LGBTQ

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he delivers his state of the nation address, as Senate President Vicente Sotto the III (top L) and House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano (top R) look on at Congress. (NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images) Vicente Sotto, the incumbent Senate president of the Philippines, compared Pride Month to one of

Could this possibly be the messiest break-up of all time? A man has taken to Reddit to share his horrifying break-up story, which involves accusations of cheating and public outings. Posting in the popular “Am I the Asshole” sub-Reddit, the Reddit-user wrote: “I know the title sounds absolutely terrible.” “My ex and I were together

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

Victor Farrell is standing as the Brexit party’s candidate for Glenrothes in Scotland (Facebook/brexitvictor.com) The Brexit Party has pulled its support from Scottish candidate Victor Farrell, who declared “war” on LGBT+ people in a series of bizarre online rants. Farrell was the Brexit Party’s candidate for Glenrothes in Fife. His name will still appear on

Two gay journalists from Saudi Arabia are being detained in an asylum centre in Australia after they were outed by the government in their home country and forced to flee. The men – who have not been named – believe they were outed by Saudi state security and had their romantic relationship revealed to family

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

Harry Styles, pig boy. (SNL) Harry Styles rapping “call me pig boy ’cause you know I be squealing” deserves Oscars, Grammys, the Pulitzer and the Nobel Prize. The professional thirst-trapper and ‘Lights Up’ singer inspired a veritable internet drought as he hosted this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, dancing in his underwear and talking about “getting

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

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

Parade participants marching in the Boston Straight Pride Parade and Rally organised by Super Happy Fun America on August 31, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. Paul Marotta/Getty) Two white men were the only attendees of Dallas Straight Pride yesterday, with not even the organiser of the event turning up. Dallas Straight Pride was announced earlier this

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

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

Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman announced their engagement on Instagram. (Instagram) Bestselling bisexual author Roxane Gay and lesbian writer and artist Debbie Millman have announced their engagement. In an Instagram carousel post, Millman said: “I met a girl, who loves to write and is really into Beyoncé.” “We went on some dates, we fell in

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

Dozens protested outside a shopping centre in Reading, the site of the UK’s first Chick-fil-A store. (Martin Cooper) A UK parliamentary hopeful in Reading is calling for the city’s Chick-fil-A to stay open despite the chain’s well-documented anti-LGBT donations. Christian People’s Alliance candidate Yemi Awolola is riding a campaign based on restoring “traditional families” and

Blu Hydrangea and the other eliminated queens will return for the Drag Race UK finale. (BBC) Drag Race UK is bringing back the eliminated queens for next week’s grand finale and we need to know what. Is. Happening?! It was always going to be a risk bringing RuPaul’s Drag Race to the UK. Before the

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

A trans refugee in the Kakuma Refugee Camp was brutally battered by a group of ‘homophobic’ persons’ today. (Supplied) A mob of homophobic people attacked a trans Ugandan refugee in broad daylight at a Kenyan camp, slicing his neck, punching him and then pulling on his genitals. Fleeing to the Kakuma Refugee Camp hospital following

Hillary Clinton. (ISABEL INFANTES/AFP via Getty) Hillary Clinton has said that trans rights pose a “legitimate concer” for cisgenders women’s “lived experience”, despite previously saying she was “just learning” about trans identities. Clinton gave an interview on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday, November 12, to promote the book she co-authored with her daughter Chelsea, The

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

Robyn Crawford and Whitney Houston circa 1988. (Getty) Whitney Houston and her girlfriend Robyn Crawford once considered waiting outside Wendy Williams’ radio studio to confront her over her comments about Houston, Crawford has said. Crawford is currently busy doing the press circuit following the release of her memoir A Song For You: My Life with

Conservative leader Boris Johnson, Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. (Getty) “As we promised,” said the ‘LGB Alliance’ (it’s not clear who on earth asked for this): “QUESTIONS FROM LGB ALLIANCE TO BE ADDRESSED TO PROSPECTIVE PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES IN THE UK GENERAL ELECTION.” A string of some 20 tweets followed, with 12

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

Singaporeans form the words ‘Repeal 377A’ in Hong Lim Park on June 29, 2019. (Ore Huiying/Getty) Tomorrow the high court in Singapore will hear the first arguments to overturn Section 377A, a colonial-era law that criminalises gay sex. Singapore’s strict penal code classes sex between men as an act of “gross indecency” punishable by up

The Lib Dems have now launched a disciplinary investigation against Kevin McNamara (Yourthurrockfilms/YouTube) Liberal Democrat candidate Kevin McNamara has been forced to step down ahead of the general election after a series of homophobic and racist tweets were unearthed. The party said it had “immediately opened disciplinary investigations” against McNamara, who was the party’s candidate

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

Madonna performs onstage during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for dcp) A Florida man has filed a class-action lawsuit against Madonna after she kicked-off one of her concerts two hours later than sold. At her Miami Beach gig, the Madam X singer was scheduled to appear at 8:30pm. Disgruntled fan Nate Hollander,

Keith Vaz has announced his resignation from parliament. (Getty) Keith Vaz, the Labour MP who was suspended after he “expressed willingness” to buy cocaine for two men, has said that he will not be standing at the December 12 general election. Vaz said that he will retire from politics after 32 years as the MP

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

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