LGBTQ Entertainment News

Michael Brown urges people not to “rejoice” over the birth of Anderson Cooper’s son (YouTube/ASKDrBrown_ On Thursday evening CNN’s Anderson Cooper celebrated becoming a first-time father, announcing that he had welcomed a healthy baby boy into the world. The joyful news brought some much-needed positivity in the midst of a global pandemic, but predictably it
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A new EP from Super Drama will be the label’s first release on June 1 (Facebook/Super Drama) A new, independent, LGBT-focused record label is set to launch next month to increase visibility of queer artists in the music industry. Named ‘51-53‘ after the address of the Stonewall Inn in New York, the label hopes to
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Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage. (Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty) More than 3,500 same-sex couples have tied the knot in Taiwan since marriage equality was legalised almost a year ago. Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage on May 17, 2019, which also happened to be International Day
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Scientists in the United States have developed a new potential treatment for HIV which would allow people with the virus to have a yearly injection instead of daily medication. The group of researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Centre published their findings this week in Nature Materials, a peer-reviewed research journal. They developed the first
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Megan Rapinoe interviewed Joe and Jill Biden. (Megan Rapinoe/ Instagram) Lesbian icon and football star Megan Rapinoe has offered to be Joe Biden’s vice president, and we’d really love to see it. Rapinoe interviewed 2020 democratic nominee Joe Biden in an Instagram live on Thursday, April 30, alongside his wife Jill who was sporting a
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Charmaine McGuffey wants to become her state’s first out female LGBT+ person to be elected sheriff (Twitter/@CharmMcGuffey) A lesbian deputy sheriff has just won the Democratic primary for her state, beating the boss who allegedly fired her because of her sexuality. Charmaine McGuffey is currently suing Hamilton county sheriff Jim Neil, claiming he fired her from
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There have been more than a million coronavirus cases in the US and more than 60,000 deaths, with LGBT+ people disproportionately affected, but the White House gift shop is busy selling commemorative COVID-19 coins. No, really. The coin, which costs $125 to pre-order, has a graphic of coronavirus on one side and on the other
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What is the difference between sex and gender identity, exactly? Whether you want to brush up on your knowledge or you’re questioning your gender identity yourself, you’ll find the answers here. Sex and gender have historically been used interchangeably, but that doesn’t mean that they’re the same thing. “We don’t know how to measure gender,”
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Dr Rachel Levine giving a live update on the coronavirus crisis in Pennsylvania (Facebook/Pennsylvania Department of Health) Pennsylvanians have united in support of Dr Rachel Levine, the transgender secretary of health who’s leading the state through the coronavirus crisis. A graduate of Harvard College and a specialist in paediatrics and adolescent medicine, Dr Rachel Levine
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Zendaya and Hunter Schafer stars in Euphoria. (Euphoria/HBO) Euphoria season 2 has been delayed due to coronavirus, meaning its eventual release date will likely be at the tail end of 2020 – if not later. HBO confirmed Euphoria would return for another season back in December, telling Teen Vogue that it planned to premiere new
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The new findings by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County could be revolutionary for HIV research (Envato Elements) Researchers have made an exciting HIV breakthrough that’s been described as a “paradigm shift” in understanding and treating the disease. The new findings by UMBC published in Science refer to the virus’s RNA, where its genetic information
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Placard at a sex workers’ rights march in Stockholm. (Twitter/SWARM) Trans sex workers in Greece who don’t have legal gender recognition are being excluded from government support in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. In Greece, where sex work is legalised but heavily regulated, only Greek nationals with a female gender marker in their documents
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Roddy Alves gave an emotional interview in which she opened up about childhood bullying. (Screenshot/Truly) Celebrity Big Brother star Roddy Alves, who became famous as a lover of plastic surgery and later came out as transgender, has opened up about her transition in an emotional interview. Roddy Alves found fame after spending half a million
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is pictured during a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on February 10, 2020. (Photo by Emmanuele Contini/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Ivett Ördögg is a trans woman who lives in Budapest, Hungary. She has a boyfriend, a new job she really enjoys as a software developer, and she likes
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Tiger King stars Joe Exotic (R) and Dillon Passage. (Instagram) Dillon Passage, husband to Tiger King star Joe Exotic, has found himself in a rather specific situation, one that can only be described as peak 2020. Passage revealed Thursday night to FUBAR Radio’s Access All Areas that while his husband is carrying out his 22-yearslong
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The president of a major Roman Catholic advocacy organisation has published a bizarre warning about the “mass production” of LGBT+ people in America. Bill Donohue is an anti-LGBT+ extremist who heads the Catholic League, an American Catholic anti-defamation and civil rights organisation. His previous claims to fame include telling gay people they can’t celebrate Christmas, and stating that
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The UK’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has denied rumours that it is behind a campaign of bot Twitter accounts imitating NHS staff “posting for herd mentality and support of the government”. The speculation traces back to John O’Connell, the founder and editor of Far Right Watch, which “reports on bigotry and corruption
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Jameela Jamil is set to appear alongside MC Dashaun Lanvin and fellow panelists Amazon Leiomy, Law Roach and Megan Thee Stallion. (Screen capture via YouTube) A trailer for the glittery, sequinned and feather boa-filled show Legendary dropped Tuesday, and it is the dictionary definition of glamour. It comes after the show suffered early criticism after
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A Twitter user spotted a pretty remakarable difference between twins Shawn Mendes (L) and Troye Sivan (R) when it comes to their choking tact. ( Emma McIntyre/Getty Images For dcp/Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) Troye Sivan reading out thirst tweets and Shawn Mendes reading out thirst tweets shows the crucial difference between pop’s favourite twinks. It all comes
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Outlander star Sam Heughan at the premiere of “Bloodshot” on March 10, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage/Getty) Outlander star Sam Heughan has broken his silence after years of “bullying, harassment and stalking” from online trolls who insist he’s secretly gay. The Scottish actor best known for his role as Jamie Fraser in
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Lady Gaga and Boris Johnson. (Getty/Global Citizen/Ray Tang/Anadolu Agency) An explosive article in today’s Sunday Times revealed that UK prime minister Boris Johnson skipped the first five crisis meetings about coronavirus – meanwhile, Lady Gaga raised $127m for the COVID-19 relief effort and curated a global star-studded concert. Johnson, whose poor handling of the pandemic
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Rachel Brosnahan (pictured) coughing on her golden arm, complying with World Health Organization guidelines concerning coronavirus, before demanding to be buried with it. (Screen captures via Twitter) It’s safe to say that Quibi, the platform aimed at providing viewers with “quick bites” of content, launched last week at the exact right time, but one show
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Behind microphone stands in their homes, Lady Gaga (L) joined Céline Dion to close the One World: Together at Home special. (Screen captures via Twitter) The One World: Together at Home special came to a speculator close Saturday night as a constellation of stars – Lady Gaga, Céline Dion, Lang Lang, Andrea Bocelli and John Legend
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A trans woman in India is spending her days preparing free meals for the people in her neighbourhood to help them during the coronavirus pandemic. Veena S, from Bengaluru, is a social worker and activist with the Solidarity Foundation, a non-profit that provides support for sex workers. But in the midst of the coronavirus crisis,
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