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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

Eric Trump visits FOX Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo at FOX Studios on October 4, 2016 in New York City. (Astrid Stawiarz/Getty) Eric Trump has clarified that he is not actually a member of the LGBT+ community, after accidentally “coming out” during a live Fox News interview. The president’s second-oldest and second-worst son, who has two

The couple have been accused of the murder of dancer Adrian Murphy. (Adrian Murphy/ Facebook) A “ruthless” couple have been accused of murdering a champion Irish dancer by poisoning him with “Devil’s Breath” after meeting him on Grindr. In June 2019, police issued an urgent safety warning to people using Grindr after 43-year-old Adrian Murphy

Friedrich Merz, a member of the German Christian Democrats (CDU), is vying for the leadership of the party and with it a possible chancellor candidacy.(Lukas Schulze/Getty Images) German politician Friedrich Merz has said he “regrets” offending people after suggesting homosexuality is fine if it “does not affect children”. Merz, a candidate seeking to become chair

A police officer in Kolkata, India, has been arrested for harassing, molesting and using obscene language and gestures towards a transgender rights activist. According to The Times of India, inspector Abhishek Bhattacharya is facing the charges for targeting Ranjita Sinha, a well-known local activist who leads sensitivity training efforts on LGBT+ issues. The outlet reports that

Joan Bellingham was training to be a nurse when she was admitted to a psychiatric ward for being a lesbian. (1 News) A New Zealand nurse who was repeatedly hospitalised for 12 years and given electroconvulsive therapy more than 200 times has said her fight for justice has been “almost as bad as the abuse”.

Billie Day Wakefield was an LGBT+ activist from Bristol. (Supplied) One of Bristol’s most prominent LGBT+ campaigners, Billie Dale Wakefield, has tragically passed away at the age of 78. Described by local leaders and loved ones as a “hero”, Dale Wakefield founded the Bristol Gay Switchboard in 1975, and became one of the founders of

Police said it was ‘reasonable force’ to shoot Roxanne Moore 16 times. (Getty) Police officers who fired 16 shots at Black trans woman Roxanne Moore used “reasonable force”, says the Pennsylvania district attorney. Moore, 29, remains in hospital, in critical but stable condition, after being fired at by officers on September 13. At a press

Liz Truss leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on February 13, 2020.(TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty) The Conservative minister for women and equalities, Liz Truss, has been accused by Liberal Democrat peer baroness Liz Barker of hiding details of meetings she had about the Gender Recognition Act. Baroness Barker, who is the LGBT+ spokesperson in

Gay and bisexual men still face outdated restrictions on blood donation. (Pexels) A study has revealed that when a lifetime ban on blood donation for queer men in the US was lifted, there was no “statistically significant” increase in HIV-positive blood. New research has revealed that there was “no increase in HIV incidence or HIV

The red area shows the municipalities in Poland that have signed the ‘LGBT-free’ pledge. (Atlas of Hate) In a narrow vote, councillors in Kraśnik, in eastern Poland, voted Tuesday (22 September) to keep their municipality an “LGBT-free zone” in an open challenge to the scores of European Union pressure to undo such patches of open

Soraya Santiago starred in the award-winning documentary Mala Mala. (Mala Mala/ Facebook) Soraya Santiago, a trans activist, queer icon and the first person in Puerto Rico to receive gender confirmation surgery, has passed away at the age of 73. According to the Associated Press, Santiago had been battling cancer, and died Tuesday (September 22) at

Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in the same-sex marriage case Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that could determine the constitutionality of marriage for same-sex couples, smiles as he walks out of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, June 18, 2015. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty) Jim Obergefell, the plaintiff in the case which legalised marriage equality across

Former Vice President Joe Biden (Michael Brochstein / Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) Joe Biden emphatically decried Poland’s “LGBT-free zones”, saying Monday morning (September 21) spaces birthed from hostility have “no place in the European Union or anywhere in the world”. The Democratic presidential nominee became the latest high-ranking official needled by the rise

The governor of the Cayman Islands has pleaded with people to be kind to each other, just a week after leaked messages from a Christian WhatsApp group showed members threatening to “lovingly” hang “one or two gays”. Governor Martyn Roper said recent public discussion about LGBT+ people had been “irresponsible” and “shocking” during a COVID-19

Former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Pete Buttigieg, the first openly gay presidential candidate for a major party, has one message for LGBT+ youth in the run up to the US election: Vote. Buttigieg, the gay mayor from Indiana who was the surprise break-out star of the Democratic race earlier this

Suspect Ivan Arturo G.P. has been arrested by Mexican authorities in connection with the trans activists death. (Chihuahua attorney general’s office) Police in Mexico have arrested a man in connection with the fatal stabbing of trans activist Mireya Rodriguez Lemus. Lemus, a trans woman from Chihuahua state, was found stabbed to death in her home

A lesbian couple take selfies during an event to raise awareness of gay rights in Hong Kong in 2019. (PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images) A Hong Kong court has thrown out mixed messages for the protection of LGBT+ rights, with two verdicts that constitute one win and one loss for LGBT+ campaigners. The High Court