The playwright and AIDS activist Larry Kramer had died (Photo by Melanie Burford For The Washington Post via Getty Images.) Legendary AIDS activist and playwright Larry Kramer has died, aged 84. The former activist, who founded both Gay Men’s Health Crisis and ACT UP during the AIDS crisis, passed away from pneumonia on Wednesday. Known
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Gavin Capps was convicted of sexual assault on an EasyJet flight (Facebook/Gavin Capps) An EasyJet passenger has been sentenced to six months in prison for squeezing an air steward’s bottom and calling him a “gay boy”. Gavin Capps, 51, was convicted of one count of sexual assault and one count of threatening words or behaviour
‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic was jailed for trying to have an animal rights activist murdered. (Netflix) Tiger King – that Netflix docu-series that dropped just as a global, viral pandemic paralysed us all – might be in-line for a second season, according to Joe Exotic’s right-hand man, John Reinke. Speaking to The Sun, the 54-year-old
Zambian President Edgar Lungu. (DAWOOD SALIM/AFP via Getty Images) President of Zambia Edgar Lungu has pardoned two men who were jailed for having gay sex in November, 2019. Carrying a 15 yearslong sentence, the imprisonment of Japhet Chataba and Steven Samba by high court judge curdled into international outcry from LGBT+ advocates and diplomats towards
Users of an alt-right 4chan board are conspiring a cyberattack against the LGBT+ community. (4chan) Alt-right 4chan users are plotting to hijack LGBT+ Pride month on June 1 by clogging social media with poisonous homophobia and boycotting supportive brands. Members of the imageboard website plotted “Operation Pridefall” as early May 10 on the /pol/ board,
Bobby Berk. (Rich Fury/Getty) Queer Eye star Bobby Berk has revealed the moving reason he agreed to transform a church volunteer in Georgia, US, as part of the Netflix show’s season two premiere. Since bookmarked by viewers as a fan favourite, the episode saw Berk and the Fab Five drive up to rural Georgia in
Jolyon Maugham (R) suffered criticism after his comment comparing passing on coronavirus to HIV. (TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images) After intense outcry, a British barrister apologised Sunday afternoon (May 24) for comparing Dominic Cummings to “a man with HIV having unprotected sex”. Good Law Project director Jolyon “Jo” Maugham weathered heavy criticism from sexual health advocates
A candlelight vigil to bring awareness to the crisis of AIDS that was affecting the gay community, 1983. (Steve Ringman/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty) Three queer elders have explained the lessons they learned about resilience and love during the AIDS crisis, which are now helping them get through the coronavirus pandemic. Although the coronavirus pandemic
Dr Caroline Norma will appear on a panel discussing “the major concerns around the proposed [conversion therapy] ban”. (CarolineNorma76/ Twitter) Students are revolting at an Australian university after a lecturer signed up to be a panellist at a “unscientific and dangerous” gay conversion therapy forum. Dr Caroline Norma is a lecturer in the School of
Pakistan’s transgender community, already forced to the fringes of society, are being deprived of crucial support during the country’s coronavirus lockdown. (ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images) Existing inequalities that mean trans people are more likely to have mental and physical health problems are being exacerbated by coronavirus, according to scientists who are urging governments to act. The
Margaret Thatcher and Liz Truss. (Getty) It’s been 32 years since Section 28 came into law, banning local authorities and schools from the “promotion of homosexuality”, and by proxy, sponsoring discrimination against all queer identities. The clause – an amendment to the Local Government Act 1988 – was born from a homophobia that had become
Minh Khang with his new baby. (Vietnam Insider) Vietnam’s ‘first trans dad’ has given birth to a baby, with his wife at his side. Minh Khang and Minh Anh became parents on May 16, to baby girl Thiên An. Khang, 24, and Anh, 21, are a well-known trans couple in Vietnam, who met in 2017
Kevin Hart attends the FX Networks’ Star Walk Winter Press Tour 2020 at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 09, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (Gregg DeGuire/WireImage) Comedian Kevin Hart, who stepped down from hosting the Oscars in 2019 after backlash over his homophobic jokes, has said he deserves “a chance to move on”. Last year,
Robyn Peoples and Sharni Edwards kiss each other after they became Northern Ireland’s first legally married same sex couple on February 11, 2020. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) Flaws in same-sex marriage legislation in Northern Ireland are “blocking many couples” from celebrating their big day, campaigners have warned. Same-sex couples are still unable to have
The nephew of Harvey Milk has said that the best way to protect his legacy is to elect Joe Biden as president of the United States in November. A pioneer of LGBT+ rights, Milk was one of the first openly gay people to hold elected office in the United States. Tragically, his life was cut
Another gay couple were the victims of a homophobic attack in Amsterdam this week, the third attack of its kind in the city in a matter of weeks. The gay couple were in a canoe at JC van Epenstraat when the incident occurred on 21 May, according to NLTimes. While in the canoe, a group
People celebrating Ireland’s historic same-sex marriage referendum in 2015 (Clodagh Kilcoyne/Getty) Five years ago today, people in Ireland went out in their droves and voted in favour of same-sex marriage. Ultimately, 62 per cent of the public voted in favour of amending the constitution to allow same-sex couples the right to marry, with 38 per
Cory Wilson testifies at his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in on May 20, 2020. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/ Getty) Republicans have moved a step closer to the lifetime appointment of judicial nominee Cory Wilson, a man who could potentially set LGBT+ rights back decades. Wilson is Donald Trump’s latest nominee to the 5th US Circuit
Leo Molloy, who owns HeadQuarters in Auckland, New Zealand, weathered criticism after a homophobic COVID-19 comment which, he claimed, was taken out of context. (Facebook) New Zealand restaurateur Leo Molloy was called homophobic after he sounded out against the government’s lockdown restrictions on bars by suggesting that gay people spread COVID-19, so bar-goers have nothing to
Liz Truss gives a speech at think-tank ‘Onward’ on March 19, 2019 in London. (PLuke Dray/Getty Images) The trans community in the UK is “under threat” and feels “extremely scared”, according to a letter-writing campaign targeting Conservative equalities minister Liz Truss. The campaign, ‘Dear Liz’, has been set up in the wake of Truss’ comments
The ‘genderbread person’ helps children to understand the differences between gender and anatomy (Genderbread.org) A high school has dropped an LGBT+ educational tool after a transphobic mother complained it was targeting “vulnerable children” like her own transgender son. The school in Australia showed 15-year-old students an image of the ‘genderbread person‘, a well-known teaching resource
The time a Nebraska woman in 2015 tried to sue every gay person in existence has, of course, become a meme in 2020. (Twitter/Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images) The time a Nebraska woman tried to sue every gay person in existence in 2015 has, of course, become a meme in 2020. In 2015 Sylvia Driskell
A screenshot of one of the leaked meetings between Azerbaijani politicians (YouTube/Kanal12 Az) Leaked footage from Zoom calls between senior Azerbaijani politicians has uncovered appalling levels of homophobia within the top ranks of the opposition party. The four videos leaked between May 13 and 17 reveal conversations between leading members of the National Council of
Former Iranian aide Shahindokht Molaverdi was condemned for “promoting” homosexuality (YouTube/AP Archive)/ The former aide for women’s and family affairs in Iran has been forced to apologise for sharing an innocent cartoon that was branded as “homosexual propaganda”. On May 15 Shahindokht Molaverdi shared a poster to mark the International Day of Families on her
Roddy Bottum of Faith No More is taking advantage of the global pandemic to release some of his queerest work yet. The musician, best known as the keyboardist for the San Francisco alternative metal band, revealed that he’s been working on music with his boyfriend Joey Holman. Roddy Bottum is releasing lockdown music with his
Eric Trump has dismissed coronavirus as a Democrat ‘strategy’ (Astrid Stawiarz/Getty) Eric Trump has claimed that coronavirus is part of a Democrat conspiracy that will “magically” disappear as soon as the election is over. In an interview with Fox News, Eric took a page from his father’s playbook to cast doubt on social distancing measures designed
A court order was issued for the LGBT+ Ugandans’ immediate release (image supplied) 19 LGBT+ Ugandans who were arrested, whipped and interrogated under “bogus” coronavirus charges have been released following sustained pressure from human rights groups. Their release was ordered by a Ugandan court on Monday (May 18) after public prosecutors were forced to withdraw
The Beijing Queer Chorus told a love story of two gay giraffes. (Queer Beijing Choris) The Beijing Queer Chorus has released a breathtaking shadow-puppet video about the tender love story of two gay giraffes. The group performed a song about a romantic relationship between two male giraffes and released the accompanying video on International Day
Prideland is a PBS series that will debut June 12. (PBS) A right-wing Christian fundamentalist group launched Friday (May 15) an attack against the Public Broadcast Station (PBS) for “promoting homosexuality” with its Pride month content. In other, less homophobic terms, PBS are airing a series of shows on Pride Month titled Prideland. Oh, the
Peter Elie. (Screen capture via YouTube) A 27-year-old has been arrested by Toronto, Canada, police in connection with the brutal murder of a beloved DJ, found dead in the laundry room of his apartment block. Peter Elie, 52, was found murdered early Thursday morning (May 14) after emergency services responded to a small fire in