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Evan Bialosuknia, 17, was crowned homecoming queen. (Instagram) A trans teenager has finally felt like she “actually belongs” after being elected homecoming queen at her high school in Orlando, Florida. Evan Bialosuknia made history at Olympia High School as her fellow students overwhelmingly elected her to be their homecoming queen. “Made history,” the teen wrote
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The Nightmare Before Christmas advent calendar features 24 doors with collectible figures. (Amazon/YouTube) There’s a The Nightmare Before Christmas advent calendar and it looks absolutely amazing. Fans of Tim Burton’s spooky and festive animated classic can celebrate the countdown to Christmas, with 24 doors that will have you singing “What’s This?”, every day. It features
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Chris Pratt in Guardians of the Galaxy. (IMDb) Marvel Comics had abruptly cancelled the Guardians of the Galaxy comic book series featuring a bisexual Star-Lord. The entertainment company’s comic division has dashed hopes of a bisexual, polyamorous Peter Quill,  the 1980s pop culture-grooving armed professional scavenger, becoming a mainstay. Marvel, without offering an explanation, has made
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Britney Spears. (James Devaney/WireImage) Britney Spears was allegedly so “pumped full of drugs” during her conservatorship that she could not speak clearly, a psychiatrist has claimed. Dr Charles Sophy, a former medical director for the County of Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services, told TMZ Live Tuesday (28 September) that he was asked to
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Protesters outside Parliament during the End Queer and Trans Hate Campaign in Cape Town, South Africa (Brenton Geach/Gallo/Getty) South Africa’s LGBT+ community are demanding justice for a lesbian whose alleged murderer gloated about removing a “curse” from her family. Sisanda Gumede, 28, was stabbed in the Umbumbulu area, south of Durban, on Sunday evening (26
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Freddy McConnell laced into the health secretary for his remarks on trans people. (Getty Images) Freddy McConnell has called on British health secretary Sajid Javid to recognise men with cervixes exist after his “scary and appalling” remarks about trans healthcare. Javid ignited a firestorm of criticism on Sunday (26 September) as he took a swing at
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Tessa Ganserer (left) has made history with Nyke Slawik (right) as the first two trans MPs to be elected in Germany. (AFP via Getty/ JOHN MACDOUGALL and Instagram/ nyketomato) Germany will welcome its first-ever trans MPs to the Bundestag after a federal election that saw the centre-left SDP narrowly beat the centre-right CDU. According to preliminary results
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Couples pose during a photo event during a nationwide referendum’s day on same-sex marriage, in Swiss capital Bern on September 26, 2021. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty) Switzerland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of same-sex marriage in a history-making referendum, proving that love always wins. Some 64.1 per cent of the population voted in favour of
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Angela Rayner. (Ian Forsyth/Getty) Labour’s Angela Rayner has refused to apologise for calling the Tories “homophobic scum” during an appearance at her party’s annual conference. Rayner, who is deputy leader of the Labour Party, reportedly told the conference on Saturday night (25 September): “We cannot get any worse than a bunch of scum, homophobic, racist,
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Stephanie Beatriz as Rosa Diaz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Sara Ramirez as Callie Torres in Grey’s Anatomy and Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma in The Good Wife. (NBC/ABC/CBS) Queer visibility is on the up, and TV is finally starting to get bisexual representation right. Let’s be honest – LGBT+ representation on television still isn’t great. Things
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Londoners using the Tube network will be able to see ten new Pride roundels to celebrate the capital city’s LGBT+ community. (Transport for London) Several new LGBT-themed roundels have been unveiled across London’s vast network of Underground stations to celebrate the city’s queer community. Transport for London (TfL) said Londoners will be able to see
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Zaya Wade and Gabrielle Union. (Instagram/ Gabrielle Union) Gabrielle Union has shared the heartwarming story of taking her trans stepdaughter Zaya Wade to her first-ever Pride parade. Speaking with radio station Power 105, Union explained that on the day of the parade, she and Zaya had been having a mother-daughter day, and had been planning to
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The Olympic rings outside the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has once again delayed its transgender guidelines for sport because of “very conflicting opinions”. The new guidelines for international sports federations are not expected to be released until after the Beijing Winter Olympics in February
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Revolution Beauty and DC Comics have teamed up to release a Batman-inspired makeup collection. (Revolution) Comic book fans rejoice, because Revolution have released an incredible Batman-inspired makeup range. The beauty brand has launched a collection of products inspired by the DC Comic series and its infamous characters. The collaboration captures the aesthetics of Catwoman, Harley
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In the throwback photo, Leslie Jordan would have been in his early to mid-twenties. (Getty/ Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives and Instagram/ thelesliejordan) Actor Leslie Jordan has shared a topless throwback picture from 1980, inspiring thirst across the internet. On Sunday (19 September), Jordan took to Instagram to share a photo of himself more than 40
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Lil Nas X at the Met Gala 2021. (Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty) Lil Nas X’s strikingly personal, deeply affecting debut album Montero is here– and there’s a lot to unpack in its lyrics. The critically-acclaimed album features previously-heard songs like “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” and “Industry Baby”, but it also includes numerous new
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