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
LGBTQ Entertainment News
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
Democratic presidential hopeful billionaire and philanthropist Tom Steyer (KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images) Billionaire Democrat Presidential hopeful Tom Steyer was clueless during an interview after being asked a basic question about his own comments on LGBT+ asylum seekers. The hedge fund manager and philanthropist was asked by the New York Times about his policy on
All right stop, collaborate and listen, the LGB Alliance is back with their brand new invention Trans-exclusive pressure group LGB Alliance has followed in the footsteps of groups everywhere that are definitely not cults by releasing their own theme tune. The group opted for a stripped-back, white-people-singing-gospel energy for the Bekka Bright track “Stand Up”,
Pete Buttigieg was interrupted during a campaign rally by Black Lives Matter supporters who questioned his record as South Bend mayor. Buttigieg was speaking at in Des Moines, Iowa on Sunday (January 12) when demonstrators wearing Black Lives Matter shirts began heckling him with concerns about his past actions. One person can be heard quizzing
The murder of Matthew Shepard in 1998 is one of the most famous cases of the ‘gay panic’ defence being used (Evan Agostini/Getty) A legal defence that justifies the murder of LGBT+ people may soon be banned in New Jersey, making the state one of only eight others to scrap the law. The ‘gay panic
A powerful photo of a lesbian couple on their wedding day in Derry, Northern Ireland has gone viral after same-sex marriage finally became legal in the territory today (January 13). It is four months today since Emma Bradley and Danielle Doherty from Derry, Northern Ireland, tied the knot. The couple would have loved to be
A right-wing Christian has set the bar lower than it’s ever been before and declared a man who refuses to cross the road on LGBT+ cross-walks “a hero.” Steve Franssen shared a photo of a man standing beside LGBT+ crosswalks, which are painted in rainbow colours, and wrote: “This man in the state of Georgia
Actor DJ Qualls has come out as gay at 41 (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty) DJ Qualls, star of Road Trip, Supernatural, and The Man in the High Castle, has unexpectedly come out as gay while on stage at a live comedy show. Qualls, 41, made the announcement at the standup show of his friend and former co-star,
Harry and Meghan confided in their close friend Elton before announcing their news (George Pimentel/Ben Birchall/Getty) Elton John knew of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s plans to step back from their royal roles even before the Queen did, it has emerged. Sir Elton was one of Princess Diana’s closest friends and has previously said he
A Canadian appeals court has ruled that a trans teenager has the right to transition and that his father cannot stop him. The ruling comes just four months after the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled that the teenage boy didn’t need his father’s consent to access hormone treatment. But the boy’s father didn’t give up
Dancing on Ice stars Ian ‘H’ Watkins and Matt Evers have asked producers to “add some romance” to their dance routines to make them “a little steamier.” Steps singer Watkins made history with his dance partner Evers last weekend when they performed a same-sex dance routine on ITV’s Dancing on Ice. The groundbreaking moment marked
A Twitter thread collating a bi-colourful array of products branded “for boys” and “for girls” has gone viral. (Stock photo via Elements Envato) Pink for girls and blue boys is, for some reason, a colour coding rule that we all indirectly sign up for when assigned a gender at birth. But these terms and conditions
Blood samples. (Artyom Geodakyan/Getty) Amid a troubling scarcity of donors, four out of 10 new blood donors in England are men, leading LGBT+ activists to let out a strained sigh considering the gay men are still banned from donating. According to the BBC, just 41 per cent of new blood donors were men. The sparse
The museum is collaborating with a Qatari counterpart for the France-Qatar Year of Culture 2020 (Pexels) A French gallery has sparked outrage in the art world after it announced a partnership with a state-run museum in Qatar, a country where it’s illegal to be gay. The Palais de Tokyo in Paris is collaborating with the
Senator Sylvia Allen from Snowflake, Arizona, is attacking the state’s sex education laws (Facebook) A Republican senator who literally comes from a town of snowflakes is trying to ban schools from discussing the existence of LGBT+ people. Senator Sylvia Allen represents the tiny town of Snowflake in Arizona, which has a population of just 5,590.
Violence against queer folk in Poland has rocketed in recent years, and a photography project in Elska magazine is a welcomed antidote to the arid hate. (Liam Campbell) As anti-LGBT brutality bubbles in Poland, a group of queer men have stripped in open defiance of their country’s government who have dubbed their sexuality a “threat”.
Astrologer Chani Nicholas is photographed at her home in Los Angeles. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via Getty) World-famous internet astrologer Chani Nicholas has explained the phenomenon that is LGBT+ people and astrology. Nicholas is Canadian but is based in LA with her wife, domestic violence activist Sonya Passi, and her unique style of astrology that
Nowhere, a beloved queer dive bar, was the target of a tidal wave of threatening emails and an anthrax scare in 2019. (Nowhere/Google) New York City cops busted a Canadian man after he mailed fake anthrax to a Manhattan bar as well as threatening staff with emails stapled with vicious homophobic slurs all because he
Gabriel Fernandez of Palmdale was pelted with abuse for years but his mother and her partner. (Screenshot via ABC7) Paramedics arrived to the house to find the eight-year-old boy not breathing. His skull was cracked, three ribs broken and his skin bruised and burned. Two of his teeth were missing, BB pellets punctured his lungs
Faithful Word Baptist Church pastor Steven Anderson has claimed that the catastrophic bushfires in Australia are down to officials blocking him from entering. (Brett Hemmings/Getty Images) As a surge of flames creep onto crowded villages and costal getaways in Australia resulting in the deaths of dozens of citizens, a Christian hate preacher has claimed that,
In March 2019 the Sultan of Brunei called for strict new Sharia punishments, including death by stoning for gay sex (AFP/Getty) The first person in Brunei to be charged with a ‘gay crime’ since the country introduced Sharia law last year is now on trial for allegedly hiring men for sexual services. In March 2019,
A woman wears a Make Britain Great Again hat at a Brexit Party rally. (Matthew Horwood/Getty Images) A Tory Brexiteer named Andy has made the brave decision to “come out as heterosexual” on social media and everyone is so very tired. Andy, whose Twitter handle is helpfully @AndyBrexiteer, decided to usher in the new decade
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 89
- 90
- 91
- 92
- 93
- …
- 102
- Next Page »