Britain’s Tom Daley competes in the preliminary round of the men’s 10m platform diving. (OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images) Tom Daley put his knitting needles down to return to the diving board once again, inching closer to a second medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The British diver finished fourth place in the individual men’s 10 metres
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Former president Donald Trump brands US women’s football team ‘leftist maniacs’ and targets Megan Rapinoe’s purple hair in a rant. (Getty/Brandon Bell/Laurence Griffiths) Former president Donald Trump tried to burn Megan Rapinoe and the “wokesters” on the US women’s soccer team after they won bronze at the Olympics – and it failed so bad. Trump
Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit at Hong Kong Pride 2020. (Miguel Candela/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) A gay pro-democracy activist from Hong Kong is facing a possible years-long prison sentence after being accused of subverting the state. Jimmy Sham Tsz-Kit, a prominent voice for the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong and a proponent of LGBT+ rights, was arrested
John Whaite believes he was “born” to be on the Strictly dance floor. (BBC) Great British Bake Off winner John Whaite will join Strictly Come Dancing as one half of the competition’s first-ever male same-sex pairing. Whaite won the third series of Bake Off, and currently presents a weekly segment on Steph’s Packed Lunch, but believes
Mary Trump believes Meghan McCain lacks “the courage” to have a conversation with her on The View. (YouTube/The View) Mary Trump, former president Donald Trump’s niece, believes Meghan McCain lacks “the courage” to face her in a debate on The View. Trump appeared on The View to promote her new book, The Reckoning, in which
A giant trans flag unfurled outside the US Supreme Court. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images) Two trans children and their parents have sued the state of Tennessee over its reviled bathroom bill. The legislation, signed in May by Republican governor Bill Lee, allows students and parents to sue if a trans person is allowed to
Drag icon Panti Bliss says her popular Dublin gay bar, the Pantibar, has been targeted by vile anti-LGBT+ hate online in the wake of the pandemic. (Getty/Artur Widak/NurPhoto) A legendary gay bar in Dublin become the target of a disgusting hate campaign for trying to protect its staff from COVID-19. Pantibar, owned by drag “queen
Romania’s Roxen performs during the first semi-final of the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 on 18 May 2021. (Getty/KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP) Eurovision star Roxen has come out as non-binary in a powerful, open conversation with fans on TikTok. Roxen – real name Larisa Roxana Giurgiu – was chosen in 2020 to represent Romania
Wendy Stuart Kaplan and Steven Bloomer-Teague will be hosting TriVersity Talk this Thursday at 7 PM ET with featured Riqi Vélez. TriVersity Talk! is a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community. With TriVersity Talk!, the goal is to laugh and learn. TriVersity Talk! Is
Boosie Badazz backed DaBaby. (Prince Williams/Wireimage) Boosie Badazz has launched into yet another homophobic rant, this time in defence of DaBaby. The rapper took to Instagram to share his thoughts on the backlash DaBaby faced after he made misinformed comments about HIV/AIDS. His homophobic and misogynistic remarks at July’s Rolling Loud music festival in Miami
DaBaby performs on stage during Rolling Loud at Hard Rock Stadium on 25 July 2021 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Getty/Rich Fury) DaBaby has issued a limp apology after his ugly “homophobic” rant about gay people and those living with HIV that led to several festivals dropping him. The rapper apologised in a lengthy statement Monday
Kathy Griffin attends The Queerties 2020 Awards Reception on 25 February 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images) Comedian and actor Kathy Griffin has announced that she is having surgery after being diagnosed with lung cancer. The 60-year-old opened up about her diagnosis in a message posted across her social media platforms.
Daniel Smith (L) has been arrested in suspicion of the murder of trans woman Shai Loftin. (Facebook/Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office) Shai Loftin, a 23-year-old Black trans woman with a “heart of gold”, was slain in a tragic shooting while defended her “love” in Trenton, New Jersey. Described by those who knew her as a “super
DaBaby’s “homophobic” rant is continuing to cost him as Lollapalooza announces it is dropping him from the festival lineup. The North Carolina rapper was scheduled to perform at the the long-running festival tonight (1 August), until organisers confirmed that his set had been pulled. The announcement was made in a statement on Lollapalooza’s Twitter page,
Jeffrey McCall in PRAY AWAY. (Netflix) At the start of Netflix’s Pray Away, a man approaches a group of strangers and tells them how he lived as a trans woman until, one day, he stumbled head first into Christianity Now, Jeffrey McCall sees his past life as sinful. He lives as a cis man and is
Alisha Patel, the first trans woman to be legally recognised by the Gujarat government (YouTube/India Times/ANI) A trans woman from Gujarat has become the first in the state to receive legal recognition of her gender identity through a new identity card system. Alisha Patel told The Times of India that having her womanhood recognised by the state
CauseImEd. (Twitch) “I’m not much interested in… physical stuff,” says Parvati. Ed’s face slowly widens into a grin as the realisation hits him. He points at the flag behind him. This is what asexual representation looks like. “When I figured out that [Parvati] was [ace], it was like getting a surprise birthday party for me,”
President Joe Biden has nominated out lesbian rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum to serve on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. Kleinbaum is the chief rabbi of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST), an LGBT+ synagogue in New York which counts Sex and the City‘s Cynthia Nixon among its many thousands of members. She’ll bring crucial LGBT+ representation
Transgender people in India wait for food handouts. (ARUN SANKAR/AFP/Getty) A 16-year-old girl has raised money to vaccinate 120 trans people against COVID-19 in India. Sia Sehgal, a student at a private international school outside Mumbai, raised 200,000 rupees (£1,933) for the Maharashtra District AIDS Control Society (MDACS) to buy Covishield vials. MDACS administered 120
Supporters of the #FreeBritney movement flew to Los Angeles from across the US to protest. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Britney Spears fans are furiously trying to have her former attorney Samuel Ingham investigated by the state bar amid her turbulent conservatorship battle. Ingham served as Britney’s probate lawyer for 13 years before resigning following the singer’s
LGBT+ rights campaigners complain of a ‘culture of disbelief’ in the Home Office’s treatment of LGBT+ asylum seekers. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty) The British government failed to put in place crucial systems to protect detained asylum seekers living with HIV, a High Court judge has ruled. A Congolese man, 28, went without antiretroviral medication for three days
An LGBT+ Pride parade in Cardiff, Wales. (Barcroft Media via Getty Images) The Welsh government has unveiled a new LGBT+ action plan and set out its hope to become the most LGBT-friendly country in Europe. Key actions will include trying to devolve powers related to the Gender Recognition Act in order to reform it to
Rapper T.I. (Roy Rochlin/FilmMagic) T.I. has said that the LGBT+ community is “bullying” rappers such as DaBaby after he delivered a homophobic rant during a Miami, Florida, concert. In a roiling speech that has cost him key brand deals, DaBaby told the Rolling Loud festival: “If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, any
Ash Manor School in Surrey dismissed a teacher for her comments about a trans student (Facebook) A teacher has been dismissed for gross misconduct after vowing to block a trans student from ever becoming Head Girl. French teacher Susan Field from Ash Manor School in Surrey was sacked after a conversation with 21 pupils in
Laganja Estranja makes a stunning entrance to an iconic lip sync battle against Trinity K Bonet in Drag Race All Stars season six. (YouTube/RuPaul’s Drag Race) Drag Race legend Laganja Estranja has opened about the overwhelming support she’s received after fans and the drag community raised thousands for her transition. Laganja, who made a name
Troy Bailey has been sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison for killing Michelle “Tamika” Washington – a trans woman and passionate LGBT+ advocate. (YouTube/CBS Philly) A Philadelphia man has been sentences to up to 50 years in prison for the murder of a transgender woman and passionate LGBT+ advocate in 2019. According to
Tom Daley, Amandine Buchard and Carl Hester are among the several out LGBT+ athletes to have won medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games. (Getty/Clive Rose/Franck FIFE/AFP/Julian Finney) If LGBT+ Olympic athletes were a country, they would be tied with Brazil and Switzerland on the leaderboard for the 2020 Tokyo games. There are at least
DaBaby has faced criticism for his comments about gay people and HIV. (Rich Fury/Getty) Lil Nas X’s dad put DaBaby firmly in his place after his unhinged homophobic rant at the Rolling Loud festival in Miami on Sunday (25 July). DaBaby was hit with criticism for his shocking comments about queer men who “suck d**k”
A bouncer at the Nordic Bar allegedly threw two women to the ground for sharing a kiss. (Facebook) A nightclub owner in Malta has said he is investigating claims that bouncers brutally threw to the ground two women for sharing a kiss. Activists first raised concerns after a woman recalled her “horrendous experience” at the
Canoeist Haley Daniels will see her trans mother judge her at the Tokyo Olympics. (Koki Nagahama/Getty Images) A Canadian judge has become the Olympic Games’ first-ever openly trans official – and she even has a daughter competing. At the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, more openly LGBT+ athletes will dive, sprint, cycle and throw than ever
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