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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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FKA twigs has thanked Lil Nas X for “acknowledging” his video for “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” was inspired by her work “Cellophane”. Shortly after “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” took the world by storm, many pointed out the close similarities between the video and FKA twigs‘ 2019 release, “Cellophane”, which sees the
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Lady Gaga’s dog walker Ryan Fischer (R) detailed the extent of his injuries in an Instagram video. (Getty Images/Screen capture via Instagram/@saintrocque) Lady Gaga‘s dog walker had part of his lung removed after thugs gunned him down to grab the singer’s dogs, leaving him “bleeding on the sidewalk”. Ryan Fischer recounted in a vivid Instagram
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Gareth and Ollie Locke. (Dave Benett/Getty) Made in Chelsea star Ollie Locke has revealed that he and his husband Gareth are planning on having a baby via a surrogate. The reality television star revealed the news in a heartfelt Instagram post, which was accompanied with an illustration of two Disney princes cradling a baby and embracing
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Queer Black lawmaker Park Cannon was forcibly arrested in the state legislature for knocking on the governor’s door. (Twitter) A queer Black lawmaker was arrested after she dared to knock on the governor’s door as he signed a law to restrict voting rights. Park Cannon, a Georgia state representative, was arrested and forcibly removed from
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Mildred Loic, also known as Shakiro, one of the trans women currently held in jail (Facebook/ Shakiro) Two trans women in the central African country of Cameroon are facing five years in prison on charges of “attempted homosexuality”. Mildred Loic and Moute Rolland were arrested for wearing women’s clothes in the country’s largest city, Douala,
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Arrested Development star and gay icon Jessica Walter has died. (Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) Jessica Walter, widely adored for her role as Lucille Bluth in Arrested Development, has died at the age of 80, her family confirmed on Thursday (25 March). The award-winning actor, and bona fide gay icon, began her acting career in the theatre in 1960, before
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Russell Tovey. (David Levenson/Getty Images) Russell Tovey has revealed that he fell “desperately in love” with a “much older actor” while filming an early television series. The gay actor opened up about coming to terms with his sexuality and his first major crush in an interview with Attitude magazine. “I was doing a TV show and I
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Giana Desir, a trans woman, won a hefty discrimination lawsuit against a real estate broker. A year later, she says, she still hasn’t seen any money. Desir, from Brooklyn, New York, won $50,000 in compensation from a real estate broker sexually who harassed her and said she couldn’t live near “people or children”. New York City’s
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Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black shared adorable snaps from their eight year relationship to celebrate their anniversary. (Instagram) Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black have celebrated their eight-year anniversary with adorable throwback posts on Instagram. The Olympic diver and Oscar-winning screenwriter shared a selection of photographs of their relationship through the years and reflected
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A federal court has ruled in favour of a Christian student group banned for its discriminatory leadership requirements. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato) A judge has ruled that University of Iowa administrators can be sued by a Christian student group that was placed under a ban for religious homophobia. In 2017, a Business Leaders in Christ group
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Joe Biden. (Rick Loomis/Getty) Joe Biden is facing calls to give trans and non-binary people the legal recognition they need with “X” markers on passports. Under current rules, people must identify as either male or female on United States passports, meaning non-binary people are effectively forced to misgender themselves on official documentation. Joe Biden promised
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