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Boosie Badazz performs at Legendz To The Streetz Tour in Atlanta, Georgia, 2021. (Wireimage/ Prince Williams) Anti-LGBTQ+ rapper Boosie Badazz has defended having threesomes with bisexual women: “It doesn’t mean I support gay marriage.” Boosie Badazz has faced ongoing backlash over his disgusting anti-LGBTQ+ comments,  including describing Lil Nas X as a “f****t” and urged him

Anthony Fauci says the “lessons we learned from HIV” about listening to the LGBTQ+ community are helping the fight against monkeypox. (Chen Mengtong/China News Service via Getty) Dr Anthony Fauci has pleaded with health officials to listen to and work with the LGBTQ+ community in the wake of the global monkeypox outbreak.  More than 1,000 monkeypox

Carly Rae Jepsen has announced a US tour and tickets go on sale soon. (Photo by Medios y Media/Getty Images) Carly Rae Jepsen has announced a headline tour for 2022 – and tickets go on sale soon. The singer will take her So Nice Tour to venues across the US and Canada later this year. She

A judge has reversed a ruling that removed Kris Williams from her son’s birth certificate because the lesbian mum hadn’t adopted her kid. (YouTube/KFOR Oklahoma’s News 4) An Oklahoma judge has voided a previous ruling erasing a lesbian mum’s name off her son’s birth certificate amid contentious divorce proceedings. Kris Williams and Rebekah Wilson were

Thailand could make history after it approved a draft bill that will legalise same-sex civil partnerships in the country. (Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty) Thailand is set to go down in history as the first Southeast Asian country to legalise same-sex unions after approving a historic bill.  The country’s Cabinet has approved draft legislation which will

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp outside the court during the defamation trial. (Getty/ Drew Angerer and Getty/ Consolidated News Pictures/ Cliff Owen) Amber Heard has blasted Johnny Depp’s celebratory TikTok following the pair’s defamation trial verdict, insisting he is increasing fear among victims of domestic abuse. The trial concluded on 1 June and saw the

Pete Buttigieg said lawmakers – like Texas senator Ted Cruz – focusing on doors is the “definition of insanity” amid an epidemic of gun violence in the US. (Getty/Drew Angerer/Michael M Santiago) Pete Buttigieg has called Republican lawmakers’ suggestion to limit school entrances to a single door to stop mass shootings the “definition of insanity”. 

Miloš Zeman, president of the Czech Republic, vows to veto legislation that would give same-sex couples the right to hold civil weddings in the country. (Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto via Getty) Czech president Miloš Zeman has said he plans to veto proposed legislation that would give same-sex couples the right to get married in the country.  The

US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene likened drag shows to strip clubs. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has struck again, with another unwarranted anti-LGBTQ+ proclamation likening drag shows to “strip clubs.” In a tweet posted on Tuesday (6 June) Greene wrote: “It should be illegal to take children into

Gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA) has issued a statement in support of the trans community after previously telling staff that it would not publicly defend trans rights in a company-wide meeting. The gaming publication Kotaku reported last month that it had seen and verified a transcript of a town hall meeting held on 24 May,

Jinkx Monsoon and Monet X Change at RuPaul’s Los Angeles DragCon in May (Getty/Santiago Felipe) After turning down an alliance with two fellow Drag Race stars, Jinkx Monsoon has revealed that “going solo” was always part of her game plan for All Stars 7. As the winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race season five, it was

Turkish police descended on a peaceful Istanbul Prude protest. (Screen capture via Twitter) Turkish police brutally beat and allegedly “tortured” nearly a dozen LGBTQ+ activists in Istanbul who were simply celebrating the start of Pride Month. On 5 June, members of İstanbul LGBTİ+ Onur Haftası, which organises Istanbul Pride, gathered in the Yeldeğirmeni neighbourhood of the

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says there are “real problems” within the Metropolitan Police including “overt systemic” homophobia. (Getty/Hollie Adams) Sadiq Khan has condemned the Metropolitan Police for having “real problems” concerning evidence of “overt systemic” homophobia and discrimination.  The mayor of London appeared on the BBC’s Sunday Morning programme on 5 June to lambast the “real

Ohio lawmakers advanced a bill that would require student-athletes to undergo a medical “verification” process if their gender is questioned. (Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) Ohio Republicans have advanced a bill that would require student-athletes to undergo a medical “verification” process to enforce a ban trans kids from playing sports.  Lawmakers pushed through the anti-trans

The New York City Police Department has identified the suspect in a stabbing on a train on the first day of Pride Month as Runadieo Jordan, 52. (Twitter/@NYPDTips) A Brooklyn man is facing hate crime charges following a horrific stabbing aboard a train on the first day of Pride Month.  The police have identified the suspect as

Aunjanue Ellis, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in King Richard, has come out publicly as bisexual. (Getty/Mike Coppola) King Richard‘s Aunjanue Ellis has opened up about being bisexual and finally being acknowledged as part of the LGBTQ+ community. Ellis earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed there are 25 cases of monkeypox across 11 states. (Eduardo Parra/Europa Press via Getty) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed there are now 25 cases of monkeypox in the US as it warns of community spread.  The CDC has identified 25 confirmed monkeypox

Mariah Carey is being sued after being accused of stealing her hit song “All I Want For Christmas Is You”. (Kevin Mazur/Getty for MC) Mariah Carey is being sued for copyright infringement over her 1994 mega-hit “All I Want For Christmas Is You”. Carey and her co-songwriter Walter Afanasieff have been accused of copying the

Fossil has released its Pride collection and confirmed a donation to The Trevor Project. Fossil has released its Pride collection inspired by the colours of the Progress and trans flags. The limited edition range features Pride-inspired watches, straps, jewellery and accessories. As part of the collection’s launch the watch brand has also confirmed a donation

Florida governor Ron DeSantis’ administration has demanded the state’s board of medicine bar young trans people from accessing live-saving healthcare. In a 2 June letter obtained by NBC News, DeSantis’ surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, urged the board to block young trans and gender non-conforming people from receiving gender-affirming healthcare. It follows and draws on ‘guidance’ issued

Ugg releases its apparel and slides collection to mark Pride Month. Ugg has unveiled its truly unique collection to celebrate Pride Month 2022. The brand has released rainbow-inspired versions of its classic slides that will definitely turn heads. As part of the campaign Ugg is donating money to helplines that are available specifically for LGBTQ+

Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman. (Getty) You’re one of the only role models like me I ever saw on t.v. My little half mexican lesbian ass will love you forever ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Lynda Carter kicked off her Pride Month with a bang by explaining just why Wonder Woman is such a queer icon. The actor, ally

Colton Haynes says he almost wasn’t cast in Teen Wolf after MTV caught wind of a photoshoot he did for a gay men’s magazine. (David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty) Teen Wolf star Colton Haynes has revealed that he almost wasn’t cast in the MTV teen drama after execs found out he’d been in a gay magazine

Elliot Page describes a horrifying incident where a “big dude” threatened to kill him while he was walking on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. (Getty/David Livingston) Elliot Page has opened up about an appalling encounter with a “big dude” who shouted vile slurs and threatened to kill him. Elliot Page said he was crossing

Jonny Depp (L) and Amber Heard. (Getty Images) Johnny Depp has won his high-profile defamation case against Amber Heard. A jury of five men and two women returned their verdict Wednesday evening (1 June) and found Heard defamed her ex-husband in her 2018 op-ed. She was ordered to pay the actor $15 million in damages.

Sara Ramirez has reflected on how jarring the pandemic was for them. (Jamie McCarthy/WireImage) Sara Ramírez, who played stand-up comic Che Diaz in And Just Like That…, has opened up about their experience of suicidal thoughts. Ramírez, 46, said the early days of the coronavirus pandemic proved especially difficult for them. Seeing an America so

The Proud Trust opens it new building at 49-51 Sidney St, Manchester. (Proud Trust) Europe’s first LGBTQ+ youth support centre has reopened in Manchester after a massive redevelopment effort. LGBTQ+ charity The Proud Trust unveiled its newly redeveloped centre, The Proud Place, on 27 May. It’s a place where LGBTQ+ people can access community groups,

Marjorie Taylor Greene has bizarrely claimed straight people are facing extinction. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images) Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks straight people are going extinct and we have no words. Greene, who represents Georgia’s 14th congressional district, made the bizarre claim that heterosexual people will vanish in “four or five generations” as she spread misinformation about

Former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Trans swimmer Lia Thomas has a simple message for transphobes: Trans women are “not a threat to women’s sports”. In an interview with ABC on Tuesday (30 May), Thomas, 22, said that trans people don’t transition to win medals in sports

Nontokozo Motloung is the fourth LGBT+ person to be murdered in South Africa. Credit: Mamba Online A 27-year-old South African lesbian was “brutally murdered” and mutilated in a suspected homophobic killing. Warning – violence. Nontokozo Caroline Motloung was found dead in a bush on 21 May, almost a week after she was last seen with