LGBTQ

Black feminist bell hooks. (The The Washington Post via Getty/ Margaret Thomas) On Wednesday (15 December), legendary Black feminist author bell hooks passed away in her home in Berea, Kentucky, at the age of 69. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and activist, one of the most influential feminist scholars in the US, penned more than 40 books
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A boy, just six, was harassed by a ‘homophobic’ neighbour in England. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato) A six-year-old has been left too scared to leave the house after his homophobic neighbour shouted that will “die of AIDS“. In Ely, a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, a father was left fearing for his child’s life
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Xavier Novell, a former bishop who was known for conversion therapy, now works in “artificial swine insemination”.(YouTube/ Euronews) A bishop who was known for performing exorcisms and conversion therapy has been formally stripped of his powers after marrying a Satanic porn writer. Xavier Novell, 52, the former Bishop of Solsona, Spain, made headlines around the world when
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Las Vegas Raiders’ Carl Nassib, the first active NFL player to come out publicly, has designed a pair of American Football cleats to raise money for LGBT+ organisation, The Trevor Project. The defensive end and Cleveland Browns’ fullback Johnny Stanton have designed footwear featuring LGBT+ colours for the NFL’s annual My Cause, My Cleats initiative.
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Students at Durham University protested for a ‘safer, more inclusive’ campus on 8 December. (Theo Burman) Theo Burman is news editor at Palatinate, the award-winning student newspaper at Durham University. He writes for PinkNews about the now-notorious speech by Rod Liddle described as “racist” and “transphobic”, and the student protests that followed. On 3 December, students at Durham
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Sareh, 28, was arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for “supporting homosexuality”, according to the Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network (6Rang). (YouTube/6rangIran) An Iranian lesbian potentially faces the death penalty after she was arrested by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) for “supporting homosexuality”. Sareh, a 28-year-old woman who lived and worked in the
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Hunter Schafer as Jules in Euphoria. (HBO) Euphoria star Hunter Schafer has ‘vaguely clarified’ that she is bisexual, pansexual “or something”. Schafer has been a rising star in the acting world since she first appeared on screens as Jules Vaughn, a trans teen who begins a romantic relationship with Rue Bennett (Zendaya), on HBO’s hit
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Grindr serial killer Stephen Port. (Metropolitan Police) British lawmakers have demanded a public inquiry into whether London’s Metropolitan Police Service is “institutionally homophobic” following the Stephen Port probe. Trust in the force has been shaken by claims that police investigations into Port were faltered because his victims were gay. An inquest into Port, who murdered
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Mariah Carey (L) and Jane McDonald are one another’s biggest fans. (Getty Images) Mariah Carey and Jane McDonald casually stanning one another is the pure, wholesome antidote to the seething, bleak pit of chaos we call life. Carey, who famously invented the annual tradition of Christmas, beamed on Saturday (11 December) about the cruise ship
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Rosie Kay, British choreographer best known for her show 5 Soldiers. (Wiki Commons/Garazi Photography) A top British choreographer has been accused of “transphobia” after allegedly asking trans and non-binary dancers to “confirm their genitalia”. Rosie Kay, 45, resigned from her own dance company Tuesday (7 December) after two investigations were launched by trustees over the
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Moana star Auli’i Cravalho described co-star Rowan Blanchard as “biphobic” in a since-deleted post on TikTok. Cravalho and Blanchard are starring together in the upcoming queer rom-com, Love in Color. Fans were shocked when, in the caption of a now-deleted TikTok video, Cravalho appeared to call out her co-star. The bisexual star, 21, posted a
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Stephen Laybutt plays in a football match between the Olyroos and Nigeria during the Four Nation Soccer Tournament played in Adelaide, Australia in January 2000. (Matt Turner/ALLSPORT) A retired Australian footballer has opened up about his remarkable experience donating a vital organ to a relative stranger. Stephen Laybutt played for the Socceroos, the Australian men’s
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Hundreds of members of the LGBT+ community marched through Dundee as part of Trans Pride Scotland 2019. (Photo by Stewart Kirby/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Trans healthcare in Scotland will get a desperately needed financial boost of £2 million in “crisis funding”, the Scottish government has announced. The money for trans healthcare comes as part
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The Real Housewives of Miami has announced its first out lesbian housewife, who’s married to tennis star Martina Navratilova Julia Lemigova will join the cast in season four when it begins on 16 December. A Russian former model who won the Miss USSR title in 1990, Lemigova is married to Czech-American former professional tennis player
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US Conservative groups seeking to overturn Roe v Wade have spent millions on global campaigns against reproductive and LGBT+ rights, an investigation has found. OpenDemocracy says the groups have spent at least $28 million on international campaigns, including anti-abortion efforts in Poland, Colombia and El Salvador.  The outlet scrutinised seven organisations it says have been involved
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Argentina’s president just made gender-neutral passports a reality for non-binary citizens. (Manuel Cortina/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Argentina made history in July as the first country in Latin America to legally recognise non-binary people – but people issued with documents showing their gender as ‘X’ say they have been left in a legal limbo. Non-binary
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