A pair of women hurled horrific homophobic insults at a gay couple simply because they were kissing. (Screen captures via Twitter) A gay couple outside a London, England, bus stop were verbally harassed by a pair of women in a car and told to kiss “behind closed doors”. In shocking mobile phone footage from the
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Actress Lilly Singh attend the Vogue Women of the Year on October 19, 2019 in Mumbai, India. (Prodip Guha/Getty Images) YouTuber Lilly Singh, known on the video-sharing site as Superwoman, delivered a heartwarming acceptance speech at the Vogue Women of the Year awards this weekend. The Canadian YouTuber, who has more than 14 million subscribers,
Bangladeshi hijras dance in the street during a rally. (Munir Uz Zaman/Getty) In a country where it is not only illegal to be gay, but laws are defined by traditional and strict religious views, a trans woman being elected councillor seems like a fever dream. But for Bangladeshi garment shop owner Pinki Khatun, it’s a
Graziano di Prima (L) and Johannes Radebe. (Keith Mayhew/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) In a groundbreaking move, the first same-sex couple will take to the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom next month, according to an alleged source. Two of the show’s pro dancers will perform the first one-on-one same-sex dance next month, The Sun reported. Italian
Paddy Smyth took home £70,000 after winning reality show The Circle. (Channel 4) Paddy Smyth, a gay disability activist with cerebral palsy, was announced tonight (October 18) as the winner of Channel 4’s reality show The Circle and took home £70,000. Georgina placed second, Tim and Sammie came joint third, and fifth place was taken
On October 13, PinkNews reported that thousands of people were calling for ITV to fire Piers Morgan for his “dehumanising” treatment of trans people. The petition was started by Twitter user @hotboykennedy – musician Liam Austen – and had at that point been signed by a little more than 6,000 people. Five days later, almost
Elijah Cummings has sadly passed away after complications from longstanding health problems. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) Tributes are pouring in for the Democratic congressman and staunch LGBT+ ally, Elijah Cummings, who sadly passed away on October 17 aged 68. The Maryland congressman and chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee was a prominent figure in the
Labour MP Dawn Butler called out Baroness Williams for saying that GRA reform is “contentious.” (Paul Grace) Dawn Butler, Labour MP and shadow women and equalities secretary, gave a powerful and frustrated speech on the delays to Gender Recognition Act (GRA) reform, and hit back at Baroness Williams on the issue. Butler started by saying:
There are various pressing issues affecting the LGBT+ community in the United States today. Members of our community can be fired because of their sexual or gender identity and trans women are facing an epidemic of violence, among countless other issues. But presidential candidates were not asked about these issues at a debate on Tuesday.
Online hate may be fuelling the rise in homophobia among young people. (Matthew Horwood/Getty Images) A new report has shown that homophobia is on the rise among young people, with one in four 18-24 year olds believing being LGBT+ is “immoral or against their beliefs”, higher than any other age group. According to the Hate
The victim was allegedly followed through the streets by a man who demanded oral sex (Pexels) A gay man in Queens has told of being beaten, dragged and robbed in the street after refusing to perform oral sex on a stranger. The alleged attack occurred in the early hours of October 13 as he walked
Antoni Porowski has become aggressively relatable after admitting he’s felt worse about his body image since dating men, alongside calling himself “human garbage”. (Rich Fury/Getty Images for GLAAD) Queer Eye heartthrob Antoni Porowski has compared his experiences of dating women to dating men and the differences are eye-opening. The food and drink expert spoke to
Trump addressed O’Rourke’s proposal at a a summit hosted by the Family Research Council, which has been officially classified as an anti-LGBT+ hate group (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty) Donald Trump has eloquently dismissed Beto O’Rourke’s proposal to end the tax-exempt status of anti-LGBT+ churches as “wacko”. At the CNN Equality Town Hall debate on October
Gold medalist Kerron Clement of USA poses during the medal ceremony for the Men’s 400m Hurdles Final on day 13 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (Jean Catuffe/Getty) Olympic champion Kerron Clement came out as gay on National Coming Out Day because he said he was “tired of loving in the dark”. Clement won the
In last night’s Saturday Night Live spoof of CNN’s Equality Town hall, Ellen DeGeneres was skewered for going to a football game with former US president George W Bush. Comedian Colin Jost, who was playing gay Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg in the SNL sketch, was asked by an audience member how he would respond to
Cedrick Green, 23, of Racine, Wisconsin, is facing a hate crime charge over the alleged anti-gay beating A gay man in Wisconsin told police that a homophobic attack by three men, who beat him so severely he had to have all his teeth removed, taunted him for his sexuality before beating him up. The man,
The image Daphne Dorman posted on Facebook, with a goodbye note. (Facebook) Comedian Daphne Dorman, the trans woman who was referenced in Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special, has reportedly died by suicide. Dorman, who lived in San Francisco, wrote a “goodbye” note on Facebook in the early hours of Friday morning (October 11). Hours later, Becky
Jane Fonda is arrested on the steps of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 11, 2019. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Gay icon Jane Fonda has been arrested in Washington, DC, at a climate-change protest. The 81-year-old was among 16 people arrested outside the US Capitol building for unlawfully protesting. She
Presbyterian Church leaders told Steven Smyrl his marriage was ‘incompatible’ with his role (BBC) An elder within Ireland’s Presbyterian Church has been ejected from his post after an anonymous “complaint” about his same-sex marriage. An unidentified person raided the Facebook page of Steven Smyrl to download family photos of him with his husband Roy Stanley,
Jo Biden went on a strange tangent while talking about healthcare disparities. (Getty) Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden sparked confusion with an odd rant about gay bathhouses at a town hall debate on LGBT+ rights. The former vice president was responding to a question about how he would ease racial disparities in health, including higher
Sum Ting Right (BBC). RuPaul’s Drag Race UK returned for it’s second episode tonight with Downton Draggy. Should it be shown-off upstairs or hidden far below with the monstrosities of acting challenges past? Drag Race UK season 1 episode 2: The verdict. How much Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and Talent was episode two packing? Overall: C.U.N.t.
US singer/actress Hayley Kiyoko attends Billboard’s 13th Annual Women In Music event at Pier 36 in New York City on on December 6, 2018. (Angela Weiss / AFP/ Getty) Hayley Kiyoko will receive The Trevor Project’s Youth Innovator Award for her LGBT+ advocacy, at the charity’s biannual fundraising gala TrevorLIVE. Often dubbed the “lesbian Jesus,”
Democratic Presidential candidate Julián Castro has escorted a group of LGBT+ asylum seekers across the US-Mexico border. Castro travelled to Matamoros in Mexico on Monday to meet with the eight asylum seekers, who fled Cuba, Guatemala and Honduras because of persecution based on their sexuality and gender identity. Among them was Ray, a 35-year-old asylum
Antoni Porowski (C) arrives for 2019 CFDA Fashion Awards at Brooklyn Museum in New York City. (Rob Kim/GC Images) Queer Eye star and full-time heartthrob Antoni Porowski has said he hates being single and alone because he is “pathologically co-dependent”. The food and wine expert, 35, said that rocketing to fame on the Netflix show
Protestors outside Parkfield Community School on March 21, 2019 in Birmingham. (Christopher Furlong/Getty) Islamist extremists took advantage of LGBT+ school protests to “entrench social division” and “amplify hate” towards the LGBT+ community, an official probe has found. Protests against LGBT-inclusive education centred on two Birmingham primary schools. Demonstrations are still ongoing, despite a government ruling to
The Roman Catholic archbishop of Kraków, Poland, has compared the existence of LGBT+ people to an “aggressive” communist regime. Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski wrote a pastoral letter dated September 28, which was published in full by right-wing Polish magazine Do Rzeczy. He said: “Currently we are living at a time in which the next great threat
Brett Kavanaugh has no judicial record on LGBT+ rights cases, but LGBT+ advocates fear he is likely to align with the opposition. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) October 8 is the day the Supreme Court will hear arguments that represent the future of LGBT+ rights in America – and at the centre of it all will be Brett
A man who stages peaceful protests against homophobia in New York City was reportedly attacked with his own sign, in an incident being treated as a suspected hate crime. LGBT activist Anthony Dolci, 50, says he was targeted on Saturday, October 7, while protesting on the streets of Manhattan. Dolci’s one-man peaceful protests are a
Elton John performs during his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour at the Wizink Center on June 26, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. (Ricardo Rubio/Europa Press via Getty Images) He’s currently on his farewell tour, but Elton John has revealed he was close to not living to see it. The singer, 72, was diagnosed in 2017 with
Tyler, The Creator performs live on stage at O2 Academy Brixton on September 16, 2019 in London, England. (Jim Dyson/Getty Images) Rapper Tyler, the Creator, has addressed being banned from the UK after the language in some of his songs was lit into by activists and the then home secretary Theresa May. The rapper –
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