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Students at Durham University protested for a ‘safer, more inclusive’ campus on 8 December. (Theo Burman) Theo Burman is news editor at Palatinate, the award-winning student newspaper at Durham University. He writes for PinkNews about the now-notorious speech by Rod Liddle described as “racist” and “transphobic”, and the student protests that followed. On 3 December, students at Durham

Sareh, 28, was arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for “supporting homosexuality”, according to the Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network (6Rang). (YouTube/6rangIran) An Iranian lesbian potentially faces the death penalty after she was arrested by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) for “supporting homosexuality”. Sareh, a 28-year-old woman who lived and worked in the

Hunter Schafer as Jules in Euphoria. (HBO) Euphoria star Hunter Schafer has ‘vaguely clarified’ that she is bisexual, pansexual “or something”. Schafer has been a rising star in the acting world since she first appeared on screens as Jules Vaughn, a trans teen who begins a romantic relationship with Rue Bennett (Zendaya), on HBO’s hit

Mariah Carey (L) and Jane McDonald are one another’s biggest fans. (Getty Images) Mariah Carey and Jane McDonald casually stanning one another is the pure, wholesome antidote to the seething, bleak pit of chaos we call life. Carey, who famously invented the annual tradition of Christmas, beamed on Saturday (11 December) about the cruise ship

Jawhar Edwards. (Screen capture via ABC 7 New York) A gay man was brutally beaten with a metal pipe and robbed of his walker while bystanders ignored him in Brooklyn, New York. More than a month since the attack in his hometown of Coney Island, Jawhar Edwards still has a swollen eye after his eye

Grindr serial killer Stephen Port. (Metropolitan Police) British lawmakers have demanded a public inquiry into whether London’s Metropolitan Police Service is “institutionally homophobic” following the Stephen Port probe. Trust in the force has been shaken by claims that police investigations into Port were faltered because his victims were gay. An inquest into Port, who murdered

Rosie Kay, British choreographer best known for her show 5 Soldiers. (Wiki Commons/Garazi Photography) A top British choreographer has been accused of “transphobia” after allegedly asking trans and non-binary dancers to “confirm their genitalia”. Rosie Kay, 45, resigned from her own dance company Tuesday (7 December) after two investigations were launched by trustees over the

A gay elderly man was jailed for years simply for having oral sex. (Stock photograph via Envato Elements) A gay senior with Parkinson’s disease spent 22 months in jail after care home staffers saw him giving oral sex to a fellow resident. At the Southampton Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, Leroy Martin,

In just 24 hours, three trans and non-binary people were killed in Colombia. (El Colombiano/Facebook) In a single day in Colombia, three trans and non-binary people were brutally slain, capturing the “systematic” violence the community knows all too well. Maní, a sex worker, was stabbed to death in Bogotá, the country’s capital city, on Tuesday

Moana star Auli’i Cravalho described co-star Rowan Blanchard as “biphobic” in a since-deleted post on TikTok. Cravalho and Blanchard are starring together in the upcoming queer rom-com, Love in Color. Fans were shocked when, in the caption of a now-deleted TikTok video, Cravalho appeared to call out her co-star. The bisexual star, 21, posted a

Amandla Stenberg is set to star in The Acolyte, a new Stars Wars TV series spearheaded by a gay woman. Written, directed and executive-produced by Russian Doll co-creator Lesyle Headland, the show will focus on the emergence of dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic, an era that began roughly 200 years before the

Grindr serial killer Stephen Port. A jury has ruled that there were police “failures” in investigating Grindr serial killer Stephen Port’s crimes and, had they been avoided, some of his victims may still be alive. On Friday (10 December), an inquest assessing the competency of the Met Police in investigating the murders of his four

Lauren Jauregui has spoken about her devastation after having the chance to decide when she came out as bisexual “taken” from her. The former Fifth Harmony member, 24, was outed on social media in 2016 after photos of her kissing a woman began to spread online. Speaking on Red Table Talk: The Estefans, the “Work

Hundreds of members of the LGBT+ community marched through Dundee as part of Trans Pride Scotland 2019. (Photo by Stewart Kirby/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Trans healthcare in Scotland will get a desperately needed financial boost of £2 million in “crisis funding”, the Scottish government has announced. The money for trans healthcare comes as part

Samantha Jones in Sex and the City. (Getty) Fans were devastated when it was finally confirmed earlier this year that Samantha Jones, played so brilliantly by Kim Cattrall, would not be appearing in the new Sex and the City reboot. And Just Like That… sees Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie), Cynthia Nixon (Miranda) and Kristin David (Charlotte) get back together –

And Just Like That… will air in the UK on Thursday (Liaison / Chris Weeks) Sex and the City’s much-anticipated reboot And Just Like That… will be hitting screens on Thursday (9 December). The New York ladies will be donning their Manolos for the new series, starring much of the old cast… except for Samantha. 

The Real Housewives of Miami has announced its first out lesbian housewife, who’s married to tennis star Martina Navratilova Julia Lemigova will join the cast in season four when it begins on 16 December. A Russian former model who won the Miss USSR title in 1990, Lemigova is married to Czech-American former professional tennis player

JoJo Siwa (L) and Laverne Cox. (Getty Images) JoJo Siwa reflected on what it means to be labelled a “gay icon” in an interview with fellow trailblazer Laverne Cox. Siwa, the sugary-sweet bow-wearing social media superstar, beamed as she told E! what an “honour” it is to represent her community. On the 2021 People’s Choice

US Conservative groups seeking to overturn Roe v Wade have spent millions on global campaigns against reproductive and LGBT+ rights, an investigation has found. OpenDemocracy says the groups have spent at least $28 million on international campaigns, including anti-abortion efforts in Poland, Colombia and El Salvador.  The outlet scrutinised seven organisations it says have been involved

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has broken United States records (University of Pennsylvania) Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has broken United States records in two races over the weekend. The 22-year-old student from Austin, Texas, competed in the Zippy Invitational in Ohio where she smashed two records in the 200m and 500m freestyles.  The University of Pennsylvania

West Side Story adaptation banned in several Gulf countries due to trans character (West Side Story/YouTube) A Disney remake of West Side Story has been banned in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations over the inclusion of a trans character. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Steven Spielberg’s musical adaptation will not screen in Saudi Arabia,

Argentina’s president just made gender-neutral passports a reality for non-binary citizens. (Manuel Cortina/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Argentina made history in July as the first country in Latin America to legally recognise non-binary people – but people issued with documents showing their gender as ‘X’ say they have been left in a legal limbo. Non-binary

Maddy Morphosis is the first ever cis straight man to compete on RuPaul’s Drag Race. (WOW) Maddy Morphosis, the first straight, cis man to appear on RuPaul’s Drag Race, has spoken out following criticism of his casting. News that Maddy would compete on the upcoming 14th season of Drag Race was met with some criticism,

A substitute teacher broke out into a Britney Spears song for no actual reason. (Screen capture via FOX59/Getty Images) A substitute teacher was given the boot after breaking into a full-blown rendition of a Britney Spears classic in school. At the Bowie High School in Austin, an unidentified teacher was filmed by his students breaking

Frank Wright, CEO of SPLC-designated anti-LGBT+ hate group D James Kennedy Ministries. (Rumble/ Truths That Transform ) An anti-LGBT+ hate group has asked the US Supreme Court to allow it to sue the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) to overturn its hate group status. D James Kennedy Ministries, also known as Coral Ridge Ministries Media, is

Placard saying “Protect Trans kids” during the Trans march on the streets of Toronto during the Pride Month. (LightRocket via Getty/ Anatoliy Cherkasov/SOPA Images) Schools have been warned to protect student privacy after an attempt by a “gender critical” group in New Zealand to compile information on trans school kids. According to Stuff, an email

Bronze medallist Italy’s Irma Testa poses on the podium with her medal. (AFP via Getty/ Pool/ LUIS ROBAYO) Boxer Irma Testa, who took home a bronze medal for Italy at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, has come out as queer. Testa, 23, won a bronze medal in the women’s featherweight category at this year’s summer Olympics,

Jordan Firstman attends Film Independent’s free members-only screening of “Shiva Baby” at Harmony Gold. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images) Instagram comedian Jordan Firstman has spoken out about the misconception that the gay community’s suffering is over. In an interview with pop star Charli XCX on the singer’s BBC Sounds podcast Best Song Ever, Firstman is asked

British transport police say the attack was “homophobically aggravated”. (AFP via Getty/ JOHN D MCHUGH) A queer man has said no one stepped in to help him when he was beaten and called a “f****t” in a “homophobic” attack on a London tube. Alan Hunter, a retail worker from south east London, was on the

Ben Raymond, co-founder of the neo-Nazi terrorist group National Action. (BBC) The co-founder and “head of propaganda” for the anti-LGBT+ neo-Nazi terrorist group National Action has been jailed after promoting “extreme racial violence” to young people. In 2013, Ben Raymond, 32, co-founded National Action, a neo-Nazi group described as “virulently racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic” by