LGBTQ

Patrisse Cullors. (Rich Fury/Getty Images for Teen Vogue) Patrisse Cullors, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter, one of the largest social and political movements in the history of the US, is to step down from the foundation. Cullors, a high-decibel LGBT+ rights activist, said Friday (28 May) would be her last day at the helm

Members of Biarritz Olympique sporting Grindr-sponsored uniforms. (Biarritz Olympique/Grindr/Twitter) Grindr has hooked up with a top rugby team to design a versatile jersey set – all the while making sports more inclusive. The queer dating app announced on its Twitter page Wednesday (26 May) as the new sponsor for French professional rugby club Biarritz Olympique. In

Horizon Forbidden West. (Sony) Sony showed off 14 minutes of gameplay of Horizon Forbidden West in a brand new State of Play video. The footage was taken from the PlayStation 5. Sadly no release date has been given for the much-anticipated game as yet. The sequel to the 2017 PS4 open world title Horizon Zero

Seth Rogen. (Amy Sussman/FilmMagic) Seth Rogen has hit out against comedians who whine about so-called “cancel culture” to accept that some jokes just age terribly. Or, you know, were never exactly funny in the first place. The 39-year-old actor and filmmaker told talk show Good Morning Britain on Tuesday (25 May) that he has long since

A zoo in Guangzhou, China, has been accused of homophobia after two women were barred from buying a “couples ticket”. In an incident that captures the longstanding discrimination LGBT+ face in the republic, Chimelong Safari Park reportedly refused to recognise a lesbian couple’s relationship. Leslie Song, 29, explained on Weibo, one of China’s most popular

Natalie Morales, who plays Betty in the upcoming Rugrats reboot, says her character will be an openly gay, single mother. (YouTube/Reuters) Phil and Lil’s mum Betty will be openly gay in the Rugrats reboot series, becoming a “beacon for young queer people”. Betty has been a low-key queer icon for ages because of her unashamed

Lauren Boebert has been elected to Congress. (EMILY KASK/AFP via Getty) A Republican lawmaker is being skewered online for a bizarre and abrupt broadside against people sharing their pronouns. Colorado representative Lauren Boebert, a deeply hard-right gun activist, is part of a small but high-decibel bloc of GOP firebrands that tout pro-Donald Trump QAnon conspiracies – notching

The cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6. (Paramount+) After being leaked only hours ago, the RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6 line-up was officially confirmed Wednesday (26 May) – and fans had some serious thoughts. In short, prepared to be gagged and/or gooped. On the official Drag Race YouTube and Twitter pages and

Tory MP for Delyn, Rob Roberts. (Parliament) The Tories are facing pressure to make Rob Roberts resign, or to close a “loophole” preventing his constituents from forcing a by-election after he breached parliament’s sexual misconduct policy. Conservative backbencher Rob Roberts, 41, was stripped of the whip on Tuesday (25 May) after he was found to have

A sign for an inclusive restroom. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) In a defiant stand, Nashville’s top prosecutor has refused to enforce a “hateful” Tennessee law that demands businesses post signs saying trans people can use their bathrooms. The grotesque bill, among a raft of anti-trans bills that have deeply curtailed trans rights, was signed by governor

Are you a fan of breakfast and being gay? Then Kellogg’s has the cereal for you (Kellogg’s) Another day, another right-wing boycott – and the latest lucky multinational conglomerate to be targeted by angry evangelicals is Kellogg’s. Last month the company launched a Pride-themed glittery breakfast cereal, “Together with Pride,” in support of the LGBT+

Will Young performs on stage during Day 2 of Kew The Music at Kew Gardens on 13 July 2016 in London, England. (Photo by C Brandon/Redferns) Will Young was threatened with stabbing by three men who hurled homophobic abuse after he came to the aid of a busker in Oxford. The Pop Idol winner told

Nona Conner. (Facebook) Nona Moselle Conner, a trans woman who tirelessly fought for sex workers and became a towering and magnetic LGBT+ activist in Washington DC, has died. She was 37. Her death was confirmed by local community leaders on a GoFundMe page raising money for her memorial. Conner’s cause of death has not been confirmed

The woman in the infamous queer meme has finally revealed herself. (Twitter) You’ve already seen the meme: A young woman, seemingly alone and adrift, surrounded by countless towering, half-naked and leather-clad men. It’s a meme that, to many, captures that all-too-familiar sense of being an outsider, aggressively single or how you are the one truly

Actor Kevin Spacey leaves Nantucket District Court after his arraignment on 7 January 2019 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald) Kevin Spacey will return to screens in his first role since being accused of sexual assault four years ago. The disgraced House of Cards actor will appear in an Italian film titled

Rose and Rosie’s baby is due in June, 2021. (Emma McHarrie PR) Queer YouTubers Rose and Rosie have revealed the struggles – and benefits – of starting a family during a global pandemic. Rose, who is a lesbian, and Rosie, who is bisexual, have been married since 2015, and had started discussing children between 2018

Bimini Bon Boulash. (Twitter/BiminiBabes) Bimini Bon Boulash has made an impassioned call for people to protect the “vulnerable” trans community from the heartbreaking “hate and stigma attached to them”. Bimini, who is a fan favourite from the second series of Drag Race UK, has been praised by fans for their LGBT+ advocacy and non-binary representation.

Lil Nas X ripped his leather trousers while pole dancing live on SNL. (NBC) Lil Nas X suffered a wardrobe malfunction on live TV, splitting his leather pants while pole dancing to “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” on Saturday Night Live. The artist appeared on the final episode of SNL’s 46th season to perform

In this photo illustration the TikTok logo in App Store seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Video-sharing social networking app TikTok’s algorithm is spreading anti-LGBT+ content, according to an analysis by watchdog Media Matters. The report, published on Tuesday (18 May), found TikTok’s recommendation algorithm –

Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift starred together in A Place in the Sun in 1951. (FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty) Elizabeth Taylor tried to seduce gay actor Montgomery Clift before they became “soulmates”, according to the author who chronicled their incredible friendship. Taylor was 17 when she met Clift while they starred together in the 1951

Tyler Titus. (Facebook) Trans, genderqueer and non-binary Democrat Tyler Titus has made history by winning the Democratic primary for county executive in Erie County, Pennsylvania. Titus, 36, was declared the winner in the primary on Wednesday (19 May) at 4pm following a close race. They will now face Republican Brenton Davis, a construction company owner,

Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot addressing crowds in April 2019. (Kamil Krzacyzynski/AFP/ Getty) Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot has said she will only give interviews to journalists of colour in an effort to combat the “overwhelming whiteness” of the the city’s media. Lightfoot – who became Chicago’s first Black female mayor and first openly gay mayor when

The ‘Equality House’ has been the headquarters of Planting Peace since 2012. (Instagram/NoH8Campaign) Right across the street from the homophobic and obnoxious Westboro Baptist Church is a defiant building known as the Equality House, painted in the kaleidoscopic colours of the Pride flag. Aaron Jackson, the founder of Planting Peace, a non-profit that works to

Lil Nas X visits his teenage self in an emotional music video for his new single “Sun Does Down”. (YouTube/Lil Nas X) Lil Nas X dropped his “Sun Goes Down” video – and it’s an emotional one. Everyone’s new favourite pop icon has been teasing the “important” song for a few days, and upon its

Edwin Poots said gay people are “probably” born gay. (BBC) The newly-elected leader of the DUP Edwin Poots, who has a long history of opposing LGBT+ rights, has insisted he’s definitely “had people who are gay in his house”. The former Northern Ireland health minister was declared winner of the DUP’s leadership race on Friday

Benny Briolly, the first trans woman to sit on Niteroí’s City Council in the state of Rio de Janeiro. (Facebook/Benny Briolly) In the upshot of a local election that saw countless LGBT+ people elected in Brazil, a trans councillor flees the country after being pelted with relentless death threats. Benny Briolly, the first trans woman

Charlene Johnston was sentenced to five months in prison, suspended for a period of 12 months, at Magherafelt magistrate’s court, Northern Ireland. (Google Maps) A young mother mother in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland, called a woman a “lesbian b*****d” before attacking her in broad daylight, a court heard. Charlene Johnston, 21, of Queens Avenue, Magherafelt, appeared at the

Bethany Church leader Jonathan Stockstill has apologised for the “painful experiences” of the bootcamp’s participants. (Facebook/ Jonathan Stockstill) A Christian bootcamp run by the Bethany Church megachurch allegedly used homophobic and racist slurs against teens, and forced them to fight each other until they were bleeding. The “220i” leadership programme was run Bethany Church, a

Only half (50 per cent) of LGBT+ workers in the UK are open about their sexuality or gender to all their colleagues at work, according to a survey by YouGov and PinkNews. (Envato Elements) Only half of UK employees are certain that their employer has LGBT-inclusive policies, new polling by YouGov and PinkNews has found.