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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

Secretary of transportation Pete Buttigieg. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Pete Buttigieg has said that racism is “physically built into” America’s most high-profile infrastructure initiatives. The transport secretary is at the forefront of the Biden administration’s efforts to pump huge sums of money into improving the nation’s buffeted bridges, roads, ports, airports, century-old water systems, public transportation

The cast of Glee got together virtually to remember Naya Rivera at the GLAAD Media Awards. (YouTube) The cast of Glee came together virtually to deliver a touching tribute to their late co-star Naya Rivera at the GLAAD Media Awards on Thursday. Naya Rivera, who played Santana Lopez on the show, tragically died in July 2020 by

Failed congressional candidate and Trump-supporter Angela Stanton-King has exploded in a hate-filled tirade against her trans daughter and Dr Phil. Stanton-King previously spent two years in prison over federal conspiracy charges for her role in a car theft ring but was pardoned by Donald Trump in February 2020. She then tried to challenge the late

The highly-anticipated launch of the first-person shooter action-adventure game Deathloop has been delayed by publisher Bethesda until September, leaving fans disappointed but understanding. Deathloop, one of the most talked-about reveals during last year’s PlayStation live showcase, announced this afternoon (8 April) on its official Twitter account that a decision to delay the launch until September 14

Hundreds of LGBT+ advocates convened in Washington DC in 2019 in the wake of the landmark Supreme Court hearings that could legalize workplace discrimination, primarily against LGBT people, on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender presentation. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images) Three North Carolina Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill

US vice president Mike Pence speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing at the US Department of Education 8 July 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Former vice president Mike Pence is launching a political group to promote “traditional conservative values” and defend Trump policies. Pence has remained fairly

American poet Emily Dickinson, whose name was signed on an anti-trans letter almost 140 years after her death.(Getty/ Culture Club) An open letter demanding the Women’s Prize exclude trans women bizarrely bears the names of several long-dead authors. Last month, author Torrey Peters became the first trans woman to be nominated for the £30,000 prize

Call Me By Your Name author André Aciman says it is “gratifying” and “humbling” that his gay novel could have the “slightest influence” on how Lil Nas X decided to name his hit song. “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” has taken the world by storm, inspiring countless memes and classic TikTok videos. The unapologetically

iLoveMakonnen performs on stage on Day 1 of Born And Bred Festival at Haggerston Park on 4 June 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage) Hip hop star iLoveMakonnen says his “music talents”, “originality” and “influence” have been ‘discredited’ since he came out as gay. Makonnen Sheran, better known by his stage name iLoveMakonnen,

The Animal Crossing collection. (Build A Bear) Build-A-Bear Workshop has launched a new Animal Crossing range, but fans have been left hugely disappointed. The Nintendo Animal Crossing: New Horizons collaboration was hinted at previously, with the Build-A-Bear collection going live on 6 April.  Fans were wishing on shooting stars but were left stuffed when they

Lil Nas X has scored his second No. 1 with “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” (YouTube/Lil Nas X) Lil Nas X proved that blasphemy really does pay after riding his bottoming banger “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” into hell and straight to number one in the charts. The song about gay sex reached

Keir Starmer made a now-infamous visit to homophobic church Jesus House for Easter. (PinkNews) Labour leader Keir Starmer has finally apologised after making an Easter visit to notoriously homophobic church Jesus House in London. The leader of the opposition has faced blistering criticism since sharing a social media video of his visit to the Barnet-based

Drag Race UK favourite Tayce has shown she is the queen of takedowns after she shut down people who body shamed her new thirst-worthy photoshoot. Since leaving the show, Tayce has rightfully amassed media attention for her stellar performance on season two of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. The Welsh queen was unveiled as one of

Emily Bridges. (Instagram) The mum of trans cyclist Emily Bridges has hit out at “hysteria” surrounding her daughter after an unnamed coach allegedly shared “misinformation and lies” about her. Emily’s mum Sandy issued a statement on Twitter on Saturday (3 April) in which she sought to debunk some of the misinformation being circulated online. “Somebody

The Australian parliament building in Canberra, Australia. (Ashley Cooper/Avalon/Getty) A leaked video of an Australian government staffer masturbating and performing a sex act in parliament should be investigated as “revenge porn”, an MP has argued. Gay Liberal staffer Nathan Winn was fired for lewd conduct last week after an explicit video was leaked to the

Karine Jean-Pierre. (Gary Gershoff/Getty) Lesbian White House official Karine Jean-Pierre has become the first Black woman to host a press briefing in 30 years. Jean-Pierre, deputy press secretary to Jen Psaki in the Biden administration, also became the first queer Black woman to ever host a White House press briefing in the history-making moment. Karine

Two gay men were violently beaten after being lured to an address through a gay dating app. (Envato Elements) A gay man was brutally beaten by thugs with baseball bats after he was lured to an address through a queer dating app. The man, who is in his 50s, told local media that he spent

Members of the Alliance of Heterosexuals and LGBT for Equality, their flag in the top left, at the St Petersburg LGBT+ Pride. (Igor Russak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) An LGBT+ social media page followed by tens of thousands of queer Russians and allies blocked by authorities has vowed to continue fighting for equality. The Alliance

Henry Cavill in The Witcher TV series. Hoo boy. (Netflix) The Witcher really is absolutely everywhere you look at the moment. Whether you were first introduced to the immersive fantasy world through the bestselling books, or the game, or latterly the high-budget TV series starring walking thirst trap Henry Cavill: the chances are you were

The Israeli anti-LGBT+ Noam party has offered to form a coalition with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the condition that he rolls back gender equality laws. The extremist faction of the right-wing Religious Zionist party announced on Thursday (1 April) that they would recommend Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, be tasked with forming another government.

Sharon Stone has revealed that Britney Spears once reached out to her for help when the singer was struggling with her mental health. The Basic Instinct actor, whom Britney cites as one of her personal inspirations, opened up about the unique bond they share on Wednesday’s episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show (31 March). Sharon said

A municipality in Tokyo has begun certifying LGBT+ couples and their children as families, a powerful move in a country that does not yet recognise same-sex marriage. As of Thursday (1 April) the Adachi ward is the first municipality in Japan’s capital to acknowledge queer couples’ children – biological or adopted – as their family

Taylor Parker-Dipeppe. (Pinellas County Jail) A trans man who threatened journalists as part of an interstate intimidation effort by a neo-Nazi ring against the press has been spared jail. Taylor Parker-Dipeppe pleaded guilty last year to federal charges over his involvement in a sprawling plot to harass reporters critical of the Atomwaffen Division. Atomwaffen is a small,

Catholic women are calling on the Vatican to modernise its views on LGBT+ relationships (Envato Elements) Five Catholic women’s organisations with a million members are calling on the Vatican to reverse its position that priests cannot bless same-sex unions. The women, all from German-speaking areas, voiced their unhappiness in an open letter to the Vatican’s orthodoxy

Jessica Betts (L) spoke about her relationship with Niecy Nash (R) during the interview. (Facebook) Niecy Nash told Red Table Talk the story of how she told her children she was in a relationship with another woman for the first time. Nash married wife Jessica Betts in September 2020, news that came as a surprise to

A transgender minister has made history in Australia as the first openly trans person to be inducted into a mainstream church. Reverend Josephine “Jo” Inkpin was already a priest when she came out to her Anglican community four years ago, making her Australia’s first ever transgender church leader. She broke barriers once more this month

President Joe Biden speaks at the Pentagon February 10, 2021 (Alex Brandon – Pool/Getty) The Pentagon has marked the Transgender Day of Visibility by lifting a Trump-era ban on trans people serving openly in the US military. On Thursday (31 March) the US Defence Department unveiled a new policy allowing trans people to serve openly,

Representative Matt Gaetz. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images) Matt Gaetz is reportedly being investigated by federal officials for allegedly having sex with an underage girl, a claim he says is “verifiably false”. The Justice Department is looking into whether the west Florida congress member violated federal sex-trafficking laws and had an inappropriate relationship, people with knowledge of the

A woman is detained by Met police at a peaceful vigil for Sarah Everard on Clapham Common (Kristian Buus/In Pictures/ Getty) A report on the Metropolitan police’s handling of a vigil for Sarah Everard earlier this month has concluded that officers acted “appropriately”. The report from the official policing inspectorate was ordered by home secretary