LGBTQ

New York State Senator Brad Hoylman (Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) A gay state senator has spoken out after he was rejected from giving blood, despite meeting the new official guidelines for doing so. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in February that it would “immediately” relax rules imposed during the AIDS

Sam Smith performs on stage during Lollapaloosa Sao Paulo, 2019. (Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images) Sam Smith was “ridiculed” by a Sunshine Radio presenter last year in a programme that regulator Ofcom says was a breach of the broadcasting code. Paul Ellery, who has since resigned from Sunshine Radio, made the comments in his breakfast show on

Gay actor Yuval David was blocked from donating blood and plasma by the FDA due to the agency’s three monthlong deferral period. (YuvalDavid.com) After recovering from coronavirus, gay American actor Yuval David tried to donate life-saving plasma but was blocked from doing so simply because he’d had sex with his husband within the last three

Republican Denver Riggleman lost his party’s support after officiating a same-sex wedding (Facebook/Denver Riggleman) Republicans in Virginia are attempting to oust one of their own house representatives for the simple reason that he officiated a same-sex wedding. Denver Riggleman, a libertarian-leaning business owner and Republican congressperson, has represented Virginia’s 5th congressional district since 2018. His

Aimee Stephens with her wife, Donna, outside the US Supreme Court on October 8, 2019, before judges heard her historic case. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) Aimee Stephens, the woman who brought the first-ever transgender civil rights case to the Supreme Court, has tragically died. Stephens, 58, had kidney disease and had been receiving hospice

Former Conservative Party lawmaker Edwina Currie sparred with Good Morning Britain hosts over coronavirus guidelines. (Screen capture via ITV) Edwina Currie, the former British Conservative Party politician, clashed Tuesday morning with Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid over government advice on the coronavirus, one of the most seismic public health crises to ever pelt the nation. Currie

Many LGBT+ people think domestic violence is an issue only faced by people who are both cisgender and straight – but this is not the case. That finding was presented in a new study conducted by Relationships Australia New South Wales (RANSW) and ACON (formerly the AIDS Council of NSW). The study was published by

Adam Lambert had been due to headline Manchester Pride 2020. (Getty/Noam Galai) Manchester Pride 2020 organisers said they are “heartbroken and devastated” to cancel this year’s event. Manchester has become the last major Pride parade in the UK to be cancelled due to coronavirus. “The decision is not one that has been taken lightly,” a

The 1975 singer Matt Healy has said that he regrets a gay kiss at a concert in Dubai that put himself and fans at risk. The singer made news in August last year while performing in the United Arab Emirates, where he flouted local anti-LGBT+ laws by kissing a male fan and appearing in front

A police officer asks for documents at a checkpoint on April 21, 2020 in Bogota, Colombia. (Guillermo Legaria/Getty Images) Gender-based lockdown rules in Bogotá, Colombia, will be lifted after they fuelled a wave of violence against transgender people living in the city. Bogotá’s mayor, Claudia Lopez, said in a virtual press conference on Friday (May

World-renowned illusionists and conservationists Siegfried and Roy (right) pose with their white tiger in an undated photo. (Photo courtesy of Siegfried and Roy/The Mirage via Getty Images) Roy Horn, the tiger-levitating entertainer who dazzled Las Vegas audiences as half of magic duo Siegfried and Roy, has died from COVID-19 complications. Roy Horn died at MountainView

Tyra Banks has come under fire for her questionable comments over a model’s tooth gap (Twitter/@OladapoAisha) Tyra Banks is feeling the heat this week after a resurfaced clip from America’s Next Top Model showed her criticising a contestant’s tooth gap. In the footage from the show’s sixth season, which aired in 2006, Tyra is seen

Aimee Stephens outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, October 8, 2019. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) Aimee Stephens, the woman who brought the first-ever transgender civil rights case to the Supreme Court, is receiving hospice care at home after her health took a turn for the worse. Her case was one of a

Stonewall historian David Carter speaking in New York in 2009. (Screenshot/Fora TV/YouTube) David Carter, the gay historian who authored the “definitive history” of the Stonewall Uprising, has died from a heart attack at the age of 67. Carter died May 1 in his New York apartment, according to the Washington Blade. His brother, Bill, told

Macaulay Culkin plays an “insane character” in the tenth season of American Horror Story. (Erik Voake/Getty for Adult Swim and Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images) Macaulay Culkin’s character in the forthcoming series of American Horror Story will have “crazy, erotic sex” with Kathy Bates, according to show creator Ryan Murphy. Murphy has already revealed that Culkin will

Appearing on The View, Gabrielle Union gave advice to parents of trans kids. (The View/ YouTube) Gabrielle Union has said that parents who “throw away” their trans kids are “bizarre, sad and pathetic”. The Bring It On actress has four kids with former NBA star Dwyane Wade, including Wade’s 12-year-old daughter Zaya, who came out as transgender in

Milton Hershey school was accused of forcing boys to watch conversion therapy videos (YouTube/Milton Hershey School) A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a former student who says his school forced him to watch a ‘conversion therapy’ video as a punishment for watching gay porn. The lawsuit was levelled at the Milton Hershey boys’

Sven Sundgaard had worked at the TV station for 14 years. (explorewithsven/ Instagram) A beloved and super-hot gay weatherman has been unceremoniously fired after calling out Trump-supporting, far-right, anti-lockdown protesters. Sven Sundgaard, 39, is a gay vlogger and until last week was a weatherman for TV station KARE 11, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to Queerty,

Jens Spahn, German minister of health, announced the conversion therapy ban on Thursday, May 7. (Maja Hitij/ Getty) Germany has banned traumatising conversion therapy for people under the age of 18, and introduced penalties for adults, putting the UK and US to shame. On Thursday evening, May 7, the Bundestag passed a law which completely

Joe Biden speaking at a live streamed virtual town hall event (PBS News Hour/Getty) Joe Biden has reaffirmed his commitment to LGBT+ healthcare, vowing to make PrEP and gender affirming surgeries covered by insurance plans. The presumptive Democratic nominee described gender affirming surgeries as “medically necessary” as he vowed to reverse Donald Trump’s attacks on

Kevin Spacey during a rare public appearance in August. (Getty) Kevin Spacey has compared his public fall from grace amid sexual assault allegations to the coronavirus pandemic. Spacey was first accused of abusing Star Trek: Discovery actor Anthony Rapp when he was 14-years-old back in 2017. In response, he chose to come out as gay

Jim Bakker suggested that Silver Solution was a gift from God that could eliminate coronavirus. (YouTube) Anti-LGBT+ televangelist Jim Bakker has said he is being “unfairly targeted” after a lawsuit was filed against him for peddling a “miracle cure” for coronavirus. Bakker and his TV production company, Morningside Church Productions Inc, were named in a

Stephanie Mayorga and Paige Escalera, have not been seen or heard from since April 15. Two bodies have been found inside the car belonging to one half of a lesbian couple who went missing last month, just weeks after they got engaged. Stephanie Mayorga, 27, and Paige Escalera, 25, vanished from their home in Wilmington,

Joe Biden (Frederick M. Brown/Getty) The biggest transgender activist group in the United States has said Joe Biden is “the advocate and president we need” in a powerful endorsement. Mara Keisling of the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) Action Fund threw her organisation’s support behind Biden in a wide-ranging statement released today (May 5).

A Florida appeals court has ditched vital LGBT+ discrimination protections in the middle of a global pandemic. Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeals struck down the law, which protected LGBT+ people’s right to public accommodation, employment and housing, in a ruling last Friday (May 1). Plaintiffs in the case argued that the LGBT+ protections, which

Dillon Passage said Carole Baskin is to blame for the coronavirus pandemic without offering an explanation. (Instagram/Netflix) Tiger King star Dillon Passage said “there’s only one person” to blame for the coronavirus pandemic, “and that is Carole f**king Baskin”. Passage made the bizarre swipe at his husband Joe Exotic’s arch nemesis while offering his advice

Dylan McDermott (David Crotty/Patrick McMullan/Getty) and Leslie Jordan (Harmony Gerber/Getty) Ryan Murphy has revealed that he is working on a new project which will star Leslie Jordan and Dylan McDermott – but there’s a catch. The popular gay television writer has apparently got the two actors on board for the project, even though he hasn’t

Franklin Graham has claimed the media and “liberal politicians” are using the coronavirus pandemic to “destroy” Donald Trump. Graham, the notorious anti-LGBT+ evangelist, made the comments in a Facebook post shortly after he was told to close a New York tent hospital set up by his charity Samaritan’s Purse. The Central Park tent hospital was

The singer Boy George, who was jailed in 2009 for imprisoning a male escort (Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation) The convicted criminal George O’Dowd, more popularly known as Boy George, has said that people “want to be offended” over transgender issues. George, who maintains some popularity in the post-#MeToo era a full

Circus of Books director Rachel Mason has said she had a very emotional reaction to hearing her brother open up about coming out. Mason’s documentary, which debuted on Netflix earlier this month, tells the story of her conservative, religious parents Karen and Barry Mason – who ran a minor gay porn empire in Los Angeles.