LGBTQ Entertainment News

Love, Victor follows the story of a half Puerto Rican, half Colombian-American teen navigating high school with his friends. (YouTube/Hulu) The Love, Victor season two trailer has finally dropped ahead of its release on Hulu next month. Season one of the Love, Simon spin-off ended on a monumental cliffhanger, as Victor came out to his family. Fans
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Bethany Church leader Jonathan Stockstill has apologised for the “painful experiences” of the bootcamp’s participants. (Facebook/ Jonathan Stockstill) A Christian bootcamp run by the Bethany Church megachurch allegedly used homophobic and racist slurs against teens, and forced them to fight each other until they were bleeding. The “220i” leadership programme was run Bethany Church, a
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Research finds trans and non-binary people face barriers to accessing cervical screening services including being invited to screenings or being discouraged or turned away from appointments. (Envato Elements) Trans and non-binary people experience barriers to accessing cervical screenings due to discrimination, new research has confirmed. The findings from Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, which were published in
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The first trailer for the star-studded film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen has just dropped. The Tony-award winning musical debuted on Broadway in 2016, soon becoming hugely popular and especially beloved by queer audiences. The film version of the musical, from Universal, is set for release in September, 2021, with Ben Platt reprising
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Ariana Grande (L) had been doing Dalton Gomez for around 18 months. (Instagram/@ArianaGrande) Ariana Grande married Dalton Gomez in a “tiny and intimate” ceremony. The pop icon swapped “7 Rings” for just one over the weekend – her wedding ring. Ariana Grande quietly married real estate agent Dalton Gomez at their home in Montecito, California, her representative confirmed
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Alireza Fazeli-Monfared was killed and beheaded by family after they found out he was gay. (Twitter) Human rights group Amnesty International has called for a full investigation into the brutal “honour killing” of young gay man in Iran. This month, Alireza Fazeli Monfared, 20, who identified as non-binary gay man, was killed and beheaded by
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Masayoshi Soken. (YouTube) Final Fantasy XIV composer Masayoshi Soken revealed at the weekend’s Digital Fan Festival he’s been battling cancer, but kept it secret from the development team. Soken took to the stage towards the end of the second day of the event to share the personal news in an emotional speech. In March 2020,
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Resident Evil Village. (Capcom) Now that Resident Evil Village has been released, the world can finally experience in full the icon that is Lady Dimitrescu. The big tall vampire lady, as she’s colloquially known, has spearheaded the game’s promotion and sets the campy gothic tone for the rest of the game. That’s along with her
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Boris Johnson appointed former MP Nick Herbert as special envoy for LGBT+ rights (Peter Summers/Getty) Prime minister Boris Johnson has appointed a new “special envoy” on LGBT+ rights who will chair the UK’s first global LGBT+ conference in 2022. Lord Herbert of South Downs, the Conservative MP for Arundel and South Downs from 2005 to
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Marsha P Johnson. (Netflix) The brand new design for the Marsha P Johnson State Park has been unveiled after initial plans were scrapped following complaints from the trans hero’s own family. New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced last year that Brooklyn’s East River State Park would be renamed for Johnson, making it “the first state
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John Barrowman at the National Television Awards 2020 (David M. Benett/Getty) A Torchwood audio drama starring John Barrowman has been scrapped amid allegations that the star repeatedly exposed himself to former co-workers. The Captain Jack Harkness actor’s conduct came under scrutiny following a resurfaced video in which his co-star Noel Clarke recalled how Barrowman would “take his
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LNER apologised to Laurence Coles, a non-binary train guard. (Twitter) The London North Eastern Railway has apologised to a non-binary passenger for a “ladies and gentlemen” train announcement. On Tuesday (11 May) Laurence Coles, a train guard and LGBT+ rep for the RMT union, wrote on Twitter: “‘Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls…’
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The Pride in London 2019 Parade passes through Piccadilly Circus. (Photo by Matthew Chattle/Barcroft Media/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) Pride in London has issued an apology for allegations of racism and bullying riddling the organisation. The non-profit has been plagued by demands for new leadership and a fundamental rethink of how the UK’s largest Pride
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The family of the late fashion designer Roy “Halston” Frowick have slammed Ryan Murphy’s upcoming Netflix biopic series as an “inaccurate, fictionalised account”. (Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix) The family of the late fashion designer Halston have slammed Ryan Murphy’s upcoming Netflix biopic series as an “inaccurate, fictionalised account”. The series stars Ewan McGregor as the Studio 54
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Pope Francis. (Christopher Furlong/Getty) Catholic churches in Germany have decided to bless same-sex couples despite a Vatican ruling that forbids them from doing so. The Church of St Benedict in Munich and three other churches in Würzburg offered blessings to same-sex couples on Sunday (9 May) in direct contravention of the Vatican’s widely condemned policy.
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Transgender people and supporters march through central London during the second Trans Pride protest march for equality on 12 September 2020. (Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) A retired Old Bailey judge has questioned why anti-trans groups such as the LGB Alliance weren’t included in a consultation on hate crime laws. Charles Wilde,
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LGBT+ students were told to “die” in horrific graffiti. (Envato Elements) LGBT+ students were told to “die” in “appalling and terrifying” homophobic graffiti daubed over a Pride flag. Abusive slurs were scrawled on a white board that had a Pride flag projected onto it at Broadland High School in Norfolk, according to the North Norfolk News.
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Franklin Graham got a frosty response from the Seattle Police Department (CNP/Ron Sachs//Anadolu Agency/Getty) Franklin Graham has insisted he’s “not anti-gay” after Seattle Police refused to attend his dinner because of his homophobic views. The notoriously anti-LGBT+ preacher is hosting the aw enforcement appreciation dinner in Seattle next week, but there’s just one tiny problem: Seattle
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