LGBTQ

Harry Styles with a mouthful of cod sperm. (CBS) Harry Styles came face-to-face with his ex-girlfriend Kendall Jenner while guest hosting Tuesday’s The Late Late Show. The Fine Line singer filled in for James Corden, who is busy filming a movie, and was joined by his “longtime friend” Jenner, who he was romantically linked with

Houghton made offensive comments on a martial arts forum when he was 20 (Twitter/@RyanJHoughton) A Conservative parliamentary candidate suspended from the party for making homophobic, antisemitic and racist comments is to keep his “lucrative” local council roles. Ryan Houghton was suspended by the Conservatives after it emerged he had asked whether “homosexuality is ‘good’ for

Actor Billy Dee Williams arrives at the premiere of Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm’s ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) The latest plot twist during the Bill Dee Williams odyssey? The Star Wars actor saying it was a “mistake” for Lando Calrissian to be pansexual in 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story. The surreal saga was a two-part

A person marching in Hungary’s first-ever Trans Pride. (Prizma Transgender Community) The first Trans Pride in Hungary saw hundreds of trans people march through Budapest demanding that the government allow them to change their names and legal genders. Organisers said that the event was held to protest the Hungarian state withholding – since 2018 –

Members of LGBTQ community stage a ‘marriage’ between three men and a dog during a protest against Boris Johnson (WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via Getty Images) LGBT+ activists have staged a protest against homophobia outside Downing Street over Boris Johnson’s refusal to apologise for historical anti-LGBT remarks. Dozens of activists gathered outside the gates of Downing Street

Completely contradicting his homophobic message, the man shouted at the two women: “Do it again!” (crystalhthai/ Twitter) A video has gone viral on Twitter of two women who decided to shut down a “homophobic Trump supporter” in the best way possible. The man was demonstrating on campus at the University of California San Diego wearing

Protesters demonstrate outside the Scottish Parliament for reform of the Gender Recognition Act, in an event organised by the Scottish Trans Alliance, on June 12, 2019 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Ken Jack/Getty Images) Proposals floated by the SNP to reduce the length of time trans people must live in their “acquired gender” before getting a Gender

Gareth Thomas attends the Pride Of Sport Awards 2019 at Grosvenor House on December 05, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by John Rainford/Getty) Gay former rugby player Gareth Thomas was left in floods of tears after he was surprised by his parents presenting him with an award. Thomas received an accolade for being a sporting

Caitlyn Jenner was eliminated from I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! on Friday. (ITV) Fans of Caitlyn Jenner were heartbroken for her when none of her friends or family showed up to greet her as she left the jungle after being eliminated from I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! Jenner became

New blood donation rules that allow gay and bisexual men to give blood if they have abstained from sex for three months have not changed rates of infected blood. Just seven out of 2 million blood donations made in England, Scotland and Wales in 2018 were infected with HIV, Katy Davison of Public Health England

Jo Swinson defended inclusive school uniforms. (LBC) Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson hit back at a radio caller who attacked the party’s proposed inclusive school uniform policies. Swinson took calls from listeners during a phone-in on LBC hosted by Nick Ferrari, who earlier this year said live on air that being gay was a “lifestyle

The former church will soon serve Chicago’s LGBT homeless (Jamie Nesbitt Golden/Block Club Chicago) One of Chicago’s oldest churches will soon be transformed into one of the only holistic, queer-friendly centres for the LGBT homeless at-risk youth in the city. The Black Methodist for Church Renewal has stood in the heart of Chicago’s South Side

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) While peddling a presidential campaign that promotes equality above all, a new hire of the Bernie Sanders team has an alleged history of antisemitic and anti-LGBT slurs. Darius Gordon announced on Wednesday that he has joined the Sanders campaign team as deputy director of constituency organising. But a number

A trans woman has opened up about her horrifying ordeal of being detained at an airport because of her gender identity. The trans woman – who is called Lilah – posted a video of herself on Twitter where she can be seen walking through an airport in tears. “It’s so f**ked up that trans people

Marvel has finally had its first ever on-screen same-sex wedding – but it’s not quite what you might expect. Hulu original Marvel series Runaways features the studio’s first ever same-sex wedding in a new episode in its third season – but sadly, the wedding turns out to be a fantasy taking place in one of

Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson has tried to defend her controversial voting record by by pointing out her early support for same-sex marriage. Swinson was grilled by BBC journalist Andrew O’Neill, who is known for his combative questioning style. Boris Johnson is the only major party leader who has not agreed to be interviewed by

Actor Billy Dee Williams arrives at the premiere of Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm’s ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) When actor Billy Dee Williams, best known for playing Lando Calrissian in Star Wars, referred to himself with both he/him and she/her pronouns, it was widely interpreted that he was telling the world he was gender fluid.

John Boyega and Oscar Isaac attend the European Premiere of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in 2015 (Anthony Harvey/Getty) Sorry, Star Wars fans – it looks like a gay romance between Poe and Finn just isn’t on the cards. In an interview with Variety, Poe Dameron actor Oscar Isaac confirmed that he’s aware of the

Disturbing footage has shown there shocking moment a gang of men attacked a gay man and a trans woman in Palestine. (Screen captures via Twitter) A trans woman, a gay man and their friend were brutally battered in Palestine by a group of men – kicked and shoved into a car – before being robbed

A London youth worker has created a crowdfunder to support young black LGBT+ people this Christmas (Envato Elements) Christmas can be a particularly difficult time for LGBT+ people, as youth worker Tanya Compas knows all too well. Compas, 27, was made homeless last Christmas after becoming estranged from their biological family. They’ve now created a

Chris Martin admitted that he doubted his sexuality as a young teen at boarding school (Rolling Stone) Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has admitted that he was “very homophobic” when questioning his sexuality as a young teen at an all-boys’ boarding school. Martin, who is straight, told Rolling Stone that he had “a rough time” fitting

Christie Elan-Cane, who does not identify as either male or female. (DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty) Campaigner Christie Elan-Cane appeared at the Court of Appeal today (December 3) to challenge the Home Office’s refusal to issue gender X passports. Elan-Cane is a non-gendered activist who has campaigned for a third gender option on British passports for more than

In the latest thing to tick off homophobes, a bottle of Evian water. (Twitter) Fellas, is it gay to drink bottled water? That’s the question Twitter users asked after a user dumped a bottle of Evian with an LGBT-inclusive design in the bin. The French company released a design of the bottle featuring a chic

German singer Kim Petras gave the gays everything they want and, we cannot stress this enough, more during a gig in the US. (Screen capture via Instagram) Trans pop star Kim Petras single-handedly ended all homophobia after he trolled notoriously anti-LGBT Christian protesters at her US gig last weekend. Standing in the cold in beanies

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Conservative leader Boris Johnson and Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson present their General Election 2019 manifestos (Getty) Britain’s first winter general election in decades is proving to be a rowdy affair, to say the least. But when political pundits argue that LGBT+ votes could swing the

Several headteachers are now admitting children “based on gender” rather than sex (Pexels) Several same-sex private schools in the UK are considering changing their policies to admit transgender pupils for the first time, a report by The Independent has revealed. Headteachers in some elite schools are now saying they are admitting children “based on gender”

Jeremy Corbyn has accused Boris Johnson of putting the NHS ‘up for sale.’ (Getty) Jeremy Corbyn has claimed that a Conservative government would put the NHS “up for sale” in order to strike a US trade deal, resulting in higher drug prices. At a press conference on Wednesday, November 27, the Labour leader brandished a

Baga Chipz (left) agreed to appear on the show to support her friend Jenny Ryan (ITV) RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner The Vivienne has slammed the X Factor for not offering to pay her for a performance until she called them out on it. The Vivienne alleged that she and Baga Chipz were asked to

Billy Dee Williams attends Go Behind The Scenes with Walt Disney Studios during D23 Expo 2019 (Frazer Harrison/Getty) Billy Dee Williams, the actor best known for playing Lando Calrissian in Star Wars, has revealed that he is embracing gender fluidity by using both he/him and she/her pronouns. Williams, 82, will be reprising his role as

Travis Alabanza Burgerz. (Elise Rose) At the end of their show, Burgerz, Travis Alabanza asks an audience member to throw a burger at them. The person, who volunteered to go on stage to hold Travis’s hands but was not expecting this, balls their own hands into fists and clutches them to their chest. Shaking their