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A heavily damaged hospital in Volnovakha, one of the cities most affected by the war. (Getty) A trans woman in Ukraine has said the community is struggling to access essential healthcare as the Russian war rages on. Anastasiia, director of Cohort NGO, an organisation for transgender people in Ukraine, has chosen to remain in the country

Star Wars heroes Finn and Poe were famously not gay. (Disney) A new Lego Star Wars game appears to give Finn and Poe Dameron the happy queer ending fans have longed for. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has seemingly confirmed the ‘FinnPoe’ ship – a romance between John Boyega’s stormtrooper-turned-rebel character Finn and X-Wing pilot

Asexual activist Yasmin Benoit. (Supplied) LGBT+ charity Stonewall and ace activist Yasmin Benoit are launching a groundbreaking project to improve the lives of the ace community. Launching on International Asexuality Day (6 April), the project will undertake research to explore the experiences, needs and priorities of ace Brits with a focus on employment, healthcare and higher

Florida representative Randy Fine says he will introduce legislation to ban gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth in the state. (YouTube/WPTV News – FL Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast) A Florida Republican has vowed to introduce legislation next session that would criminalise gender-affirming care for trans youth in the state.  State representative Randy Fine said in

New York Mayor Eric Adams Meets LGBTQ+ Advocates. (Getty Images/Slaven Vlasic) New York City mayor Eric Adams announced on Monday (4 April) a campaign of digital billboard ads in Florida denouncing the hateful ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law. The ads will appear in five Florida cities and on social media. “Loud. Proud. Still allowed,” one ad

Labour MP Nadia Whittome. (Parliament) Nadia Whittome, Labour MP for Nottingham East, explains why Boris Johnson is playing a “game of divide-and-rule” with conversion therapy. For four years, the Conservative government has consistently promised that conversion therapy for LGBT+ people will be banned. That was until last week, when it performed not one, but two

Victoria Alonso and Bob Chapek. (Getty/Jesse Grant/David Livingston) Gay Marvel Studios executive Victoria Alonso had some choice words with Disney CEO Bob Chapek regarding anti-LGBT+ legislation across the US.  Alonso revealed that she had a “45-minute sitdown” with Chapek while accepting the GLAAD Media Award for “Outstanding Film” for Eternals on Saturday (2 April), Deadline reported.  She described how

Michaela Jaé Rodriguez attends the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards on 2 April 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Getty/JC Olivera) Michaela Jaé Rodriguez has explained how telling queer kids that they’re loved can ‘make all the difference’ in their life in an emotional speech. The Pose star received the Stephen F Kolzak Award, which is presented to

John Osborne and TJ Osborne of Brothers Osborne, at the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) TJ Osborne gave a soul-stirring speech about coming out as gay after taking home the Grammy for Best Country Duo/Group Performance. Osborne, one half of the country band Brothers Osborne, said bagging

Judge Allen Winsor will decide the fate of ‘Don’t Say Gay’. (Facebook/ Florida Bar) The judge who will decide the fate of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ legislation, appointed by Donald Trump, previously tried to keep same-sex marriage illegal in the state. Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, which bans the discussion of LGBT+ topics in classrooms from

Lauren Boebert speaks during a budget hearing in Washington, DC. (Getty/ Roberto Schmidt-Pool) Republican Colorado representative Lauren Boebert has insisted that it should be illegal for LGBT+ people to come out until they are 21. Boebert is a Republican, Trump-supporting conspiracy theorist and an activist for the expansion of gun rights, in a country with

Emily Bridges. (ITV News) Trans cyclist Emily Bridges has spoken out after being blocked from competing in the British National Omnium Championships, insisted she met all eligibility criteria. The race would have been the first time Bridges, who came out publicly as trans in October 2020, was able to compete in a female category under British

Ironheart. (Marvel) Marvel’s upcoming Ironheart series will reportedly introduce the first trans woman to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. A casting call for the Disney Plus series has revealed that bosses plan to add a “smart, confident” trans woman into the mix. According to POC Culture, the character will have “a mystical bent and unique sense

Kitty Scott-Claus. (BBC) Her season of Drag Race UK only ended four months ago, but it feels like we’ve known Kitty Scott-Claus forever.  The season three runner-up joins our Zoom call with a heavily powdered face. She’s getting ready for her new play – the acclaimed murder mystery played by a cast of drag queens

JoJo Siwa has confirmed that she is in a new relationship – and is thrilled about it. The 18-year-old opened up about her love life during her appearance on Wednesday’s episode of the Rachel Uncensored podcast. “We’re not single,” Siwa told host Rachel Ballinger. “I say ‘we’re’ because it’s me and my multiple personalities within myself.”

Wales and Scotland to press ahead with conversion therapy bans (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) The devolved governments in Wales and Scotland have expressed their commitment to banning “draconian” conversion therapy in all forms, in spite of Boris Johnson. Johnson was widely condemned after first U-turning on plans to ban conversion therapy, before changing tack and promising

A protester holds a placard that says “Hatred is a choice, being trans is not” during a trans rights demonstration. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has warned that states seeking to restrict the rights of trans people may be violating federal law.  The DOJ issued new guidance concerning the

Boris Johnson U-turns on conversion therapy – but excludes trans people (Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images) Boris Johnson will reportedly ban conversion therapy for lesbian, gay and bisexual) people, but legislation won’t cover trans people. The prime minister was forced into a second U-turn on conversion therapy, hours after news broke that he was

Boris Johnson. (Pool/ AFP/ Jack Hill) Boris Johnson has been slammed by LGBT+ and human rights campaigners for his “despicable betrayal” of the LGBT+ community after he scrapped plans to ban conversion therapy. On Thursday, 31 March, an official briefing leaked by ITV News showed that the government was U-turning on all of its promised

Caitlyn Jenner attends Elton John AIDS Foundation’s 30th Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party (Getty/Steve Granitz) Caitlyn Jenner has a new job as a Fox News contributor. Having made a number of appearances on the network, mostly to rally against trans athletes, it’s been announced that the former Olympian and failed politician will regularly be sharing

The victim was punched and had his penis yanked by his former partner. (Envato) A man in Birmingham who tore his boyfriend’s penis in a violent argument over dinner has avoided prison. The victim, a 32-year-old teacher in Birmingham, decided to share his story to raise awareness of domestic abuse in gay relationships after he

The case against Sri Lanka was brought by LGBT+ rights activist Rosanna Flamer-Caldera. (Facebook/ Rosanna Flamer-Caldera) The UN has become the first international law body to declare that criminalising lesbian sex is a violation of human rights. On Wednesday, 23 March, a UN committee, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against

Jamie Wallis. (UK Parliament) Conservative MP Jamie Wallis has revealed that he is trans, making him the first ever openly trans MP in the UK. The Welsh MP was met with a wave of love and solidarity when he opened up about his gender identity in a social media post on Wednesday (30 March). In

Jamie Wallis. (UK Parliament) Welsh MP Jamie Wallis has come out as trans in a statement shared on social media. In their statement, the Conservative MP for Bridgend and Porthcawl said there’s “a lot that goes on in MPs’ lives” behind the scenes that the public never knows about. “I’m trans. Or to be more

Robert Foster ran a failed gubernatorial campaign in 2019. (Facebook/ Robert Foster) A Republican politician and former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives has called for trans people to be executed by firing squad. Robert Foster served in the state’s House of Representatives from 2016 to 2020, and in 2019 embarked on a failed

Presidential candidate Eric Zemmour speaks during a “grand oral” presentation on 28 March 2022. (Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty) LGBT+ rights groups have filed a lawsuit against far-right French presidential candidate Éric Zemmour who say he denied gay Holocaust victims.  Zemmour, who is Jewish, is being sued by six LGBT+ organisations in the country: Inter-LGBT, SOS

Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill at the Classical Preparatory School in Spring Hill, Florida. (Facebook/ ABC Action News – WFTS – Tampa Bay) Florida governor Ron DeSantis has officially signed the state’s hateful ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill into law, ironically and tragically surrounded by school students. On Monday (28 March),

Marjorie Taylor Greene during Joe Biden’s his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on 1 March, 2022. (Getty/ J. Scott Applewhite-Pool) Georgia representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has suggested Pete and Chasten Buttigieg want to use girls’ bathrooms in a truly bizarre rant at a Donald Trump rally. On Saturday, March

Kristen Stewart says her sexuality is ‘confusing for other people’ but she won’t ‘hide’ (Mike Coppola/Getty Images) Actor and Oscar-nominee Kristen Stewart has said that coming out as bisexual was “confusing for other people”, but that she doesn’t want to “hide anything” from her fans. Speaking to the Mirror ahead of this year’s Academy Awards

Dawn Butler MP. (Getty) Dawn Butler MP has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The Labour MP, who served as shadow women and equalities secretary from 2017 until 2020, announced her cancer diagnosis on Monday (28 March). She said that she expects to make a full recovery, but will be taking time off work. “Back in