Drag queen Courtney Love says talking about labels “helped me understand who I am” (Dave J Hogan/Getty) RuPaul’s Drag Race star Courtney Act has said she’s all for putting labels on sexuality if they “help to bring visibility to the LGBT+ community”. The Australian drag queen, real name Shane Gilberto Jenek, opened up on The
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Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson delivers a speech at the launch of his party’s manifesto. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) British prime minister Boris Johnson promised on Sunday to “get Brexit done”, pledging in his Conservative Party manifesto to ram his deal through the European Union to withdraw from the bloc before Christmas. However, across the 59-page
Police chief Rachel Swann (L) addresses reporters about the evacuation of Whaley Bridge in August. (Screen capture via BBC) A British police officer was subjected to “sexist and homophobic” abuse following a television appearance all because she had short, spiky hair with blond highlights. Deputy chief constable Rachel Swann was a crucial lifeline for many
Muslim protesters march against the LGBT+ community in Banda Aceh, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, in 2017. (CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP/Getty Images) Several Indonesian ministries have come under fire for banning pregnant, disabled and LGBT+ applicants as it “only wants the normal ones”. In a winding list of requirement for job seekers, the Attorney General’s Office
Divina De Campo. (BBC) Divina De Campo lost out on the crown and title of Britain’s first drag superstar by a red hair’s breadth last night. We caught up with them to chat about mental health, The Vivienne’s strategy and why she nearly quit Drag Race UK. Congratulations on making it to top two! How
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has once again refused to apologise for referring to gay people as “tank-topped bum boys.” The leader was challenged during a BBC Question Time Leaders’ special on Friday evening about his use of racist and homophobic slurs during his work as a newspaper columnist. Johnson has repeatedly rejected calls to apologise
Indiana University has ruled out sacking a university professor who said that gay people should be banned from teaching to stop them from abusing students. The university is under pressure to sack Professor Eric Rasmusen, a professor of business economics and public policy, after homophobic, sexist and racist posts emerged online. Rasmusen’s views came under scrutiny
The results are in: The Vivienne has been named as the first winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, and fans are going wild. The Vivienne fought off competition from Divina De Campo and Baga Chipz to snatch the crown. Speaking at the beginning of tonight’s finale, The Vivienne said: “If you think I’ve gone through
A United States restaurant chain has been forced to apologise after a drag queen was turned away from an outlet in Austin, Texas. Erika Klash said she was turned away from Whataburger because she was “in drag.” “Manager didn’t want me to enter and security blocked me from entering without citing any company policy. I
Former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Joe Straus (Creative Commons photo/David Martin Davies) Joe Straus, the former Republican Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, has publicly come out in support of LGBT+ rights protections. The Republican politician, who served until January as one of the most powerful Republican leaders in the GOP-dominated
Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson launches the Liberal Democrat election manifesto (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) The Liberal Democrat manifesto includes high-profile pledges on LGBT+ issues. Released on Wednesday ahead of December’s snap election, the Lib Dem manifesto calls for the completion of long-stalled efforts to reform the Gender Recognition Act to make it easier for trans
The Chick-fil-A restaurant has come under fire (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty) Chick-fil-A appears to have backtracked on its decision to end donations to charities that discriminate against LGBT+ people. The chicken chain, which has a long history of donations to lobbying groups that oppose LGBT+ rights, signalled on Monday that it would end donations to charities
The first teaser has landed for RuPaul’s new Netflix series AJ and the Queen. Not content with starring in about six different Drag Race spin-offs per year and attempting to launch a talk show, the queen of drag is branching out into comedy with a new Netflix series. RuPaul stars as a down-on-her-luck drag queen
Queensland MP Bob Katter has defended disgraced rugby star Israel Folau after he blamed bushfires on gay marriage in a bizarre sermon. In a lengthy Facebook post, Katter warned that “persecution of Christianity is on the rise” after Folau was widely condemned for blaming bushfires on gay people and abortion. “I may disagree with Folau
Calls for LGBT- inclusive education at Birmingham Pride. (Jim Wood/Barcroft Media/Getty) Stonewall has launched a curriculum guide to help primary schools make all subjects LGBT-inclusive ahead of comprehensive relationships education becoming compulsory next year. From September 2020, inclusive relationships and sex education will be statutory, which the guide says “will provide an additional impetus for
Harry Styles on Saturday Night Live. (Screenshot) Harry Styles – the sexually ambiguous lesbian icon, also a British singer – made his Saturday Night Live debut last night. Several aspects of this are deserving of their own write up. The outfits. Releasing a single, ‘Watermelon Sugar’, from his second album – while hosting SNL. The
London’s first ever Trans Pride march on 14 September, 2019. (Wiktor Szymanowicz / Barcroft Media via Getty Images) “What do u want to say to cis people?” begins a Twitter thread encouraging trans and non-binary people to vent their frustrations and offer advice on how cis people can be better allies. The thread, which has
Anna Blaedel, the queer pastor on indefinite leave after being accused of being a “practicing homosexual”. (Anna Blaedel/ Facebook) A Methodist queer pastor has been forced to take a leave of absence to avoid a church trial after they were accused of being a “self-avowed practicing homosexual”. Pastor Anna Blaedel of the United Methodist Church
Lena Waithe tells John Legend about her secret wedding on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (YouTube) US actor and screenwriter Lena Waithe has revealed she secretly married her long-term partner Alana Mayo at a famous San Francisco gay monument. Speaking on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday (November 15), Waithe announced that she is officially a
Ahead of the general election, the Liberal Democrat party have pledged to prioritise LGBT+ asylum seekers. (Scott Barbour/Getty Images) The Liberal Democrat Party have announced plans to end the ‘culture of disbelief’ pervading the UK Home Office which stonewalls some LGBT+ asylum seekers from the country. Countless testimonies from asylum seekers and their legal aids
Transgender pop singer Kim Petras is trolling the anti-LGBT+ Westboro Baptist Church in the best possible way. The star is most famous for her hook-filled electro-pop, but is now making waves over four billboards in Topeka, Kansas. Her face is currently plastered all over four electronic billboards in the city, which also happens to be
Baga Chipz and Sacka Spuds (BBC). We’ve all been made up to see just how well Drag Race UK has managed to migrate across the pond from its mother show. But how did the British queens fare flouncing with family? Drag Race UK season 1 episode 7: The verdict. How much Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and
Seth Dunlap wrote about the shame he has experienced as a gay man. (Facebook) A New Orleans judge has denied a detective’s warrant to arrest gay radio host Seth Dunlap for extortion on grounds of insufficient evidence. Dunlap was recently fired by WWL Radio after they claimed he sent a homophobic tweet about himself from
A cup of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee and a donut bag sit on a counter. (Tim Boyle/Getty Images) A trans Dunkin’ Donuts employee, brutally beaten by customers, was allegedly told by management to quit if she couldn’t handle the abuse. In a stinging lawsuit, the woman, identified as ‘Jane Doe’ worked at the fast-food branch in
Governor Mike Pence of Indiana faced national scrutiny for his anti-LGBT stances (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty) In news that will come as a shock to queer people everywhere, Mike Pence has said he “couldn’t be more proud” of an anti-LGBT+ adoption rule. The US vice president – who is notorious for his anti-LGBT+ views – made
Piers Morgan (L) has called Munroe Bergdorf’s comments ‘gobbledygook’. (HGL/GC Images via Getty/Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage) In the Piers Morgan playbook, dealing with people who know a resounding amount more than you do is simple. Call the totally valid point they just said “gobbledygook”. After suffering a stinging defeat when thousands of Good Morning Britain viewers called
Lucy Spraggan and her wife Georgina Gordon. (Antony Jones/Getty Images for Diva Magazine) Singer-songwriter Lucy Spraggan has announced that she is splitting from her wife Georgina Gordon, and said that after six years together they will now “part ways on [their] adventure”. The musician, who was a contestant on The X Factor in 2012, announced
Sam Smith misses their family and friends so much while on tour that they may give it up altogether, they have revealed. Smith said that touring is “really, really difficult” and said they’ve had “a bit of a meltdown” after every tour they’ve done. “You go away from all your family and friends for so
Ireland’s gay Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was at a Lizzo concert in Dublin last night and the absolute indifference of the audience was hilarious. People in Ireland flocked to the Olympia Theatre last night expecting a perfectly spectacular evening at the ‘Truth Hurts’ singer’s first Irish show. Needless to say, people were surprised to see Varadkar
A gay man from Cork, Ireland has revealed that he shared a bus last night with a group of straight men who had gone to a gay club seemingly to mock LGBT+ people. David Murray was travelling home from work on a bus in the city when the group of men got on. They had
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