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Don Lemon and Mary Trump. (Screen capture via Facebook) Mary Trump, the lesbian niece of Donald Trump, tore into the US president’s terrible dancing skills to the delight of CNN anchor Don Lemon. Mary, who recently published a scathing hair plugs-all book on her uncle, managed to compress the levels of horror, confusion and delirium felt

Amy Coney Barrett looks on during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing. (Getty) After Amy Coney Barrett was criticised for using the outdated term “sexual preference”, the Merriam-Webster dictionary has declared it offensive. The Supreme Court nominee was forced to apologise after being accused of using a homophobic dog whistle during a Senate hearing on

Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett. (LEAH MILLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett sparked outrage Tuesday (13 October) by insisting she has never discriminated against LGBT+ people based on “sexual preference”. You know, that vastly dated term long criticised by LGBT+ people as being a discriminatory dogwhistle? On

Viktoria Basakovskaya was allegedly strangled to death by her ex-boyfriend in Siberia, Russia. (Screen capture via YouTube) A police officer in Novosibirsk, Russia has confessed to killing his missing ex-girlfriend, a 24-year-old trans woman, after leading the charge to find her. The body of Viktoria Basakovskaya was found in the southern village of Burmistrovo and showed

Elton John performing Auckland, wig intact. (Getty) Elton John has recalled the time that he almost lost his hairpiece in the middle of an Australian concert earlier this year. The singer recounts his wig’s “bid for freedom” in a new chapter of his autobiography Me for the book’s paperback release. It came during a concert

Amy Coney Barrett (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) and Pete Buttigieg (Alexander Tamargo/Getty) Pete Buttigieg has expertly broken down the ominous Supreme Court opening statement from Amy Coney Barrett, calling it “a pathway to judicial activism cloaked in judicial humility”. The gay former presidential hopeful was being interviewed on MSNBC’s AM Joy on Sunday (11 October) when Barrett released

Judge Amy Coney Barrett attends first day of her Senate confirmation hearing to the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on October 12, 2020. (ERIN SCHAFF/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Amy Coney Barrett, Donald Trump’s nominee to replace LGBT+ rights hero Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, has been accused of cozying up to

Neil Patrick Harris shared a touching photo of his family to mark National Coming Out Day (Twitter/@ActuallyNPH) LGBT+ celebrities and allies are sending message of love and support to their queer fans in celebration of National Coming Out Day. The annual day presents an opportunity to speak candidly about experiences of coming out, supporting and

Untitled drawing, c.1946-1959, Duncan Grant (1885-1978), The Charleston Trust © The Estate of Duncan Grant, licensed by DACS 2020.⁣⁣ More than 400 “lost” paintings depicting gay sex by the British painter Duncan Grant have been discovered under a bed years after they first went missing. Grant was a painter and designer and was famously a

Milton Hershey school was accused of forcing boys to watch conversion therapy videos (YouTube/Milton Hershey School) A student who claimed an elite school forced him to undergo conversion therapy after he was caught watching gay porn has been ordered to pay $800 of the school’s legal fees. Former student Adam Dobson claimed he was forced

Baga Chipz and Saara Aalto sat down with PinkNews to discuss their new collaboration “When the Sun Goes Down”. Fans of reality TV and all things camp were overjoyed when it was announced that X Factor and Eurovision star Saara Alto would be teaming up with the Drag Race UK legend Baga Chipz. Their new

Michael Gunning will compete in next year’s Olympics. (E!/Getty) Michael Gunning, the first openly Black gay man to swim for Team Jamaica, has opened up about the horrific bullying he endured as a child. The Olympic hopeful, who is one of only a handful of Black swimmers at the sport’s elite level, talked to BBC

Charlie Cressey opened up about the moment he was targeted with homophobic abuse while volunteering (Envato Elements) A gay volunteer has opened up about the horrific moment he tried to help an “intoxicated” man, but was met with a torrent of homophobic abuse. Charlie Cressey, from Hove, spoke about his experience as part of Sussex

Felycya Harris is the 31st transgender person to die by violent means so far this year (Human Rights Campaign) After yet another transgender woman was tragically shot to death, 2020 has officially become the deadliest year for the trans community since US records began. Police found the body of 33-year-old Felycya Harris, a transgender interior

Paul Hollywood’s suggestion that rainbow bagels “represent the NHS” led to a number of complaints, the broadcast regulator Ofcom has confirmed. The Great British Bake Off judge was roundly mocked on social media for claiming that the rainbow colours commonly associated with LGBT+ Pride actually symbolised the UK’s National Health Service. “Paul, why rainbow coloured

Far-right Christian activist Bevelyn Beatty appeared in court after being arrested outside the home of Lori Lightfoot, and attacked the Chicago mayor as a “reprobate-minded, disgusting, homosexual demon”. Beatty was arrested in August after she and others failed to disperse following a protest outside Lightfoot’s home, and on Monday (October 5) was told by a judge

The colourful display can be seen throughout the capital city of Kyiv (YouTube/Kyiv Pride) A 140-metre Pride flag is being projected onto one of Ukraine’s tallest buildings in defiance against the growing wave of homophobia spreading across eastern Europe. The rainbow colours will cover Gulliver Mall, a 35-storey shopping and entertainment centre in the capital

Pete Buttigieg has revealed how he channeled his “inner Mike Pence” while helping Kamala Harris prepare for the vice-presidential debate. In a strange twist of fate, the gay former presidential candidate has been role-playing as Pence in mock debates with Harris to help her practise. Appearing in an MNBC segment ahead of the big showdown

Patti LuPone mocks Donald Trump in a truly iconic parody with Randy Rainbow (YouTube) Patti LuPone has told Donald Trump to “kindly f**k off” in a spectacular showtune duet with Randy Rainbow. LuPone dueted with the singer and comedian in a song called “If Donald Got Fired”, sung to the tune of “If Momma Was

Kristie Higgs lost her tribunal case against Farmor’s School in Fairford, Gloucestershire (Christian Concern) Kristie Higgs, a school worker who was sacked over extreme Facebook rants in which she attacked LGBT+ “brainwashing”, has lost her employment tribunal case after attempting to argue she was discriminated against for Christian beliefs. A tribunal told the 44-year-old Wednesday

Ana Brnabic, Prime Minister of Serbia, at the Western Balkans Summit in Poland on 5 July, 2019. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/Getty) Serbia’s first female and first openly gay prime minister Ana Brnabic has won a second term following an election marred by claims of corruption. Prime minister Brnabic, leader of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party, was nominated

President Donald Trump’s balcony stunt has been likened to Evita (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Donald Trump is transformed into Evita in a brilliant parody of his worrying COVID-19 balcony stunt. Trump defied isolation requirements as he returned to the White House from hospital on Monday evening (October 5) before being cleared of COVID-19, amid reports that he had

20-year-old Massiah Berkley was rushed to hospital but died of his injuries (Envato Elements) A young, queer Black man has tragically lost his life after being stabbed in the head and chest in a suspected Labour Day hate crime. 20-year-old Massiah Berkley died moments after sitting next to James Williams, 51, on a park bench

This tattooed school teacher hopes his appearance will encourage children to be open-minded (Instagram/@freakyhoody) A school teacher whose entire body, face and tongue are covered in tattoos says he hopes his appearance will help to make children more tolerant and less homophobic. Sylvain Helaine, 35, started getting tattoos at the age of 27 and now

Alliance Defending Freedom CEO Michael Farris at the exclusive Rose Garden event (Facebook/Michael Farris) The leader of a notorious anti-LGBT+ Christian hate group was invited to the exclusive White House event marking the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court, it has emerged. Michael Farris, CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), shared a photo

Paramount film actors Cary Grant (1904 – 1986) and Randolph Scott (1898 – 1987) in front of their new home which looks out over Santa Monica sea front. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty) Candid photos showing Hollywood heartthrobs Cary Grant and Randolph Scott together in their shared home were the result of a studio publicity campaign

Nursing student Michelle Ramos Vargas has become the 30th known trans person to be killed in the United States so far this year, and the sixth killed in Puerto Rico in the same period. Vargas’ body was found with multiple gunshot wounds in San Germán, Puerto Rico in the early hours of Wednesday (30 September).

Night of the Long Knives. Hitler’s arrival in Munich, June 30, 1934, Germany. (Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) A new book explores the untold story of The Glamour Boys – a group of brave gay and bisexual MPs who warned Britain of Nazi Germany. “The Glamour Boys” was the disparaging name given

The mother believes the school treated her daughter’s relationship differently because she is gay (Pexels) A mother is threatening to sue an Indiana school district, claiming that her gay daughter was singled out by staff and subjected to “humiliating” homophobic bullying. Melissa Hart has filed a formal complaint against the administration of Charlestown High School,

The New York Yankees high-five each other after winning 6-3 against the Philadelphia Phillies on August 3, 2020 (Sarah Stier/Getty) For the first time in four years, a season of Major League Baseball has passed without a single homophobic slur being uttered on the field. The 2020 season ended on Sunday after coronavirus shortened it