Bratz is releasing its first ever same-sex couple dolls for Pride Month. Bratz is releasing its first ever same-sex couple dolls to celebrate Pride. The new set from queer-favourite brand, Bratz features characters Roxxi and Nevra, who came out as girlfriends in 2020. The brand say they’re releasing the set “to honour” the many LGBTQ+
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Ethan Schmidt told LGBTQ+ folk and their supporters that they were “not safe”. (Twitter/ PatriotTakes) Right-wing extremist Ethan Schmidt, who founded the group The Anti-Maskers Club, has announced that he will be “hunting” LGBTQ+ people and their supporters during Pride month, adding: “They’re not safe.” Schmidt is a racist, anti-vax, homophobic, transphobic, Trump-supporting social media user
Pride Parade in London, 2019. (Getty) More adults identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual than ever before, with one in 12 young people saying they are LGB, according to new official figures. Eight per cent of 16 to 24-year-olds described themselves as LGB in the 2020 Annual Population Survey, it was revealed for the first
Singer Tank performs onstage during Club Quarantine (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images) R&B singer-songwriter Tank has hit back against haters who are accusing him of being gay for singing at a Pride event. Featuring on the Drink Champs podcast, the Grammy-nominated star reflected on the backlash he received in 2017 for performing at a Washington
Cricketer Steve Davies is the first and only English male pro to come out as gay. (Alex Davidson/Getty) Gay cricket coach and activist Sam Schofield has criticised the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for “letting down” the LGBTQ+ community. After Jake Daniels became England’s first pro male footballer to come out as gay in
Zander Moricz gave a powerful speech against ‘Don’t Say Gay’, without saying “gay”. (YouTube/ Liz Ballard) A gay Florida student gave an incredible graduation speech about his fight against the state’s horrific ‘Don’t Say Gay’ legislation – without saying gay. ‘Don’t Say Gay’, signed into law by Florida governor Ron DeSantis in March, forbids discussion of
Ricky Gervais resorted to tired anti-trans jokes in his new Netflix special. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) It takes Ricky Gervais less than two minutes to crack cheap jokes about trans people in his new Netflix special. The comic opens Ricky Gervais: SuperNature, which was released on Netflix on Tuesday (24 May), with a 15-minute-long segment about trans
Tory MP Crispin Blunt and former Tory Imran Ahmad Khan, who remains MP for Wakefield. (Getty/Parliament) Conservative MP Crispin Blunt has yet again defended disgraced ex-colleague Imran Ahmad Khan after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a teen boy, claiming Khan “did not get a fair trial”. Disgraced ex-Tory MP Khan, 48, was found
The stages of monkeypox. (UK Health Security Agency) Monkeypox is continuing to spread across the UK and Europe, while the number of people forcibly displaced by conflict has surpassed 100 million for the first time. Elsewhere, Ellen DeGeneres is preparing to bow out from her world famous talkshow and footballer Jake Daniels continues to be
ILGA Europe’s 2022 Rainbow Map and Index. (ILGA Europe) The annual Rainbow Map ranking has placed Malta as the best nation for LGBTQ+ rights in Europe for the seventh year in a row, while the UK’s score continues to plummet. ILGA Europe’s Rainbow Map and Index has ranked European countries on the basis of their “legal
Riot police formed a blockade around the students, before arresting them one by one. (Twitter/ budirenisi) A Pride parade at Boğaziçi University, Turkey, was violently broken up by authorities, with dozens of students arrested by riot police. LGBTQ+ people face increasing persecution in Turkey, and in 2015, Instanbul Pride was banned for the first time.
Pride parade in Padua, Italy, 2021. (NurPhoto via Getty/ Massimo Bertolini) A 16-year-old in Italy was beaten so severely by his own uncle that he broke four ribs, all for having a rainbow scarf on his bag, rights groups have said. On 17 May, which was also International Day Against Homophobia Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), the
British journalist and author Shon Faye. (Paul Samuel White) Author and journalist Shon Faye has outlined why, in the simplest of terms, trans liberation is the right step forward. In an interview with Now Then Magazine, Faye explains the reasons behind writing her book The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice and why trans liberation
Queen of pop, global icon and Instagram enthusiast Madonna has been left speechless after being banned from going live on the social media platform after sharing risqué and defiant naked posts. The singer shared a video on Instagram of her pure bewilderment after attempting to go live to her 18 million followers, only to find
A lesbian couple have been separated by Congolese border officials all because they posted TikTok videos of themselves hugging and kissing. (Screen captures via TikTok)) A lesbian couple says they have been persecuted by the Democratic Republic of Congo because they shared a TikTok video of them hugging and kissing. One half of the couple
Dr Yashica Robinson expertly shut down Republican representative Dan Bishop’s irrelevant question. (C-SPAN) A Republican congressman asked the tired and loaded question “what is a woman” at a hearing on abortion access, and it backfired beautifully. A House Judiciary Committee hearing on abortion rights was held on Wednesday (18 May) in light of this month’s
Boris Johnson’s government was criticised by Roderic O’Gorman for its handling of conversion therapy. (Getty/Facebook) Ireland will ban conversion therapy for all LGBTQ+ people and will swerve the UK’s approach of excluding trans people, a government minister has said. Roderic O’Gorman, minister for children and equality, said the government intends to ban the practice, and
Christina Pushaw, press secretary for governor Ron DeSantis, has been mocked online after falling for a fake “homophobic dog” story. (Twitter/@ChristinaPushaw/Instagram/@whitney_chewston) Florida governor Ron DeSantis’ press secretary has been ridiculed on social media after she tweeted a fake news story about a ‘homophobic’ dog. On Monday (16 May), Christina Pushaw tweeted a screenshot of a
The Royal Mint is celebrating a huge milestone of Pride in the UK with the first-ever LGBTQ+ official UK coin. (Royal Mint) A new 50p coin featuring the colours of the Progress Pride LGBTQ+ flag has been unveiled. The Royal Mint is celebrating 50 years of Pride in the UK with the coin, announced on
Senator Cynthia Lummis apologised after she was booed for remarking there are only “two sexes” during a speech at the University of Wyoming. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty) Wyoming senator Cynthia Lummis has apologised after she was booed for commenting about the “existence of two sexes” during a graduation speech. Lummis came under fire
Football fans are praising Blackpool forward Jake Daniels’ bravery after the footballer came out publicly as gay. (YouTube/Sky Sports Football) Pro footballer Jake Daniels has been praised for his courage and bravery after he became the first British male football player to come out publicly in 32 years. Daniels, who is a forward for Blackpool,
Heartstopper’s Yasmin Finney will be joining the cast of Doctor Who for a show that will hit TV screens in 2023. (Netflix) Heartstopper‘s Yasmin Finney has joined the Doctor Who universe as a new character that will debut next year, coinciding with the show’s 60th anniversary. Finney rose to fame for her role as Elle Argent, a trans
A statue of Margaret Thatcher, a former anti-LGBTQ+ British prime minister, was egged by a man. (Getty Images/Screen capture via Twitter/@DesignsBarnes) A £300,000 memorial to former anti-LGBTQ+ British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was egged and booed at within two hours of its unveiling. To little ceremony or applause, the granite statue of the “Iron Lady”
Rachel Riley (L) has defended JK Rowling. (Getty Images) British television presenter Rachel Riley has said that criticism against JK Rowling’s anti-trans views stems from the author speaking out “against Jeremy Corbyn”. Riley, who co-presents the Channel 4 daytime puzzle show Countdown, was asked by The Sunday Times, of course, about the Harry Potter author.
Kalush Orchestra representing Ukraine perform during the Grand Final show of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest. (Daniele Venturelli / WireImage) Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra has won the Eurovision Song Contest for the third time after receiving the bulk of votes in the public vote. The UK’s Sam Ryder was in the lead following the announcement of
Colby McLeod, a trans man, is crowdfunding to jet off aboard for his transition treatment. (Colby McLeod) To bypass waiting years for free gender-affirming healthcare, a British trans man has decided to jump into an icy pool every day to raise enough money to go abroad. Unable to pay out of pocket for private treatment, Colby-Hugo
Whoopi Goldberg slammed Republican lawmakers on The View (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images) The horrific attack on Roe v Wade continues to probe tense debate on abortin rights – and The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg is the latest to weigh in. Goldberg vehemently denounced male lawmakers making decisions without input from individuals who a potential repeal of
Texas court rules child abuse investigations can go ahead for families seeking gender-affirming care for trans children (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that “child abuse” investigations into gender-affirming care for trans children can go ahead. In late February, Texas governor Greg Abbott ordered the state’s Department of
Greece has joined the 14 countries that have some form of national conversion therapy ban – but there’s a catch. (ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images) Greece has become the latest European nation to outlaw barbaric conversion therapy – but the ban will not cover “consenting” adults. On Tuesday (10 May), parliamentarians in Greece voted to
An archbishop’s anti-same-sex marriage motion has been turned down by bishops in a move that has left the Anglican Church of Australia divided. The motion, proposed by archbishop Kanishka Raffel with the help of the Conservative Sydney Diocese, attempted to reinforce the ‘traditional view’ of marriage being between men and women. Currently, any of Australia’s Anglican Diocese
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