Legendary TV presenter Phillip Schofield. (ITV) Phillip Schofield has revealed that his weight plummeted to just 9st 11lbs as he turned to prescription pills to cope with the pain of hiding his sexuality. In February, the 58-year-old TV presenter announced that over the course of his 27-year marriage he had been “been coming to terms
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Singer/songwriter Demi Lovato attends the 2018 Billboard Music Awards 2018 at the MGM Grand Resort International on May 20, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada (Photo by LISA O’CONNOR / AFP) (Photo credit should read LISA O’CONNOR/AFP/Getty Images) Demi Lovato has managed to convert the relentless, inexpressible rage people feel towards Donald Trump into a song
Britney Spears. (Lester Cohen/BBMA2016/Getty) The $57 million personal fortune of Britney Spears has taken a battering amid the drawn-out court battle to free the singer from her ironclad conservatorship. Spears, 37, has seen her finances pockmarked by a “burn rate” of legal fees as well as her “refusal to perform”, according to court documents seen
Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett. (LEAH MILLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett sparked outrage Tuesday (13 October) by insisting she has never discriminated against LGBT+ people based on “sexual preference”. You know, that vastly dated term long criticised by LGBT+ people as being a discriminatory dogwhistle? On
The Great British Bake Off star Nadiya Hussain was decidedly unimpressed with Paul Hollywood’s claim that rainbow bagels “represent the NHS”. The beloved Bake Off champion and TV personality was asked to weigh in on “the rainbow bagel debate”, which saw Hollywood roundly mocked on social media for claiming that the rainbow colours commonly associated
Judge Amy Coney Barrett attends first day of her Senate confirmation hearing to the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on October 12, 2020. (ERIN SCHAFF/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Amy Coney Barrett, Donald Trump’s nominee to replace LGBT+ rights hero Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, has been accused of cozying up to
Milton Hershey school was accused of forcing boys to watch conversion therapy videos (YouTube/Milton Hershey School) A student who claimed an elite school forced him to undergo conversion therapy after he was caught watching gay porn has been ordered to pay $800 of the school’s legal fees. Former student Adam Dobson claimed he was forced
Untitled drawing, c.1946-1959, Duncan Grant (1885-1978), The Charleston Trust © The Estate of Duncan Grant, licensed by DACS 2020. More than 400 “lost” paintings depicting gay sex by the British painter Duncan Grant have been discovered under a bed years after they first went missing. Grant was a painter and designer and was famously a
Charlie Cressey opened up about the moment he was targeted with homophobic abuse while volunteering (Envato Elements) A gay volunteer has opened up about the horrific moment he tried to help an “intoxicated” man, but was met with a torrent of homophobic abuse. Charlie Cressey, from Hove, spoke about his experience as part of Sussex
Michael Gunning will compete in next year’s Olympics. (E!/Getty) Michael Gunning, the first openly Black gay man to swim for Team Jamaica, has opened up about the horrific bullying he endured as a child. The Olympic hopeful, who is one of only a handful of Black swimmers at the sport’s elite level, talked to BBC
Paul Hollywood’s suggestion that rainbow bagels “represent the NHS” led to a number of complaints, the broadcast regulator Ofcom has confirmed. The Great British Bake Off judge was roundly mocked on social media for claiming that the rainbow colours commonly associated with LGBT+ Pride actually symbolised the UK’s National Health Service. “Paul, why rainbow coloured
Felycya Harris is the 31st transgender person to die by violent means so far this year (Human Rights Campaign) After yet another transgender woman was tragically shot to death, 2020 has officially become the deadliest year for the trans community since US records began. Police found the body of 33-year-old Felycya Harris, a transgender interior
Pete Buttigieg has revealed how he channeled his “inner Mike Pence” while helping Kamala Harris prepare for the vice-presidential debate. In a strange twist of fate, the gay former presidential candidate has been role-playing as Pence in mock debates with Harris to help her practise. Appearing in an MNBC segment ahead of the big showdown
The colourful display can be seen throughout the capital city of Kyiv (YouTube/Kyiv Pride) A 140-metre Pride flag is being projected onto one of Ukraine’s tallest buildings in defiance against the growing wave of homophobia spreading across eastern Europe. The rainbow colours will cover Gulliver Mall, a 35-storey shopping and entertainment centre in the capital
Ana Brnabic, Prime Minister of Serbia, at the Western Balkans Summit in Poland on 5 July, 2019. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/Getty) Serbia’s first female and first openly gay prime minister Ana Brnabic has won a second term following an election marred by claims of corruption. Prime minister Brnabic, leader of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party, was nominated
Eric Trump visits FOX Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo at FOX Studios on October 4, 2016 in New York City. (Astrid Stawiarz/Getty) A week after he accidentally declared himself a member of the LGBT+ community, Eric Trump is making the bold claim that his father has “literally saved Christianity”. The president’s second-oldest and second-worst son baffled
This tattooed school teacher hopes his appearance will encourage children to be open-minded (Instagram/@freakyhoody) A school teacher whose entire body, face and tongue are covered in tattoos says he hopes his appearance will help to make children more tolerant and less homophobic. Sylvain Helaine, 35, started getting tattoos at the age of 27 and now
20-year-old Massiah Berkley was rushed to hospital but died of his injuries (Envato Elements) A young, queer Black man has tragically lost his life after being stabbed in the head and chest in a suspected Labour Day hate crime. 20-year-old Massiah Berkley died moments after sitting next to James Williams, 51, on a park bench
Nursing student Michelle Ramos Vargas has become the 30th known trans person to be killed in the United States so far this year, and the sixth killed in Puerto Rico in the same period. Vargas’ body was found with multiple gunshot wounds in San Germán, Puerto Rico in the early hours of Wednesday (30 September).
Dolly Parton performs onstage during the 53rd annual CMA Awards. (John Shearer/Getty) Dolly Parton is in talks to pose for Playboy magazine to mark her 75th birthday, the country icon has revealed. Parton told Scott Mills and Chris Stark on Radio 5 Live that she has discussed the idea of doing a Playboy shoot to mark her birthday in
The New York Yankees high-five each other after winning 6-3 against the Philadelphia Phillies on August 3, 2020 (Sarah Stier/Getty) For the first time in four years, a season of Major League Baseball has passed without a single homophobic slur being uttered on the field. The 2020 season ended on Sunday after coronavirus shortened it
The mother believes the school treated her daughter’s relationship differently because she is gay (Pexels) A mother is threatening to sue an Indiana school district, claiming that her gay daughter was singled out by staff and subjected to “humiliating” homophobic bullying. Melissa Hart has filed a formal complaint against the administration of Charlestown High School,
Kellyanne Conway at a White House news briefing in January 2020 (Alex Wong/Getty) The former senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway is the latest member of Trump’s inner circle to test positive for coronavirus after attending a Rose Garden event last week. The crowded ceremony in which Trump announced his anti-LGBT+ Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney
The attacks have caused significant property damage, as well as psychological stress (Envato Elements) A gay primary school teacher says he and his husband have been left “emotionally drained” by a series of sustained attacks on their home with a BB gun. Antonio Silvestri, 49, and his partner David Bennett, 47, have been targeted by
Philip Oyelade, 40, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison. (Met Police) A man has been jailed and dubbed a “one man crime wave” after a string of burglaries, homophobic abuse and threatening a youth worker with a samurai sword. Philip Oyelade, 40, was sentenced to three and a half years in
Vice President Mike Pence. (Joshua Roberts/Getty) Activists have demanded that the next debate moderator grill Mike Pence on the Trump administration’s homophobia and transphobia, after LGBT+ rights went unmentioned during the first presidential debate. LGBT+ issues were sidelined in the presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump on Tuesday (September 29). The messy and
Jeffree Star (L) and André Marhold. (Instagram) Jeffree Star, the controversial make-up vlogger still dogged by accusations of racism, has alleged that his boyfriend Andre Marhold robbed him and is now ignoring his calls. Dubbing the basketball player “lowlife scum”, the YouTube star said in since-deleted comments screenshot by Hip Magazine that he has tried
Mike Pence. (John Moore/Getty Images) Mike Pence is reportedly gearing up for a 2024 presidential bid by seeking support at a conference organised by an anti-LGBT+ group. Pence, known for his hardline anti-LGBT+ beliefs, has been core to efforts to roll back equality under the Trump administration. With just 33 days left until the US election, Pence
Luis Almendares was shot three times by two men on a motorbike. (Luisito Almendares/ Facebook) A journalist in Honduras has been murdered after publicly condemning violence against LGBT+ people in the Central American country. According to the Washington Blade, Luis Almendares was shot three times by two men on a motorbike in the city Comayagua
The owner of queer publications The Advocate and Out has broken a pledge he made two years ago to stop donating to anti-LGBT+ Republicans. Adam Levin is the owner of Oreva Capital, the parent company of Pride Media. Pride Media represents many LGBT+ media brands, including The Advocate, Out, Pride.com and Plus. In 2018, it
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