LGBTQ Entertainment News

Caroline Farrow. (Good Morning Britain/ YouTube) Anti-trans, anti-gay and anti-abortion activist and Catholic apologist Caroline Farrow was invited to Exeter University to debate sex work, before being uninvited over of her anti-LGBT+ views, and then re-invited against the wishes of the debate society. On Friday (18 September) the University of Exeter debate society is set
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Anthony Horan said it was ‘discriminatory’ to block the selection of candidates who deny the existence of trans people or oppose abortion. (Catholic Parliamentary Office) The Catholic Church has accused the Scottish National Party (SNP) of blocking transphobes who oppose abortion from being selected for next year’s election. Anthony Horan, director of the Catholic Parliamentary
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US secretary of state Mike Pompeo is expected to push his extreme anti-LGBT+ views onto the international diplomatic community at an upcoming UN general assembly. On 16 September Pompeo reportedly plans to present the findings of his ‘Commission on Unalienable Rights’, a report which describes abortion and same-sex marriage as “divisive social and political controversies”.
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Sarah McBride, National Press Secretary for the HRC Foundation, speaks onstage at The Human Rights Campaign 2018 Los Angeles Gala Dinner. (Rich Fury/Getty Images for Human Rights Campaign) Trans Democrat Sarah McBride is set to make history as the first out transgender state senator ever elected in the United States, after winning the state legislative
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Donald Trump holds an LGBT+ Pride flag given to him by supporter. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) As much as a widening gulf has yawned between LGBT+ voters and US president Donald Trump over the years, apparently launching an array of anti-queer policies and, overall, not caring about queer people is enough to get them to vote for
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MEPs dressed in the colours of the rainbow flags have urged the EU to take action to investigate fomenting of anti-LGBT extremism in Poland. (Supplied by Intergroup on LGBTI Rights) MEPs dressed in the colours of the rainbow flag have urged the EU to take action to investigate the fomenting of anti-LGBT+ extremism in Poland.
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The governor of California Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that eliminates a disparity in sex offence laws treating LGBT+ people more harshly, despite attacks from the far-right, Donald Trump Jr and Ted Cruz. In a low-key announcement on Friday (September 11) amid the wildfire emergency in the state, Newsom’s office confirmed he had signed
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The ailing political party UKIP is seeking to oust its sixth leader in four years, with disgraced former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton tapped to lead the party temporarily. The pro-Brexit party said Sunday (September 13) that Freddy Vachha, who was only elected its leader in June, had been suspended over unspecified allegations of bullying and
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Naya Rivera with her four-year-old son, Josey Hollis. (Naya Rivera/ Twitter) Glee star Naya Rivera raised her arm and called for help before she drowned in the waters of California’s Lake Piru, according to a newly-released autopsy report. Rivera, who played the character of Santana Lopez on the hit show, went missing while swimming with her
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Trans activist Gul Panra appealed for protection before she was gunned down at a wedding (Twitter) Pakistanis are demanding justice for a transgender activist who was killed when some unidentified people opened fire on her and another trans person at a wedding. Gul Panra was murdered at the wedding in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar,
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Niecy Nash has opened up about her sexuality after her surprise wedding to Jessica Betts, describing her love for a woman as a “going into myself” rather than a “coming out”. The Claws star surprised fans in August when she announced her marriage to Betts on Instagram. The actor had never come out publicly and had twice
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Conversion therapy is often carried out by so-called Christian groups in Northern Ireland. (Envato) Ministers in Northern Ireland have committed to banning traumatising conversion therapy in a groundbreaking move for the territory’s LGBT+ community. Conversion therapy is defined as the effort to change a person’s sexuality or gender identity. It has been condemned by most
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A gay asylum seeker has opened up about the terror he felt while sharing accommodation with two homophobes in the Irish refugee system. Preet Tahul, originally from Mauritius, told Hot Press magazine that he fled his homophobic family and sought asylum in Ireland – but the country’s harsh refugee system, known as direct provision, has left him
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Gay Congressional candidate Ritchie Torres has branded the head of a police union as “racist, misogynistic and homophobic” after the group called him a “first class w***e”. Torres, who is expected to win a seat in the United States House after he won his Democratic primary, made the comment after the Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA)
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Right-wing activist Candace Owens has suggested that transgender activists are literally being controlled by Satan. Owens, a vocal Trump supporter who previously worked for the alt-right group Turning Point USA, lashed out at trans activists on her PragerU internet series, The Candace Owens Show, on Sunday (September 6). The activist was speaking to BlazeTV host
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Jake Gyllenhaal starred in Brokeback Mountain with the late Heath Ledger. (Focus Features) Just two per cent of big budget films released in the last decade have had meaningful LGBT+ representation, according to an academic. Dr Ellie Lockhart, who has a PhD in communications, has been analysing recent films to figure out what kind of
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A mother is fighting for the right to create embryos from her late trans daughter’s sperm. (Envato) A mother battling to save her late trans daughter’s frozen sperm from being destroyed has been granted a temporary reprieve. Louise Anderson, 45, launched a legal bid to stop the NHS destroying the sperm samples of her 16-year-old
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Pennsylvania state representative Malcolm Kenyatta (YouTube/Pa. House Video) Pennsylvania representative Malcolm Kenyatta has shamed Republican lawmakers for backing legislation that he says will “intimate” people from exercising their right to vote. The Black gay Democrat tore into Republicans in an impassioned address on the House floor on September 2, drawing attention to a bill that
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Hope Presbyterian Church leaders and members were shocked to see the signs had been vandalised within hours of being installed. (Screen captures via NBC Chicago) A church community in a northern Illinois town was left devastated after signs signalling support of the LGBT+ community, as well as the Black Lives Matter movement, were burned down,
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Daniel Newman. (Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images) Daniel Newman was slammed Friday evening (September 4) after tweeting that he was at a “private island” with tens of other muscular, maskless men. The since-deleted social media post came only hours after the bisexual Walking Dead star said that if “you have depth, your ‘clique’ or ‘tribe’ will almost
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Pillsbury Company, which owns Toaster Strudel, announced the Mean Girls-inspired product on Twitter. (Twitter) 2020 is the year that finally, “fetch” happened. In a marketing ploy that, to be frank, we’re surprised took 16 years to do, foodstuffs company Pilsbury has launched a Mean Girls-inspired Toaster Strudel and it’s honestly a work of art. After
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Harpies, billed as Britain’s only LGBT+ strip night. (harpiesstripclub/ Instagram) The founder of a queer-inclusive strip night is rallying to raise funds for two Black dancers who, in the throes of an economy cratered by the coronavirus, are facing eviction and homelessness. Held at Metropolis, an east London strip club that regularly hosts queer nights,
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Patrick Swayze reflects on playing a drag queen in the film, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. (Screen capture via YouTube/IMDb) The late Patrick Swayze reflected on his role as a drag queen in the cult classic To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar in a resurfaced interview. Chatting to American television
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