B-52’s frontman Fred Schneider will be presenting the “Entertainer of the Year” award at the most dazzling, talented and colorful night of the year, The Glam Awards, taking place on February 3, 2020 at Sony Hall. What many consider the Gay Oscars, The Glam Awards, founded by Cherry Jubilee, supports and honors New York City’s
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Maxim Lapunov (centre) with Olga Baranova and David Isteev at the “Welcome To Chechnya” Premiere at Prospector Square Theatre on January 26, 2020 in Park City, Utah. (Jim Bennett/Getty) A gay man who survived torture in Chechnya received a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival, where his story was told in a harrowing new
Unicode will bring in the two new trans emojis later this year. (Unicode) Finally, after years of tenacious work by the Powerful Trans Lobby, Unicode has announced that it’s bringing in two new emojis for trans people. The pink, white and blue trans Pride flag emoji and the trans symbol emoji are two of the
Connor Freel became a PCSO to show the community that being transgender is nothing to hide (Screenshot: BBC) A teenager who verbally abused a trans PCSO while he was on duty has been ordered to pay him £200 in compensation. Declan Armstrong, 19, repeatedly shouted “Is it a boy or is it a girl?” at
Tory councillor Aron Klein (left) said gay Hackney mayor Philip Glanville (right) should ‘stop crying’ after singling him out for his sexuality. (Hackney Conservatives/Hackney Labour) The Conservative party is investigating a local councillor who insisted he isn’t homophobic in an email titled with the well-worn homophobic taunt: “It’s Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.”
Derek Jarman’s former home, Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, Kent (Gideon Mendel/Corbis/Getty) A national art charity has launched a £3.5 million fund to save the house of the late Derek Jarman, a visionary filmmaker, director, artist and gay activist. Jarman made his break into the film industry as production designer for Ken Russell’s The Devils (1971), and
Zach Sullivan (centre) in a rainbow Pride jersey at the first-ever Pride weekend in UK pro ice hockey. (Twitter) Ice hockey player Zach Sullivan has come out as bisexual to mark the sport’s first Pride weekend. Sullivan, who plays for UK team Manchester Storm, said he was coming out in the hope it would “help
Singer Rufus Wainwright was asked about a Tennessee bill that allows adoption agencies to discriminate against gay people (TMZ) The acclaimed singer and songwriter Rufus Wainwright has shared his sadness at a new Tennessee bill that allows religious adoption agencies to deny service to queer couples. Tennessee governor Bill Lee signed the controversial measure last
Lil Nas X wins big at the Grammys in all-pink Versace dominatrix outfit Lil Nas X poses in the press room during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) Rap star and iconic gay cowboy Lil Nas X has won two Grammys for his viral hit “Old Town Road”. At the 62nd annual
Bowen Yang. (Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Viacom ) Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yang has opened up about his experiences of gay conversion therapy, regularly cited by activists and clinicians for its damaging effects. In a profile with the New York Times on Saturday, Yang candidly chatted about his time in conversion therapy and the conflict
Alexis Mateo and Serena ChaCha meet a young fan at RuPaul’s DragCon UK. (Tristan Fewings/Getty for World Of Wonder Productions) The unstoppable rise of RuPaul’s Drag Race has put the art of drag if not in the mainstream, then right on its fringes. Though Drag Race and nightclub acts are very much aimed at an
Ewan McGregor (L) and Chris Messina said their characters in Birds of Prey are ‘likely’ gay. (Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage/George Pimentel/WireImage) Billed as a not-so-typical superhero flick, Birds of Prey has been buzzing praise for its women-led cast, but its two male villains have seen a different kind of response from fans. Actors Ewan McGregor and Chris
Mike Pence has played a quiet role in many of the Trump administration’s anti-LGBT+ policies. (Drew Angerer/Getty) Republicans are planning on running an advert on Fox News, urging senators to impeach Donald Trump so that Mike Pence becomes president. Republican group Defending Democracy is telling GOP senators to vote to remove Trump from office in
A teenager who was expelled from her Christian school for celebrating her birthday with a rainbow cake says she was forced to come out by a right-wing magazine editor. The girl celebrated her 15th birthday wearing a jumper with rainbow stripes on it and a multi-coloured rainbow cake. Her mother posted a picture of her
Madhi is a gay Christian man from Iran facing deportation to Germany. (Change.org) Supporters of a gay Christian asylum seeker from Iran currently locked up in an immigration detention centre in the UK are calling on the Home Office to release him immediately. Madhi is a gay Christian man who has twice been tortured in
Meet the cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 12. (VH1) The Drag Race season 12 cast is finally here, with 13 brand-new queens ready to compete for the title of America’s Next Drag Superstar. RuPaul has asked 13 brand new queens “to pledge allegiance to the drag” for Drag Race season 12. A mix of
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren reacts during a town hall event at Weeks Middle School on January 19, 2020 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Spencer Platt/Getty) Elizabeth Warren has promised that, if elected President of the United States, at least half of her cabinet will be women and non-binary people. The Massachusetts senator vowed that
A Chick-fil-A logo is seen on a take out bag at one of its restaurants on July 28, 2012 in Bethesda, Maryland. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty) Despite immense backlash over its funding of anti-LGBT+ organisations, Chick-fil-A has insisted that it will push forward with opening a “permanent” UK location. The statement comes on the same day that
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) The decision by presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg to pull out of a fundraiser at a gay club that has a pole in the middle has caused outrage among pole dancers. Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, cancelled a fundraiser at LGBT+ venue The Dark
Blert Morina is the first named person to update his name and gender on ID documents. (Facebook) A trans man in Kosovo has become the first named person in the country to update his name and gender marker on his ID documents. Blert Morina won a two-year court battle to exercise his right to change
Margaret Court and husband Barrymore Court watch the Women’s Singles on day one of the 2020 Australian Open at Melbourne Park (Mark Kolbe/Getty Images) Australia’s 2018 Homophobe of the Year Margaret Court has made her return to the Australian Open to mark the anniversary of her tennis accomplishments. The women’s tennis player will be commemorated
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (r), Bayard Rustin (left), and Rev. Bernard Lee, (c) after a 1964 meeting with New York Mayor Wagner to discuss civil rights (Getty) On Martin Luther King Jr Day, we take a look at queer civil rights hero Bayard Rustin’s reflection on the movement’s stance on homosexuality. Often considered the
Linda Bellos, left, and Posie Parker at the WoLF event on Friday 17 January. (Facebook/WoLF) Two of the most well-known voices in the UK’s “gender-critical feminist” movement made a trip to New York at the weekend, to speak on a panel about their feminism. The event was organised by a “feminist” group that has directly
Scottish Labour health spokesperson Monica Lennon. (Corbis/Getty Images) Anti-poverty campaigners are calling on politicians to back Labour’s plans to end period poverty in Scotland. Scottish Labour health spokesperson Monica Lennon’s bid to provide universal access to free period products has been backed by more than 30 campaign groups and individuals. But the Scottish government, led
The Honourable Michael D. Kirby said Japan must end its “regime” of forced sterilisations. (Wikimedia/SashaHMP) An international human-rights lawyer has called on Japan to end its “regime” of forcing sterilisation on trans people. Michael Kirby, 80, who is co-chair of the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute and a former justice of the Australian High
Stock photo. (Envato) A gay couple who were being blackmailed after a hookup were attacked with tear gas in their home by four masked men. The couple, who have not been publicly identified, live in Épinay-sur-Seine, near Paris, France. They had used a dating app to meet a 19-year-old man, who entered a sexual relationship
Natalie Portman’s iconic film roles have provided the inspiration for a new play about a 16-year-old African-American lesbian set to debut off-Broadway in February. All The Natalie Portmans tells the story of lesbian Keyonna. She and her older brother Samuel find themselves on the brink of eviction, which leads Keyonna to escape into a world
The UN classes unnecessary genital surgeries on intersex babies as a human rights violation (Pexels) A bill that would have banned unnecessary cosmetic surgeries on intersex babies has failed a key vote in California, despite the state being the first to condemn the surgeries. Intersex is an umbrella term encompassing those who are born with
Health secretary Matt Hancock celebrated a drop in HIV transmissions and got an immediate response (Wiktor Szymanowicz / Barcroft Media via Getty Images) Health secretary Matt Hancock is facing calls to roll out PrEP across England, after celebrating a fall in HIV transmissions. The Tory minister had celebrated new data published on Thursday that reveals
Netflix’s latest animated series Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts is getting a lot of praise for a beautiful queer moment. The all-ages DreamWorks cartoon, which debuted on Netflix on Tuesday, follows teenager Kipo travelling across a post-apocalyptic world with her band of friends, encountering mutant animals along the way. The show also includes some
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