LGBTQ Entertainment News

Singer Britney Spears arrives at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. (Allen Berezovsky/WireImage) Britney Spears has been permitted to hire her own lawyer to fight against her “abusive” conservatorship. The star appeared in court again Wednesday (14 June), emotionally calling for her father to be charged with conservator abuse. “Ma’am, that’s not abuse, that’s just
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Australian actor Margot Robbie says she will be taking a “break” from playing DC villain Harley Quinn because “she’s exhausting”. (Warner Bros) Australian actor Margot Robbie has announced that she will be taking a “break” from playing DC villain Harley Quinn because “she’s exhausting”. Robbie has portrayed the iconic character in three DC films throughout
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Tomi Lahren and Caitlyn Jenner. (Getty/ Michael S Schwartz and Getty/ Paul Archuleta) Anti-trans Fox News host and Donald Trump fanatic Tomi Lahren has surprising leapt to defend Caitlyn Jenner from “despicable” transphobia. Jenner, who is currently running as a conservative candidate for governor of California, was targeted with vile transphobic abuse when she attended the Conservative Political
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Kali with her 87-year-old grandmother. (Instagram/ melanatedbitch) A proud 87-year-old grandmother in India has shared her journey to embracing her trans granddaughter in a heartwarming video. The grandmother and her granddaughter Kali were featured in a video on the Instagram account Humans of Bombay. In the video captions, she explained: “My granddaughter, Kali, was assigned
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Close-up of sign for an All Gender restroom against a wooden wall with yellow doorframe visible, San Ramon, California, 28 November 2018. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) A federal judge has blocked a Tennessee law requiring businesses to post a notice if they allow trans people to use bathrooms that match their gender identity. The
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Activists fly a giant heart balloon in rainbow colors in front of the Hungarian parliament in Budapest on 8 July 2021. (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images) A trans teacher has opened up about his fears that he might not be allowed to continue teaching after Hungary passed its cruel anti-LGBT+ law. Floris Fellegi-Balta,
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Exterior view of Broadcasting House, the BBC headquarters in Central London. (Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Concerns have been raised over the “censorship” of trans issues after the BBC unpublished a doctor’s heartbreaking fears for young patients in light of last year’s controversial puberty blockers High Court ruling. The broadcaster said it
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Boys as young as 11 years old were responsible for the homophobic graffiti. (Envato Elements) Children as young as 11 were among those responsible for “graphic and homophobic” graffiti in Hampshire, local police have said. The graffiti was discovered at the New Milton Recreation Ground. Within days, local law enforcement authorities had discovered that the
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Rory Harbinson was “shocked and humiliated” following the incident. (Equality Commission of Northern Ireland) A gay man has said he felt “shocked and humiliated” after his manager tore down Pride posters in the workplace. Rory Harbinson, who works for the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, filed a complaint of harassment based on sexual orientation
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Messaging, social media and mobile payment app WeChat’s logo is seen on phone with the People’s Republic of China flag in the background. (Photo Illustration by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Chinese social media and messaging app WeChat has allegedly removed dozens of LGBT-led accounts, prompting concerns of a wider crackdown. Several LGBT+ groups
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Stephen Knott (L) and Alastair Bruce (R) married in Edinburgh. (Twitter) An army general has shared details of his poignant wedding to his partner of 20 years on social media, telling his followers that “love is constant”. Army Major General Alastair Bruce married Stephen Knott at St John’s Episcopal Church in Edinburgh on Saturday (3 July)
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Portrait of Frida Kahlo (1910-1954), one of the 20th century’s most revered artists (Getty) On what would’ve been Frida Kahlo’s 103rd birthday, we celebrate the visionary Mexican bisexual who remains a global LGBT+ icon more than 60 years after her death. The life of Frida Kahlo has become stuff of legend. Born in 1907, the
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Darren Kennedy was called a “f****t” on Camden Street in Dublin. (Instagram) Gay television presenter Darren Kennedy has called out “everyday homophobia” after he was called a “f****t” on Camden Street in Dublin. Kennedy opened up about the shocking incident in a video posted to Instagram on Sunday (4 July) in which he told his
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Britney Spears. (James Devaney/WireImage) Britney Spears reportedly dialled 911 to “report herself as a victim of conservatorship abuse”, according to an explosive The New Yorker investigation. In the latest dizzying twist in the saga of Britney’s conservatorship, the 39-year-old singer is understood to have phoned the police the day before her bombshell court testimony. Since 2008
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Rainbow flag inside the stadium during the UEFA Euro 2020: Round of 16 match between Netherlands and Czech Republic. (Andre Weening/BSR Agency/Getty Images) Volkswagen has claimed that UEFA blocked the company from using rainbow-coloured banners on advertising boards at the Euro 2020 quarter-finals in Russia and Azerbaijan. The auto-maker, a years-long sponsor of the football
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Minecraft. (Microsoft) Popular Minecraft streamer Dream has raised $140,000 this Pride Month for The Trevor Project, but has nevertheless been hit by a backlash for a perceived lack of streams. The Twitch streamer is known for courting controversy; accused of both racism and queerbaiting in the past, so this fundraising came as welcome news –
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Eduardo Leite, one of Brazil’s leading politicians, has come out as gay (Facebook/Eduardo Leite) A Brazilian governor and possible presidential candidate has come out as gay, making waves in a country governed by “proud homophobe” Jair Bolsonaro. Eduardo Leite, the governor of the southern Rio Grande do Sul state, made the announcement in an interview
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Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed the anti-trans sports bill into law. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) The parents of a 13-year-old girl have launched a federal lawsuit to challenge Florida’s reviled ban on trans girls taking part in school sports. Mounted by the Human Rights Campaign, one of the largest LGBT+ advocacy groups in the US,
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