LGBTQ Entertainment News

Tinashe. (FOX Image Collection via Getty Images) While several stars have been baked in controversy after past problematic tweets came to light, singer Tinashe continues to be a beacon of hope. This month, pop artists Slayyyter and Camila Cabello were caught in the crossfire after racist tweets were unearthed by fans. As some fans called
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Lars Sullivan (L) and his alleged adult film nom de plume, Mitch Bennett. (Wikimedia Commons/Screenshot via RandyBlue) World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) fans have uncovered that a wrestler once fined $10,000 for a slew of homophobic comments allegedly used to star in gay porn. Lars Sullivan, now off-stage as Dylan Miley, also reportedly has a third name
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US pesident Donald Trump (C) leads a meeting of his Cabinet, including then-Interior Secretary David Bernhardt (L. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The US Department of the Interior is designed to tirelessly protect the nation’s natural heritage and culture, but sexual orientation is no longer protected by the agency’s workplace discrimination guidelines. The department removed language regarding
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The study found that three quarters of teenage boys had participated in homophobic teasing. (Envato) Homophobic teasing is the most common “violent behaviour” among teenage boys, a new study has found. The study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, looked at whether attitudes towards gender equality affected violence in teenage boys. It surveyed
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Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh. (Rankin/ Loyalty & Love/ Marriott Bonvoy) Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh, Olympic Team GB gold medallists and power couple, have spoken of their concern that the “the trans community is being attacked left, right and centre”. In 2016, the star hockey players made history as the first-ever same-sex couple to win Olympic
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Influencers were reportedly paid six-figure sums to promote the festival (Instagram/@diet_prada) Several actors, DJs, models and Instagram influencers have come under fire for promoting a music festival in Saudi Arabia, a country with a horrific human rights record. Electronic festival MDL Beast took place on 21-23 December in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital, with a lineup
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Debbie Hayton, left, wore the T-shirt at an event in July (Twitter/@debbiehayton) A transgender woman, Debbie Hayton, is facing expulsion from the LGBT+ committee of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) after she wore a T-shirt saying: ‘Trans women are men. Get over it.’ Hayton, 51, wore the T-shirt at an event organised by Fair Play
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Stock photo of crowd in nightclub. (Envato) Irish bouncers told two men who’d experienced homophobic abuse for kissing in a club that they wouldn’t intervene as “homophobia isn’t a crime in Ireland”. Eoghan Ryder was supporting his friend’s show at the Button Factory in Dublin when, on the dancefloor, he started talking to and eventually
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Yew Fook Sam. (Change.org) A 67-year-old man who the Home Office said wasn’t “gay enough” to stay in the UK has received an early Christmas present – asylum status from the government. Yew Fook Sam, known as Sam, lives in Kirkby, Liverpool, and has lived in fear of being deported to Malaysia, where homosexuality is
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Northern Ireland’s secretary of state Julian Smith has officially signed a regulation to introduce same-sex marriage by Valentine’s Day 2020. Until October, the province was the only place in the British Isles (alongside the island of Sark) that had not legalised equal marriage. In July Westminster MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of changing the law
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Rev Richard Coles (L) and his civil partner Rev David Coles. (Twitter) Church of England vicar Reverend Richard Coles has revealed that online trolls have subjected him to abuse following the death of his partner. The former Communards musician explained how he has received homophobic abuse from a pocket of people, including one person who
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Queer Methodist clergy were saddened by the vote at the general conference. (United Methodist General Conference/facebook) A Methodist church in Texas is to hold a mass ceremony celebrating marriage and reaffirming wedding vows of all married couples, including same-sex couples, who want to attend. The ceremony will be held just three days before the denomination’s clampdown
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The boys who created the WhatsApp group were just 13 and 14 years old. (Envato) A “top-ranked”, elite school in Mumbai has suspended eight boys after a WhatsApp group was discovered containing violent and homophobic messages, and talk of raping their female classmates. The messages from the schoolboys, aged just 13 and 14, were obtained
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Dolly Parton performs onstage during the 53rd annual CMA Awards. (John Shearer/Getty) In today’s edition of ‘x said gay rights!’, a Ku Klux Klan statue in an American state may be replaced by singer and LGBT+ icon Dolly Parton. Gay, and we cannot stress this enough, honestly, we really can’t, rights! Since 1978, the Tennessee
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Five new “gender-neutral cocktails” have been created for men who can’t drink “girly” cocktails. (Burger & Lobster) London-based bar and restaurant chain Burger & Lobster has created a range of “gender-neutral cocktails”, because apparently men are shunning drinks they perceive to be “feminine”. Showing that sexism is alive and well, the research found that a
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Kumail Nanjiani, Brian Tyree Henry, Salma Hayek, Richard Madden, Lia McHugh, Angelina Jolie, Don Lee and Lauren Ridloff of Marvel Studios’ ‘The Eternals’ at the San Diego Comic-Con International 2019 (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney) After leaving fans guessing for months, the first openly gay Marvel superhero has been revealed in the trailer for
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The computer generated Lil Miquela claimed to have been sexually assaulted in a rideshare. (Twitter) Lil Miquela, a made-up CGI influencer, has told a story online about being “sexually assaulted” and the internet is having none of it. An avatar dubbed the “first virtual influencer”, Lil Miquela first appeared on Instagram in 2016 and now
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Homie love is real love. That’s it. That’s the tweet. (Stock photo via Elements Envato) We regret to inform you that the straights are back at it again with their fragile shenanigans and this time they’re asking the crucial question: Fellas, is it gay to kiss your homies goodnight? In everyone’s favourite subreddit, Am I
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