LGBTQ Entertainment News

Adam Rippon reveals that he got married to Jussi-Pekka Kajaala in a “perfect” and spontaneous ceremony on 31 December 2021. (Instagram/@adaripp) Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon has revealed that he secretly tied the knot with his Finnish fiancé on New Year’s Eve. Rippon and his partner Jussi-Pekka “JP” Kajaala first started dating in 2018 after
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A protester holds a ‘We Belong’ placard during a trans rights demonstration. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) An Arizona Senate committee has pushed through a bill that would ban trans youth from competing on sports teams that align with their gender identity. Senate Bill 1165 (SB 1165) would prevent trans youth from participating in
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An employment tribunal dismissed a case from a teacher who was sacked from New Christ Church Primary School in Reading over hateful behaviour. (Google street view) A primary school teacher who was sacked after calling colleagues “fat s***s” and “bloody lesbians” had her unfair dismissal claim thrown out in court. Iqbal Khanem was sacked for
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Sha’Carri Richardson. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images) The trailer for a new film by Vigil Abloh about the firey-haired star sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has dropped. Before Abloh, the barrier-breaking Black designer who redefined luxury fashion, passed, he founded the film studio ARCHITECTURE FILMS. Now his film, Sub Eleven Seconds, is set to premiere at the 2022 Sundance  Film
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Jack Monroe. (Mike Marsland/WireImage) Budget cooking blogger Jack Monroe has laid bare the brutal and “infuriating” reality of Britain’s cost of living crisis. Prices in Britain rose at their fastest pace in 30 years in December, the Office for National Statistics said Wednesday (19 January). Energy bills, grocery expenses, household goods, motor fuel costs and
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Joe Biden. (Getty) Joe Biden repeatedly vowed to get the Equality Act passed during his presidential run – but one year on from his inauguration, it is still languishing. If passed, the Equality Act would revolutionise LGBT+ rights in the United States. The wide-reaching law would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation
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Cardi B. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) Cardi B has pledged to pay for the funerals of the 17 victims who lost their lives after a devastating fire tore through a New York apartment building. On 9 January, a malfunctioning space heater on the third floor set off a fire that left possessions charred, stairwells blackened and thick smoke roaring
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American screenwriter and director Joss Whedon. (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images) For fans of Joss Whedon, the American screenwriter behind countless cult classics and big-budget blockbusters was always something of a “god”. Whedon, after all, is everywhere. A staple of many a generations’ childhood, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, Toy Story and The
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Harry Styles repped a Dryrobe during the filming of My Policeman. (MWE/GC Images) Harry Styles is a fan of a must-have coat that’s cosy, practical and stylish. Styles was seen repping the brand, Dryrobe in-between filming beach scenes for his upcoming queer romance film, My Policeman. The waterproof Dryrobe coat is described as “the ultimate
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968) sits at a table during The Nation Institute California Conference circa 1967 in Los Angeles, California. (Getty/Martin Mills) Martin Luther King Jr’s family and activists have vowed to “restore the very voting rights protection” the late civil rights leader fought to protect. King’s family and over 100 groups honoured his
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South Dakota governor Kristi Noem speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC on 11 July 2021. (Getty/Brandon Bell) South Dakota governor Kristi Noem has continued to wage an anti-trans campaign in the state, releasing an advert targeting student-athletes. The ad, released on Wednesday (13 January), promotes a bill that effectively bans trans women and
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Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider. (Twitter/ Jeopardy!) Trans Jeopardy! star Amy Schneider has celebrated her amazing winning streak on the game show by opening up about the tremendous impact she has already had. After winning 32 games and amassing over $1 million, Schneider has become the most successful woman in Jeopardy! history. She has become the
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Ava Phillippe. (FilmMagic/ Gregg DeGuire) Reese Witherspoon’s daughter Ava Phillippe took to Instagram to call out “hateful messages” after coming out as queer. Phillippe, 22, who is the daughter of Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe, publicly came out on Instagram this month.  But on Wednesday, Phillippe sent her followers a warning about “bigoted” and “hateful” comments on her posts. Although she
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Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi and J Mase III are holding their fourth iteration of their #TransphobiaIsASin Campaign. (Instagram/@jmaseiii) A group of activists invite social media to join their campaign to ‘disrupt the religious violence trans people experience every day’. Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi and J Mase III edited the Black Trans Prayer Book to dismantle
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Phillip Schofield has made a joking jab against Boris Johnson. (Getty Images) British prime minister Boris Johnson should swap Number 10 for Dancing of Ice to “fill extra time”, Phillip Schofield has said. As the coronavirus engulfed and battered Britain, government officials were asked to a “bring your own booze” for bash in the backyard
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Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness and season six star Angel Flores. (Getty/Roy Rochlin/Instagram) Queer Eye‘s Jonathan Van Ness has melted the heart of fans after revealing he’s become close friends with beloved contestant Angel Flores following her appearance on season six of the Netflix show. The transgender powerlifter had been struggling to find herself and
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A flag bearer waves a Chelsea FC flag with the LGBT+ Progress flag design. (Clive Rose/Getty Images) Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said the “Chelsea rent boy” chant is a homophobic hate crime and not “harmless banter”. For decades, fans of teams playing against football titan Chelsea FC have lobbed the cruel chant from
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Sarah Palin visits “Extra” at Universal Studios Hollywood on 4 December 2015 in Universal City, California. (Getty/Noel Vasquez) Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin went on a bizarre rant accusing “liberals” of trying to “pound” sex in people’s minds. Palin, who once rapped Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” in a pink and purple bear suit on
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Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban. (AFP via Getty. ATTILA KISBENEDEK) Hungary is set to hold a so-called “LGBT+ propaganda” referendum on the same day as far-right prime minister Viktor Orbán tries to cling onto power in the parliamentary election. Orbán, an anti-LGBT+ right-wing nationalist who belongs to Hungary’s Fidesz party, is attempting to remain in
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Delta will be changing its booking system to include a non-binary gender option after facing backlash on social media. (Massimo Insabato/Archivio Massimo Insabato/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty) Delta has promised to offer a gender-neutral marker on bookings after the airline was accused of “discriminating” against non-binary passengers. Dawn Henry, a mother from Arizona, described the “ongoing
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Protestor holds ‘Trans Lives Matter’ placard during protest in Warsaw, 2018. (Getty/Maciej Luczniewski) Within the first week of 2022, seven US states have proposed nine bills that would roll back the rights of trans and non-binary youth. These proposed bills will negatively impact trans and non-binary youths’ right to privacy, restrict their ability to take
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Zendaya attends HBO’s “Euphoria” Season 2 Photo Call at Goya Studios on January 05, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO) Zendaya has warned that the Euphoria season two may be “difficult to watch”. Euphoria is finally making its long-awaited return, after filming on the new run was delayed by the pandemic.
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Pride in Seoul, South Korea. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) One of South Korea’s top courts dismissed a landmark lawsuit that sought to bolster LGBT+ rights by enshrining equal access to healthcare benefits. The Seoul Administrative Court on Friday (7 January) shrugged off the suit brought forward by So Seong-wook, 30, against the country’s National Health Insurance Service
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