RuPaul has admitted that she “feels bad sometimes” for her fellow Drag Race judges because her “natural chemistry” with Michelle Visage is so strong. The drag icon and Visage first met in 1988 and have remained close friends ever since. Speaking to Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall in an interview with Cosmopolitan, RuPaul said Visage is “a good
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Lil Nas X revealed this year that he is a dedicated Nicki Minaj fan. (lilnasx/ Instagram) Lil Nas X has clapped back on Twitter at rapper 50 Cent after he criticised his iconic Nicki Minaj Halloween costume. The “Old Town Road” singer, who came out as gay in July 2019, revealed earlier this year that
A quiet suburban family home decorated with Pride flags and signs was targeted by homophobic vandals who plastered the walls with hateful graffiti. The house in Barrington, Illinois, had rainbow-decorated trees lining the driveway and an array of positive signs in the backyard, including one that read: “Love and peace over hate.” Sadly it seems
A love hotel in Tokyo, Japan. (John S Lander/LightRocket via Getty) “Love hotels” in Japan, where couples book short stays to have sex, have been accused of illegally discriminating against gay couples. Love hotels began opening in Japan in the late 1960s for couples desperate for some time alone, away from their large families who
Jake Bain opened up about his experience of sexual abuse (It Gets Better campaign screenshot/YouTube) Jake Bain, the high-school football star who made headlines when he came out as gay, has opened up about being sexually abused by his father. Bain became one of the first openly queer athletes at the NCAA Division I level
House Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (Win McNamee/Getty) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez showed that, yes, it is possible to be a socialist and wear a $14,000 suit while you pose for a Vanity Fair photoshoot. And that, reader, is a sentence we never thought we’d type. Ocasio-Cortez sparred with Fox News‘ Laura Ingraham on Thursday (29 October) over the Democratic
Students walk across the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Bill Pugliano/Getty) A toxic fraternity, which claims to be one of the oldest in America, is suing a chapter that admitted women and non-binary members for causing “irreparable harm” to its “image”. In 2016, Stephanie Stoneback was asked to pledge the fraternity Sigma
Blu del Barrio is the mysterious teen genius Adira in Star Trek: Discovery (Netflix/CBS) Star Trek: Discovery makes trans history in its latest episode, with the non-binary actor Blu del Barrio making their exciting debut as Adira – and there’s a lot more to their character than meets the eye. Warning: contains spoilers for Star Trek:
First Lady Melania Trump spoke to Trump supporters at a Make America Great Again event in Atglen, Pennsylvania, on October 27, 2020. (GABRIELLA AUDI/AFP via Getty) While attacking Democrats at a Make America Great Again event, Melania Trump insisted that husband Donald “sees potential in everyone, no matter their gender or sexual orientation”. First lady
“It’s taken me a lot of time to gain the courage to completely be myself in everyday life.” Jade Thirlwall said (Getty) Little Mix Jade Thirlwall interviewed RuPaul for the new issue of Cosmopolitan, and revealed that she fell for her boyfriend when she saw him in drag. Ahead of the band’s upcoming album Confetti, the singer sat down with
Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg joined Tenacious D to get young voters to “jump to the left”. (Tenacious D/ YouTube) Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren did the “Time Warp” with Tenacious D in a truly iconic Rocky Horror Picture Show tribute to encourage voters to “jump to the left”. The video is part of the
Pope Francis holds his speech during an International Prayer Meeting for Peace (Vatican Pool/Getty Images) There was global jubilation when Pope Francis voiced his support for same-sex civil unions in a new documentary – but a full transcript confirms his comments didn’t go quite as far as many would hope. Pope Francis, who has made
Danell Leyva, three-time USA Gymnastics Olympic Medalist, attends a viewing party of the Olympic Opening Ceremony hosted by the filmmakers of “Icarus” at the Hollywood Athletic Club on February 9, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Rich Fury/Getty Images for Netflix) Three-time Olympic gymnastics medallist Danell Leyva has explained how stereotypes about male gymnasts held him back
Kate McKinnon dressed as a fortune teller in the year 2019 to make a jab against JK Rowling. (Screen capture via YouTube/Getty) Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon tore into JK Rowling’s controversial comments against trans people in a snide sketch with none other than Adele. Adele, who invented humanity’s capacity to hear so we
J.M. Barrie writing letters to his great friend Robert Louis Stevenson at his desk in Adelphi Terrace House. (Sotheby’s via Getty Images) Never-seen-before letters reveal JM Barrie telling Robert Louis Stevenson “I have discovered that I love you” – and the only possible explanation is that they were “the greatest of friends”. It’s the first
The company behind the Lady Boys of Bangkok will get more than £1 million from the government’s emergency arts funding. (Twitter/TheLadyBoys) The Lady Boys of Bangkok has secured emergency government arts funding as part of the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund. Gandey Productions, which stages the Chinese State Circus and the Lady Boys of Bangkok,
Del Martin (L) and Phyllis Lyon (R). (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AFP via Getty Images) The home of Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, a late lesbian couple who sought to defy federal and state marriage equality bans in 2004 by getting married, could be preserved as a city landmark. Lyon and Martin were the first in California to receive
Visual themes from Jamie Windust’s first book, In Their Shoes, are explored in their new show on Jameela Jamil’s I Weigh platform. (Tristan Fewings/Getty Images) It’s publication day for Jamie Windust’s debut book, In Their Shoes: Navigating Non-Binary Life – and it’s raining. Jamie jokes that they’re looking at the rain and deciding whether or not to go
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence give a thumbs up after speaking on the first day of the Republican National Convention (Chris Carlson-Pool/Getty) An LGBT+ Republican group has endorsed 12 politicians who have long track records of opposing LGBT+ rights. The Log Cabin Republicans, which describes itself as “the nation’s original and largest
Sarah Palin and Democrat Joseph Biden walk on stage following their vice presidential debate on October 2, 2008. (Getty/Paul J Richards) With the final presidential debate over, neither Donald Trump nor Joe Biden have answered a single question on LGBT+ rights throughout the entire debate cycle, according to the CEO of GLAAD Sarah Kate Ellis. The
Evangelical preacher Franklin Graham has lashed out at Pope Francis for “trivialising Christ’s sacrifice” by “normalising homosexuality”. Pope Francis suggested in a documentary that premiered on Wednesday (October 21) that gay people “have a right to be part of the family” and threw his support behind “civil union law” so same-sex relationships can be “legally
Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett. (LEAH MILLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Amy Coney Barrett is backed by more than half of voters to be Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement on the US Supreme Court – including almost a third of Democrats – and could be sworn in as soon as Monday (October 26). The Senate
Mary Fay, one of the few openly gay Republican congressional candidates, was speaking when the event was hijacked (Campaign video) A lesbian congressional candidate has spoken out after a virtual debate she was involved in was hijacked with racist and homophobic messages. Mary Fay, one of the only openly gay Republicans running for office in
Chris Pratt received the support of countless co-stars after being dubbed the ‘worst Chris’ in Hollywood. (Getty/Twitter) Chris Pratt was defended by a cavalcade of celebrities Tuesday evening (October 20) after reports he has links to an allegedly “anti-LGBT+” church resurfaced. Pratt, 41, was dubbed the “worst Chris” – because every tall white guy in cinema
Netflix has released a trailer for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, a new film starring Viola Davis as pioneering queer blues singer Ma Rainey. Rainey, widely known as the mother of the blues, forged a lucrative early career in the 1920s while peppering her songs with references to her sexuality, more than 40 years before the Stonewall
The Sanderson Sisters will return this Halloween. (Disney) A Hocus Pocus reunion featuring the original Sanderson sisters – Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy – is coming later this month. Halloween 2020 was set to be a miserable affair (wearing a slutty costume for Zoom just doesn’t quite carry the same thrill) –
Leon Wenham explained that he wrote You, Me and Lots and Lots of Love because he never saw his family reflected in books he would read to his five-year-old son (Instagram) A Black, gay dad has written his own story book after being disappointed by the lack of diversity in traditional tales. Leon Wenham explained that
Bianca Del Rio isn’t a Kirstie Alley fan. (Getty) After Kirstie Alley laid out her reasons for voting for Donald Trump in the November 3 election, Drag Race legend Bianca Del Rio had something to day. Alley has emerged as a vocal Trump advocate in recent years, to the dismay of Cheers fans and supporters
Ann Widdecombe has previously backed gay cure therapy. (Steve Taylor / Echoes Wire / Barcroft Media via Getty Images) Ann Widdecombe, the British former lawmaker known for her high-decibel anti-LGBT+ views, drew criticism Sunday (18 October) for saying “families” wouldn’t be interested in watching a same-sex couple dance on Strictly Come Dancing. Nicola Adams, the
The national census in Britain will, for the very first time, ask questions on the public’s sexual orientation and gender identity. With the last census taken in 2011, the sprawling procedure has long provided pollsters and policy-makers a baseline portrait to use when crafting surveys or analysing results. The Office for National Statistics, the agency
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