LGBTQ

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

A bouncer at the Nordic Bar allegedly threw two women to the ground for sharing a kiss. (Facebook) A nightclub owner in Malta has said he is investigating claims that bouncers brutally threw to the ground two women for sharing a kiss. Activists first raised concerns after a woman recalled her “horrendous experience” at the

Canoeist Haley Daniels will see her trans mother judge her at the Tokyo Olympics. (Koki Nagahama/Getty Images) A Canadian judge has become the Olympic Games’ first-ever openly trans official – and she even has a daughter competing. At the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, more openly LGBT+ athletes will dive, sprint, cycle and throw than ever

Tom Daley shares that crocheting and knitting helped him in the run-up to the Olympics. He also shows an adorable pouch he created for his gold medal. (Instagram/@madewithlovebytomdaley) Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley has opened up about the “one thing” that has kept him “sane” in the lead-up to the 2020 Tokyo games. Daley took

(L-R) Dylan Welch, Jesse Pawlowski and Billy Phillips. (Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office A teenager, his boyfriend, his mother and her girlfriend were slain when a Grindr hook-up slipped into chaos when three men tried to steal a gun from him in Texas, police claimed. Jesse Pawlowski, 20, Billy Phillips, 37, and Dylan Welch, 21, have

Joy and Zoey share a kiss in the series finale of Hallmark’s Good Witch. (Hallmark) Hallmark original series Good Witch has broken new ground by featuring a same-sex kiss in its season finale, marking a new first for the typically conservative network. The episode, which aired Sunday night (25 July), saw Joy (Kat Barrell) and Zoey (Kyana

Newly-crowned Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley left his husband and son a beautiful video message before he left for the Tokyo games, and it’s the most adorable thing ever. Dustin Lance Black, who has been married to the diver since 2018, posted a heartwarming video featuring the couple’s young son Robbie. In the video, Black

Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow in the “Industry Baby” music video. (YouTube/ Lil Nas X) Lil Nas X has “sincerely apologised” to the LGBT+ community for not asking Jack Harlow to go gay for pay in his iconic “Industry Baby” music video. The video, which dropped on Friday (23 July) following on from a skit the

Psyche / PleasantlyTwstd. Slowly but surely, Twitch is becoming more diverse but it’s still heavily dominated by cis white men. Where exactly does that leave female streamers? It’s fair to say that Twitch – along with social media in general – can be toxic for women. Between body-shaming, stalking, unfair bans, alleged sexualisation, being demonetised

Father Paul Newbery came out as gay 20 years ago. (Facebook/ Paul Newbery) A gay Catholic priest in Liverpool has been left “petrified” after he was subjected to homophobic abuse in a “disgusting” hate crime. Father Paul Newbery is a priest at Merseyside Open Community Church in Liverpool, which is part of the LGBT-inclusive United Liberal

Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. (Sega) To celebrate the Tokyo Olympics 2020, we’re taking a look at LGBT+ representation in sports video games. It’s a topic that’s difficult, largely because there is so little queer representation in the genre. Sports are too often the domain of straight white men and sadly sports video games follow suit.

Le Gateau Chocolat performs at the GQ 30th anniversary party at SUSHISAMBA Covent Garden on 29 October 2018 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images) Drag and theatre icon Le Gateau Chocolat shares the challenges and “magic” of the last year. Bearded, bewigged and standing at six-and-half feet, Le Gateau Chocolat is

Football Manager. (Sega) Women’s football teams will finally be included in Football Manager. Developer Sports Interactive and publisher Sega have begun work on a multi-year project to add the teams to the series. While there’s no specific date yet, their intention is to add women’s teams as soon as possible. What’s more, women’s teams won’t

A Drag Queen Story Time event. (Facebook/Drag Queen Storytime) The Alaska Department of Law has removed the state’s assistant attorney general over allegations he ran a secret social media account filled with anti-LGBT+, racist and antisemitic hate. According to an investigation by The Guardian newspaper, Matthias Cicotte allegedly mounted a Twitter account in a fake

Author Philip Pullman. (Getty/ MJ Kim) His Dark Materials author Philip Pullman has made it very clear that  he is “anti-transphobia“, while also condemning online abuse of JK Rowling. This week, Rowling shared a death threat she had received on Twitter, before describing the “hundreds” more she has received. The discussion led to a pile-on by

A victim of conversion therapy has spoken out, calling on the UK government to take action. (Envato Elements) A survivor of so-called “conversion therapy” explained how his own family subjected him to the torturous, debunked practise. Blair Anderson, of Glasgow, told Glasgow Live how he was just 14 when a religious family member called him

Celia Quansah, Tom Bosworth, Demi Stokes, Tom Daley. (Getty) We’re spoilt for choice at this year’s Olympics as the number of out LGBT+ athletes has more than doubled since the 2016 Summer games. The US is leading the way with 47 out athletes, including the phenomenal Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird, Erica Sullivan and Kayla Miracle.

Britney Spears and her boyfriend Sam Asghari. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) Britney Spears’ boyfriend Sam Asghari has addressed rumours that the pair have secretly married. The “Toxic” hitmaker sparked speculation that she and Asghari got hitched after she was spotted wearing a large rock on her ring finger this week. Britney recently said in court that she wants

‘Assembled: The Making of Loki’ reveals that Marvel writers almost included sex scenes in the Disney Plus Loki series. (Disney Plus/Marvel) A glimpse behind the curtain of the Loki series has revealed shocking details about what Marvel almost included in the show – including “crazy mischief” sex. The hit series has broken a lot of

Some teachers told OFSTED the homophobic book was in the boarding school library for “research purposes”. (Envato) A horrific book calling for gay people to be murdered was found by OFTSED inspectors in a boarding school library. The Institute of Islamic Education in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, was inspected on 18 and 19 May, 2021, by

A gender reveal party sparked a huge wildfire in El Dorado, California. (CBS/Youtube) A couple has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after gender reveal party ended in disaster, killing a firefighter in a deadly wildfire. On 5 September, 2020, a huge wildfire broke out at the El Dorado Ranch Park in southern California after a

Tom Daley (L) with husband Dustin Lance Black. (Getty/ David M Benett) Olympian Tom Daley has said he truly doesn’t care what people think about his marriage, because the most important thing is that he and his husband are in love. Daley, 27, married his husband, screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, 47, in 2017. The couple welcomed

A Pride protest in Budapest, capital of Hungary, in 2019. (Getty/ATTILA KISBENEDEK) Ahead of Budapest Pride, 30 embassies from across the world have demanded “freedom from violence” for queer people in Hungary. The open letter, published Monday (19 July) was signed by the embassies of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,

Presenter and comedian Sue Perkins will become the new host of Just a Minute. (Getty/ Ken Jack) Sue Perkins has been announced as the new host of the iconic BBC radio show Just a Minute. Perkins will follow the late Nicholas Parsons, who had hosted the comedy series since its launch in 1967, but passed

Kenneth “Ken” Macharia is facing deportation to Kenya. (Change.org) Gay rugby player Kenneth Macharia has won his five-year asylum fight, after the Home Office tried to deport him to homophobic Kenya. The Bristol Bisons player has been fighting deportation to Kenya, where gay sex is punishable by up to 14 years in prison, since October

Elin Stillingen was honoured in the first church name changing ceremony in Norway. (Facebook/ Elin Stillingen) A church in Norway held a beautiful naming ceremony for a trans person, in what is thought to be the first ceremony of its kind in the country. Elin Stillingen, 49, came out as transgender nine years ago, and

Tom Daley. (Alex Pantling/Getty) Tom Daley has admitted that diving is no longer the most important thing in his life as he prepares to compete in the Olympic Games. Before arriving in Tokyo for the delayed 2020 Games, Daley, 27, told The Daily Mirror how he’s gone from being the youngest Team GB diver to the oldest.

FEAR STREET PART 1: 1994 – (L-R) KIANA MADEIRA as DEENA and OLIVIA WELCH as SAM. (Netflix) The stars of Netflix’s new Fear Street film trilogy have heaped praise on the writers for their “groundbreaking” approach to queer representation. The films, based on the book series by RL Stine, follows lesbian high-school couple Deena (Kiana Madeira)