LGBTQ

A court in New York has ruled that falsely claiming a person is gay can no longer be considered defamation per se because of changing social attitudes. (Envato Elements) Falsely claiming a person is gay can no longer be considered defamation per se because of changing attitudes towards the LGBT+ community, a New York court

Dominque Jackson plays Elektra in Pose. (FX) The number of queer characters on television dropped slightly in 2020, despite the fact that LGBT+ shows “dominated the conversation”. The findings were released in GLAAD’s latest Where We Are on TV report, released on Thursday (14 January). Of the 773 series regular characters scheduled to appear on broadcast scripted

Peter Ash waded into the debate around whether straight actors should play gay roles after Russell T Davies said he cast queer people in It’s a Sin for “authenticity”. (Peter Ash (L) (Twitter) and Russell T Davies (R) (Ken Jack/Getty) A straight Coronation Street star, who plays a gay man on the soap, has decided that he

World-renowned illusionists and conservationists Siegfried and Roy (right) pose with their white tiger in an undated photo. (Photo courtesy of Siegfried and Roy/The Mirage via Getty Images) Siegfried Fischbacher, one half of the celebrated magic double act Siegfried & Roy, has died from pancreatic cancer in Las Vegas at the age of 81. Best known

Don Lemon eviscerated Lindsey Graham after he publicly criticised Donald Trump, but was seen with him just days later. (Dimitrios Kambouris/MANDEL NGAN/Getty) Don Lemon has absolutely eviscerated anti-LGBT+ Republican Lindsey Graham for pandering to Donald Trump – and it is truly a read for the ages. Graham publicly condemned Trump after the president encouraged a

Brendan Fraser. (Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage) Brendan Fraser is slated to star in a movie adaptation of The Whale, in which he will play a 600-pound reclusive gay man desperate to reconnect with his teen daughter. With Darren Aronofsky directing, Fraser will play Charlie, who left his family for his male partner. But after his partner dies, Charlie

Andra Day stars as Billie Holiday in the new biopic, which will touch on her romance with actress Tallulah Bankhead. (YouTube) The trailer for The United States vs. Billie Holiday has been released, and it gives a tantalising first look at the jazz legend and her lover, played by Andra Day and Natasha Lyonne. The hotly-anticipated film

Robin Morgan-Bentley shared a list of the worst things people have said to him since becoming a father. (Stock image from Envato Elements) A gay man has shared a list of the top 10 bizarre, offensive things people have said to him and his husband since they became dads. Robin Morgan-Bentley shared the list on

Phillip Schofield has said a lot of thought went into deciding when he would come out, choosing a moment where it was least likely to be branded a ‘publicity stunt’. The long-serving This Morning presenter came out as gay in February last year, after 27 years married to his wife Steph. Schofield was praised for his

Greece’s first out gay minister, Nicholas Yatromanolakis (Instagram/yatromanolakis) Nicholas Yatromanolakis has successfully been elected as Greece‘s first out gay minister, despite being warned never to run for office because of his sexuality. Yatromanolakis, 45, was named deputy minister for contemporary culture in a cabinet reshuffle last week, having battled homophobia at almost every step of

Vice president Mike Pence. (Getty/J. Scott Applewhite) Indiana, the home-state of vice-president Mike Pence, could be next in line to ban traumatising conversion therapy for LGBT+ people in a groundbreaking move. JD Ford and Sue Errington, two Indiana Democrats, have introduced bills that would outlaw the dangerous practice in the state. If passed, the bills would

Out congressman David Cicilline has been receiving threats over his key role in the efforts to impeach Donald Trump for a second time. The Rhode Island Democratic lawmaker, who is is co-chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, is lead sponsor of the articles of impeachment going before the House of Representatives, which charge Trump

Poland could clash with the European Union over its new funding rulebook (Omar Marques/Getty) A new clause in EU funding rules could see Poland facing further financial restrictions if it continues attacking LGBT+ rights, an official has confirmed. After years of negotiations, the EU has agreed on a structural funds rulebook which lays out the

Julio Lancellotti shared photos of himself with trans women on Instagram. (Instagram) A priest has won praise from his followers after he delivered a powerful message of love and solidarity with trans people. Father Julio Lancellotti, a Catholic priest from Sao Paulo, Brazil, shared photos of himself with transgender women on Thursday (7 January) and

As anti-LGBT+ education secretary Betsy DeVos departed Donald Trump’s cabinet, she fired off a horrifying parting shot at transgender children. DeVos has served unwaveringly as secretary for education across the entire Trump presidency, but was among two cabinet members to resign last week after the storming of the US Capitol. The move has prompted criticism,

Dickinson star Hailee Steinfeld wants LGBT+ people to feel “seen” by the Apple TV series. When most people think of Emily Dickinson, they probably picture a very different life to the one presented in the Apple TV series about her life. Most people probably know the basic, oft-repeated story of Emily Dickinson’s life: that she

Hunter Schafer at the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. (Matt Winkelmeyer/VF20/WireImage) When HBO’s Euphoria landed on our screens in 2019, it did that rare thing that a good show is wont to do: made the entire cast famous, almost overnight, and none more so than Hunter Schafer. It was the 21-year-old’s first-ever acting role, and

Graham Norton attends the “Soul” premiere during the 64th BFI London Film Festival at BFI Southbank on 11 October, 2020 in London, England. (Getty for BFI/ Tim P Whitby) Graham Norton has insisted that trans people “need to be protected, rather than feared”, and condemned the abuse the trans community receives online. In an interview

Donald Trump Jr, son of Donald Trump, speaks during a Republican National Committee Rally at Dalton Regional Airport 4 January, 2021 in Dalton, Georgia. (Getty/ Alex Wong) Donald Trump Jr has claimed his dad should not have been permanently suspended from Twitter because he hasn’t “killed homosexuals”. The lame duck US president’s @RealDonaldTrump account was

The first episode sees Elizabeth Hurley join RuPaul, Michelle and Graham. (BBC) We’ve seen the Drag Race UK season two opener and believe us – it couldn’t come at a better time. You don’t need us to tell you 2021 has, so far, been every bit as horrific as the-year-that-shall-not-be-named. And, frankly, a new season

Olly Alexander has compared between his character’s AIDS-denial in Russell T Davies’ new series It’s a Sin to COVID conspiracy theorists. The new Channel 4 and HBO Max series from the iconic Queer as Folk and Cucumber creator takes us back to the beginning of the HIV and AIDS epidemic, and shines a light on many gay men’s

Donald Trump Jr smiles to the camera as his father watches footage of his supporters at a rally. (Screen captures via Twitter) In what is the latest but certainly not the last moment of Trumpian horror, a video of Donald Trump, his family and closest allies partying and dancing to “Gloria” by Laura Branigan hours

A trans woman must pay for her own children to be relocated to live with their other parent abroad. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato) An Ontario, Canada, court has ruled that a trans woman must pay the travel costs for her two children to move in with their mother in Washington, US. Increasingly isolated from

Donald Trump stands with Betsy DeVos in 2017 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) US education secretary Betsy DeVos is the second member of Donald Trump’s cabinet to resign after white supremacists stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday (6 January). Betsy DeVos, who would have been out anyway when Joe Biden takes office on 20

House Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (Win McNamee/Getty) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has cited pressuring pharmaceutical giant Gilead to bring down the cost of pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, as one of her biggest achievements in her first term in Congress. The New York congressperson reflected on her career after her January 2019 nomination in a Twitter video. “During committee

Jim Parsons. (Frazer Harrison/Getty) Jim Parsons has gracefully waded into the long-simmering debate over whether straight, cisgender actors should play LGBT+ people in film and television. Parsons, 47, reflected in an interview with the Los Angeles Times newspaper on his role in The Boys in the Band, the Netflix flick with an all-queer cast that centred

Dr Ronx Ikharia in a promotional photo for The Truth About Boosting Your Immune System (BBC) After appearing on TV screens in BBC documentary The Truth About Your Immune System recently, viewers took to Google and Twitter to find out more about presenter Dr Ronx Ikharia, an incredible trans and non-binary A&E doctor, role model,

Trans politician Addison Perry-Franks. (Facebook) Addison Perry-Franks, a talented filmmaker and steadfast trans Texan Democrat who sought a career in politics to combat transphobia, has died. She was 39. Her wife, Lacey Franks, confirmed her death in a Facebook post 1 January. “The love of my life has passed away today,” she wrote. “I don’t

A preview for RuPaul’s Drag Race season 13 has pitted the losing queens against each-other. (Screen captures via YouTube) Tensions are higher than they are in Congress in the Porkchop Loading Dock in a sneak preview of episode two of season 13 RuPaul’s Drag Race. In the clip, it shows RuPaul keeping up the hotly-anticipated season’s

Bisexual mayor Christy Holstege hit out at those travelling abroad during the coronavirus pandemic. (Facebook) Christy Holstege, mayor of Palm Springs in California, has slammed the “white privileged people” flocking to resorts for holidays as coronavirus cases surge. Many queer people have been watching in horror in recent weeks as influencers – many of them