LGBTQ

Emily Frood has been flooded with love and support since announcing their plans for Edinburgh’s first lesbian bar. (Supplied/Emily Frood) A trans student has been flooded with an “outpouring of love and support” after announcing she’s quitting university to open Edinburgh’s first lesbian bar. The capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh has a population of around

Police arrested a 36-year-old man in connection with the death of a gay man in London. (Envato Elements) Police have arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of murder after a gay man was found dead in a London cemetery. Emergency services were called to Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park at around 7am on Monday morning (16

A gay man has been declared “not the asshole” by Reddit after he said he didn’t want to visit his dying grandfather. (Envato Elements) A gay man has explained why he won’t be visiting his homophobic grandfather on his deathbed in a heart-wrenching Reddit post. The man shared his story on the sub-Reddit “Am I

Trans artist Mila Jam reimagines the 80s classic as ‘It’s Raining Them’. (Talker Tailor) Spice Girls legend Geri Halliwell has endorsed trans artist Mila Jam’s remake of the classic 80s hit It’s Raining Men. The song has been transformed into a non-binary anthem, nearly 40 years after The Weather Girls first released the hit in

Hannah Blythyn, the Labour minister for social partnership. (Facebook) Trolls have targeted a minister’s wife in response to Wales’ ambitious plan to become the most LGBT-friendly country in Europe – proving why it has to be achieved. Fast. Laura Murton, who is married to Welsh Labour deputy minister for social partnership Hannah Blythyn, shared some

OnlyFans is to further limit what users can upload. (Stock photograph via Envato Elements) OnlyFans is to ban so-called “sexually explicit” content in just a matter of weeks amid mounting pressure from banks. The subscription service popular among amateur and professional adult entertainers, where users pay for content, said Thursday (19 August) that it will

Lawrence Chaney has come out in support of Victoria Scone. (BBC Three/Instagram/@victoriascone) RuPaul’s Drag Race star Lawrence Chaney has eviscerated critics daring to take aim at the first cis woman competing in the franchise’s 12-year-long history. Victoria Scone, the camp queen from Cardiff, is to make herstory on season three of Drag Race UK after being

Mj Rodriguez attends the OUTLOUD: Raising Voices Concert Series at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on 6 June 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Getty/Alberto E. Rodriguez) Trailblazing trans and Emmy-nominated actor Mj Rodriguez has opened up about bonding with an LGBT+ fan who was made homeless by his family. Rodriguez discussed her fame in the wake

Fabien Azoulay was arrested in Turkey for buying GBL for personal consumption (Change.org) Fabien Azoulay, a French Jewish gay man harassed, beaten and burned with boiling water in a Turkish jail by homophobic inmates, has been released. Fabien Azoulay, 43, was jailed four years ago by the authorities for ordering a small amount of GBL

An American Airlines pilot took over the PA system to rant about being gay. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) An off-duty pilot hijacked an American Airlines public address system to rant to passengers about being gay. In a viral clip uploaded to YouTube, the Envoy Air pilot told uneasy and shocked riders after the flight landed in

Moderna is starting clinical trials for a potential HIV vaccine. (Envato Elements) A Moderna HIV vaccine candidate is about to enter human trials. Moderna is expected to launch a clinical trial for its experimental HIV vaccine as early as this week, according to the National Institute of Health’s trial registry. The potential vaccine uses the same

Yungblud poses ahead of the MTV EMA’s 2020. (Ian Gavan/Getty Images for MTV) Pop-punk singer Yungblud has opened up being pansexual, saying he hopes it encourages others who are struggling to label their sexuality. The 11 Minutes singer came out as pansexual and polyamorous in December 2020, having previously described his sexuality as “very fluid”

Drew Barrymore (L) has thrown her support to Britney Spears. (Getty Images) Drew Barrymore has thrown her support towards Britney Spears after she “purposefully” stayed silent on the singer’s tense conservatorship battle. Only days after father Jamie Spears agreed to eventually step down as Britney’s financial conservator, Britney has found a new ally in the

Pete Buttigieg with his husband Chasten in South Bend, Indiana, where he announced he was dropping out of the presidential race (Scott Olson/Getty) Pete Buttigieg has announced that he and his husband Chasten Buttigieg are officially daddies – and they simply could not be happier. Taking to Twitter Tuesday (17 August), the transport secretary, 39,

Drag Race alum Manila Luzon had the best response to learning about the new Filipino spin-off of the RuPaul and World of Wonder franchise. (YouTube/WOWPresents/RuPaul’s Drag Race) Manila Luzon doesn’t have a problem with inviting more queens to the party after RuPaul announced Drag Race Philippines. Mama Ru announced the new World of Wonder series Monday (16

Tom Daley tears up as he waits to receive his gold medal on 26 July, 2021. (OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty) Tom Daley has opened up about undergoing surgery weeks before the Olympics after an injury left him unable to walk. The British diving champion has been striving for an Olympic gold medal since the age of 14

Drag legend RuPaul will be joining the cast of Netflix’s newest adult-oriented comedy series Chicago Party Aunt. (World of Wonder) Drag Race Philippines will go head to head with Manila Luzon’s Drag Den. Just when you thought it was safe to change the channel, RuPaul has announced yet another edition of Drag Race. Drag Race

Kameron Michaels returned as a lip sync assassin. (WOW) Drag Race star Kameron Michaels wasn’t impressed by her All Stars 6 return. The “Bodybuilder Barbie” of season 10 has been high up on fans’ lip sync assassin wish lists since All Stars 5 introduced the twist, which sees previous contestants return to battle against All

Several thousand LGBT+ people and their allies proudly marched for Bucharest Pride on Saturday (14 August), the first since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. An estimated 8,000 people walked the streets of the Romanian capital waving colourful flags, blowing whistles and attempting to resume the spirit of Pride after last year’s event was cancelled.

An Illinois appellate court ruled Hobby Lobby violated the state’s anti-bias law by denying a trans employee access to the women’s bathroom. (Lewis Geyer/Digital First Media/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty) Retail giant Hobby Lobby has lost its 11-year battle to ban a transgender woman from using the women’s bathroom while at work. The Illinois Second

Trans dad Sav Butler is adopting a ‘gender-free’ approach to parenting (TikTok/@tired_honestly) A trans dad has eloquently explained why he isn’t revealing his baby’s gender until the child is old enough to share it for themselves. Sav Butler, 20, a father of two from Portland, Maine, has opted for a genderless parenting style with his

Lil Nas X attends the BET Awards 2021. (Getty/Paras Griffin) Lil Nas X turned down a role in HBO’s critically-acclaimed Euphoria to focus on his music career and we have well and truly been robbed. The 22-year-old hitmaker told Variety in an interview published Wednesday (11 August) that, for now at least, he prioritises making

The bookshop owner’s TikTok went viral, with over a million likes. (TikTok/ thedogearedbook) When a bookshop owner exposed the petty homophobic customers that come to her store, she was overwhelmed with orders for LGBT+ books. Last month, Carrie Deming, owner of The Dog Eared Book in Palmyra, New York, revealed to her TikTok followers that

An activist’s silhouette is seen through a rainbow flag. (Getty) When a school board banned Pride flags a farmer decided to pick up a paintbrush and create a giant show of rainbow solidarity. This week, the school board in the city of Newberg, Oregon, voted to ban Pride and BLM flags, signs and clothing, as

Britney Spears’ father, Jamie Spears, has agreed to step down from his role as her conservator (Getty) Britney Spears’ father has finally agreed to step down as her conservator, according to court filings from his lawyers. Jamie Spears, 69, had previously resisted calls to stand down from the conservatorship that has dominated the star’s life

Team USA’s Kristie Mewis embraces Sam Kerr of Australia after the Olympic football bronze medal match between US and Australia on 5 August 2021. (Getty/Zhizhao Wu) Olympians Kristie Mewis and Sam Kerr have revealed that they are officially dating with the most adorable photo on Instagram. Even before the Tokyo 2020 games, rumours swirled online

Catholic Archbishop Heiner Koch speaks to a congregation in December 2016 (MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Getty) The Archbishop of Berlin is set to appoint a pastoral minister for the LGBT+ community to help those who have been “painfully” sidelined by the Catholic church. Archbishop Heiner Koch made the pledge after a meeting with the Lesbian and Gay Association,

Joshua Bassett. (Amy Sussman/WireImage) High School Musical: The Musical: The Series star Joshua Bassett says coming out was “liberating” even though he endured “a lot of homophobia” afterwards. In May, Joshua Bassett, 20, gushed about Harry Styles in an adorable interview which he joked was his “coming out video“. Soon after, the actor clarified that he

In the “Montero” video, Lil Nas X grinds on the devil, before becoming the new king of the underworld. (YouTube/ Lil Nas X) Lil Nas X has revealed that he felt “unsafe” after releasing the video for “Montero”, and was even chased by a thug screaming “f**k you”. Speaking to Variety, Lil Nas X discussed