LGBTQ

Local artists came together to create the memorial to Black trans people (Twitter/@jshine1224) Hundreds of Black trans people lost to violence have been honoured in a powerful street mural painted by local artists in Chicago. The words ‘Black Trans Lives Matter’ stretch across the street in Catalpa Avenue, Andersonville. It was created by 22 artists

Former president of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell Jr, delivers a speech during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. (Alex Wong/Getty) Jerry Falwell Jr and his wife Becki have denied allegations she performed oral sex on a 22-year-old

Nine Tory MPs have broken ranks and demanded the government urgently reform the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) and improve lives for trans people in the UK. Conservative prime minister Theresa May pledged to reform the Gender Recognition Act at the 2017 PinkNews Awards, with the government carrying out a wide-scale public consultation in 2018. But

The New Mutants director Josh Boone has slammed Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker for its weak attempt at LGBT+ representation. The Star Wars sequel, released in 2019, featured two unnamed female characters kissing in the background of a celebratory scene. It was widely seen as a sign of progress for a franchise that had never featured an LGBT+

Stephen Lim, also known as Nadia Business, had been on the waiting list for a kidney transplant for six years. (nadiabusinessqween/ Instagram) A drag queen fighting chronic kidney disease has become the first patient post-lockdown to receive a life-saving kidney transplant at a Manchester hospital. Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) was forced to stop performing transplant

Joey and Anisha Van Niekerk were raped and killed in 2017 (Facebook/joey van niekerk) Four people have been found guilty of raping and murdering a lesbian couple in a horrific and brutal attack. Joey van Niekerk, 32, and Anisha van Niekerk, 30, from Mooinooi, South Africa, had been married for three years when they were

Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez backs Alex Morse despite alleged ‘smear campaign’ (Getty Images) Left-wing Democratic firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has given her backing to congressional hopeful Alex Morse, who faced an alleged homophobic smear campaign over his Grindr hook-ups. Morse, a progressive challenger hoping to unseat centre-left Democratic congressman Richard Neal, faced a scandal earlier this month (7

Two former news anchors have accused a network news director of fatphobia, homophobia and racism in a federal lawsuit. Ex-Telemundo Denver news anchor Miguel Bedoy claims that he was fired after being subjected to labour exploitation, homophobia and racism by his former boss Griselle Sierra. Bedoy filed a lawsuit Monday (August 24) against Sierra, a

Sarah Harding, of Girls Aloud, revealed she has cancer. (Twitter) Sarah Harding, the beloved English singer and Girls Aloud star, revealed Wednesday (26 August) that she is battling advanced breast cancer. In a string of tweets, the singer chronicled her diagnosis alongside a photograph of herself in a patient gown while lying in a hospital

Viktor Orbán speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the WWI Trianon-memorial (Attila Kisbenedeck/AFP/Getty) Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has used an event commemorating the end of WWI as an opportunity to launch yet another barb at LGBT+ people. The far-right leader made the comments at a national event to inaugurate a monument commemorating the Treaty

Aaliyah once “forcefully checked” a homophobic co-star who was taunting a gay crew member on the set of Romeo Must Die, according to make-up artist Eric Ferrell. The singer and actress, who tragically died in a plane crash aged 22 in 2001, made her film debut in 2000’s Romeo Must Die – and she was not going to let

Makers have hinted that the show could be revived. (Creative Commons) Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Amber Benson has thrown her weight behind the planned reboot, saying she would like to see the story told in a “diverse world”. It was reported in 2018 that the series’ creator Joss Whedon was working on a planned reboot that

Ellen DeGeneres. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) The Ellen DeGeneres Show has been pulled by one of Australia’s top television channels after former and current staff made explosive allegations about the show’s on-set culture. Channel Nine has stopped airing DeGeneres’ long-running chat show following weeks of controversy surrounding alleged misconduct from top producers. The television channel is instead airing re-runs

Berlin Film Festival is set to introduce gender-neutral acting prizes in an effort to create a more “gender-sensitive” film industry. The decision makes it the first major film festival to introduce gender-neutral acting awards. The change was announced today (August 24) by Berlin Film Festival joint directors Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian. “Instead of the

An Arizona couple were challenged for parental rights by a sperm donor (Envato/Stock) A landmark appeals court ruling found that a sperm donor has no parental rights to the child of a lesbian couple that he helped to conceive. Giovanah L Leon gave birth to a child in April 2016, three months after she married

The words ‘All Black Lives Matter’ painted on Hollywood Boulevard (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty) The huge, LGBT-inclusive ‘All Black Lives Matter’ installation on Hollywood Boulevard is being made permanent to commemorate the history-making march in Los Angeles. Tens of thousands of people joined the march on June 14 to protest the brutal murders of two Black trans

Transgender model Maxine Heron was told by an agency that her work was drying up because of her “lifestyle choices” after she came out. Heron, 26, transitioned privately at the age of 16 but remained in the closet until 2018 when she came out as part of the ‘We Won’t Be Erased’ movement, which showed

One of the earliest portraits of William Shakespeare from 1623 (GraphicaArtis/Getty) William Shakespeare was “undeniably bisexual”, according to new research on the language of his love sonnets by two leading scholars. The legendary playwright’s sexuality has long been the subject of speculation and debate, but Professor Sir Stanley Wells and Dr Paul Edmonson believe their

Cher has come out in support of candidate Joe Biden in the Democratic presidential race. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Mike Marsland/Mike Marsland/WireImage) The eternal gay icon Cher is rallying the LGBT+ community to support Joe Biden in a virtual fundraiser for his presidential campaign. The Goddess of Pop is set to headline the online event on August

Officers were called to Stamford Hill in Hackney following reports of a homophobic assault (Envato Elements) Police have appealed for witnesses to a “vicious” homophobic attack on a man in his 20s in north-east London. Officers were called to Stamford Hill in Hackney at 1am on July 26 after receiving reports of a homophobic assault

Cincinnati Reds television broadcaster Thom Brennaman. (Joe Robbins/Getty Images) Fox Sports announcer Thom Brennaman has issued a second apology for using a homophobic slur on air, having been educated on the history of “hate and prejudice” the word is rooted in. Brennaman, who has been commentating on Major League Baseball games for over 30 years,

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the 2020 Council for National Policy Meeting at the Ritz Carlton in Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia on August 21, 2020. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty) Despite claiming that it is a “great honour” to be the “most pro-gay” president in history, Donald Trump has erased LGBT+ people from

Randy Rainbow celebrates the release of his Christmas CD “Hey Gurl, It’s Christmas” at Sardi’son November 11, 2019 in New York City. (Glikas/Getty) Randy Rainbow has apologised for his past transphobic and racist tweets, insisting that “there is not a racist or intolerant bone” in his body. The gay comedian is known for his song

Chi Chi Devayne performs onstage in 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Santiago Felipe/Getty Images) RuPaul has paid tribute to RuPaul’s Drag Race legend Chi Chi DeVayne, who has tragically died at just 34 years old after battling pneumonia. Chi Chi DeVayne passed away Thursday (August 20), days after being hospitalised with pneumonia. She had lived

Chi Chi DeVayne has passed away, aged 34. (chichidevayneofficial/ Instagram) RuPaul’s Drag Race legend Chi Chi DeVayne has tragically died in hospital at just 34 years old after battling pneumonia. The drag icon — real name Zavion Davenport — competed on the eighth season of the show and on the third season of RuPaul’s Drag Race

The Christian foster agency was found to have acted unlawfully in excluding LGBT+ parents (Envato Elements) A Christian fostering agency in England discriminated against LGBT+ people by asking potential carer to “refrain from homosexual behaviour”, a damning Ofsted report has found. According to the education watchdog, Sunderland-based Cornerstone North East Fostering Service would only recruit

The conservatorship that Britney Spears has been entangled in for the last 12 years will remain unchanged, a court hearing Wednesday (19 August) said. In a move that will likely sow even further discord among a faction of the pop star’s fans that are vying for the complex legal arrangement to end, Spears’ father, Jamie, will

Mark and Patricia McCloskey once waggled guns outside their sprawling mansion as peaceful people protests racial inequality and police brutality. (Screen capture via Twitter) The “anti-gay” white couple who stood outside their mansion and pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters will “definitely” speak at the Republican Party convention this month. Mark and Patricia McCloskey,

Police are investigating after a gang of children launched a shocking homophobic attack on two victims at a nature reserve in York. The incident occurred at around 4pm on Saturday (August 15) in St Nicholas Fields, a 24-acre nature reserve in the heart of York. The group included two girls as young as ten, along

British television screenwriter and director Russell T Davies (Colin McPherson/Corbis via Getty Images) Russell T Davies has warned that we shouldn’t be so quick to mourn the corporatisation of Pride, as it could actually be a positive thing for the LGBT+ community. The trailblazing gay TV writer shared his thoughts with the drag queen Diane