LGBTQ

Years & Years singer Olly Alexander says he wants to play a “messed-up, gay superhero” in an interview with the Official Big Top 40. (Twitter/@BigTop40). Olly Alexander wants to play a “messed-up, gay superhero” for his next acting role after the success of It’s A Sin. The Years & Years singer spoke to the Official Big

Resident Evil. (Capcom) Pleasing horror fans across the world, Capcom announced a Resident Evil x Dead by Daylight crossover at their recent showcase. The asymmetric horror game has a huge following, especially among the LGBT+ community. A quick glance at Twitch is all you need to see for that. And it’s become well known for

Chandler in Friends. (NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal) A longstanding and oft-repeated urban legend is that Chandler was originally supposed to be gay in Friends until Matthew Perry was cast in the role. Speculation was rampant even back in the early years of the show, prompting Friends co-creator David Crane to give this quote to The Advocate in 1996. “We didn’t go into

Jeffree Star and Daniel Lucas were taken to hospital after the car accident. (Twitter/ JeffreeStar) Jeffree Star has been left in ‘excruciating pain’ after flipping his Rolls Royce in a ‘severe’ car accident with his best friend. The controversial makeup blogger was on a drive with best friend Daniel Lucas in Natrona County, Wyoming, when

Rebekah in the ACLU video “Meet the girl who lawmakers want to ban from playing sports”. (YouTube/Human Rights Campaign) A 14-year-old girl who plays field hockey at school has told lawmakers considering anti-trans bills that she just wants to play sports with her friends. In a three-minute Human Rights Campaign video, Rebekah says sports are

Celebrating 25 years, here’s a look at the evolution of Lara Croft (Square Enix) From Tomb Raider to Fortnite, Lara Croft, the original IT girl of the 90s, has changed the face of video games over the last three decades. Since her debut in 1996, Lara Croft has been an undeniable force in the world of

Arlene Foster, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which opposes same-sex marriage and abortion. (Charles McQuillan/Getty) The DUP has tabled an amendment to a motion calling for a conversion therapy ban in Northern Ireland, insisting that religious conversion therapy is perfectly fine. The motion, set to be debated on Tuesday (20 April), calls on

Liberty University is suing Jerry Falwell Jr for $10 million, claiming he withheld scandalous information from trustees while negotiating a new contract for himself. Falwell, a key Trump ally and one of the most powerful figures in the evangelical movement, was removed as head of the powerful private Christian university in August after he and his wife were accused of

Are you a fan of breakfast and being gay? Then Kellogg’s has the cereal for you (Kellogg’s) Kellogg’s is launching a limited edition LGBT-themed cereal in celebration of Pride, so you can start your day with the breakfast of champions: glitter. The company teamed up with GLAAD to create the special cereal, “Together with Pride”,

Days Gone. (Sony) Fans have launched a petition for Sony to approve Days Gone 2. The open world zombie adventure from Sony’s in-house Bend Studio was in the news recently, in a Bloomberg article discussing Sony’s first-party exclusives. The article focused on an internal team at Sony who began work on a potential remake of

Nathaniel “SpokGoane” Mbele was stabbed to death on 2 April. (Twitter) A beloved gay man has been stabbed to death in South Africa, prompting an outpouring of grief from the LGBT+ community and desperate calls for hate crime laws to finally be passed. According to MambaOnline, Nathaniel Mbele, known as Spokgoane, was found dead on 2

Yasiel Puig. (Getty/ David Maxwell) The woman accusing Major League Baseball (MLB) star Yasiel Puig of sexual assault has said they couldn’t have had consensual sex because she’s an “out and proud lesbian”. The woman filed a lawsuit against Puig in 2020, alleging that he sexually assaulted her in 2018 in the bathroom at a

Oxenfree II – Lost Signals. (YouTube) A sequel to Oxenfree was the final game shown during the latest Nintendo Indie World showcase. Lost Signals looks set to continue the first game’s dark side-scrolling aesthetic and innovative radio mechanic. It will arrive sometime later this year. Plenty of games were revealed in the showcase, especially for fans

Mae Martin. (Dave J Hogan/Getty Images) Mae Martin has come out as non-binary in a heartfelt Instagram post. The star and co-writer of Netflix’s Feel Good opened up about their gender and announced their pronouns are they/them – they “don’t mind” she/her as well, they added. Martin is very much still on a personal journey when

Mason “mason” Venne. (Dreamhack) Twitch has banned streamer and former professional Dota 2 player Mason “mason” Venne for allegedly using a homophobic slur on stream. He was playing the popular Dota 2 and commented on a teammate’s item choice, saying “I think the Aghs is a pretty terrible choice.” “Aghs” here refers to the item

Lil Nas X and Dominic Fike share a kiss in the music video for “COUNT ON ME”. (Screen captures via YouTube) Lil Nas X and Dominic Fike make out in a new Brockhampton video and we are definitely feeling a lot of things here. Brockhampton recruited Lil Nas X and Fike for “COUNT ON ME”,

Robert Jacob. (Facebook) Robert Jacob, the former gay mayor of Sebastopol, California, has been arrested on charges of child sexual abuse. Jacob was being detained in the Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Center on Sunday night without bond after he was arrested for the sexual assault of an adolescent, according to The Bay Area Reporter. The

Edward Walpole, the son of prime minister Robert Walpole, was accused of sodomy by a gang. Bands of extortioners targeted men – including the son of a prime minister – and extorted them for cash in the 17th and 18th centuries, researchers have discovered. Middlesex University London found that there was a “trend” of gangs

Lady Gaga performs onstage during The ARTPOP Ball tour opener. (Kevin Mazur/WireImage) Lady Gaga addressed a fan-led petition signed by tens of thousands Tuesday (13 April) for her to drop “volume II” of ARTPOP. The viciously underrated 2013 album was the successor to Born This Way. So, safe to say it had a lot of

Leslie Jordan in his new sitcom Call Me Kat. (FOX via Getty) Will & Grace star and queer legend Leslie Jordan has explained that he can’t go to gay clubs anymore because he’s too famous. Jordan, best known for playing Beverley Leslie on Will & Grace and later starring in American Horror Story, reached new heights of

Alba Party Central Scotland candidate Margaret Lynch. (Alba Party) A Scottish Alba Party parliamentary candidate has been condemned for spreading the ‘dangerous and irresponsible’ lie that Stonewall wants to lower the age of consent to 10-years-old. Margaret Lynch, the Central Scotland candidate for Alex Salmond’s recently-formed Alba party, made the comments at the party’s Women’s Conference

Kate McKinnon had queer SNL viewers in fits of laughter with a painfully familiar “Lesbian Period Drama” trailer starring Carey Mulligan. Riffing off recent hits such as Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Ammonite and The Favourite, the new trailer asks the question on everyone’s minds: “Will these lesbians be lesbians together?” Carey Mulligan and Saturday Night Live regular Heidi Gardner play

Tony Perkins, President of the Family Researcil Council, said Joe Biden’s trans inclusion initiatives are from ‘the pit of hell’. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) In an unsurprising development, a cluster of right-wing groups that actively campaign for anti-trans bills are also backing voter suppression and anti-vaccine conspiracies. New restrictions that could see tougher limits on early

Sebastian Lletget during the Italy v USA International Friendly in 2018 in Belgium. (Pier Marco Tacca/Getty) Major League Soccer has launched an investigation into LA Galaxy’s Sebastian Lletget over a homophobic slur in a video he posted to Instagram. The 28-year-old, who began his career at West Ham before returning to the US in 2015,

Love Island has previously faced criticism for failing to include LGBT+ contestants (ITV) ITV has announced it will welcome LGBT+ contestants for the 2021 series of Love Island after previously claiming it would be “logistically difficult” to do so. When the dating show returns in June the villa may be looking a little less straight

Pete Buttigieg joked that he still has all his fingers after meeting Joe Biden’s dog, Major. (Screen capture via TMZ/Getty Images) For Pete Buttigieg, there’s only one man in the White House who he’d ever call a good boy, put a leash on and let him lick his face: Joe Biden’s dog, Major. Buttigieg spoke to

Uzbek LGBT+ activist Miraziz Bazarov sustained serious injuries (Twitter/Agnieszka Pikulicka @Aga_Pik) The Uzbek LGBT+ community say they’ve been driven underground in fear of homophobic backlash after a vicious attack on a prominent blogger and his supporters. Miraziz Bazarov remains hospitalised with serious injuries, which he sustained in a savage beating by three masked men with

Dustin Lance Black (left) with husband Tom Daley. (Getty/ David M. Benett) Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black has said that the UK government is “ignoring” queer people by not bringing in a conversion therapy ban. Speaking to Reuters from the London home he shares with husband Tom Daley and their two-year-old son, Black said: “This

Leslie Jordan attends the Fox Winter TCA at The Fig House on 6 February 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) Gay legend and actor Leslie Jordan has said he would be on board for a Will & Grace musical “in a minute” if the opportunity ever came up. Jordan played Beverley