LGBTQ

Aja Raquell Rhone-Spears. (Facebook/GoFundMe) A trans woman was slain in Portland, US, last Tuesday night (July 31) just moments after she attended a vigil for a murdered Black man. Aja Raquell Rhone-Spears, 32, was stabbed at a vigil for homicide victim Tyrell Penney according to a Portland Police Department statement. The vigil, which was held

Edward Enninful. (Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images) British Vogue editor Edward Enninful has confirmed that a recent encounter which saw him racially profiled by security staff at the magazine’s offices wasn’t “an isolated incident”. Enninful, the first gay Black and male editor-in-chief in British Vogue’s 100-year history, revealed in July that he’d been refused entry to the

Mark-David Hutt, the founder of Facebook page LGBTrump that often trumpets conspiracy theories. (Facebook) The founder of the LGBTrump Facebook page was arrested and later charged with criminal mischief after twice defacing a Black Lives Matter mural. Nearly every week since a Black Lives Matter mural was painted in front of the Trump Tower in

Singer Robyn. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images) Gays, assemble! Robyn announced Monday afternoon (August 3) that she’s dropping new music on Wednesday, proving once again that winning is a full-time job for the LGBT+ community. Gay Twitter scrambled to get out of stale Zoom meetings or stopped uploading a quarantine thirst trap to take to Twitter so

A transgender woman was assaulted in Leeds city centre (ANTHONY DEVLIN/AFP/Getty) A trans student was violently mugged before being subjected to a “humiliating” sexual assault after her attacker realised she was transgender. Luke Anderson was jailed for more than four years after a court heard how he humiliated and taunted his victim, touching her backside

Cleo and Jules kiss on Canadian teen drama The Next Step, aired by CBBC – and complained about by hundreds of viewers. (YouTube/The Next Step) The BBC has been swamped with complaints for an episode of The Next Step that showed two teenage girls kissing. The same-sex kiss – the first kiss of two teenage

A gay senator in Ireland has put his social media accounts on private after he was subjected to “blatantly homophobic” abuse from a right-wing political party. Socially conservative political party Aontú, which was formed in 2019 and has just one elected representative, shared a photograph of gay Sinn Féin senator Fintan Warfield, which was taken

Black LGBT+ lives land in the intersection of racism and homophobia. (Getty/Hollie Adams) Queer Black American men suffer disproportionate levels of police discrimination, which in turn may contribute to increased risks of HIV, depression and anxiety, a study has found. Research by Rutgers University, published in Social Science & Medicine, asked over 1,100 queer Black

Julianne Moore said she was “deeply hurt” by claims she regretted her lesbian role in The Kids Are All Right. (Roy Rochlin/WireImage) Julianne Moore is “deeply hurt” by headlines claiming she regrets playing a lesbian character in queer family classic The Kids Are All Right. Moore, 59, was responding to media write-ups of an interview

Dominique Rem’mie Fells was remembered at a vigil with candles, flowers and a mural bearing her name. (Facebook) Philadelphia’s Black LGBT+ community has remembered murdered trans woman Dominique ‘Rem’mie’ Fells with flowers, candles and a vigil. Fells, a Black trans woman whose dismembered body was found in a river in June, was 27 when she

A queer independent filmmaker has accused an Amazon Prime series of ripping off his 2011 anthology film without any credit or acknowledgement. Indian film and TV director and screenwriter Onir accused the creators behind Amazon series Made in Heaven of copying his award-winning film I Am in a series of tweets. Onir spoke out about the similarities following a

Michelle Davis, mother of Ukea Davis (Michel du Cille/The Washington Post via Getty) Police in Washington DC have finally admitted that the killings of two Black trans teenagers almost 20 years ago were “clearly a hate crime”. Ukea Davis, 18, and Stephanie Thomas, 19, were found dead in a car in 2002. Both had been

Democratic lawmakers joined activists to rally against the transgender military service ban. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Democrats in the House of Representatives quietly dealt a devastating blow to US president Donald Trump’s trans military ban on Thursday (July 30). A measure pitched by California representative Jacki Speier and sponsored by a bloc of 28 fellow Democrats

Ellen Page at the “Tales of the City” New York premiere. (Dia Dipasupil/WireImage) Ellen Page has explained that she’s “sick and tired” of having to feel “fortunate” to be a lesbian with an acting career. Speaking to Stylist, the Umbrella Academy star said: “I’m so sick and tired of saying: ‘I’m so fortunate to be

Louie Gohmert has tested positive for coronavirus. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Anti-mask and anti-gay Texan lawmaker Louie Gohmert sent shudders through the Republican Party Wednesday (July 29) after announcing that he has tested positive for coronavirus. The 66-year-old, who once said gay men should be thrown onto a deserted island so they

Webster resident Darrin Pesall posted the anti-gay rant on Facebook live. (Keloland) A homophobe in South Dakota who went on a profanity-heavy anti-gay rant while burning an LGBT+ Pride flag did not commit a hate crime. Troy Kriech, a resident of the South Dakota small town Webster, decided to put up an LGBT+ Pride flag

Intersex Justice activists protest non-consensual surgeries on intersex people. (IntersexJustice/ Twitter) A major children’s hospital in the US has become the first in the nation to apologise for performing unnecessary genital surgeries on intersex babies. After a years-long advocacy campaign backed by Indya Moore, Angelica Ross and Gabrielle Union, the Ann & Robert H Lurie

A transgender woman serving a prison sentence for sexual abuse in Idaho has undergone gender affirmation surgery, after a years-long legal battle and two attempts to castrate herself behind bars. Adree Edmo had pursued a successful legal challenge against Idaho and Corizon Health Inc, the provider of healthcare for the state prison system, over the

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. (CNN) Anderson Cooper has channelled his big daddy energy to mock Donald Trump for fleeing a press conference after questions about his support for a homophobic conspiracy theorist. Trump made an abrupt exit from the White House press briefing on Tuesday (July 28) when he was challenged over his decision to

Madonna performs onstage during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards. (Kevin Mazur/Getty) Madonna has been flagged for spreading “false information” on Instagram after she shared the same coronavirus conspiracy video that got Donald Trump Jr suspended from Twitter. The Queen of Pop shared a video of the controversial anti-LGBT+ doctor Stella Immanuel, whom she described as

Donald Trump Jr has had his Twitter account restricted for sharing a video of an anti-LGBT+ doctor who thinks people get sick because of sex with demons talking about coronavirus. Twitter confirmed it has limited Trump Jr’s account for “spreading misleading and potentially harmful information related to COVID-19”. The president’s son was one of many

A health board in Scotland has claimed to be the first region in the world to “effectively eliminate” hepatitis C. NHS Tayside, one of 14 NHS Scotland boards, started pioneering efforts to tackle the blood-borne virus in 2012. After targeting people who inject drugs — an approach the health board developed because 90 per cent

GLAAD president Sarah Kate Ellis in 2019. (Jerod Harris/Getty Images for ‘BEYOND’ Spirit Day Concert 2019) Sarah Kate Ellis, president of LGBT+ advocacy organisation GLAAD, is calling for LGBT+ people and their allies to do three crucial things ahead of the US election. “We have 100 days to impact the course of history and put

Stock image of a female academic. (Envato/poungsaed_eco) When Theresa Jean Tanenbaum changed her name last summer, she realised she was now deadnamed in two decades worth of professional accomplishments. A trans woman who transitioned in her 40s, Tanenbaum is a designer and scholar of human-computer interactions who’s been published in dozens of journals. Not only

A gay man who worked as a flight attendant for Hawaiian Airlines is being mourned by his loved ones after he tragically died of coronavirus. Jeff Kurtzman, 60, was one of 17 people to test positive after attending an employee training session in Honolulu in late June. He was admitted to hospital after returning home

Stock photo. (Unsplash) International Gay Rugby has slammed a leaked World Rugby report proposing to ban trans women from the game, saying it is “irrational” and “lacks evidence”. The world governing body for rugby is reportedly considering banning trans women from playing on women’s teams, after a forum earlier this year that was attended by

View of Creek Street in Ketchikan, Southeast Alaska, USA. (Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images) A small Alaskan city has unanimously voted for a new law protecting LGBT+ people from discrimination after a local florist allegedly refused to make the wedding bouquets for a gay couple. Ketchikan, population 8,289, is a seaside city on Alaska’s southeastern

Queer men are more likely to be living with HIV in African countries that criminalise gay sex than those that do not, researchers have said. Johns Hopkins University researchers found that men who have sex with men (MSM) in sub-Saharan African nations where gay sex with is severely criminalised are at up to five times

A poster of Kendrick Castro at the STEM School Highlands Ranch, one year after the shooting. (Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty) A trans teenager has been sentenced to life in prison after taking part in a school shooting in Denver, Colorado, that saw one student killed and eight injured. According to Reuters, Alec

The creator of Nintendo Switch game Deadly Premonition 2 has removed some of the game’s transphobic content after fierce backlash from fans. The open-world mystery thriller game came under fire over its treatment of a trans character when it was released earlier this month. The character, Lena, was repeatedly misgendered and referred to using her deadname by