LGBTQ

Protestors draped in trans Pride flags at the trans rights protest outside Downing Street in London. (Vic Parsons) A protest in London saw trans teens and elders standing alongside each other demanding justice, liberation, and the sacking of Tory equalities minister Liz Truss. Hundreds of trans and non-binary people and their allies went to the

Protestor holds ‘Trans Lives Matter’ placard during protest in Warsaw, 2018. (Getty/Maciej Luczniewski) An investigation is being opened into the brutal murder of Cindy Jones Torres, a trans woman found dead with multiple stab wounds in the Philippines. The 39-year-old was found dead on 28 July in her salon in Guiginto, Bulacan. It is believed she was

A TikTok couple went to an island in New York for a date together. (Screen captures via TikTok) A gay TikToker said his “Grindr date” took him by boat to a remote island in New York and people had thoughts. In a TikTok clip uploaded Wednesday (5 August), Rob Carlo showed his 27,300 followers how he was

Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit at Hong Kong Pride 2020. (Miguel Candela/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) A gay pro-democracy activist from Hong Kong is facing a possible years-long prison sentence after being accused of subverting the state. Jimmy Sham Tsz-Kit, a prominent voice for the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong and a proponent of LGBT+ rights, was arrested

Former president Donald Trump brands US women’s football team ‘leftist maniacs’ and targets Megan Rapinoe’s purple hair in a rant. (Getty/Brandon Bell/Laurence Griffiths) Former president Donald Trump tried to burn Megan Rapinoe and the “wokesters” on the US women’s soccer team after they won bronze at the Olympics – and it failed so bad. Trump

Jahmal Howlett-Mundle is the “happiest he’s ever been” since coming out. (Getty/ Jeff Holmes) Semi-pro footballer Jahmal Howlett-Mundle has opened up about coming out as bisexual to his teammates, saying he had put off telling people for fear of being judged. Howlett-Mundle, a defender with Sheppey United Football Club, shared his identity with his teammates

RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under reportedly tried five times to get New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern to appear on the show. (World of Wonder/Getty/Hagen Hopkins) New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern turned down a spot as a guest judge on Drag Race Down Under multiple times. The Australian and New Zealand iteration of the

Mary Trump believes Meghan McCain lacks “the courage” to have a conversation with her on The View. (YouTube/The View) Mary Trump, former president Donald Trump’s niece, believes Meghan McCain lacks “the courage” to face her in a debate on The View. Trump appeared on The View to promote her new book, The Reckoning, in which

Raven Saunders of Team USA reacts after winning the silver medal in the Women’s Shot Put Final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on 1 August 2021. (Getty/Michael Steele) Olympian Raven Saunders paid tribute to her mother, who passed away just days after Saunders won silver for Team USA. Saunders, who won a silver medal for

Lady Gaga attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on 6 May 2019. (Getty/Kevin Tachman/MG19) Lady Gaga has announced she will have new album dropping in October, and it’s going to tug at heartstrings. The “Poker Face” singer confirmed she will be collaborating with music legend Tony

Romania’s Roxen performs during the first semi-final of the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 on 18 May 2021. (Getty/KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP) Eurovision star Roxen has come out as non-binary in a powerful, open conversation with fans on TikTok. Roxen – real name Larisa Roxana Giurgiu – was chosen in 2020 to represent Romania

Tan France and Rob France with their son. (Instagram/@TanFrance) Tan France is officially a daddy, with the Queer Eye star announcing that he and his husband Rob France have welcomed their first son, Ismail. The 38-year-old revealed in an Instagram post on Monday (2 August) that he and Rob had just brought their son home from

Kathy Griffin attends The Queerties 2020 Awards Reception on 25 February 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images) Comedian and actor Kathy Griffin has announced that she is having surgery after being diagnosed with lung cancer. The 60-year-old opened up about her diagnosis in a message posted across her social media platforms.

DaBaby performs on stage during Rolling Loud at Hard Rock Stadium on 25 July 2021 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Getty/Rich Fury) DaBaby has issued a limp apology after his ugly “homophobic” rant about gay people and those living with HIV that led to several festivals dropping him. The rapper apologised in a lengthy statement Monday

Ariana Grande has released a perfume titled after her single God Is a Woman. (Steve Granitz/WireImage & Ariana Grande Fragrance) Ariana Grande has released a new perfume entitled God Is a Woman – and it’s 100 per cent vegan. The singer adds to her growing collection of fragrances with a scent inspired by the hit

Jeffrey McCall in PRAY AWAY. (Netflix) At the start of Netflix’s Pray Away, a man approaches a group of strangers and tells them how he lived as a trans woman until, one day, he stumbled head first into Christianity Now, Jeffrey McCall sees his past life as sinful. He lives as a cis man and is

DaBaby’s “homophobic” rant is continuing to cost him as Lollapalooza announces it is dropping him from the festival lineup. The North Carolina rapper was scheduled to perform at the the long-running festival tonight (1 August), until organisers confirmed that his set had been pulled. The announcement was made in a statement on Lollapalooza’s Twitter page,

Ariana DeBose in Schmigadoon!. (Apple TV) Ariana DeBose was excited to play a progressive force for change in Apple TV’s new musical comedy series Schmigadoon!. DeBose plays Emma Tate in the series, a school teacher who is unafraid to challenge the conservative forces around her. She lives her life to the beat of her own

President Joe Biden has nominated out lesbian rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum to serve on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. Kleinbaum is the chief rabbi of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST), an LGBT+ synagogue in New York which counts Sex and the City‘s Cynthia Nixon among its many thousands of members. She’ll bring crucial LGBT+ representation

CauseImEd. (Twitch) “I’m not much interested in… physical stuff,” says Parvati. Ed’s face slowly widens into a grin as the realisation hits him. He points at the flag behind him. This is what asexual representation looks like. “When I figured out that [Parvati] was [ace], it was like getting a surprise birthday party for me,”

Lewis Hamilton celebrates in parc ferme during the F1 Grand Prix of Great Britain on July 18, 2021. (Dan Istitene/Formula 1/Getty) The Hungarian justice minister has accused Lewis Hamilton of spreading “fake news” for speaking out against the country’s vile anti-LGBT+ “propaganda” law. Commenting ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix, Hamilton openly criticised the “cowardly”

LGBT+ rights campaigners complain of a ‘culture of disbelief’ in the Home Office’s treatment of LGBT+ asylum seekers. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty) The British government failed to put in place crucial systems to protect detained asylum seekers living with HIV, a High Court judge has ruled. A Congolese man, 28, went without antiretroviral medication for three days

Supporters of the #FreeBritney movement flew to Los Angeles from across the US to protest. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Britney Spears fans are furiously trying to have her former attorney Samuel Ingham investigated by the state bar amid her turbulent conservatorship battle. Ingham served as Britney’s probate lawyer for 13 years before resigning following the singer’s

Stefanie Dolson of Team USA celebrates victory in the 3×3 basketball competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on 28 July 2021. (Getty/Christian Petersen) Basketball player Stefanie Dolson became the first out LGBT+ American athlete to win a gold medal at the Tokyo Games and made Olympics history while doing it. Dolson was part of

Ash Manor School in Surrey dismissed a teacher for her comments about a trans student (Facebook) A teacher has been dismissed for gross misconduct after vowing to block a trans student from ever becoming Head Girl. French teacher Susan Field from Ash Manor School in Surrey was sacked after a conversation with 21 pupils in

Rapper T.I. (Roy Rochlin/FilmMagic) T.I. has said that the LGBT+ community is “bullying” rappers such as DaBaby after he delivered a homophobic rant during a Miami, Florida, concert. In a roiling speech that has cost him key brand deals, DaBaby told the Rolling Loud festival: “If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, any

Jahmal Howlett-Mundle is the “happiest he’s ever been” since coming out. (Twitter/ SheppeyUFC) A Sheppey United football player has said he has been “overwhelmed” by support after bravely coming out to his teammates on the pitch. Defender Jahmal Howlett-Mundle decided on Tuesday (27 July) to gather his team together and reveal to them that he

Troy Bailey has been sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison for killing Michelle “Tamika” Washington – a trans woman and passionate LGBT+ advocate. (YouTube/CBS Philly) A Philadelphia man has been sentences to up to 50 years in prison for the murder of a transgender woman and passionate LGBT+ advocate in 2019. According to

Tom Daley, Amandine Buchard and Carl Hester are among the several out LGBT+ athletes to have won medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games. (Getty/Clive Rose/Franck FIFE/AFP/Julian Finney) If LGBT+ Olympic athletes were a country, they would be tied with Brazil and Switzerland on the leaderboard for the 2020 Tokyo games. There are at least

Victoria Monét offered to step in and re-record “Levitating” with Dua Lipa after DaBaby made homophobic comments. (Amanda Edwards/Gareth Cattermole/Arnold Turner/Getty Victoria Monét has kindly offered to replace DaBaby on Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” remix, and we are absolutely here for it. The remix of Dua Lipa’s hit song is leaving a sour taste in queer