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Trans actress Cassandra James getting ready in the General Hospital dressing room (Instagram/Cassandra James) Trans actress Cassandra James has announced that she will soon be making a return to long-running US soap General Hospital. Cassandra James made history as the first transgender actress to play a trans character on daytime television. She portrays Dr. Terry

Jerrod Carmichael (R) is a comedian, actor, director, and producer. He’s taken aim at fellow comedian Dave Chapelle (L) (Netflix/Getty) Comedian and filmmaker Jerrod Carmichael has blasted fellow comic Dave Chappelle, opening up about the pair’s ongoing feud and calling out Chappelle’s opinions on the LGBTQ+ community. Controversial comedian Dave Chappelle has been criticised for

Julia Garner has been cast as Silver Surfer in the Fantastic Four, and everyone is being very normal (Marvel Comics/ Getty Images) Julia Garner’s comic-book accurate casting as a female version of Marvel’s Silver Surfer in the latest film version of The Fantastic Four is already incurring the ire of internet misogynists. Marvel’s superhero quarter

Jeremiah Brent is replacing Bobby Berk on Queer Eye. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty) Queer Eye’s newest cast member, Jeremiah Brent, has said there’s “no drama” with anyone else on the show, despite speculation of fractures and fallouts following Bobby Berk’s departure.  In January, Berk spilled the tea on a “situation” between him and co-star Tan France, stating

Too Hot to Handle star Francesca Farago and fiancé Jesse Sullivan have announced that they are expecting their first child. Reality TV and YouTube star Francesca Farago took to Instagram to reveal that she and fiancé Jesse Sullivan were expecting a baby together, after the heartbreak of a failed earlier IVF attempt.  “We wanted to

Charli XCX announces 2024 UK arena tour dates. (Rich Polk/Billboard via Getty Images) Charli XCX has announced details of 2024 UK tour dates – and this is how to get tickets. The singer will headline her first ever arena shows as part of the Brat Tour in late 2024, with special guest Shygirl. Fans can

Sections of Karine Jean-Pierre’s statement were cut from Fox News’ clips. (Getty) Fox News has failed to air the moment White House press secretary pointed out that the network previously celebrated Trans Day of Visibility as the channel continues to cover conservative fury over president Biden’s recent acknowledgement of the day. The right-wing news network

Former President Donald Trump speaks to guests at a rally on 1 April, 2024 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Former president Donald Trump has vowed that US election day will be ‘Christian Visibility Day’ after Joe Biden issued a message for Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV), which coincided with Easter Sunday this year

Louis Walsh reached the Celebrity Big Brother final. (Getty) Former X Factor judge Louis Walsh has revealed the eye-water amount of money he was paid to appear on Celebrity Big Brother (CBB).  Speaking to the Irish Independent in an exclusive interview published on Easter Sunday (31 March), Walsh, who finished fourth in the reality TV

Hunger Games star Hunter Schafer has confirmed she dated Spanish pop star Rosalía. (Getty) Euphoria star Hunter Schafer has confirmed the rumours that she dated Spanish pop star Rosalía for several months.  Schafer, who recently starred in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, told GQ that the pair were romantically involved in

Cecilia Gentili tragically passed away on 5 February. (Getty) Two men have been arrested and charged with drug offences related to the death of trans activist and performer, Cecilia Gentili. The trans trailblazer and actress died in February after overdosing on heroin laced with fentanyl. She was 52. On Monday (1 April), Michael Kuilan and

Dominic Cummings made several conspiratorial claims in an Easter Sunday post. (Getty) Political advisor and pro-Brexit pundit Dominic Cummings marked Transgender Day of Visibility by launching into a tirade about trans people. The former chief advisor to Boris Johnson marked Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) over the weekend by claiming that trans people are part

A sign outside of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, which houses England’s only trans youth clinic. (Getty) Replacement NHS gender identity clinics for trans youth are reportedly understaffed and “nowhere near ready”, sources have claimed. Following the planned closure of the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) at the Tavistock Centre – NHS England’s

Tia Kofi won RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs The World season two – but fans are ruining the fun. (BBC) Watching the RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs the World season two finale live on Friday night in a packed LGBTQ+ bar in London was a joyous occasion. Finalists Tia Kofi and Hannah Conda were on

YouTubers Jessica and Claudia Kellgren-Fozard have gone viral after talking about life as queer, disabled mothers in a loving interracial marriage.  The couple share the journey of raising their son Rupert with more than one million followers on YouTube, on their channel @jessicaoutofthecloset. Jessica is deaf and also has a number of chronic illnesses, including hereditary

Dee Lou Whitnell discusses the political landscape and #TransKidsDeserveToGrwoUp (Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images/Canva) The volatile discourse around trans people is seeing politicians treat the community as “non-human”, an activist has candidly said in the run up to Transgender Day of Visibility 2024. Speaking with PinkNews about their work running the #TransKidsDeserveToGrowUp solidarity campaign

“Are you trans?” a cisgender guy I used to live with asked me last year in front of my friends. I remember thinking: “Yes, I am. So what?”  But faced with the invasive question, with this man outing me and forcing me to make a public decision about my identity, all I could do was

The most often-spouted myths about trans lives are easily disproven – and have been by respected medical and scientific minds. Anti-trans sentiment continues to bombard the UK, US and further afield. Some of the loudest voices would have others believe that trans people are new and unnatural, that they all regret transitioning, and are destroying

Music legend Nile Rodgers has said he knew writing the track “I’m Coming Out” for Diana Ross would turn have an immediate impact on the gay community. The 71-year-old producer, writer and guitarist took to his YouTube channel to share the origins of the hit song, which was released as a single in 1980.  Rodgers

A recap of season 16, episode 13 of RuPaul’s Drag Race (WOW) RuPaul’s Drag Race season 16, episode 13, employs the oldest trick in the production riggory book with a family resemblance makeover challenge, while another queen snatches her fourth win. Last week, Dawn got absolutely annihilated in a lipsync to ‘Body’ against the season’s

(L-R) Jim Parsons, Jessica Lange, and Celia Keenan-Bolger at the premiere of Mother Play (Getty) Jim Parsons and Jessica Lange on stage at the same time? We are quaking in our boots! Opening on April 3, Big Bang Theory star Parsons will be appearing alongside American Horror Story alum Lange on Broadway as well as

La Grande Dame. (BBC/World of Wonder) La Grande Dame has opened up about her ‘showmance’ with fellow Drag Race UK vs the World finalist, Tia Kofi, and preparing for the competition with Jean Paul Gaultier. One of four incredible queens to reach the final of the sophomore season of Drag Race UK vs the World,

Korbin Albert plays under the number 15 for the USWNT. (Getty) US soccer player Korbin Albert, 20, has apologised for liking and sharing “offensive” and “insensitive” social media posts on her TikTok account. Albert, a midfielder who recently joined the U.S Women National’s Team (USWNT), posted her apology to her Instagram on Thursday night after

Hunter Schafer in Emma Stone film Kinds of Kindness. (Searchlight Pictures) The first trailer for Emma Stone’s latest film has dropped and it shows trans Euphoria star Hunter Shafer in one of her biggest roles to date. Kinds of Kindness is directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, best known for his recent black comedy Poor Things, for

Tia Kofi has made it to a Drag Race finale for the first time. (BBC) Drag Race UK vs the World star Tia Kofi has responded to a deluge of online criticism over her run to the final of the competition. It would be fair to say that since her first venture into the werk

Leah Juliett was just 14 when someone posted naked pictures of the teenager on the internet. Now, 27, Leah, who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, is trying to prevent the “same problem that led to the abuse” happening to other LGBTQ+ young people.  If you look up Leah’s name online, there are articles discussing

Public satisfaction with the NHS is at an all time low – but if you are trans, that’s just the tip of the iceberg.  The long-running British Social Attitudes survey has been carried out since 1983 and has found in its most recent research that just 24 per cent of the public are happy with

Tom Allen plans a big gay wedding in Big Gay Wedding with Tom Allen. (BBC) Comedian and TV presenter Tom Allen hopes his new film Big Gay Wedding with Tom Allen will encourage queer people to “never take for granted” the rights won by the community. To mark the ten-year anniversary of the UK’s first

Danny Beard has confirmed that his Drag Race UK spinoff show, THe After Shave, won’t be back for season six (Ben Ephgrave) Danny Beard, winner of season four of Drag Race UK, has confirmed that their Drag Race spinoff show, The After Shave, won’t be returning to recap season six of the franchise. Since The