LGBTQ Entertainment News

Mae Martin. (Dave J Hogan/Getty Images) Mae Martin has come out as non-binary in a heartfelt Instagram post. The star and co-writer of Netflix’s Feel Good opened up about their gender and announced their pronouns are they/them – they “don’t mind” she/her as well, they added. Martin is very much still on a personal journey when
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Mason “mason” Venne. (Dreamhack) Twitch has banned streamer and former professional Dota 2 player Mason “mason” Venne for allegedly using a homophobic slur on stream. He was playing the popular Dota 2 and commented on a teammate’s item choice, saying “I think the Aghs is a pretty terrible choice.” “Aghs” here refers to the item
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Fenty Beauty’s new Stunna Lip Paint in Uncensored is proving to be the must-have product of the summer as fans rush to snap it up. The liquid lipstick from Fenty Beauty is proving too popular ahead of the easing of lockdown, in particular the bright red Uncensored shade. Described as “a weightless, 12-hour liquid lipstick with
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Sebastian Lletget during the Italy v USA International Friendly in 2018 in Belgium. (Pier Marco Tacca/Getty) Major League Soccer has launched an investigation into LA Galaxy’s Sebastian Lletget over a homophobic slur in a video he posted to Instagram. The 28-year-old, who began his career at West Ham before returning to the US in 2015,
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A devastated same-sex couple say they were turned away from a popular wedding venue “under the guise of Christianity”. McCae Henderson and Ike Edwards got engaged on Valentine’s Day and began searching for wedding venues in North Carolina. They settled on Highgrove Estate, a romantic estate overlooking Lake Laurel in Fuquay-Varina. The first red flag
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Uzbek LGBT+ activist Miraziz Bazarov sustained serious injuries (Twitter/Agnieszka Pikulicka @Aga_Pik) The Uzbek LGBT+ community say they’ve been driven underground in fear of homophobic backlash after a vicious attack on a prominent blogger and his supporters. Miraziz Bazarov remains hospitalised with serious injuries, which he sustained in a savage beating by three masked men with
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Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting Times. (Supplied) Author Naoise Dolan chooses seven of her favourite queer novels from recent year and past centuries. I was going to call this piece “the best queer love stories”, but isn’t that exclusivity, that hierarchy, the whole problem with ‘representation’? When art is presented as zero-sum, we tear everything
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Failed congressional candidate and Trump-supporter Angela Stanton-King has exploded in a hate-filled tirade against her trans daughter and Dr Phil. Stanton-King previously spent two years in prison over federal conspiracy charges for her role in a car theft ring but was pardoned by Donald Trump in February 2020. She then tried to challenge the late
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US vice president Mike Pence speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing at the US Department of Education 8 July 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Former vice president Mike Pence is launching a political group to promote “traditional conservative values” and defend Trump policies. Pence has remained fairly
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iLoveMakonnen performs on stage on Day 1 of Born And Bred Festival at Haggerston Park on 4 June 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage) Hip hop star iLoveMakonnen says his “music talents”, “originality” and “influence” have been ‘discredited’ since he came out as gay. Makonnen Sheran, better known by his stage name iLoveMakonnen,
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Labour Party leader Keir Starmer. (Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) Labour Party leader Keir Starmer apologised Monday evening (5 April) for visiting an anti-LGBT+ church called Jesus House and the response was, well, mixed. The apology tweet, sent at 9:09pm three days after the visit to London’s Jesus House, affirmed Starmer’s support for queer rights as he
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Keir Starmer made a now-infamous visit to homophobic church Jesus House for Easter. (PinkNews) Labour leader Keir Starmer has finally apologised after making an Easter visit to notoriously homophobic church Jesus House in London. The leader of the opposition has faced blistering criticism since sharing a social media video of his visit to the Barnet-based
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Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstory of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing
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The Australian parliament building in Canberra, Australia. (Ashley Cooper/Avalon/Getty) A leaked video of an Australian government staffer masturbating and performing a sex act in parliament should be investigated as “revenge porn”, an MP has argued. Gay Liberal staffer Nathan Winn was fired for lewd conduct last week after an explicit video was leaked to the
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Gabrielle Union has opened up about her experience as stepmother to Dwyane Wade’s children, revealing that they asked her to become a stay-at-home mum. Appearing on a recent episode of Gwyneth Paltrow’s The Goop Podcast, Union discussed her experiences parenting Zaire and Zaya Wade. The actor recalled how quickly she became a mother figure after
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Members of the Alliance of Heterosexuals and LGBT for Equality, their flag in the top left, at the St Petersburg LGBT+ Pride. (Igor Russak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) An LGBT+ social media page followed by tens of thousands of queer Russians and allies blocked by authorities has vowed to continue fighting for equality. The Alliance
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Jedward. (Dave Hogan/Getty) Jedward have condemned the hateful “super straight” trend which claims refusing to date a trans person is a sexual orientation. The trend quickly gained momentum on TikTok in March when user @kyleroyce shared a video explaining that he had created “a new sexuality” called “super straight”. In the video, the TikTok user
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Catholic women are calling on the Vatican to modernise its views on LGBT+ relationships (Envato Elements) Five Catholic women’s organisations with a million members are calling on the Vatican to reverse its position that priests cannot bless same-sex unions. The women, all from German-speaking areas, voiced their unhappiness in an open letter to the Vatican’s orthodoxy
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Jan van Breda (L) and his partner Thijs Timmermans cut the cake after their wedding, on 1 April 2011 in Amsterdam. (Photo credit should read EVERT ELZINGA/AFP via Getty Images) The Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage 20 years ago. At midnight on 1 April, 2001, then-mayor Job Cohen married
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President Joe Biden speaks at the Pentagon February 10, 2021 (Alex Brandon – Pool/Getty) The Pentagon has marked the Transgender Day of Visibility by lifting a Trump-era ban on trans people serving openly in the US military. On Thursday (31 March) the US Defence Department unveiled a new policy allowing trans people to serve openly,
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