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Drag queen Pickle reads from a book during a Drag Queen Story Hour event at the West Valley Regional Branch Library in Los Angeles, California.(Getty/ David McNew) Drag Queen Story Hour has hit back at Republicans who want to ban children from attending drag shows: “Drag queens aren’t going into schools to shoot kids.” Drag

James McFadzean has been described in the press as Britain’s first public case of monkeypox. (James McFadzean) Monkeypox is already being treated as a “gay disease” in the same way HIV was, Britain’s “first monkeypox patient to go public” has warned. Since 13 May, when the first case in the monkeypox outbreak was reported, health authorities

Lawmakers in the Pennsylvania House voted to erase “homosexuality” from the state’s crimes code. (Michael Candelori/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty) Pennsylvania’s House unanimously voted to remove the word “homosexuality” from the definition of prohibited sexual acts in the state crimes code. State legislators in the state’s House passed House Bill 2125 (HB 2125) on Wednesday (8 June) with

Thailand could make history after it approved a draft bill that will legalise same-sex civil partnerships in the country. (Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty) Thailand is set to go down in history as the first Southeast Asian country to legalise same-sex unions after approving a historic bill.  The country’s Cabinet has approved draft legislation which will

Miloš Zeman, president of the Czech Republic, vows to veto legislation that would give same-sex couples the right to hold civil weddings in the country. (Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto via Getty) Czech president Miloš Zeman has said he plans to veto proposed legislation that would give same-sex couples the right to get married in the country.  The

US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene likened drag shows to strip clubs. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has struck again, with another unwarranted anti-LGBTQ+ proclamation likening drag shows to “strip clubs.” In a tweet posted on Tuesday (6 June) Greene wrote: “It should be illegal to take children into

Jinkx Monsoon and Monet X Change at RuPaul’s Los Angeles DragCon in May (Getty/Santiago Felipe) After turning down an alliance with two fellow Drag Race stars, Jinkx Monsoon has revealed that “going solo” was always part of her game plan for All Stars 7. As the winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race season five, it was

Turkish police descended on a peaceful Istanbul Prude protest. (Screen capture via Twitter) Turkish police brutally beat and allegedly “tortured” nearly a dozen LGBTQ+ activists in Istanbul who were simply celebrating the start of Pride Month. On 5 June, members of İstanbul LGBTİ+ Onur Haftası, which organises Istanbul Pride, gathered in the Yeldeğirmeni neighbourhood of the

Ohio lawmakers advanced a bill that would require student-athletes to undergo a medical “verification” process if their gender is questioned. (Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) Ohio Republicans have advanced a bill that would require student-athletes to undergo a medical “verification” process to enforce a ban trans kids from playing sports.  Lawmakers pushed through the anti-trans

The New York City Police Department has identified the suspect in a stabbing on a train on the first day of Pride Month as Runadieo Jordan, 52. (Twitter/@NYPDTips) A Brooklyn man is facing hate crime charges following a horrific stabbing aboard a train on the first day of Pride Month.  The police have identified the suspect as

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed there are 25 cases of monkeypox across 11 states. (Eduardo Parra/Europa Press via Getty) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed there are now 25 cases of monkeypox in the US as it warns of community spread.  The CDC has identified 25 confirmed monkeypox

Florida governor Ron DeSantis’ administration has demanded the state’s board of medicine bar young trans people from accessing live-saving healthcare. In a 2 June letter obtained by NBC News, DeSantis’ surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, urged the board to block young trans and gender non-conforming people from receiving gender-affirming healthcare. It follows and draws on ‘guidance’ issued

Marjorie Taylor Greene has bizarrely claimed straight people are facing extinction. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images) Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks straight people are going extinct and we have no words. Greene, who represents Georgia’s 14th congressional district, made the bizarre claim that heterosexual people will vanish in “four or five generations” as she spread misinformation about

WNBA Brittney Griner in Russia (Getty Images/ Christian Petersen/Russia State TV) Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) star Brittney Griner is still locked away in a Russian prison despite being held on so-called drug charges for more than three romans. Phoenix Mercury star Griner was first detained on 17 February after recently playing for the Moscow

Non-binary New Yorkers will soon have the option to choose an X gender marker on state-issued ID documents. (Getty Images) Non-binary New Yorkers will now be able to have state identification cards with an X gender marker on them – a simple but seismic step forward. New York governor Kathy Hochul announced Friday (27 May)

Emily Bridges. (ITV News) Cyclist Emily Bridges has called on LGBTQ+ allies to speak out and use their voice as trans women continue to be the “punching bag” of society. It comes after she was blocked from participating in the women’s British National Omnium Championships in March after the world governing body of cycling, he

Handball player Jacob Bjørn Hessellund has come out as gay. (Instagram/@ hessellundjacob) Danish professional handball player Jacob Bjørn Hessellund has bravely come out as gay – and he hopes to one day find a “wonderful man”. The 30-year-old, who plays for the Lemvig-based team Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold, became the second handball player in a month to come out

British Labour MP Stella Creasy (L) has said JK Rowling’s views on trans people are ‘wrong’. (Getty Images) British Labour MP Stella Creasy defiantly stood her ground as a Tory MP Mark Jenkinson asked if she was “drunk” for saying JK Rowling’s views on trans people are “wrong”. The Walthamstow MP sat down with The