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Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, with Trump campaign adviser Corey Lewandowski (C R). (KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images) Pennsylvania protesters vying for every absentee vote be counted, because democracy, drowned out the barbed remarks of Pam Bondi during a Thursday (November 5) speech with none other than Beyoncé. Because if you’re going to blast

MSNBC reporter Jacob Soboroff (L) presses Richard Grenell (R) for information during a Trump campaign briefing in Nevada, US. (Screen capture via Twitter/MSNBC) Richard Grenell raged at a pool of journalists reporting at a Trump campaign press conference in Nevada Thursday (November 5), both refusing to name himself and to provide evidence of his allegations

BBC boss Tim Davie admitted for the first time that communication ‘could have been clearer’ on the Pride policy (Leon Neal/Getty Images) BBC director general Tim Davie has insisted the corporation “absolutely” supports its LGBT+ staff members, as he attempts to assuage anger over a new policy gagging news staff on “controversial” subjects. Despite initial

Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett after she was sworn in. (Getty) As the US presidential election dominates news tickers and Twitter timelines, the Supreme Court heard a case Wednesday morning (4 November) that could throw the nation’s anti-discrimination laws into disarray. In what will become the first fight for justice Amy Coney Barrett, whose

Supporters hold up an LGBT+ Pride flag for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. (George Frey/Getty Images The number of LGBT+ people who voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 US presidential election more than double compared to four years ago, exit polls suggest. With a bitter and strained electoral battle unfolding and an anxious nation

Charmaine McGuffey wants to become her state’s first out female LGBT+ person to be elected sheriff (Twitter/@CharmMcGuffey) Charmaine McGuffey, a lesbian who was allegedly fired because of her sexuality, has beaten her Republican rival to become the new sheriff of Hamilton County, Ohio. McGuffey made headlines when she announced that she was suing former Democratic

Donald Trump leaves after speaking during election night in the East Room of the White House. (Getty/Mandel Ngan) Mary Trump joined global condemnation of her uncle Donald Trump as he attempted to declare victory in the US presidential election despite the results still being too close to call, in a debased attempt to undermine a

With tension rising and only hours before election day, Anderson Cooper tore into Donald Trump’s playbook of voter suppression. (Screen capture via CNN) Anderson Cooper had some choice words for US President Donald Trump’s attempts to suppress voters this election season: “It’s complete BS.” This scorched-earth policy when it comes to voting hit a flashpoint

Pro-EU campaigner Femi Oluwole. (Ollie Millington/Getty Images) British political activist Femi Oluwole sought to challenge new BBC guidance that bars news journalists from flagging their support for Black Lives Matter or LGBT+ rights – but allows them to wear poppies. Last week, the BBC was belaboured for introducing rules warning staffers off “virtue signalling, no matter

Trump official Richard Grenell. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Richard Grenell, the first openly gay US cabinet member and unwavering Donald Trump ally, said the Republican president simply can’t be homophobic because he… had gay friends in the 1980s. Oh, boy. With election day looming, Trump’s allies have sought to shore up support by revising history itself

Donald Trump and his wife Melania. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Melania Trump blamed last Thursday (October 29) the “many enemies in the political establishment” on why people feel Donald Trump is anti-LGBT+, something she says she’s “shocked” about. The First Lady has, throughout the president’s pique and caustic leadership, positioned herself almost as a balm of

Stacey McKenzie, Brooke Lynn Hytes and Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman are the judges of Canada’s Drag Race. (BBC) Canada’s Drag Race judge Brooke Lynn Hytes has addressed the heaving criticism the show faced over its judging panel. Brooke Lynn told ET Canada that fronting the spin-off was a “learning experience” as she had never judged on the

A high school coach’s tweet against marriage equality became a lightning rod for controversy. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato/Twitter) A high school coach is under investigation from a public school district in Missouri, US after he tweeted that marriage is only “between a man and woman”. Charles Glotta, a basketball, tennis and track coach in

RuPaul has admitted that she “feels bad sometimes” for her fellow Drag Race judges because her “natural chemistry” with Michelle Visage is so strong. The drag icon and Visage first met in 1988 and have remained close friends ever since. Speaking to Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall in an interview with Cosmopolitan, RuPaul said Visage is “a good

Communities secretary Robert Jenrick believes his toilet review is a “necessity”. (David Nash/Barcroft Media via Getty and Envato) As COVID-19 cases pass the one million mark in the UK and a second lockdown in England is announced, the government seized the moment to launch a “transphobic” review into gender-neutral toilets. On Saturday (31 October), UK

Two men were shot dead outside a gay bar in Mexico after a fight broke out (Envato Elements) Two men were shot dead outside a gay bar in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico after a controversial HIV fundraiser that flouted COVID-19 guidelines. The men, who have not yet been named, reportedly got into a physical fight with

A quiet suburban family home decorated with Pride flags and signs was targeted by homophobic vandals who plastered the walls with hateful graffiti. The house in Barrington, Illinois, had rainbow-decorated trees lining the driveway and an array of positive signs in the backyard, including one that read: “Love and peace over hate.” Sadly it seems

Lauren Jauregui attends Instagram’s GRAMMY Luncheon on January 24, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic) Lauren Jauregui has said she feels “blessed” her parents her parents chose their relationship with her over their “beliefs” when she came out as bisexual. Former Fifth Harmony member Lauren Jauregui, 24, was outed on social media in 2016,

G-A-Y bar in Soho, London. (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty) Jeremy Joseph, the owner of G-A-Y nightclubs in London and Manchester, has vowed to keep fighting after the courts refused to hear his legal challenge against the coronavirus curfew. Joseph launched a legal challenge against the UK government’s 10pm curfew for pubs, clubs, bars and restaurants

Jake Bain opened up about his experience of sexual abuse (It Gets Better campaign screenshot/YouTube) Jake Bain, the high-school football star who made headlines when he came out as gay, has opened up about being sexually abused by his father. Bain became one of the first openly queer athletes at the NCAA Division I level

John was disowned and kicked out by his parents when he came out as gay. (GoFundMe) A gay Romanian teen who fled to the UK to escape homophobic parents only to be made unemployed and homeless during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic is seeking help to survive the second wave. John Ionut Mocanu

Johnny Flynn plays David Bowie in Stardust. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty and IFC Films) The first trailer has dropped for the controversial David Bowie film Stardust, which features none of David Bowie’s music, and fans are already “horrified with this God awful attempt at a biopic”. The film, which stars singer-turned-actor Johnny Flynn as Bowie, premiered Wednesday

Students walk across the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Bill Pugliano/Getty) A toxic fraternity, which claims to be one of the oldest in America, is suing a chapter that admitted women and non-binary members for causing “irreparable harm” to its “image”. In 2016, Stephanie Stoneback was asked to pledge the fraternity Sigma

Tanwarin Sukkhapisit poses before the parliamentary vote for Thailands new prime minister in Bangkok. (Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) Thailand lost its pioneering first-ever trans MP Wednesday (October 28) after the constitutional court revoked her seat. Tanwarin Sukkhapisit won a seat last year with the Future Forward Party, which dissolved in February this year; increasing discontent

Texas Governor Greg Abbott at the state capital on May 24, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Drew Anthony Smith/Getty) A Texas regulatory board has overturned a ruling that allowed social workers to freely discriminate against LGBT+ people, as well as people with disabilities. On October 12, Texas Republican governor Greg Abbott pressured the state’s regulatory board, the

First Lady Melania Trump spoke to Trump supporters at a Make America Great Again event in Atglen, Pennsylvania, on October 27, 2020. (GABRIELLA AUDI/AFP via Getty) While attacking Democrats at a Make America Great Again event, Melania Trump insisted that husband Donald “sees potential in everyone, no matter their gender or sexual orientation”. First lady

Caroline Nokes, the Conservative chair of Parliament’s women and equalities committee. One month and five days after Tory equalities chief Liz Truss announced the government would not be reforming the Gender Recognition Act, the women and equalities select committee has launched a new inquiry into trans equality. The women and equalities committee is a cross-party

Transgender veteran Kelly Roser carried the shame of her discharge for decades (Tim Graham/Getty) The US airforce has finally granted an honourable discharge to a trans veteran whose life was marred by mental illness, homelessness, unemployment and drug use. In 1984 Kelly Katherine Roser’s exemplary military career was upended by a one-time positive drug test

Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg joined Tenacious D to get young voters to “jump to the left”. (Tenacious D/ YouTube) Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren did the “Time Warp” with Tenacious D in a truly iconic Rocky Horror Picture Show tribute to encourage voters to “jump to the left”. The video is part of the

Sangeetha, a trans elder who helmed a local activist group and sought to create opportunities for trans locals left threadbare by the pandemic. (Facebook) A man has confessed to the murder of a trans elder seen by many as a bedrock of the Coimbatore, India, LGBT+ community. R Rajesh, 23, handed himself over to law