LGBTQ

Jackie Doyle-Price, Tory MP for Thurrock. (Getty/ Rob Stothard) Tory MP Jackie Doyle-Price, who voted against same-sex marriage and thinks trans rights are “regressive”, has been quietly appointed to parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee. The committee’s role is to hold the Government Equalities Office to account on issues of expenditure, administration and policy, and it
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Virginia queer couple Nicole Lovewine (left) and Detra Brown (right). (Facebook/ Pookie Lovewine) A queer couple killed in a Virginia mass shooting while trying to protect their daughter have been remembered as “loving” and a “big part of the community”. Nicole Lovewine, 45, known to friends and family as “Pookie”, and her partner Detra Brown,
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Kim Cattrall. (Getty/ Amy Sussman) Sex and the City icon Kim Cattrall will officially join the Queer as Folk reboot as a “martini-soaked” socialite in the crossover of the century. NBC’s Peacock network, which will stream the reimagining of Russell T Davies’ groundbreaking series, announced on Tuesday (9 November) that Cattrall will play a “martini-soaked, high society Southern debutante
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Susanna Reid apologised for the on-air blunder. (ITV) Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid offered a grovelling on-air apology after asking a lesbian couple: “Who wants to be mum?” Megan and Whitney Bacon-Evans, known for their YouTube channel What Wegan Did Next, appeared on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday (9 November) to discuss their landmark
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Kathleen Stock speaking at a university debate. (YouTube) Kathleen Stock is one of the founding faculty fellows at the University of Austin, which claims it is dedicated to “the fearless pursuit of truth”. Pano Kanelos, former president of St John’s College in Annapolis, announced that he is joining forces with other professors who are “concerned
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Haaz Sleiman attends the Los Angeles premiere of Marvel Studios’ “Eternals” on 18 October 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) Eternals star Haaz Sleiman has slammed “ignorant and pathetic” countries that banned the Marvel film over its LGBT+ content. The movie was pulled from cinemas across conservative Gulf nations because it features LGBT+ characters. In
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Billy Porter has apologised to Harry Styles. (YouTube/ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) Billy Porter has apologised for his criticism of Harry Styles’ Vogue cover, explaining: “This is not about you… it’s about the systems of oppression.” Last month, Porter called out American Vogue featuring Styles as its first male to wear a dress on
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Mae Martin joined the protest outside Broadcasting House. (Twitter/ WhatTheTrans) Non-binary comedian and actor Mae Martin joined trans folk and their allies in a protest outside the BBC against its infamous anti-trans article. Protesters gathered outside Broadcasting House, the headquarters of the BBC in London, on Saturday (6 November). The action was the second London
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Star Trek: Prodigy is introducing a new generation of kids to the utopian values of Starfleet with a refreshingly diverse cast, including a non-binary main character. The animated Star Trek kids’ series premiered on Paramount+ last week with a star-studded voice cast including Ella Purnell, Brett Gray, Rylee Alazraqui, Angus Imrie and Jason Mantzoukas. The
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Queer rabbis Becca Walker (left) and Ariella Rosen (right).(YouTube/ Women’s League for Conservative Judaism) Two queer, female Conservative rabbis have tied the knot, in a historic first for the Conservative Judaism movement. Conservative Judaism is the second-largest denomination of Jewish people in North America, and over the last two decades it has become increasingly inclusive
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Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci. (YouTube/ MGM) Lady Gaga got so into her House of Gucci character Patrizia Reggiani, heir to the leather goods fortune, she thought she killed someone. The “Stupid Love” hitmaker opened up about her challenging experience filming the upcoming movie which charts the turbulent marriage and divorce
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Rikkey Outumurro. (Facebook) Rikkey Outumuro, a beloved community leader, fearless drag icon and decades-long activist, has died. She was 39. Otherwise known by her drag stage name as Tru Starlet, Outumuro fatally shot in Centralia, Washington, Saturday evening (30 October) by her 28-year-old boyfriend. Cristopher Allen Gaudreau told Centralia police officers that he and Outumuro,
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“We acknowledge that an admission of inappropriate behaviour by the same contributor should have been included in the original article.” The “inappropriate behaviour” refers to sexual abuse allegations made against Cade over the years, by a number of women, which were mentioned by Cade herself in her blog posts. She wrote: “If a rapist is someone
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Lynne Spears (L) and Britney Spears. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic) Britney Spears’ mother, Lynne Spears, has officially asked for her piece of the singer as well. The 66-year-old author filed a petition Monday (1 November) requesting that her daughter’s estate pay her attorneys’ fees in the strained battle over Britney’s conservatorship. Lynne has never had a formal
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Hackers have leaked the entire online database of Israeli LGBT+ dating app Atraf, exposing highly sensitive information including the sexuality and HIV status of thousands of users. The Black Shadow hacking group stole a file containing information on around a million listings with full details on the users, according to France 24, many of whom
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The BBC headquarters. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty) A BBC journalist is facing resounding criticism after he appeared to compare a much-reviled article about trans women to the broadcaster’s investigation into Jimmy Savile. John McManus, who covers religion and ethics for the BBC, tweeted a link to a Guardian article on Tuesday (2 November) which reflected on the work of two
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The Boots Black Friday sale features beauty, fragrance and skincare products. (Boots.com) Boots has launched its Black Friday sale early, with deals on beauty, skincare and fragrances. Customers don’t have to wait until 26 November to get deals at Boots this Black Friday, as they’ve kicked off their discounts already. There’s up to 50 percent
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Badr Baabou, a human rights defender, was battered by cops in Tunisia. (Damj Association for Justice and Equality) Two police officers brutally beat one of Tunisia’s top LGBT+ rights activists in an attack campaigners warn captures the country’s descent into “repression”. Badr Baabou, a human rights defender and head of the Damj Association for Justice
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Haaz Sleiman attends Marvel Studios’ “Eternals” premiere in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/WireImage) It’s been a long time coming but it’s finally happening – the Marvel Cinematic Universe is getting its first-ever gay superhero in a movie. LGBT+ comic fans have been screaming out for more representation within the MCU for years, and
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