LGBTQ

After criminalising all forms of so-called “gay propaganda”, Russia has now turned its attention to positive depictions of bisexuality and polyamory. With Russia’s population expected to decline by 30 million over the next decade, the question of how to raise the birth rate dominated discussions on Thursday (4 March) at a conference of United Russia,

The term “barebacking” became widespread in the LGBT+ community in the 1990s. (Pexels/ Ketut Subiyanto) Like riding a horse without a saddle, barebacking is when someone with a penis penetrates a sexual partner without using a condom. Many people who have any kind of penetrative sex report that going at it without a condom is

Billy Eichner attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on 9 February, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. (Getty for Vanity Fair/ Rich Fury/ VF20) Actor Billy Eichner is set to co-produce, co-write and star in the first gay romantic comedy to be produced by a major Hollywood studio. The Parks and Recreation star announced on Twitter

Nicola Coughlan gave a stirring rendition of UK Hun. (Twitter/BBC) Bridgerton star and Drag Race superfan Nicola Coughlan shared an incredible rendition of “UK Hun?” with a Shakespearian twist. The song “UK Hun?” has lived rent-free in the minds of Drag Race UK fans since it debuted in RuPaul’s RuRuVision spectacular – and Derry Girls

Read Only Memories: Neurodiver. (Midboss) Exploring memories is a major theme of much sci-fi media, but it’s at the core of Read Only Memories: Neurodiver, the forthcoming cyberpunk game from LGBT-focused developer MidBoss. In this world of Neo-San Francisco memories are malleable. Like a hard drive, files can become corrupt, defragmented, or completely overwritten. And

Gay couple share Cadbury’s Creme Egg in new advert. (YouTube) The gay couple who starred in the recent Cadbury’s Creme Egg commercial says people have taken a “gimmick” about sharing sweets and “sexualised it”. The new Creme Egg advert, released in January, featured real-life gay couple Callum Sterling and Dale K sharing an intimate moment

The boss of a Scottish public relations firm has resigned after a “tone deaf” social media post in which he said his firm doesn’t hire “Blacks, gays or Catholics”. Gordon Beattie, the founder of Beattie Communications, posted on LinkedIn that his firm does not hire “Blacks, gays or Catholics“. He added that the firm only

Drag Race UK star Lawrence Chaney has deleted her Twitter following “disgusting” abuse she received after last night’s episode. The Glasgow drag performer deactivated her social media account following Thursday (4 March) night’s dramatic episode. It’s believed this came out after the episode featured a fallow out between Lawrence and fellow Drag Race UK contestant

Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia Chase in Buffy The Vampire Slayer (20th Century Fox Television) Charisma Carpenter has reflected on her decision to go public with her allegations of abuse against Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon, describing it as an “effort to foster change”. Last month, Carpenter came forward in a social media post

President Joe Biden has appointed Reggie Greer, a former Victory Institute staffer, to be the next director of priority placement and a senior advisor on LGBT+ Issues at the White House. (Facebook/Reggie Greer) President Joe Biden has come through with his promise to promote inclusion by appointing Reggie Greer as a senior advisor on LGBT+

Jimmy Fowlie (L) and Sydnee Washington (R) will star in Grindr’s upcoming original comedy series Bridesman. (Santiago Felipe/Getty Images/FilmMagic) LGBT+ dating app Grindr is getting its own original scripted TV show, which is set to air this fall. Bridesman will be a new scripted comedy series following a gay bridesman as he undermines his best friend’s

Keira Bell brought legal action against the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. (YouTube/Sky News) Trans youth are internalising a message that “the world hates them” as a result of the High Court’s puberty blockers decision in the Bell v Tavistock case last year, according to the CEO of a leading trans charity. The High Court

A senior cop in Sydney, Australia has admitted to fighting and arresting a transgender woman because she didn’t say hi to him. Senior Constable Mark Follington, 61, and his junior colleague were on a patrol in Liverpool’s Golden Fleece Hotel in May 2019 and were asking customers at the pub for their IDs. But Anya

Bill Burr says fired The Mandalorian star Gina Carano was a “absolute sweetheart”. (Disney) The Mandalorian star Bill Burr has defended his former co-star Gina Carano, saying she was an “absolute sweetheart”. Carano, who played Cara Dune in the Disney Plus series, was fired after sharing an Instagram post seemingly comparing being a Republican to being Jewish during

Lady Gaga. (Stuart C. Wilson/Getty) The New York City apartment Lady Gaga once rented in the early days of her career is now available to rent at $2,000. To some, it’s a white-walled, one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment with 10-foot high ceilings. Nothing special. A random floating fridge in the middle of the, er, living room. To

Doctor Patrick Nzounza, CTA medical coordinator in the Congo (Brazzaville and Pointe Noire) global treatment centre for HIV/AIDS sufferers. (Photo by Jean-Luc LUYSSEN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) HIV researchers believe a number of ‘elite controllers’ in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could be critical in finding new ways to treat the virus. Researchers found

Divine Allah speaking at a press conference for Trenton city council president Kathy McBridge on 26 February 2021 (Twitter/Reed Gusciora) A rally in Trenton, New Jersey descended into chaos after a speaker called the city’s first openly gay mayor a “little f****t”. Speaking on the steps of the city hall, Divine Allah, a New Black Panther

Dennis Nilsen could have killed Rupert Everett as they frequented the same pub. (Mike Marsland/Mike Marsland/WireImage) Rupert Everett has said he “could have been killed” by serial killer Dennis Nilsen as they frequented the same bar. Everett told Piers Morgan that he used to frequent the same pub where Nilsen, a necrophile and one of

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg (L) and his husband Chasten Buttigieg (R) wave during a campaign town hall event at Washington Liberty High School 23 February 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Teacher and LGBT+ rights advocate Chasten Buttigieg has shared a horrifying experience of being confronted by a manager about his

The closure of the Pink Broadway gay sauna could have implications for other adult venues (Stock photo: Envato Elements) An historic gay sauna may be forced to close its doors forever after insurers inexplicably denied it coverage. The Pink Broadway sauna has welcomed customers to Southampton’s East Street for the past two decades and had been

Gordon Ramsay made an awkward blunder on his new primetime gameshow (BBC/Bank Balance) Gordon Ramsay massively missed the mark as he attempted to banter with a lesbian couple on his new BBC game show, Bank Balance. The foul-mouthed celebrity chef is attempting to branch out of the kitchen as host of the 10-part quiz, which

Amazon founder Jeffrey Bezos. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) With more than 511,000 Americans dead from coronavirus, a group of Republicans have vowed to take action. Well, against Amazon for pulling a deeply anti-trans book off its shelves, that is. In a statement addressed to Amazon boss Jeff Bezos dated Wednesday (24 February), four senators slammed the online retail

Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons. (Scott Legato/Getty Images) Dan Reynolds, professional tall man and Imagine Dragons singer, has donated his childhood home worth $1 million for it to become an LGBT+ youth centre. As part of LGBT+ advocacy group Encircle’s ‘$8 Million, Eight Houses’ campaign, the 34-year-old reflected on the difficulties queer youth face. Reynolds,

Lady Gaga (L) and Richard Fischer. (Getty Images/Instagram) Lady Gaga will reportedly pay her dog walker’s thumping £70,000 medical bill after he was shot by two men who stole her dogs. As Fischer, 30, strolled along Sierra Bonita Avenue in Hollywood, Los Angeles, two people got out of a white car and demanded he hands

Ryan Fischer, Lady Gaga‘s friend and dog walker, is expected to make a full recovery after being shot Wednesday evening (24 February), his family said. As Fischer, 30, strolled along Sierra Bonita Avenue in Hollywood, Los Angeles, two people got out of a white car and demanded he hand Gaga’s three French bulldogs over. Wielding

Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. (Chris Polk/FilmMagic) The latest celebrity to respond to Framing Britney Spears, the explosive documentary about the singer’s conservatorship and life, is long-term friend Paris Hilton. Hilton, singer and socialite, has said the legal arrangement which sees Spears’ well-being and estate, among other things, controlled by her father Jamie Spears is

Tom Holland came close to not going through with his show-stopping ‘Umbrella’ lip-sync. (Getty Images/YouTube/Paramount Network) The world may not have been gifted with a very, very wet Tom Holland if his father got his way, the Spider-Man: Far from Home star has revealed. Chatting to British GQ, the 24-year-old April cover star opened up about

The police chief said he was ‘misrepresented’ but takes responsibility for his actions (Robert Alexander/Getty) A police chief investigated for workplace discrimination has genuinely claimed that he when he called officers “homo” it was short for “homosapien”. Lorain Police Chief James McCann was investigated by The Fraternal Order of Police following accusations of homophobia, offensive comments and

Representative Bella Abzug, whose federal gay rights bill led to the Equality Act (Getty) Republicans have been standing in the way of the Equality Act for so long that many of the bill’s original sponsors aren’t around to see its passage. LGBT+ advocates celebrated yesterday (25 February) as the sweeping equality legislation passed through the

The BBC Scotland children’s adventure game show character Raven did not appear on this week’s Drag Race UK, sadly. (Twitter) Another week has passed, which means the days are getting longer, the weather is getting warmer…but, most importantly, it meant that Drag Race UK came on the telly again. And what an episode it was,