The Vagina Museum team Florence Schechter, Zoe Williams and Sarah Creed (Photo by Angus Young) London’s Vagina Museum is set to reopen this month with an exhibition dedicated to the history of menstruation. The Vagina Museum, which started as a pop-up in 2017, opened as the world’s first museum dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and gynaecological
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Lil Nas X features in a photoshoot for GQ Style SS21, available on newsstands 13 May 2021. (Photo by Luke Gilford) Lil Nas X has revealed that he thought God was “tempting” him with his feelings for men, admitting he “never wanted to be gay”. The “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” rapper graced the cover
Pope Francis. (Christopher Furlong/Getty) Catholic churches in Germany have decided to bless same-sex couples despite a Vatican ruling that forbids them from doing so. The Church of St Benedict in Munich and three other churches in Würzburg offered blessings to same-sex couples on Sunday (9 May) in direct contravention of the Vatican’s widely condemned policy.
Transgender people and supporters march through central London during the second Trans Pride protest march for equality on 12 September 2020. (Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) A retired Old Bailey judge has questioned why anti-trans groups such as the LGB Alliance weren’t included in a consultation on hate crime laws. Charles Wilde,
Phyllis Akua Opoku Gyimah during the GAY TIMES Honours 500 at Magazine London on 21 November 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage for GAY TIMES) The legendary Lady Phyll opened up about learning to accept herself in a new interview. The co-founder and executive director of UK Blade Pride shared her story on
LGBT+ students were told to “die” in horrific graffiti. (Envato Elements) LGBT+ students were told to “die” in “appalling and terrifying” homophobic graffiti daubed over a Pride flag. Abusive slurs were scrawled on a white board that had a Pride flag projected onto it at Broadland High School in Norfolk, according to the North Norfolk News.
Alleged neo-Nazi Andrew Dymock is on trial for terrorism at the Old Bailey (Getty) A student is accused of promoting a virulently homophobic neo-Nazi group in a bid to start a British “race war” against people of colour. Andrew Dymock, 23, is on trial at the Old Bailey charged with 12 terror offences and three other
The City of Atlanta Police Department says the man in this surveillance footage is a suspect in a series of armed robberies by thieves who are using Grindr to find their victims. (YouTube/FOX 5 Atlanta) Police in Atlanta, Georgia have warned that thieves are using Grindr to find their victims. At least eight people have been
Franklin Graham got a frosty response from the Seattle Police Department (CNP/Ron Sachs//Anadolu Agency/Getty) Franklin Graham has insisted he’s “not anti-gay” after Seattle Police refused to attend his dinner because of his homophobic views. The notoriously anti-LGBT+ preacher is hosting the aw enforcement appreciation dinner in Seattle next week, but there’s just one tiny problem: Seattle
Two men have been convicted for a vile “unprovoked attack” on a shop worker who was threatened with homophobic abuse. Nathan Jones, 34, and Shaun Aston, 26, spat the slurs “f****t” and “batty boy” at the victim on 27 February as he worked at the One Stop Shop in Cardiff, Wales. Jones had already been
Phelokazi Ndlwana was brutally murdered in South Africa (Facebook/Gay and Lesbian Network) South Africa is mourning yet another LGBT+ murder victim, a 24-year-old lesbian named Phelokazi Ndlwana. Police were called to the crime scene on Mzolxolo Street in the Khayelitsha township on Sunday (2 May), where they found Ndlwana’s body. “On their arrival they were
The acclaimed director Paul Verhoeven has dropped an explosive trailer for his long-awaited erotic lesbian nun romance, Benedetta. The steamy period drama will be the Dutch filmmaker’s first movie in five years and is expected to bear all the hallmarks of his iconic psychosexual dramas Basic Instinct and Elle. Inspired by true events, the French-language thriller
Alex Salmond claims his reported remarks about the SNP being captured by “loony tune transgender warriors” are inaccurate, insisting those were not his “exact words”. The Alba party leader and former first minister of Scotland is alleged to have made the comment to Scottish broadcaster Jim Spence, who reported it in The Courier on Tuesday
Lil Nas X. (David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty) Lil Nas X hesitated before introducing his bottoming banger “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” to the world in case its lyrics “alienated” his straight fans. The star put his sexuality front and centre in the chart-topping global hit which includes explicit references to gay sex, not
Trans woman Zashy Zuley del Cid was murdered in the streets of San Miguel, El Salvador (Facebook) El Salvador’s LGBT+ community is mourning the loss of a fearless trans woman and activist who was murdered from a gunshot to the back. Zashy Zuley del Cid was killed in the early hours of 24 April in
Proud Boys at a gun rights rally on 1 May, 2021, in Salem, Oregon. (Getty/ Nathan Howard) The Canadian chapter of the far-right extremist group Proud Boys has dissolved itself, while insisting it was “never a white supremacy group”. In February this year, Proud Boys was officially designated a white supremacist terrorist group in Canada, for their
Iris Santos (L) and Natalia Smüt. (Houston Police Department/Instagram) Two trans women were slain on the same day in the US, raising the spectre of a spree of violence that shows no signs of stopping this year. Iris Santos, a Latinx trans woman, and Natalia Smüt, a “firecracker” of a drag performer who dazzled audiences
The central cast of It’s A Sin. (Channel 4) Channel 4 bosses were nervous about what response Russell T Davies’ AIDS drama It’s a Sin would receive. The British television programme has earned plaudits for its raw and euphoric look into the lives of queer folk in their 20s who arrived in London at the
Members of the LGBT+ community march in the Pride parade in Durban, South Africa, in 2018. (AFP via Getty/ RAJESH JANTILAL) A suspect has been arrested in connection to a gay man who was left bruised and battered after being stabbed with a bottle in Sasolburg, South Africa. Segakweng Kimora Magoma was allegedly attacked at
Normunds Kindzulis, a 29-year-old medical assistant, suffered burns on 85 per cent of his body. (Instagram/@kindzulis.normunds) A gay man from Tukums, Latvia, died of burns Wednesday (28 April) that nearly covered his entire body after a disgruntled neighbour allegedly doused him with flammable liquid. Normunds Kindzulis, a 29-year-old medical assistant, suffered burns on 85 per
Miitopia. (Nintendo) A demo has been released for forthcoming Switch RPG Miitopia, but it’s the character creator that’s taking the internet by storm. Characters in the RPG are made up of player created Mii characters, first introduced on Nintendo’s Wii console. It means you can customise the entire story with party members, and even villains,
Hailie Sahar as Lulu, Indya Moore as Angel. (Michael Parmelee/FX) Pose creator Steven Canals has opened up about why the show had to end, saying he had always envisioned a “very specific ending”. The groundbreaking drama returns this weekend, with fans already mourning what feels like a premature ending. News that Pose’s new season would
Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche. (HECTOR MATA/AFP via Getty) Anne Heche has said her ex-girlfriend Ellen DeGeneres didn’t want her to “dress sexy” when they attended the Golden Globes together in 1998. The Another World actress dated DeGeneres between 1997 and 2000, and she’s finally opening up about what her time with the lesbian icon was like.
Justice N Anand Venkatesh ordered himself to attend an LGBT+ education session with a psychologist. (YouTube/ MMBA Madurai Bench – Lawyers Chambers and Envato) A high court judge in India has ordered himself to undergo an education session with a psychologist on same-sex relationships before ruling on a case relating to a lesbian couple. The
Edwin Poots is being tipped as the next leader of the DUP. (YouTube) DUP politician Edwin Poots is being tipped as a potential successor to Arlene Foster after she announced that she was stepping down. The former health minister has a long history of opposing LGBT+ rights, but he is already being named by political pundits
The Supreme Court sided with California against the state of Texas (Justin Sullivan/Getty) The US Supreme Court has thrown out a Texas lawsuit over California’s ban on state-funded business trips to states that discriminate against LGBT+ people. California adopted the ban in 2017 after Texas allowed state-funded foster care and adoption agencies to deny services
Graham Norton. (Samir Hussein/WireImage) Graham Norton drunk emailed Drag Race producers begging them for a job when he heard a UK version of the contest was in the works. The legendary broadcaster made the admission in an interview with The Guardian, telling the newspaper that he is “pathetically proud” to be a judge on Drag Race UK and that he
Trans man Teddy Cook addressing a New South Wales parliamentary committee (Screenshot: LGBTI Rights Australia) A trans health expert delivered a powerful testimony before ab Australian state parliament, declaring that trans people like him “deserve the dignity of being known”. Teddy Cook was the sole transgender person to address a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry
Jonathan Bennett and Jaymes Vaughan. (jaymesv/instagram) Jonathan Bennett has shared the adorable story of how he first met his fiancé Jaymes Vaughan. The actor, who played love interest Aaron Samuels in Mean Girls, told The Knot about the incredible moment he first laid eyes on his husband-to-be. The couple met for the first time when Jonathan Bennett turned
Clare Balding. (Simone Padovani/Awakening/Getty) Clare Balding was terrified that coming out as a lesbian would put an end to her broadcasting career. The BBC presenter came out as a lesbian in 2003 after almost a decade of hiding her sexuality while working at the UK’s state broadcaster. “I was brought up to think that the
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