LGBTQ Entertainment News

The fourth episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 14 saw the remaining queens deliver on unnecessary drama, tears and Jennifer Lopez. So, the usual, really. “She’s a Super Tease” kicks off with Jasmine Kennedie waxing lyrical about how she feels she should have won last week’s fashion ball over Willow Pill. It’s a fairly standard moment of
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Elsa Frost was jailed after a campaign of abuse directed towards trans reality TV star Chelsey Harwood. (Merseyside Police/Liverpool Echo) Elsa Frost, the so-called “Banter Queen” of TikTok, has been jailed over an escalating feud with a trans reality TV star. Frost, of Whitefield Close in Woodchurch, Wirral, threw paint at the door of Chelsey
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Boris Johnson and Joe Lycett. (Getty/ Daniel Leal-Olivas – WPA Pool and Getty/ Anthony Harvey) Joe Lycett had followers in stitches with a spoof “Partygate” report that you would be forgiven for thinking came from Sue Gray herself. Senior civil servant Sue Gray’s report on lockdown-breaking parties at Downing Street was expected to arrive this
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France bans barbaric conversion therapy once and for all (Kay Nietfeld – Pool/Getty Images) France’s law banning conversion therapy has passed its final stages, with president Emmanuel Macron declaring “being yourself… is nothing to be cured”. The sweeping ban, which gives no exemptions for religious conversion therapy, was voted in by parties on both sides
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Lesbian sues US Army and Air Force over boss’ pressure to ‘appear more feminine’ (Screenshot via Fairness West Virginia) A lesbian member of the National Guard is suing the US Army and Air Force after her boss allegedly pressured her to “appear more feminine”. Kristin M Kingrey of the West Virginia Air National Guard (WVNG)
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MP Päivi Räsänen arrives at the Helsinki District Court in Helsinki, Finland on 24 January. (AFP via Getty/ Lehtikuva / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO) An MP in Finland went to trial on Monday (24 January), accused of hate speech after she said that gay people have a “developmental disorder”. Päivi Räsänen, a seventh-term member of the Finnish
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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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