LGBTQ

A gay couple in New Zealand have described being harassed with verbal abuse for holding hands as they walked through central Auckland. New Zealand is often hailed as one of the world’s most LGBT-friendly countries, but that’s not what Nicolás Di Julio and his boyfriend experienced on Good Friday (2 April). The couple were walking

Demonstrators lay roses on a rainbow flag as they protest over an alleged crackdown on gay men in Chechnya outside the Russian Embassy in London on 2 June 2017. (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images) Russia’s top documentary film festival has pulled a movie about a gay MMA fighter from Chechnya from

Keir Starmer made a now-infamous visit to homophobic church Jesus House for Easter. (PinkNews) Labour leader Keir Starmer has finally apologised after making an Easter visit to notoriously homophobic church Jesus House in London. The leader of the opposition has faced blistering criticism since sharing a social media video of his visit to the Barnet-based

John David Washington stars in Tenet. (YouTube) Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster movie Tenet has arrived on Amazon Prime Video at a bargain price. Tenet has officially been released digitally, becoming available as part of an Amazon Prime Video subscription in some countries, while UK viewers can rent the movie for just £2.49 from Amazon and iTunes. The

Emily Bridges. (Instagram) The mum of trans cyclist Emily Bridges has hit out at “hysteria” surrounding her daughter after an unnamed coach allegedly shared “misinformation and lies” about her. Emily’s mum Sandy issued a statement on Twitter on Saturday (3 April) in which she sought to debunk some of the misinformation being circulated online. “Somebody

The Australian parliament building in Canberra, Australia. (Ashley Cooper/Avalon/Getty) A leaked video of an Australian government staffer masturbating and performing a sex act in parliament should be investigated as “revenge porn”, an MP has argued. Gay Liberal staffer Nathan Winn was fired for lewd conduct last week after an explicit video was leaked to the

The Irish couple’s recognition as their twins’ parents marks a step forward for same-sex parents across the Republic of Ireland. (RTE News/YouTube) Irish couple Geraldine Rea and Niamh O’Sullivan have made history as the first same-sex couple in Ireland to both be recognised as the legal parents of their children from birth. The Child and

Two gay men were violently beaten after being lured to an address through a gay dating app. (Envato Elements) A gay man was brutally beaten by thugs with baseball bats after he was lured to an address through a queer dating app. The man, who is in his 50s, told local media that he spent

Members of the Alliance of Heterosexuals and LGBT for Equality, their flag in the top left, at the St Petersburg LGBT+ Pride. (Igor Russak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) An LGBT+ social media page followed by tens of thousands of queer Russians and allies blocked by authorities has vowed to continue fighting for equality. The Alliance

Cher has divided opinion after she said she might have been able to help George Floyd if she was there when he died. (Tara Ziemba/Getty) Cher thinks she could have helped to prevent George Floyd’s brutal death if she had been there. George Floyd, who was Black, died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 25 May, 2020,

Sharon Stone has revealed that Britney Spears once reached out to her for help when the singer was struggling with her mental health. The Basic Instinct actor, whom Britney cites as one of her personal inspirations, opened up about the unique bond they share on Wednesday’s episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show (31 March). Sharon said

The Israeli anti-LGBT+ Noam party has offered to form a coalition with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the condition that he rolls back gender equality laws. The extremist faction of the right-wing Religious Zionist party announced on Thursday (1 April) that they would recommend Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, be tasked with forming another government.

Republican legislator George Langdon speaking at the controversial seminar (YouTube/Uncle Mertie) A Republican lawmaker is facing calls to resign for making “hateful” comments about gay people being sent to an island. Albany County legislator George Langdon IV made the shocking comments at a Bible camp seminar on constitutional liberty. Langdon began his speech by dismissing the

Taylor Parker-Dipeppe. (Pinellas County Jail) A trans man who threatened journalists as part of an interstate intimidation effort by a neo-Nazi ring against the press has been spared jail. Taylor Parker-Dipeppe pleaded guilty last year to federal charges over his involvement in a sprawling plot to harass reporters critical of the Atomwaffen Division. Atomwaffen is a small,

Catholic women are calling on the Vatican to modernise its views on LGBT+ relationships (Envato Elements) Five Catholic women’s organisations with a million members are calling on the Vatican to reverse its position that priests cannot bless same-sex unions. The women, all from German-speaking areas, voiced their unhappiness in an open letter to the Vatican’s orthodoxy

US vice president Mike Pence visits Rock Springs Church to campaign for GOP Senate candidates on 4 January 2021 in Milner, Georgia. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images) Former vice president Mike Pence is already winning support from prominent Republican voices as he courts the religious right ahead of the 2024 election. With the dust still settling

A transgender minister has made history in Australia as the first openly trans person to be inducted into a mainstream church. Reverend Josephine “Jo” Inkpin was already a priest when she came out to her Anglican community four years ago, making her Australia’s first ever transgender church leader. She broke barriers once more this month

President Joe Biden speaks at the Pentagon February 10, 2021 (Alex Brandon – Pool/Getty) The Pentagon has marked the Transgender Day of Visibility by lifting a Trump-era ban on trans people serving openly in the US military. On Thursday (31 March) the US Defence Department unveiled a new policy allowing trans people to serve openly,

John Copley-Hammond (L) filmed the several occasions in which builders brazenly threw homophobic abise at him and his husband, Chris. (Screen captures via John Copley-Hammond/Metro.co.uk) A police probe has been launched after a gay couple alleged builders targeted them with homophobic abuse in Gloucestershire, England. Chris Copley-Hammond and husband John, both 49, captured on video what

A woman is detained by Met police at a peaceful vigil for Sarah Everard on Clapham Common (Kristian Buus/In Pictures/ Getty) A report on the Metropolitan police’s handling of a vigil for Sarah Everard earlier this month has concluded that officers acted “appropriately”. The report from the official policing inspectorate was ordered by home secretary

The first girlfriend of Freddie Mercury has revealed the awkward moment when she suddenly realised the singer was gay. Rose Pearson, an artist who now goes by the name Rose Rose, opened up about the icon in a new documentary titled “A Life in 10 Pictures”. She recalled a date to the V&A museum in

Grindr on the App Store. (CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images) An elderly man in Australia was lured by a 21-year-old via Grindr and subjected to hours of torture with a “horrifying array of weaponry”. Charlie Michael Edward Caire pleaded guilty at the District Court of South Australia to multiple crimes, including false imprisonment, aggravated blackmail and

Lil Nas X holding one of his Satan-themed shoes. (Twitter) In spite of the furious conservative backlash, all 666 of Lil Nas X’s limited edition Satan shoes have sold out in under a minute. The red and black Nike Air Max 97 trainers include a gold pentagram and are made with 60 cubic centimetres of

Pablo Fracchia never thought it would be possible for him to adopt (Instagram/@pablitofracchia) A single gay man who always wanted to be a father has found the family of his dreams after adopting a baby girl who’d been left at the hospital. Growing up in deeply conservative Argentina in the 1990s, Pablo Fracchia never thought

Please, make it stop. (Twitter: angiecrosssing) It’s Easter this weekend, and for Animal Crossing fans that means the dreaded return of Bunny Day. For those who aren’t aware, the Nintendo Switch life sim runs in real time to reflect real-world holidays. Bunny Day is the cute, secular equivalent of Easter that sees the adorable yet

Britney Spears. (Getty/ Bruno Vincent) The fan-led movement to free Britney Spears from her conservatorship has inspired California lawmakers to consider changing the law around the complex legal arrangement. Spears, 39, has for more than a decade seen her affairs, which includes her estate, career and mental health, governed by her father, Jamie Spears, among others, as

Sarah Peters, a member of the Nevada State Legislature, comes out as pan on the Assembly floor. (Screen capture via Twitter/Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images) A Nevada lawmaker proudly came out as pansexual on the Assembly floor in a powerful speech Thursday (25 March) that celebrated the state’s triumphs in LGBT+ rights. Assemblymember

Sharon Osbourne (L) and Piers Morgan. (Jason Merritt/Getty Images) Piers Morgan claimed Sunday (28 March) that Sharon Osbourne was “bullied” into departing US show The Talk by “woke tormenters”. The combative television anchor sought to support Osbourne after she defended his much-criticised outburst against Meghan Markle where he said he did not believe her accounts of life in the

Tomb Raider writer Rhianna Pratchett also famously declared once that part of her “would’ve loved to make Lara gay.” Ever wondered whether or not a certain video game character was queer or not? If not, you’re clearly not spending enough time on the internet. People love to speculate about their favourite games, and lockdown has

Tennessee became Friday (26 March) the third US state to cruelly pass a bill banning trans girls from playing in middle and high school sports as their correct gender. State governor Bill Lee announced on Twitter he had signed Senate Bill 228 to “preserve women’s athletics and ensure fair competition”. Such a view, the American Civil