LGBTQ

Jesus Gallardo of Monterrey celebrates after his victory during the Final second leg match between America and Monterrey (Cesar Gomez/Jam Media/Getty Images) A Mexico footballer has been handed a two-match ban for shouting a homophobic slur during a match. Left-back Jesús Gallardo, who plays for Liga MX club Monterrey as well as the Mexico national

Democratic presidential hopeful billionaire and philanthropist Tom Steyer (KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images) Billionaire Democrat Presidential hopeful Tom Steyer was clueless during an interview after being asked a basic question about his own comments on LGBT+ asylum seekers. The hedge fund manager and philanthropist was asked by the New York Times about his policy on

New Villa San Carlos recruits Ludmila Angeli (left) and Mara Gomez (Instagram/@vscffem) The Argentinian football club Villa San Carlos has signed its first ever transgender player for the top women’s league, Primera Division A. As well as being the first for the club, Argentine striker Mara Gomez, 22, will also be the first transgender woman

Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib were wrongly accused of supporting Sharia law. (Getty) The Broward County Log Cabin Republicans’ president accused Democrats Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib of supporting Sharia law and the executions of LGBT+ people in a bizarre, conspiracy-laden rant. Andrew Brett also proclaimed Donald Trump an LGBT+ ally and invoked Hitler in

Pete Buttigieg was interrupted during a campaign rally by Black Lives Matter supporters who questioned his record as South Bend mayor. Buttigieg was speaking at in Des Moines, Iowa on Sunday (January 12) when demonstrators wearing Black Lives Matter shirts began heckling him with concerns about his past actions. One person can be heard quizzing

Men were more likely have negative attitudes towards sexual minorities, as well as being more likely to become victims of this discrimination. (Envato) Around the world, attitudes towards lesbians are more positive that they are towards gay men, according to new research. The study was published in the journal Social Psychology and Personality Science and looked at

Rick Welts, the president of American basketball team the Golden State Warriors, has married his partner Todd Gage in a ceremony in San Francisco City Hall. Welts announced his marriage, which took place on Friday (January 10) in a tweet at the weekend. “At 11am today in the Mayor’s office at SF City Hall, Mayor

A powerful photo of a lesbian couple on their wedding day in Derry, Northern Ireland has gone viral after same-sex marriage finally became legal in the territory today (January 13). It is four months today since Emma Bradley and Danielle Doherty from Derry, Northern Ireland, tied the knot. The couple would have loved to be

Israeli education minister Rafi Peretz. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty) Schools in Israel have held impromptu “tolerance” classes for children in the wake of anti-LGBT+ comments by the country’s education minister. Minister Rafi Peretz – who is also head of the Jewish Home party and a former chief rabbi in Israel’s Defence Forces – made the

Harry and Meghan confided in their close friend Elton before announcing their news (George Pimentel/Ben Birchall/Getty) Elton John knew of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s plans to step back from their royal roles even before the Queen did, it has emerged. Sir Elton was one of Princess Diana’s closest friends and has previously said he

Actor DJ Qualls has come out as gay at 41 (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty) DJ Qualls, star of Road Trip, Supernatural, and The Man in the High Castle, has unexpectedly come out as gay while on stage at a live comedy show. Qualls, 41, made the announcement at the standup show of his friend and former co-star,

Reynhard Sinaga was convicted of 159 sex offences. (CPS) The mother of Reynhard Sinaga, the ‘most prolific rapist’ in British history, is struggling to believe her son is capable of his crimes because he’s from a ‘good Christian family’ that doesn’t believe in homosexuality. On January 6 the 36-year-old PhD student was found guilty of attacking 48

Dancing on Ice stars Ian ‘H’ Watkins and Matt Evers have asked producers to “add some romance” to their dance routines to make them “a little steamier.” Steps singer Watkins made history with his dance partner Evers last weekend when they performed a same-sex dance routine on ITV’s Dancing on Ice. The groundbreaking moment marked

A Canadian appeals court has ruled that a trans teenager has the right to transition and that his father cannot stop him. The ruling comes just four months after the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled that the teenage boy didn’t need his father’s consent to access hormone treatment. But the boy’s father didn’t give up

US President Donald Trump is saluted by Air Force personnel. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty) The Trump administration’s latest bid to have two HIV-positive airmen discharged from service has been blocked by courts for a second time. The two men, referred to by the pseudonyms Roe and Voe, were given discharge orders in 2017 on the basis that

Christian preacher Franklin Graham, who once claimed gay people existing are causing a “moral 9/11”, is set to preach at an English town and people are not happy about it. Delivering a speech around 35 years to the day of his father, Billy Graham, spoke in the city of Sheffield, England, Franklin will speak at

A Twitter thread collating a bi-colourful array of products branded “for boys” and “for girls” has gone viral. (Stock photo via Elements Envato) Pink for girls and blue boys is, for some reason, a colour coding rule that we all indirectly sign up for when assigned a gender at birth. But these terms and conditions

Johnny Mercer delivering an official apology to the LGBT+ soldiers sacked over their sexuality (Twitter) The UK Ministry of Defence has apologised for an archaic policy that banned gay people from serving in the armed forces 20 years after it was scrapped. Conservative MP Johnny Mercer, who is also a veteran, apologised for the anti-gay

The museum is collaborating with a Qatari counterpart for the France-Qatar Year of Culture 2020 (Pexels) A French gallery has sparked outrage in the art world after it announced a partnership with a state-run museum in Qatar, a country where it’s illegal to be gay. The Palais de Tokyo in Paris is collaborating with the

Donald Trump reportedly hired Ellis as he was impressed by her TV appearances (Facebook/Jenna Ellis) Surprise surprise, Donald Trump has appointed a campaign advisor who promotes conversion therapy and thinks HIV in gay men is “God’s moral law.” Anti-LGBT+ extremist Jenna Ellis is a right-wing news pundit and former constitutional law attorney. She does nothing

Five experts host the Chinese reality show You Are So Beautiful, but none of them are openly queer. (YouTube) A new Chinese reality show is suspiciously similar to Queer Eye… except every one of its Fab Five are straight. You Are So Beautiful was released on the state-owned streaming service Mango TV in December 2019, and

Violence against queer folk in Poland has rocketed in recent years, and a photography project in Elska magazine is a welcomed antidote to the arid hate. (Liam Campbell) As anti-LGBT brutality bubbles in Poland, a group of queer men have stripped in open defiance of their country’s government who have dubbed their sexuality a “threat”.

Cysters founder Neelam Heera has made the pioneering move to rebrand her reproductive health charity to make it more trans and non-binary-inclusive. (Twitter) A British gynaecological health charity has rebranded in a bid to become more trans-inclusive and “create an awareness of barriers for others”. The Birmingham-based company changed its registered name from “Cysters – Women’s

Sir Elton John attends the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 05, 2020. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) Sir Elton John has made a huge donation to a relief fund after much of Australia was ravaged by wildfires. At least 24 people have been killed and thousands more displaced from their homes across

Nowhere, a beloved queer dive bar, was the target of a tidal wave of threatening emails and an anthrax scare in 2019. (Nowhere/Google) New York City cops busted a Canadian man after he mailed fake anthrax to a Manhattan bar as well as threatening staff with emails stapled with vicious homophobic slurs all because he

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins delivers remarks at the opening of the council’s Value Voters Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel September 21, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Donald Trump’s faith adviser Tony Perkins has praised the decision to oust a US ambassador who condemned an anti-gay law in Zambia. Tony Perkins,

Saved by the Bell star Josie Totah attends the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Los Angeles at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on March 28, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Rich Fury/Getty Images for GLAAD) A Saved by the Bell reboot has been ordered, starring transgender teen Josie Totah. NBC has ordered a revival of the

Faithful Word Baptist Church pastor Steven Anderson has claimed that the catastrophic bushfires in Australia are down to officials blocking him from entering. (Brett Hemmings/Getty Images) As a surge of flames creep onto crowded villages and costal getaways in Australia resulting in the deaths of dozens of citizens, a Christian hate preacher has claimed that,

Spanish porn star Macanao Torres has died by suicide aged 35. (Twitter) Macanao Torres, known for his decade-long career in the queer porn industry, has reportedly died by suicide aged just 35. Torres, whose real name was Pedro Oliver, threw himself from the top of the Murcia, Spain, apartment block where he lived in the

(L) Taron Egerton (Kevin Winter/Getty) (R) Bernie Taupin and Elton John (George Pimentel/WireImage) Taron Egerton and Elton John have both won awards at the Golden Globes for critically acclaimed biopic Rocketman. Egerton won the award for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical for playing the openly gay rock star, while Sir Elton won an