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Jecca Blac is a gender-free brand set up by fierce trans ally and makeup artist Jessica Blackler after helping trans women in prisons. She then set up a makeup studio that became a safe space for transgender women to meet, feel part of a community and leave feeling empowered. Watch the trans makeup tutorial below:

Billy Porter has said that “LGBT+ Black folks are people too” in a passionate speech about racism and discrimination in the United States. The Pose star addressed anti-LGBT+ prejudice within the Black community in a video posted today (June 5), and spoke about the violence faced by Black trans women. “As a Black queer man

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). (Getty) HIV advocates sought to clarify that the rollout of PrEP in England has not been “indefinitely postponed” due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Government announced in March that PrEP – a pill, taken daily, that stops HIV taking hold in people who have been exposed to it – was to be

Liz Truss leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on February 13, 2020.(TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty) UK equalities minster Liz Truss has responded to demands that she finally ban conversion therapy, saying she will “shortly be bringing forward plans” to end the horrific and traumatising practice.  So-called gay conversion therapy is often compared to torture and

Donald Trump holds an LGBT+ Pride flag given to him by supporter. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples in the name of religion. Department of Justice attorneys submitted a 35-page brief to the Supreme Court asking it to rule in favour

Sorry, Katie Hopkins can’t come to the phone right now – she’s busy being absolutely torn to pieces by bisexual singer Halsey. Halsey has been keeping herself busy by protesting against police brutality and the racism endured by Black people everyday in the United States and across the world. She is one of thousands of

Lili Reinhart came out as bi in a casual way on Instagram. (John Shearer/Getty Images/Instagram) Lili Reinhart revealed Wednesday (June 3) that she is bisexual while promoting a Black Lives Matter protest. The Riverdale star posted to her Instagram stories that she planned to attend an LGBT+ for Black Lives Matter protest that day in

A video has gone viral of a Black trans woman in Minnesota being violently attacked by a group of men. The shocking, graphic video shows an incident on Monday after an apparent car accident in Minneapolis – which has been the centre of unrest over the death of George Floyd. Black trans woman horrifically beaten

Jedward (Edward Grimes and John Grimes) are seen on June 2, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Hollywood To You/Star Max/GC Images) Cummurots and shoppers pummelling the Los Angeles, California pavements on Tuesday (June 2) may have seen a sight that nobody could have anticipated: Irish X Factor duo Jedward atop a car holding a “Black

MPs are required to walk the length of the Commons chamber – and we have definitely seen that somewhere before. The House of Commons has been transformed into a never-ending RuPaul’s Drag Race runway, thanks to Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg. Rees-Mogg, known for his antiquated views on everything from gay relationships to parliamentary reform, riled

White thugs wielding baseball bats have been filmed shouting homophobic slurs at Black Lives Matter protesters. The incident, caught on camera in Fishtown, Philadelphia on Monday night, saw a gang of white men wielding weapons in the street while confronting a group of peaceful protesters. Thugs filmed shouting homophobic slurs at Black Lives Matter activists

Willam has joined in criticism of Glee star Lea Michele. (Getty) After Lea Michele was accused of “making life hell” for Glee co-star Samantha Ware, Drag Race legend Willam claimed he quit the show after she treated him “subhumanly”. Glee star Lea Michele is facing mounting criticism after a number of actors accused her of

CNN commentator Keith Boykin has spoken out after being arrested “for doing nothing” while  photographing Black Lives Matter protests in New York City. Boykin has said he was taking pictures and video of the “entirely peaceful” protest on a highway in Harlem on Saturday – one of countless demonstrations across the US over the killing

Human Rights Campaign president Alphonso David has said that the LGBT+ community needs to put anti-racism at the heart of its agenda, in a powerful speech marking the start of Pride Month. The LGBT+ activist spoke out as Pride Month began on June 1, overshadowed by both the COVID-19 pandemic and the continued unrest over

Phillipe Cunningham, a Black transgender man who sits on Minneapolis city council (Photo: Flickr user Tony Webster/CC BY-SA 2.0) Phillipe Cunningham, a Black transgender man who sits on Minneapolis city council, has said that the local LGBT+ community wants justice for George Floyd. The city has been the epicentre of protests across the US over

LGBT+ author Olly Pike has partnered with Deliveroo and LEON for Pride month (Deliveroo) Deliveroo has teamed up with the fast food chain LEON to celebrate Pride month by delivering LGBT+ children’s books with selected meals. Beginning on June 1, meals ordered from LEON through the Deliveroo app will include a free gift: a picture

Reverend Louis Sheldon founded an organisation now classed as an extremist hate group (YouTube/PIJN) Reverend Louis Sheldon, the anti-gay founder of a lobbying group known for opposing LGBT+ rights, has died at the age of 85. Sheldon died on Friday (May 29) in Southern California of a longstanding condition, his son-in-law James Lafferty said. Sheldon

The Trocadero Centre in Leicester Square, a hugely popular area for tourism in the West End, London. (Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images) A British LGBT+ community forum welcomed plans on Thursday (May 28) for a mosque and community centre in the heart of London’s gay district despite seething pushback. With its yellowing walls, the historic

RuPaul on hearing the news that the price of oil had turned negative for the first time in history. (WoW) RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 5 starts in just a few days, following hot on the heels of the season 12 winner being crowned. Here’s all the piping hot tea we have. After RuPaul crowned

Screenwriter Apurva Asrani (right) with his partner Siddhant (Twitter/@Apurvasrani) Acclaimed Bollywood filmmaker Apurva Asrani has celebrated buying a house with his partner after being forced to hide their relationship for 15 years. Asrani is an award-winning filmmaker best known for Satya (1998), Shahid (2013), and the human rights biopic Aligarh (2016). His drama-comedy series Made in

Same-sex weddings have been a billion-dollar boon to the US economy (Envato Elements) Same-sex weddings in the US have boosted state and local economies by an estimated $3.8 billion in the five years since they were legalised, new figures show. Nearly 300,000 LGBT+ couples have tied the knot since the US Supreme Court’s landmark ruling

Lady Gaga and Elton John attend the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 28, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty) Lady Gaga and Elton John delivered Friday (May 29) what Gagaologists and leading experts in gayology say could be

Lady Gaga attends the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Dan MacMedan/Getty Images) In some non-Chromatica but still very much Lady Gaga news, the singer has admitted that the Tiffany diamond necklace she wore to the 2019 Oscars ceremony was confiscated by security. But it doesn’t

‘Make Space For Homeless Queers’ campaign by the Outside Project. (Supplied) London’s Westminster Council has been accused of sending a homeless queer person to sleep on the streets because they weren’t a “priority”, despite the continuing coronavirus pandemic. The Outside Project, the UK’s first LGBT+ homeless shelter and community centre, said that the person forced

To shave or not to shave pubic hair? Now that is the question. (Stock photograph by Elements Envato) It seems that, for queer men and women, a partner’s hairstyle is pretty important… but we’re not talking about the hair on your head here. An eye-opening study found that, when it comes to pubic hair, more

A trans man described by British authorities as “out of control” has been locked up in a women’s prison for 21 months. Jay Lee Layton, 25, entered his ex-partner’s house in Spennymoor, County Durham, at 8pm on April 6 and threatened to stab her, breaching a civil order in the process. His partner refused to

Kylie Minogue at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards 2019. (Getty) Kylie Minogue is getting ready to bless us all with disco, as she revealed she’s been recording a new album from her living room during the coronavirus lockdown. In other words, Kylie has one thing and one thing only to say to COVID-19:

The playwright and AIDS activist Larry Kramer had died (Photo by Melanie Burford For The Washington Post via Getty Images.) Legendary AIDS activist and playwright Larry Kramer has died, aged 84. The former activist, who founded both Gay Men’s Health Crisis and ACT UP during the AIDS crisis, passed away from pneumonia on Wednesday. Known

Comediam Kathy Griffin garnered outrage from conservatives for tweeting about US president Donald Trump. (John Sciulli/Getty Images for Playboy Playhouse) Kathy Griffin is making headlines again for doing what she does best – being an indefatigable critic of Donald Trump. The American comedian skewered the US president with a satirical but since-deleted tweet Tuesday (May 26), the

When it rains, it pours according to weather girls Lady Gaga (L) and Ariana Grande (R). (Screen capture via YouTube) Meteorologists Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande, fresh from inventing condensed moisture in the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops, are now adding a new job to their LinkedIn profiles: weather girls. Last week, the pair teamed