LGBTQ Entertainment News

Moana star Auli’i Cravalho described co-star Rowan Blanchard as “biphobic” in a since-deleted post on TikTok. Cravalho and Blanchard are starring together in the upcoming queer rom-com, Love in Color. Fans were shocked when, in the caption of a now-deleted TikTok video, Cravalho appeared to call out her co-star. The bisexual star, 21, posted a

Hundreds of members of the LGBT+ community marched through Dundee as part of Trans Pride Scotland 2019. (Photo by Stewart Kirby/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Trans healthcare in Scotland will get a desperately needed financial boost of £2 million in “crisis funding”, the Scottish government has announced. The money for trans healthcare comes as part

Police in Chesterfield. (Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty) A Derbyshire police sergeant is facing a misconduct hearing after he allegedly complained about “working in an office full of lesbians”, among other misogynistic comments.  The hearing, which began on Monday (6 December) and is expected to last until Friday (10 December), will see sergeant Darran Clarke

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has broken United States records (University of Pennsylvania) Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has broken United States records in two races over the weekend. The 22-year-old student from Austin, Texas, competed in the Zippy Invitational in Ohio where she smashed two records in the 200m and 500m freestyles.  The University of Pennsylvania

Maddy Morphosis is the first ever cis straight man to compete on RuPaul’s Drag Race. (WOW) Maddy Morphosis, the first straight, cis man to appear on RuPaul’s Drag Race, has spoken out following criticism of his casting. News that Maddy would compete on the upcoming 14th season of Drag Race was met with some criticism,

Cris Blehar, a US Air Force veteran, was killed at her home in Kentucky in May 2021. (HRC) Cris Blehar, a US Air Force veteran who was found stabbed and shot to death in her home earlier this year, was a proud trans woman, her family has said. Blehar, 65, was found dead in her

Placard saying “Protect Trans kids” during the Trans march on the streets of Toronto during the Pride Month. (LightRocket via Getty/ Anatoliy Cherkasov/SOPA Images) Schools have been warned to protect student privacy after an attempt by a “gender critical” group in New Zealand to compile information on trans school kids. According to Stuff, an email

Sabrina Prater’s TikTok dancing videos were turned into a serial killer conspiracy theory. (TikTok/ sabrinaprater625) When Sabrina Prater posted a simple dancing video to TikTok, she could never have known that within weeks she would be at the centre of a transphobic serial killer conspiracy theory. Prater, a trans woman, had been posting dancing videos

British transport police say the attack was “homophobically aggravated”. (AFP via Getty/ JOHN D MCHUGH) A queer man has said no one stepped in to help him when he was beaten and called a “f****t” in a “homophobic” attack on a London tube. Alan Hunter, a retail worker from south east London, was on the

Scout Schultz. (Facebook/GT Progressive Student Alliance) Family of non-binary Georgia Tech student Scout Schultz, who was killed by campus police while in the middle of a mental health crisis, will receive a $1 million settlement. Schultz, 21, a fourth-year student who was intersex, non-binary and bisexual and was head of the school’s Pride Alliance, was

Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett arrives at the Leighton Courts Building at the start of his trial. (Getty/ Scott Olson) Jussie Smollett’s defence has argued at trial that the man the actor says attacked him was a former lover who masturbated with him in a gay bathhouse. Smollett is on trial for allegedly staging a

Gran Canaria giant lizards are choking on cruisers’ condoms. (YouTube/ Jeremiusz Trzaska) The Maspalomas sand dunes in Gran Canaria are a popular cruising hotspot, but the public, sandy sex is putting giant lizards at risk. According to the gay travel site GayMapper, Maspalomas Dunes are a popular spot of cruising. The site explains: “There is

Josh Cavallo, the only openly gay top-tier professional footballer in the world, has revealed his brother had never seen him smiling as big before his historic coming. Speaking to Attitude, as he appears on the cover of the magazine’s latest issue – topping the sport category in the annual Attitude 101 list – Cavallo opened

Crystal Palace’s Conor Gallagher during the Premier League match against Aston Villa at Selhurst Park on 27 November 2021 in London, England. (Getty/Rob Newell – CameraSport) Leeds United has slammed homophobic abuse from football fans aimed towards Crystal Palace’s Conor Gallagher. The incident occurred after Gallagher, who is on a season-long loan at Crystal Palace

The referendum was proposed by Hungary’s anti-LGBT+ prime minister Viktor Orban. (AFP via Getty/ ATTILA KISBENEDEK) On Tuesday (30 November), Hungary’s parliament gave the green light to prime minister Viktor Orbán’s horrific national referendum on “LGBT+ propaganda”. Orbán proposed the referendum in July, in response to criticism of the country’s “LGBT+ propaganda” ban, doubling down

Emilia Schneider. (YouTube/CNN) Chile has elected its first transgender official to its national legislature. Emilia Schneider is the first out transgender person to be elected to the National Congress of Chile. The 25-year-old activist previously gained prominence when she was elected to represent over 42,000 students as the president of the University of Chile Student

When Reid Alexander (R) found out he needed a kidney, it turned out his husband Rafael Díaz (L) was a perfect match and became his donor. (YouTube/Denver7 – The Denver Channel) Denver husbands Reid Alexander and Rafael Díaz are truly a “perfect match” after Díaz donated a kidney to his beloved partner. Alexander told NBC

The Reddit user’s Thanksgiving coming out moment didn’t quite go to plan. (Envato) Spending time with family during the holiday season can be difficult as a queer person, especially if you’re still closeted, but one Reddit user has told a Thanksgiving coming out story with a surprising twist. Reddit user MysteriousR551 shared a post to

Lifelong campaigner for human rights Archbishop Desmond Tutu. (UN Free & Equal) Archbishop Desmond Tutu has compared anti-LGBT+ laws and violence to apartheid, insisting that he opposes them with the “same passion”. The 90-year-old Archbishop Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has spent his life campaigning for human rights. He was a major opponent of South

Dave Chappelle. (Getty/Eamonn M. McCormack) Dave Chappelle clashed with students at his former high school who called him a “childish bigot” with a brittle ego. After making cruel jabs against trans people in his latest Netflix special, The Closer, Chappelle has become a lightning rod for criticism. Instead of apologising, he has instead leaned hard