LGBTQ Entertainment News

Caroline Flack at The BRIT Awards 2018 in London, England. (Antony Jones/Getty Images) A memorial fund for Caroline Flack, the Love Island presenter who died by suicide last weekend, will be dedicated to trans children’s charity Mermaids. The Caroline Flack Memorial Fund has been set up by Andrew Brady, the former Apprentice star who was
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The Catholic Church has explained its position on trans rights – and it’s singing from a very old, very homophobic hymn book. (Michael Campanella/Getty Images) The Catholic Church has vowed to defeat gender recognition reform in Scotland to reassert the “natural instinct” of marriage between one man and one woman. The church restated its long-standing
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Pro-Trump evangelical leader Franklin Graham has said people in the UK are “truthophobic” after his tour there was cancelled due to his anti-LGBT+ comments. Graham hit out at people who campaigned to have him banned from preaching in venues across the UK in a Facebook post. “Opposition to the Gospel shouldn’t really surprise us,” Graham
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Rev Richard Coles and his late civil partner Rev David Coles. Reverend Richard Coles has revealed that he received a touching Valentine’s Day card from his late partner, two months after he died. Appearing on Radio 2 Breakfast Show‘s “Pause For Thought” segment, Coles told host Zoe Ball that he had been surprised to receive
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LGBT+ gym Queerflex has closed its doors. An inclusive LGBT+ gym in Canada has been forced to permanently close after being subjected to months of online harassment and doxxing by a far-right hate group. Queerflex in Edmonton, Canada, was founded to create a safe workout environment for LGBT+ people, who are often made to feel
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As we all impatiently await the release of ‘Stupid Love’, Lady Gaga has proposed to herself. (Klarna) While the world is still waiting for her unreleased single “Stupid Love”, Lady Gaga has proposed to herself on Valentine’s Day. 2020 is a leap year and on February 29, otherwise known as “Bachelor’s Day”, outdated tradition dictates
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Stephanie Hayden (left), a trans woman, was repeatedly misgendered in online abuse by Katherine Scottow. (Twitter/MailOnline) Stephanie Hayden, a trans woman who was called a “racist” and a “pig in a wig” during a campaign of online abuse, has won her case against Kate Scottow, the woman who targeted her. Kate Scottow was found guilty
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Former judge and Alabama senate hopeful Roy Moore. (Joe Raedle/Getty) Anti-LGBT+ former judge Roy Moore, who thinks gay sex should be illegal, has thrown a party to unveil a Ten Commandments monument and said that the LGBT+ “movement” is attacking religious freedom. Moore is known for his anti-LGBT+ views, his unsuccessful run for the US
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Kaitlin Bennett (L), a conservative pundit popular known as ‘the Kent State gun girl’, called a student (R) ‘obviously gay’ in Ohio, US. (Screen capture via Twitter) Far-right gun activist Kaitlin Bennett has been embroiled in controversy after appearing to call a college student “obviously gay” in a viral video. Josh, 19, posted the exchange
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The 2020 LGBT+ Labour Leadership Hustings will take place in Manchester on February 20. Labour leadership and deputy leadership candidates will be quizzed on LGBT+ issues and how they’re going to return Labour to power at the 2020 LGBT+ Labour Leadership Hustings on Thursday, February 20. The event, presented by PinkNews, will be hosted by
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TV personality Phillip Schofield stalled rehearsals on Dancing on Ice to address the “elephant in the room” after coming out as gay. The This Morning presenter sent tremors last week after publicly coming out, who has since received an outpour of support from loved ones, co-workers and activists. Schofield swung by the Dancing on Ice set
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Gay leader Leo Varadkar and his centre-right Fine Gael party have come in third place in the Irish general election behind Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin. Rival centre-right party Fianna Fáil came out with a narrow majority of 38 seats in the 160 seat Dáil. They are closely followed by left-wing Sinn Féin at 37,
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NikkieTutorials. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) Trans YouTuber and rising star of the Netherlands, NikkieTutorials, has been announced as online presenter of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The beauty guru’s next major gig will see her serve as the digital host for the 65th annual run of the singing contest. Her hosting duties will see her helm Eurovision’s three online channels
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Finally, Hollywood icon and all-round national treasure Laura Dern has been recognised for her contribution to queer culture – through the medium of song, no less. The actress, director, producer and goddess was celebrated in all her glory at the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday when the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles literally
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Dancing on Ice is planning a ‘celebration’ of Phillip Schofield on Sunday after he bravely came out as gay at the age of 57. Schofield presents the celebrity ice dancing show alongside his This Morning co-host, Holly Willoughby. On Friday he revealed that he was gay, having been “coming to terms” with his sexuality for
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A Mauritanian court has sentenced eight men to two years in prison for the crime of attending a birthday party. Police arrested ten men when a video that appeared to be Mauritania’s ‘first gay wedding’ began circulating on social media. Homosexuality is strictly illegal in the North African country and punishable by death under Sharia
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Derek Mackay was revealed to have sent 270 messages to a 16-year-old boy on social media (Ken Jack/Corbis/Getty) Scotland’s finance minister Derek Mackay has stepped down after admitting to bombarding a 16-year-old schoolboy with nearly 300 inappropriate messages on social media. In a series of Facebook and Instagram messages sent over a period of six
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A Yorkshire fire service has spoken out about the flood of anti-gay abuse firefighters received for speaking out for LGBT+ inclusion. South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue revealed that it had received “a load of abuse when we added the rainbow flag to our profile picture” to show solidarity during LGBT+ History Month last February. It
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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan joins the Pride in London parade on 06 July, 2019 in London, England. The festival, which this year celebrates 50 years since the Stonewall Uprising, attracts hundreds of thousands of people to the streets of the British capital to celebrate the LGBT+ community. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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A Republican is trying to defund PBS because Billy Porter met Elmo and apparently it’s enough to traumatise kids (Facebook) A Republican lawmaker has threatened to defund PBS because an episode of Sesame Street features gay actor Billy Porter. The Pose star made a guest appearance on the public broadcaster’s long-running kids’ show this month, dropping
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