storm with viewers at the time – and now the clip of his date has resurfaced, reminding viewers
Gay Utah County commissioner Nathan Ivie. (Screen capture via Twitter) An American gay commissioner who lost a local government election feels the reason he failed to win was “absolutely” because he is gay. Utah County Commissioner Nathan Ivie, 40, who came out as the state’s first openly gay elected Republican last year, was one of a
Indian sprinter Dutee Chand. (NOAH SEELAM/AFP via Getty Images) The fastest woman in India, Dutee Chand, has sought to inspire fellow sprinters and sporting enthusiasts alike to come out as queer and emphatically told same-sex couples: “Please, do not be afraid.” The 24-year-old told American diplomats, New Indian Express reported, that coming out as queer
A German pastor has been charged with inciting hatred for referring to homosexuals as “criminals” and “a form of degeneration of society”. Olaf Latzel was pastor of Sankt Martini in the northern city of Bremen. The Bremen public prosecutor has brought charges of sedition against him for comments he made at a seminar in October
Paris Jackson is set to play Jesus Christ in the new film. More than 277,000 people have signed a petition to stop Paris Jackson playing a lesbian ‘gender-bending’ Jesus in new film Habit. The queer actor, musician and daughter of Michael Jackson is set to take on the role of Jesus Christ in the upcoming
Tanya Compas, Otamere Guobadia and Electra Pain (L-R) taking part in the TikTok Pride campaign. Pride Month has drawn to a close for another year, and street parties are still out of the question, but that shouldn’t stop us from coming out together to celebrate our queerness. June 2020 was a Pride Month unlike any
Rainbow laces are seen during the Premier League match between Watford and Stoke City at Vicarage Road on November 27, 2016 in Watford, England. (Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) Gay football fan Jake Duncan, co-founder of Blank Canvas Travel, writes for PinkNews about how devastating the proposed takeover of Newcastle United by a Saudi Arabian consortium would
Cars packed a road in Emo, Ontario, Canada, as part of an Pride ‘ambush’ after town officials asked why there is no ‘Straight Pride’. (Borderland Pride) Residents at a northwestern Ontario, Canada, township tied vibrant balloons to the hoods of their vehicles, tossed blankets and unfolded flags before buckling their seatbelts and driving. Around 70 vehicles
LGBT+ South Africans wave Pride flags at Durban Pride Festival. (RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP/Getty Images) Lawmakers in the upper house of South Africa’s parliament passed a bill Wednesday (July 1) that bars marriage officers from objecting to marrying same-sex couples. South Africa remains an outlier in the patchwork of policies and laws in Africa wired to erase
Still from The Last of Us Part II. (YouTube) The Last of Us Part II, one of the most eagerly-anticipated games in years, has suffered a backlash from pockets of fans, but the game’s director has revealed that he’s barely been stung. During a new podcast episode with ex-Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime, Neil
One of the UK’s largest LGBT+ swingers festivals has been cancelled, citing coronavirus safeguarding measures. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato/Aurora Lifestyle Festival) Social distancing measures have imbued every aspect of life – pad-locking the economy, stonewalling loved ones from one another and… leading to the cancellation of Europe’s largest swingers festival. Nothing is sacred, not
Cars drive past a billboard featuring Black trans model and activist Jari Jones in an advertisement for Calvin Klein. (Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images) Popping a bottle of champagne, a Black trans plus-sized woman looked up at a billboard on Lafayette Street, in New York’s lower Manhattan, to see herself. Model Jari Jones was surrounded
As LGBT+ Pride Month closes, a new hero in the form of Post Office comms employee ‘Courney’ has emerged and she is effortless in fending homophobes off. (Twitter/PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images) In life, there are moments where we look to leaders to provide guidance, motivation and inspiration in trying times. And today, a member
Reddit, after years of piling pressure, clamped down on boards that, under new guidelines, promoted hate speech. A transphobic “gender critical feminist” forum was one of them. (Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Reddit, one of the largest social networking and imageboard websites, has banned one of the most prolific “gender critical” communities as part
Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon. (John Berry/WireImage) In a momentous landslide victory for LGBT+ activists, the upper house of the Gabon parliament, the Senate, voted to decriminalize homosexuality. It comes after lawmakers in the lower house of the west coast central African country voted to reverse a law criminalising same-sex relations that was only
Beyoncé accepted a humanitarian award at the BET Awards from Michelle Obama. (BET/Twitter) Beyoncé used a BET Awards speech to urge Black Americans to vote in November’s elections, accepting a humanitarian award from former first lady Michelle Obama. The artist was honoured for her charity and community work, and used her acceptance speech to call
Billy Porter has revealed that he “wept for an hour” when same-sex marriage was legalised in the United States. The Pose star said he “never thought” same-sex marriage would be possible – so it came as a shock when a 2015 Supreme Court ruling made it the law of the land. “The day it became
A Jewish extremist group said to be planning to infiltrate a Pride event has reportedly instructed its members on how to blend in – and ‘ridiculous hats’ are strongly encouraged. The far-right group Lehava allegedly directed its supporters to attend an LGBT+ rally at the Jerusalem Open House on Sunday (June 27), mingle with the
Eyewitnesses say a the centre was attacked by a man with a golf club (Facebook/Oakland LGBTQ Community Centre) Police have launched an investigation after a vandal attacked a local LGBT+ community centre on Pride weekend, leaving staff and volunteers stunned. At around 10.05am on Saturday (June 27), bystanders watched in horror as a man with
Subramanian Swamy, the leader of India’s ruling party BJP, has declared that homosexuality is “a genetic flaw like having six fingers”. Swamy first made the comments in 2016 but retweeted them on Friday (June 26) as the country celebrated the historic repeal of Section 377, a regressive colonial-era law that criminalised homosexual sex. The senior
Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco’s death sparked outcry for typifying the failures of the criminal justice system for trans women of colour. (Facebook/Polanco family attorney) A total of 17 corrections officers are to be disciplined for their conduct regarding Layleen Polanco, a trans woman of colour who died in solitary confinement in Rikers Island jail. Layleen Xtravaganza
Baroness Nicholson has denied accusations that she is transphobic (Creative Commons/Instagram @munroebergdorf) Tory peer Baroness Nicholson has invited the trans activist Munroe Bergdorf for lunch after calling her a “weird creature” on Twitter. Nicholson appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme in the wake of a transphobia and racism row that saw her dropped as the
Members and supporters of the LGBT community take part in a May Day rally in St Petersburg on May 1, 2015. (OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP/Getty Images) A trans woman who was fired in 2017 after she changed her legal gender has won her case against her employer in a Russian court. Known only as Anna, this win
A woman holds a sign that says: “The traditional family is in danger, come together to defend it!” during a protest against homosexuality in Bucharest, May 20, 2017. The senate in Romania has passed a bill that, if signed by the president, will make it illegal to discuss gender identity in every school and university
Alarming video footage shows the moment a homophobic and racist passenger scorned his Lyft driver after being asked to wear a mask. (Screen capture via YouTube) A Lyft passenger launched into a racist and homophobic verbal tirade against his driver simply because he was asked to wear a face mask. A May 28 ride in
Sarah Hegazy was jailed and tortured for holding an LGBT+ flag. She died by suicide in June 2020. (Twitter) Two Egyptian lawyers are suing Noor Hesham Selim, the transgender son of film star Hesham Selim, for an Instagram post that supported Egyptian LGBT+ activist Sara Hegazy, who died by suicide earlier this month. The lawyers