Paris Saint-Germain players celebrate their victory after fans of the opposing team briefly halted play with homophobic banners (Xavier Laine/Getty) A French league football game between Paris Saint-Germain and Metz was halted by fans with homophobic banners — the third time in two weeks this has happened. Referee Frank Schneider briefly suspended the game on
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A gay woman claims she sought treatment for a physical condition but was instead offered advice about curing her sexuality (Pexels) A gay woman in Italy who saw her doctor for a physical condition says she was advised to read a conversion therapy book to address her “homosexual attitudes.” The woman, who is from Verona,
Activists are holding a Straight Pride parade in Boston. (Creative Commons photo/Harshil Shah) On the eve of Straight Pride in Boston, a leading LGBT+ rights groups in Massachusetts has said there’s no such thing as “heterophobia”. Boston’s Straight Pride, organised by a group called Super Happy Fun America, is due to be held on 31
A student was told their t-shirt violated the school’s dress code. (WTHR11) A 13-year-old girl was sent home from a South Indiana school this week for wearing an anti-discrimination t-shirt. It read: “Why be racist, sexist, homophobic or transphobic when you could just be quiet?” Parents of Renee Williams have demanded an apology from Highland
Ryan Russell playing for the Buffalo Bills in 2018. (Nick Cammett/Diamond Images/Getty Images) American football player Ryan Russell – who is currently a free agent, having previously played in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers – has come out as bisexual. In a moving piece in ESPN, the 27-year-old Texan
Israel Folau arrives ahead of his conciliation meeting with Rugby Australia at Fair Work Commission on June 28, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. (Mark Metcalfe/Getty) Rugby star Israel Folau has filed a legal claim against Rugby Australia and the New South Wales Waratahs, seeking $10 million in compensation after he was sacked for homophobic comments. The
Queer Eye’s Fab Five: Jonathan Van Ness, Tan France, Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski and Bobby Berk (L-R). (Getty) Three people of colour who work at an Old Navy store in Philadelphia say they were told to keep out of sight while an all-white crew worked the sales floor during an in-store taping Queer Eye. The
Megan Marx attends the Paradise Party at Flamingo Lounge in Sydney, Australia. (Getty) Megan Marx, the openly bisexual former contestant on The Bachelor Australia, has criticised reality TV for “teaching” people to use same-sex romance for publicity. Marx found love on The Bachelor Australia in 2016 by giving up on the guy at the heart
Dave Chappelle performs at Radio City Music Hall. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images) US comedian Dave Chappelle has made fun of transgender people in his new stand-up special on Netflix, ‘Sticks & Stones’. In the hour-long special, released August 26, Chappelle also said he doesn’t believe the people who say Michael Jackson molested them and defends controversial
John Travolta tried to hand Jade Jolie an award meant for Taylor Swift. (MTV) John Travolta mistook Drag Race star Jade Jolie for Taylor Swift live on the MTVA VMA stage as he presented the award for video of the year. Five years after his Adele Dazeem fiasco, John Travolta returned to the VMAs determined
Harry Styles strips off for Rolling Stone. (Instagram) In a much-awaited cover interview for Rolling Stone magazine, Harry Styles has talked about his “aura of sexual ambiguity” and why his new album is about sex and heartbreak. Styles, 25, was profiled by US music journalist Rob Sheffield in a cover feature entitled “The Eternal Sunshine
Eco-friendly cleaning brand method is teaming up with LGBT Foundation and seven of the hottest drag acts in the UK for a new partnership that’s about so much more than slapping a rainbow on a product to capitalise Pride. It seems like every year from around June until August we see an LGBT+ sandwich here
Video footage shows trans women being dragged in headlocks out of the bar. (CBS2/KCAL9) Several trans women were allegedly forcibly removed by security from a Los Angeles restaurant and bar on Friday night (August 23), after being attacked by a “transphobic” couple. The group of LGBT+ people, made up of trans women and gay men,
Former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. (Ty Wright/Getty) An appeals court ruled yesterday (August 23) that the state of Kentucky must pay the $225,00 legal bills of the same-sex couples that Kim Davis, the anti-gay Kentucky county clerk, refused to issue marriage licences to. Davis was
A man reads The Times newspaper as he rides the tube in London. (Robert Alexander/Getty) The former night editor of The Times’ Scotland edition, who lost an anti-trans discrimination case against the paper, has told PinkNews she is “deeply disappointed” at the judgment. Katherine O’Donnell, 54, was made redundant by The Times in January 2018
President Donald Trump speaks to the media before departing from the White House on August 21, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) The Trump administration has filed a legal brief arguing that it is legal for employers to discriminate based on sexual orientation. The Department of Justice filed an Supreme Court amicus brief on
Young Thug performs on stage during Wireless Festival 2019 on July 06, 2019 in London, England. (Lorne Thomson/Redferns) Rapper Young Thug has strongly denied rumours about his sexuality, declaring himself the “straightest person in the world.” The rapper, who has previously claimed that Lil Nas X should have kept his sexuality private, denied persistent rumours
Alice Pieszecki, Bette Porter and Shane McCutcheon are all back for the L Word reboot The first teaser trailer has landed for the long-anticipated L Word revival, and dropped some major reveals about what the main characters have been up to in their decade off-screen. The reboot, officially titled The L Word: Generation Q, is set to
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence stands with then-Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on September 20, 2017 (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Donald Trump’s former UN ambassador Nikki Haley has denied that she is being lined up as a replacement for Mike Pence as Vice President. Haley spoke out to deny swirling rumours that Trump could
Melania Geymonat and her girlfriend Chris were left beaten and bloodied on a London night bus. (Facebook) The four teenagers accused of a ‘homophobically aggravated’ attack on a same-sex couple on a London bus have pleaded not guilty in court. The group of males – two aged 17, one 16 and one 15 – appeared
Luis Javier Ruiz (pictured) and Angel Colon founded ‘Fearless Identity’, an organisation aiming to bring “hope” and “biblical understanding” to LGBT+ people (Facebook) Two survivors of the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub say they no longer identify as gay and have founded an organisation to help other ‘ex-gays’. Angel Colon and Luis Javier Ruiz were
An anonymous Redditor has questioned whether he can ask his brother not to bring his boyfriend to his wedding – but the story’s not what you think. The question was posed in Reddit’s ‘Am I The Asshole” (AITA) subreddit, in which 1.2 million followers discuss ethical and social dilemmas. Like many posts in the subreddit,
Kieron Richardson kisses his husband Carl Hyland in Channel 4’s newest promo. (Channel 4/YouTube) English actor Kieron Richardson has hit back at Hollyoaks fans who complain about the show’s LGBT+ storylines in a new Channel 4 advert. Channel 4’s campaign features actors and presenters from the channel, each delivering a complaint based on actual feedback
Steven Anderson speaking in a video sermon entitled “Aaron’s Rod that Budded” (YouTube) An Arizona minister banned from most of Europe for his extreme anti-gay views has criticised the Westboro Baptist Church for preaching too much hate. The US pastor Steven Anderson, who once called for gay people to be stoned to death, is currently
Taylor Frey and his husband. (taylorfrey/ Instagram) It Chapter Two star Taylor Frey has spoken about his experience of being gay at a Mormon college in an interview with Attitude magazine. The new film opens with a homophobic attack. The scene was in the original Stephen King book, but has never before been shown in
LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 19: Rob Rinder attends the ITV Gala at London Palladium on November 19, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images) Celebrity barrister Robert Rinder – who is perhaps best known for being the eponymous figure in ITV reality show Judge Rinder – has warned those in the limelight
Tower Hamlets council has saved the UK’s last remaining gay fetish club by blocking plans to have it redeveloped it into a 12-storey apartment block. According to The Guardian, the local authority ultimately decided that getting rid of the long-running bar – and subsequently turning it into a 46-flat complex – would “harm the long-term
The Tel Aviv deputy mayor said the treatment of trans people was an “urgent problem.” (Chen Arieli/ Facebook) Chen Arieli, the new deputy mayor of Tel Aviv and the first openly gay person to hold the position, says that Israel’s treatment of transgender people is an “urgent problem”. Before becoming deputy mayor, Arieli was one
Nicky Bandini. (Twitter) Renowned sports journalist Nicky Bandini came out as transgender this week. It was everything you’d want, if your job means – as Nicky Bandini’s does – that you need to come out publicly: a national newspaper gave her the space to tell her story, in her own words; it updated her author
Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg talks with attendees at a campaign event in Fairfield, Iowa on Thursday August 15, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call) Pete Buttigieg had an extremely awkward encounter with a woman who previously met the late Robert F. Kennedy. The gay Presidential hopeful was campaigning at the