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Actor Billy Dee Williams arrives at the premiere of Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm’s ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) When actor Billy Dee Williams, best known for playing Lando Calrissian in Star Wars, referred to himself with both he/him and she/her pronouns, it was widely interpreted that he was telling the world he was gender fluid.
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A London youth worker has created a crowdfunder to support young black LGBT+ people this Christmas (Envato Elements) Christmas can be a particularly difficult time for LGBT+ people, as youth worker Tanya Compas knows all too well. Compas, 27, was made homeless last Christmas after becoming estranged from their biological family. They’ve now created a
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Chris Martin admitted that he doubted his sexuality as a young teen at boarding school (Rolling Stone) Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has admitted that he was “very homophobic” when questioning his sexuality as a young teen at an all-boys’ boarding school. Martin, who is straight, told Rolling Stone that he had “a rough time” fitting
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Christie Elan-Cane, who does not identify as either male or female. (DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty) Campaigner Christie Elan-Cane appeared at the Court of Appeal today (December 3) to challenge the Home Office’s refusal to issue gender X passports. Elan-Cane is a non-gendered activist who has campaigned for a third gender option on British passports for more than
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German singer Kim Petras gave the gays everything they want and, we cannot stress this enough, more during a gig in the US. (Screen capture via Instagram) Trans pop star Kim Petras single-handedly ended all homophobia after he trolled notoriously anti-LGBT Christian protesters at her US gig last weekend. Standing in the cold in beanies
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Several headteachers are now admitting children “based on gender” rather than sex (Pexels) Several same-sex private schools in the UK are considering changing their policies to admit transgender pupils for the first time, a report by The Independent has revealed. Headteachers in some elite schools are now saying they are admitting children “based on gender”
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Swedish comedian and presenter Emma Knyckare, founder of Statement Festival. (Getty) Statement, billed as the “world’s first major music festival for women, non-binary and transgender people,” will return almost two years after it was labelled discriminatory for excluding cis men. The two-day festival was formally condemned by the Swedish Discrimination Ombudsman in 2018 because of
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16-year-old Channing Smith was described by family as “the sweetest kid ever from birth.” (Screenshot: News Channel 5) A bisexual teenager took his own life after he was outed online, but the anti-gay district attorney is refusing to bring criminal charges against those who outed him. 16-year-old Channing Smith, from Manchester, Tennessee, had confided in
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Birmingham Pride 2020 will platform trans rights. (Getty) Birmingham Pride 2020 has announced its theme as “Stronger Together,” with the event set to honour the 331 trans and gender diverse people killed around the world in the past year. Organisers plan to make a stand against anti-trans separatist groups such as the LGB Alliance which
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The pair surrounded the street preacher with rainbow flags in a “big ol circle of gay love”. (Diogo Rodrigues/ Facebook) A Christian street preacher publicly declaring that homosexuality is an “abomination” was surrounded by rainbow flags in a “big circle of gay love” by members of the queer community. Michael Overd, from Somerset, is the
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Conchita Wurst performs live on stage during the 64th annual Eurovision Song Contest held at Tel Aviv Fairgrounds on May 18, 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Michael Campanella/Getty) The Hungarian government has hit back at claims that the country pulling out of the Eurovision Song Contest because it’s “too gay”. According to The Guardian, a pro-government
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In an adorable video, Norwegian comedian Ørjan Burøe donned a Disney princess dress to dance with his son, but was targeted by a Trump supporter as a result. (Screen capture via Instagram) Damn, supports of Trump, back at it again with the backwards definitions of gender and identity? In today’s edition of  ‘an adult angered
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Megan Phelps-Roper, the granddaughter of notorious homophobic hate preacher Fred Phelps Sr, has opened up about her “abusive” childhood in a revealing new interview. Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church, also known as “the most hated family in America”, became infamous for picketing military funerals with signs reading ‘God hates fags’ and ‘Thank God for dead soldiers’. They
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Haitian civil rights campaigner Charlot Jeudy. (The American Jewish World Service) Charlot Jeudy, the president of a leading LGBT+ organisation in Haiti, has been found dead, following years of threats of violence against him for speaking out against homophobia. Long-time LGBT+ rights campaigner Charlot Jeudy was found dead on Monday (25 November) at his home
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