Pride in London, 2019. (David Cliff/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) A young gay couple who were doused in pepper spray at a bus stop in south London have said they won’t be forced out of the city. Matthew, a 23-year-old charity worker, was covered in pepper spray with his boyfriend by a stranger who told
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Sir Elton John and David Furnish attend the first “Midsummer Party” hosted by Elton John and David Furnish to raise funds for the Elton John Aids Foundation on July 24, 2019. (Daniele Venturelli/Daniele Venturelli/Getty) Elton John and his husband David Furnish were the first same-sex couple in England to get a civil partnership, but he
Gerald Bostock, fired after joining a gay softball team, is taking his case to the Supreme Court next week. (Screen capture via Reuters) After working for more than a decade as an advocate for at-risk children in Atalanta, US, a man was fired when he joined a gay softball league. But Gerald Bostock has refused
Elton John performs during his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour at the Wizink Center on June 26, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. (Ricardo Rubio/Europa Press via Getty Images) He’s currently on his farewell tour, but Elton John has revealed he was close to not living to see it. The singer, 72, was diagnosed in 2017 with
A gay teen was verbally, physically and sexual assaulted by his classmates, a shocking lawsuit claims. (Stock photo via UnSplash/Andrew Neil) A mother is suing a West Virginia, US, school board for allegedly doing nothing to protect her gay son from bullies who verbally, physically and sexually assaulted him. The Morgantown mother is suing the Monongalia
Tyler, The Creator performs live on stage at O2 Academy Brixton on September 16, 2019 in London, England. (Jim Dyson/Getty Images) Rapper Tyler, the Creator, has addressed being banned from the UK after the language in some of his songs was lit into by activists and the then home secretary Theresa May. The rapper –
Trans woman Daniela Calderon, 35, was shot seven times last month. (Screen capture via Dallas News) A trans woman shot seven times – her shooter released back onto the streets shortly after being arrested – has spoken out for the first time since the shocking attack. Daniela Calderon was working in Northwest Dallas in Texas
Vinegar Strokes’ London hometown look on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. (BBC Three) Vinegar Strokes has revealed that the original look she had planned for her hometown runway look, and it’s a far cry from what we saw on the first episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. The first episode of the BBC Three series aired
A memorial to the victims of the Pulse shooting. (Getty) Six designs for a memorial and museum at the site of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting have been revealed, and it is up to the public to choose one. The onePULSE Foundation is the charity established to honour and preserve the legacy of the 49
Domingo Ramirez-Cayente. (Dallas County Sheriff’s Department) A 22-year-old man who admitted to police that he shot a trans woman multiple times has been released on bail from Dallas County Jail. Domingo Ramirez-Cayente was bailed out on September 26, the day after he was arrested and just six days after he shot Daniela Calderon in the
God save The Vivienne (BBC). The ever-expanding empire of RuPaul’s Drag Race conquered yet another country tonight. But was Drag Race UK a show fit for a queen? Drag Race UK season 1 episode 1: The verdict. How much Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and Talent was episode one packing? Overall: C.U.N.T. Yes. Gawd yes. Finally. Something
Olly Alexander, Omari Douglas and Callum Scott Howells will star in Channel 4’s Boys. (Channel 4) Olly Alexander will lead the star-studded cast of the new Channel 4 series Boys, the story of three young, gay men in London during the AIDS crisis. The five-part series was written by multi-BAFTA Award-winning writer Russell T Davies (Queer
What’s the date today, Mean Girls fans? “It’s October 3rd.” With the RuPaul’s Drag Race UK premier falling on the same day as Mean Girls Day, queer energy is truly at its apex right now. 2004 was a weird time. People wore Juicy Couture tracksuits, called friends on Motorola flip-phones and started to get hooked
Mattel has created dolls that are customisable in their gender expression. (Mattel) To the surprise of no one, the anti-LGBT+ evangelical group One Million Moms is not happy about Mattel’s new gender-inclusive dolls. Last week the toy manufacturer launched the gender non-conforming ‘Creatable World’ dolls which come with short hair and a longer wig, as
A dad with a tattoo of his daughter’s deadname is refusing to remove it. (Envato) A man who is refusing to remove a tattoo of his trans daughters deadname has sparked debate on whether he is in the wrong. The dad posted the story on the sub-Reddit ‘Am I the A**hole?’ which describes itself as
Police said the lesbian porn was playing on the highway billboard for 15 to 20 minutes. (WXYZ Detroit) A lesbian porn video appeared on a highway billboard in Michigan on Saturday night (September 28), confusing and distracting drivers. One man was driving home along the M-59 highway when he saw the footage of two women
The Hope Center homeless shelter in Anchorage, Alaska. A Christian homeless shelter in Alaska will receive $100,000 in damages after turning away a transgender woman who was living on the streets. Trans woman Jessie Doe was turned away by the Downtown Hope Center in Anchorage in the middle of the Alaskan winter, and she later
Gender creative kids do not often see themselves in the toys they play with. (Creatable World/ YouTube) Homophobic Russian politician Vitaly Milonov has said that he wants to ban the new gender-inclusive dolls by Mattel from entering the country. Last week the toy manufacturer launched the gender non-conforming Creatable World dolls which come with short
The Queer Eye cast savage Bernie Sanders for his looks and his politics in a 2018 video – and they don’t hold back. The video apparently didn’t make much of a splash when it was first released by Into, but has resurfaced on Twitter in recent days, and LGBT+ people are not impressed. In the
Joe Biden said he gets “more credit for marriage equality” than he deserves. (Scott Varley/MediaNews Group/Torrance Daily Breeze via Getty) Joe Biden reportedly said he gets “more credit for marriage equality than [he] deserves” at a private fundraiser held on Saturday night (September 28). The Washington Blade reported that Biden made the comments at a
Bowen Yang has made his first appearance on Saturday Night Live, becoming the first Asian comic to join the show’s cast. The comic made his debut on the September 28 SNL season premiere, portraying North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the opening skit, as well as a brief appearance as fringe Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew
Joshua Payne-Elliott (right) and his husband, Layton Payne-Elliott, were both employed as Catholic school teachers before Joshua was fired. (Delaney and Delaney) In a “highly unusual” move, the US Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest letter siding with an archbishop’s decision to fire a gay teacher from a Catholic school. Joshua Payne-Elliott
Far-right extremists clash with riot police as they try to disrupt the Equality March in Lublin, eastern Poland (WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP/Getty) Pride-goers in the Polish city of Lubin defied far-right protesters who hurled eggs, bottles and firecrackers in an attempt to stop them marching for LGBT+ rights. The event proved to be a violent flashpoint for
The judge sided with religious adoption agencies that reject LGBT parents (Stock photo) A federal judge in Michigan has thrown out rules that cuts off state funding for adoption agencies who refused to place children with same-sex couples. District Judge Robert Jonker sided with a Catholic adoption agency that refuses to place children in homes
From transgender movies on Netflix and Amazon Prime to independent shorts by trans and non-binary filmmakers on YouTube, here’s a round-up of the best trans films. We asked trans and bisexual man Stephan Kyriacou, and non-binary pansexual Cara Buchanan, to share their favourite transgender movies to watch – and why. Watch the video below to
Lesbian actress Ruby Rose shared a graphic photo of the emergency surgery on Instagram (Instagram/ JB Lacroix/WireImage/Getty) Batwoman star Ruby Rose has revealed she needed emergency neck surgery after a stunt accident left her with two herniated discs that nearly severed her spinal cord. A herniated disc occurs when the rubbery disc between the spinal
Gay valet Thomas Barrow sharing a kiss with an unidentified man in the Downton Abbey trailer (YouTube) The Downton Abbey movie may seem family-friendly, but its homophobic language and offensive references initially raised questions about the film’s suitability for children. The Irish Film Classification Office (IFCO) revealed that the film was initially given a 12A
Chat show king reveals his favourite ever guest. (Getty Images) BBC’s The Graham Norton Show has welcomed a lot of A-list celebrities onto its sofa but the host reveals who is the biggest star amongst them all. The BAFTA TV award winning chat show has been running for 12 years and in that long time,
Mike Pence has played a quiet role in many of the Trump administration’s anti-LGBT policies (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) As Donald Trump faces the prospect of impeachment, Mike Pence is closer than ever to the Presidency – and that is probably not a good thing for LGBT+ people. Although the White House has sought to downplay
Actress Oluwaseyi Omooba chose to stand by the ‘homophobic’ comments she made in 2014 (David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty) The Color Purple actress Oluwaseyi Omooba is suing for religious discrimination after she was dropped from the the LGBT+ production for ‘homophobic’ comments. Omooba was set to play the lead role in a musical adaptation of Alice