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
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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
LGBT+ author Robin Stevenson with copies of the book she was due to discuss at the school (Instagram/@robinstevensonwrites) Queer author Robin Stevenson has condemned an Illinois school for cancelling her visit in response to a complaint from a ‘homophobic’ parent. Robin Stevenson is the award-winning gay Canadian author of Kid Activists: True Tales of Childhood
Dan Carden (left) and Conor McGinn (right) are accused of offensive language while on a coach trip (Parliament.uk) A senior Labour politician is accused of changing the lyrics of the Beatles song “Hey Jude” to “Hey Jews” while his MP colleague repeatedly used the slur “poof” during a late-night coach journey last year. Daniel Carden,
Caitlyn Jenner on BBC Radio 4 podcast Don’t Tell Me The Score (BBC News/YouTube) Caitlyn Jenner has revealed that the years of training she went through for the Olympics was nothing compared to the lifetime she spent preparing to transition. The former Olympian and member of the Kardashian clan won the men’s decathlon at the
Sadly, queer people all over the world are bullied at school because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. But what is the right thing to do if your teenage bully later comes out as bisexual? That was exactly the situation that one Reddit user found himself in recently. The 27-year-old gay man asked Reddit
Teachers at the Catholic high school told the student she could not even sit next to her girlfriend at lunch. (bishop_amat_hs/ Instagram) A gay teenager at a Catholic high school was left “anxious” and “afraid” after she was forced by the school to attend counselling under the threat of being outed by her teachers. Magali
A ‘rainbow wave’ is sweeping across the US as LGBT+ candidates claim victory in local and state elections (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty) Almost half of the openly LGBT+ candidates claimed victory in US state and local elections this week, in a sweeping movement that’s been dubbed ‘the rainbow wave’. According to the LGBT+ Victory Fund, a political
Drag fans rejoice! RuPaul’s Drag Race UK has just been confirmed for a second season, and the first season isn’t even over yet. In recognition of their new majesty, RuPaul, BBC Three has just committed to broadcasting another season of the award-winning global hit in 2020 – and applications for the next set of sickening
The Manitoba government must now allow a gender neutral option for birth certificates (Twitter/@MBHumanRights) The Canadian province of Manitoba has been ordered to pay $50,000 to a transgender person who was denied the right to have the gender marker on their birth certificate replaced with an “X”. The Manitoba government has also been ordered to
Confetti is seen thrown in Dam Square, Amsterdam, one of the top ten most LGBT-friendly cities A new study has revealed the most LGBT-friendly cities in the world, based on a ranking of 77 major world cities. The Wellbeing Index was created by Fitbit and ranks the cities in order of their liveability based on
Most Avengers fans are well aware that Captain America star Chris Evans is a huge LGBT+ ally – but his gay brother, Scott Evans, is a little less known. The two brothers, who are both actors, appeared side-by-side on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to play a game of “Know Your Bro”. Scott and Chris
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