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Anti-Trump YouTube star Randy Rainbow has sought to address his problematic past, in his first new video since being called out with racist and transphobic tweets. The Emmy-nominated internet comedian, who has earned a large following through musical theatre parodies mocking the Trump administration, apologised in August for dozens of resurfaced tweets from 2010 and

The governor of California Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that eliminates a disparity in sex offence laws treating LGBT+ people more harshly, despite attacks from the far-right, Donald Trump Jr and Ted Cruz. In a low-key announcement on Friday (September 11) amid the wildfire emergency in the state, Newsom’s office confirmed he had signed

Democrat Andrew Gillum has come out as bisexual in his first television interview since he was found in a hotel with a gay escort.  Gillum, a former Tallahassee mayor who ran for to be governor of Florida in 2018, saw his career disintegrate in March when he was found in a Miami beach hotel room

Cynthia Nixon at the opening night of the new Richard Greenberg play “The Perplexed” on March 3, 2020 in New York City. (Bruce Glikas/WireImage) The Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon has explained why she prefers the occasionally polarising term “queer” to describe her identity. Nixon, 54, confirmed in 2018 that she identifies as

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman leads the cast of a new horror film that follows a gay couple dealing with terrifying, homophobic neighbours after they move to a rural setting. The actor and model, who has recently appeared as a judge on Canada’s Drag Race, plays gay man Malik in Spiral. In the film, Malik and his partner Aaron (Ari

A newsreader has been ordered to pay $10,000 in compensation to a trans woman for liking Facebook comments that wrongly branded her “a male bully”. The dispute began when Canberra radio broadcaster Beth Rep misgendered Bridget Clinch, Australia’s first transgender soldier, in a string of Facebook posts in March 2018. Clinch complained to the Australian

Call Me By Your Name tells the love story between 17-year old Elio and 24-year old graduate student Oliver (Sony Pictures Classics) The director of Call Me By Your Name has defended his decision to cast straight men in gay roles, saying he “wouldn’t be able to cast” the film if he was restricted to gay

Two Spirit person Geo Neptune received more votes than any other candidate (Instagram/ @niskapisuwin) An openly transgender Two Spirit person has been elected to public office for the very first time in the state of Maine. Geo Soctomah Neptune, 32, is a Two Spirit member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe who describes themselves as non-binary, trans

Trans activist Gul Panra appealed for protection before she was gunned down at a wedding (Twitter) Pakistanis are demanding justice for a transgender activist who was killed when some unidentified people opened fire on her and another trans person at a wedding. Gul Panra was murdered at the wedding in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar,

The gay bar was raided after rival drag queens sent fake complaints, according to the bar owner (Envato Elements) A gay leather bar in Baltimore was raided by a “COVID SWAT team” after a group of drag queens rivals allegedly sent fake complaints claiming the establishment was violating coronavirus rules. The Baltimore Eagle was raided

Niecy Nash has opened up about her sexuality after her surprise wedding to Jessica Betts, describing her love for a woman as a “going into myself” rather than a “coming out”. The Claws star surprised fans in August when she announced her marriage to Betts on Instagram. The actor had never come out publicly and had twice

Kate Winslet as Mary Anning and Saoirse Ronan as her lesbian lover in upcoming romantic drama Ammonite. God’s Own Country director Francis Lee has said he “didn’t want to be responsible for killing Kate Winslet” while shooting a complicated cliff scene in his new lesbian drama Ammonite. The film, which premieres at the Toronto Film Festival Friday

Kirstie Alley is absolutely furious at the Academy Awards for introducing new rules that reward diversity. The actor, 69, who made a name for herself in the 1980s in NBC sitcom Cheers, lashed out at the Oscars’ new diversity standards, which were announced on Tuesday (9 September) in an effort to make Best Picture nominees more

A gay asylum seeker has opened up about the terror he felt while sharing accommodation with two homophobes in the Irish refugee system. Preet Tahul, originally from Mauritius, told Hot Press magazine that he fled his homophobic family and sought asylum in Ireland – but the country’s harsh refugee system, known as direct provision, has left him

Craig Revel Horwood had some choice words about Nicola Adams. (Getty) Strictly Come Dancing star Nicola Adams has already been put down by judge Craig Revel Horwood before she’s so much as set foot on the ballroom floor. Horwood seemed sceptical about the Olympian’s Strictly chances when asked by Mecca Bingo Online. “I think Nicola

Pose is set to recommence filming its third season after production was shut down in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Crew members on the award-winning LGBT+ FX series are reportedly being tested for coronavirus, with producers hoping that filming can kick off again in October, according to Variety. Pose, along with a raft of other television

Gay Congressional candidate Ritchie Torres has branded the head of a police union as “racist, misogynistic and homophobic” after the group called him a “first class w***e”. Torres, who is expected to win a seat in the United States House after he won his Democratic primary, made the comment after the Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA)

South African 800 metre Olympic champion Caster Semenya. (PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images) Caster Semenya lost her final appeal to compete in the 800 metres race at the postponed Toyko 2020 Olympics in a ruling by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court Tuesday (8 September). After a lengthy battle, Semenya has been told that in order

A call for institutionalised conversion therapy in Poland has been roundly condemned by therapeutic and psychological experts in the country. Earlier this month, the Polish Episcopal Conference of Catholic bishops said that it was “necessary to create [conversion therapy] clinics… to help people regain their sexual health and natural sexual orientation”. The call for a

Jake Gyllenhaal starred in Brokeback Mountain with the late Heath Ledger. (Focus Features) Just two per cent of big budget films released in the last decade have had meaningful LGBT+ representation, according to an academic. Dr Ellie Lockhart, who has a PhD in communications, has been analysing recent films to figure out what kind of

Steps singer Ian H Watkins with Dancing on Ice skater Matt Evers. (ITV) Steps star Ian ‘H’ Watkins has called on Dancing on Ice to break new ground by introducing a trans contestant during its next season. Dancing on Ice made history in January when Watkins and professional skater Matt Evers became the show’s first ever same-sex

A proposed new law would legally erase the existence of trans people in Vladimir Putin’s Russia (Getty) Russia could be set to follow in the footsteps of Hungary with a proposed law that would legally erase transgender people. Proposed amendments to Russia’s Family Code, put forward by anti-LGBT+ lawmaker Yelena Mizulinam, would legally bar transgender

Pennsylvania state representative Malcolm Kenyatta (YouTube/Pa. House Video) Pennsylvania representative Malcolm Kenyatta has shamed Republican lawmakers for backing legislation that he says will “intimate” people from exercising their right to vote. The Black gay Democrat tore into Republicans in an impassioned address on the House floor on September 2, drawing attention to a bill that

Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has officially pardoned a US marine who was jailed for strangling a transgender woman to death. Joseph Scott Pemberton, who had been stationed in the country for a training exercise, was serving 10 years for the October 2014 killing of Filipina trans woman Jennifer Laude. The trained US marine claimed he

A trans teen was refused alcohol at a pub in Glasgow, Scotland. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato) A trans teen was left in tears after bartenders in Glasgow, Scotland, refused to serve for because she “did not look like her ID”. Savanna Galloway, 19, swung by Wetherspoons-owned Counting House on George Square Tuesday (September 1)

Jane Fonda. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) Jane Fonda, the hale actor who has remained on the frontlines of politics and Hollywood for decades, has once again set the standard when it comes to how us mere mortals should live our meagre lives. The 81-year-old told the New York Times how, upon meeting someone for the first time, she

Hope Presbyterian Church leaders and members were shocked to see the signs had been vandalised within hours of being installed. (Screen captures via NBC Chicago) A church community in a northern Illinois town was left devastated after signs signalling support of the LGBT+ community, as well as the Black Lives Matter movement, were burned down,

Simon Lokodo, Uganda’s minister of ethics, has long positioned himself as a moral crusader. (Facebook) Simon Lokodo, Uganda’s Minister of State for Ethics and Integrity who vehemently lobbied for the death penalty for gay sex for years, was unseated Saturday (September 5) and is no longer a member of the Parliament of Uganda. In the heated

Daniel Newman. (Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images) Daniel Newman was slammed Friday evening (September 4) after tweeting that he was at a “private island” with tens of other muscular, maskless men. The since-deleted social media post came only hours after the bisexual Walking Dead star said that if “you have depth, your ‘clique’ or ‘tribe’ will almost

Pillsbury Company, which owns Toaster Strudel, announced the Mean Girls-inspired product on Twitter. (Twitter) 2020 is the year that finally, “fetch” happened. In a marketing ploy that, to be frank, we’re surprised took 16 years to do, foodstuffs company Pilsbury has launched a Mean Girls-inspired Toaster Strudel and it’s honestly a work of art. After