LGBTQ Entertainment News

Things got, er, odd in the first trailer for RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. (Screen captures via Twitter) Drag queens, start your engines – the official trailer for the long-awaited second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK dropped Sunday evening (3 January) and yup, we are absolutely gagging for it. Immediately sparking hope that maybe 2021
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Saira Khan. (Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images) Saira Khan asked Loose Women bosses Sunday (3 January) to replace her with a “gay, transgender or non-binary host” after she announced that she has quit the lunchtime talk show after five years. In an Instagram post of her cover shoot for Notebook, a supplement of the Sunday Mirror, the British
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Video footage showed the moment a cruise sank as rescue boats scrambled to save passengers from drowning. (Screen captures via Twitter/@fitnessgayz) As Mexico’s coronavirus caseloads soar, a queer party boat packed with some 60 people sank to the depths of the ocean Friday afternoon (31 December). Startling mobile phone footage uploaded to social media showed
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The Office of Communication, otherwise known as Ofcom. (Bruno Vincent/Getty Images) Britain’s media watchdog quietly expanded its definition of hate speech Thursday evening (31 December) to include intolerance of gender affirmation. The Office of Communications, a communications regulator otherwise known as Ofcom, updated its broadcast code with a refreshed definition of hate speech at 11pm
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The circuit party was attended by 2,000 shirtless, maskless men. (G1) A circuit party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was shut down by police and firefighters after thousands of maskless men attended as the city’s COVID cases soar. The Festa Revolution gay circuit party took place on Tuesday (29 December) at Faro Beach Club in the
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A demonstrator waves the trans Pride flag in Madrid, Spain. (Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images) As we dust ourselves off after the flaming dumpster fire that was 2020 and look ahead to what will hopefully be a slightly better year, PinkNews asked eight trans and non-binary people how cis people can be even better
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The poster for Forbidden Love in Heaven. (Ran Yinxiao_ A simple film about a gay couple who adopt a homeless child, Forbidden Love in Heaven has become something almost unthinkable for LGBT+ filmmakers and moviegoers in China: a hit. In a nation where acceptance of same-sex couples is progressing at a less-than-glacial rate, Chinese filmmakers have
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Kylie Minogue and Dua Lipa released a collab of ‘Real Groove’ on 31 December. (Samir Hussein/WireImage and Gareth Cattermole/Getty) Kylie Minogue and Dua Lipa have dropped “Real Groove (Studio 2054 Remix)”, an earth-shattering collab at the very tail-end of the hellscape known as 2020, and it couldn’t have come at a more pressing time. There’s
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Stornoway Harbour, Western Isles. (Getty/ Tim Graham) Councillors in the Western Isles, off the coast of Scotland, have rejected LGBT-inclusive relationships and sex education in favour of Roman Catholic teaching. The Western Isles council, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, overwhelmingly voted this month in favour Roman Catholic teaching materials to be used in lessons on relationships,
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Courtney Eshay Key have spoken out after she was killed in the evening of 25 December in the East Chatham neighbourhood of Chicago. (CBS2) A transgender woman was shot dead on Christmas Day in what her friends believe was a hate crime incident, before she was misgendered by police in death. Friends and family of
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RuPaul has made an important change to an iconic Drag Race catchphrase to be more inclusive of trans and non-binary contestants. Across 12 seasons and countless spin-offs, nearly every episode of the reality TV show has featured the line: “Gentlemen, start your engines, and may the best woman win.” However a preview of the show’s
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Police have released a CCTV photo of people they would like to speak to in connection with the attack on Anthony Crumbley. (GoFundMe and Boston Police Department) A gay Black man in Boston, Massachusetts, who was stabbed and left in a coma for four days, is living in fear knowing his attackers are still “out
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Archaeologists discovered paintings, food residue, animal bones, skeletons of victims of the volcanic eruption and, surprisingly, some homophobic graffiti. (Pompeii Sites) Archaeologists who have been excavating an Ancient Roman snack bar in Pompeii, Italy, have discovered “homophobic” graffiti scrawled on the walls. According to a press release from Pompeii Sites, the colourful Thermopolium of Regio V
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Matthew Olshefski – better known as the shirtless violinist – and his husband Paul Castle had their Instagram account removed for “violating” rules, despite the fact that they did nothing wrong. (Instagram) A gay couple are devastated after their hugely popular Instagram account was shut down for “violating” rules – but they still don’t know
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Equalities minister Liz Truss. (David Cliff/NurPhoto/Getty) Equalities minister Liz Truss has pitted minorities against the working class in a bizarre column littered with dog whistles. In a column published in the Daily Mail on Sunday (27 December), Truss claimed that efforts to advance the rights of minority groups amounts to people jumping on the “woke bandwagon”.
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Ellen DeGeneres. (Steve Granitz/WireImage) In what might be the purest and most wholesome thing to occur during this well and truly cursed year, a closeted teen was gifted Ellen DeGeneres merchandise by her parents to let her know “it’s OK to be lesbian.” Sophie opened up her presents Friday (25 December) to find her parents
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Illustrator Dandy Doodlez has ME, and is busting taboos about sex, disability and queerness. (Dandy Doodlez) Illustrator Dandy Doodlez has opened up about sex, the intersection between queerness and disability, and why the LGBT+ community is so inaccessible. Dandy developed Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), a complex neurological disease that presents with symptoms in multiple body systems,
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Dwyane Wade beautifully capped off 2020 by reaffirming his “unconditional love” for his 13-year-old trans daughter, Zaya. The retired NBA star and his wife, actress Gabrielle Union, have been setting the bar for parenting this year as they continue to celebrate Zaya through her transition. In sharing their personal journey as LGBT+ allies they’ve set a
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Zachary Quinto is to produce and star in a new audio drama podcast shedding light on Harvard University’s attempts to purge gay students. The Boys in the Band star is set to delve back into queer culture with upcoming scripted podcast series Secret Court, which tells the true story of a purge of gay students
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South Oxfordshire District Council has voted for a new policy ensuring all its buildings have gender-neutral toilets in a new inclusive move. The local authority will also ensure all services, communications and policies are gender-neutral and accessible to all “regardless of their sexuality or gender identity”. The motion was put forward by Alexandrine Kantor, a
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Beyoncé and Alexandra Burke’s iconic performance on the X Factor (YouTube/Dingledoodie) Alexandra Burke and Beyoncé “blagged” their iconic “Listen” duet, the X Factor winner has revealed in a new interview. Appearing on Angela Scanlon’s BBC series, The Noughties, Burke recalled how the earth-shattering duet came about, revealing that Simon Cowell called her the day before the
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Hampstead Heath has long been known as a gay cruising spot. (Getty/Barry Lewis) Police in London have fined men cruising for gay sex on Hampstead Heath for breaching coronavirus rules, with frequenters being urged to consider the health risks of mixing with other households. North London police responded after members of the public reported men “cruising
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Mike Tyson (L) and Boosie Badazz. (Screen captures via YouTube) Apparently, Mike Tyson isn’t the only punching powerhouse in the family – he had to stop his daughter from knocking out a transphobic rapper who appeared on his podcast. Indeed, Tyson’s daughter flew from New York City to Los Angeles, California, to confront Boosie Badazz
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Nicola Adams and Katya Jones performed one last time during the finale of Strictly Come Dancing. (YouTube) Strictly Come Dancing fans are urging the contest to bring lesbian boxer Nicola Adams back next year after she performed a powerful dance routine in the finale. LGBT+ viewers were overjoyed when Strictly Come Dancing announced that Adams would feature as
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