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
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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
Chloe and Georgia in the Love Island villa. (ITV) Love Island star Georgia Townend has claimed that her experience in the villa “would have been so much easier” if she had been bisexual. Townend was dumped from the island last week after Hugo, who she was interested in, paired up with Chloe following in a
(L-R) Dylan Welch, Jesse Pawlowski and Billy Phillips. (Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office A teenager, his boyfriend, his mother and her girlfriend were slain when a Grindr hook-up slipped into chaos when three men tried to steal a gun from him in Texas, police claimed. Jesse Pawlowski, 20, Billy Phillips, 37, and Dylan Welch, 21, have
All abord ‘Bussy Galore’. (MP Travel/Twitter/@MPT_Gaz) A British bus operator has put “Boaty McBoatface” to shame after it unveiled a new coach that we must learn to co-exist with – its name, reader, is “Bussy Galore”. Yes, really. No, we did not make this up. No, there is no way to escape the reality we
Bad Bunny, Adidas and Cheetos will release the collection this August. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy & Adidas) Bad Bunny has teamed up with Adidas and Cheetos for a clothing collection, but it’s all for a good cause. It’s part of the rapper’s “Deja tu Huella” campaign which translates to “Leave Your Mark”
Psyche / PleasantlyTwstd. Slowly but surely, Twitch is becoming more diverse but it’s still heavily dominated by cis white men. Where exactly does that leave female streamers? It’s fair to say that Twitch – along with social media in general – can be toxic for women. Between body-shaming, stalking, unfair bans, alleged sexualisation, being demonetised
Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow in the “Industry Baby” music video. (YouTube/ Lil Nas X) Lil Nas X has “sincerely apologised” to the LGBT+ community for not asking Jack Harlow to go gay for pay in his iconic “Industry Baby” music video. The video, which dropped on Friday (23 July) following on from a skit the
The character of Raine Whispers is non-binary and uses they/ them pronouns. (YouTube/ Disney) Disney’s beloved series The Owl House has introduced its first non-binary character, voiced by a non-binary Latinx actor. The Owl House, which airs on the Disney Channel, follows Luz, a 14-year-old Dominican-American, on her adventures after she falls through a portal
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. (Sega) To celebrate the Tokyo Olympics 2020, we’re taking a look at LGBT+ representation in sports video games. It’s a topic that’s difficult, largely because there is so little queer representation in the genre. Sports are too often the domain of straight white men and sadly sports video games follow suit.
Le Gateau Chocolat performs at the GQ 30th anniversary party at SUSHISAMBA Covent Garden on 29 October 2018 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images) Drag and theatre icon Le Gateau Chocolat shares the challenges and “magic” of the last year. Bearded, bewigged and standing at six-and-half feet, Le Gateau Chocolat is
Birdie Silverstein with their mother Busy Philipps at New York Pride. (Instagram/ busyphilipps) Birdie Silverstein, Busy Philipps’ non-binary child, is set to star in a new Amazon Prime series from One Day at a Time creator Gloria Calderón Kellett. The 12-year-old will play a recurring non-binary character on the upcoming festive romantic comedy series With
Author Philip Pullman. (Getty/ MJ Kim) His Dark Materials author Philip Pullman has made it very clear that he is “anti-transphobia“, while also condemning online abuse of JK Rowling. This week, Rowling shared a death threat she had received on Twitter, before describing the “hundreds” more she has received. The discussion led to a pile-on by
A Drag Queen Story Time event. (Facebook/Drag Queen Storytime) The Alaska Department of Law has removed the state’s assistant attorney general over allegations he ran a secret social media account filled with anti-LGBT+, racist and antisemitic hate. According to an investigation by The Guardian newspaper, Matthias Cicotte allegedly mounted a Twitter account in a fake
Tommy Dorfman explains to Time what empowered her to transition. (Screen capture via Instagram/Time) Tommy Dorfman has explained how the stillness of lockdown prompted her to begin her transition and live her truth as a trans woman. Dorfman, 29, reintroduced herself to the world as a trans woman in a touching interview with Time magazine
Britney Spears and her boyfriend Sam Asghari. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) Britney Spears’ boyfriend Sam Asghari has addressed rumours that the pair have secretly married. The “Toxic” hitmaker sparked speculation that she and Asghari got hitched after she was spotted wearing a large rock on her ring finger this week. Britney recently said in court that she wants
Celia Quansah, Tom Bosworth, Demi Stokes, Tom Daley. (Getty) We’re spoilt for choice at this year’s Olympics as the number of out LGBT+ athletes has more than doubled since the 2016 Summer games. The US is leading the way with 47 out athletes, including the phenomenal Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird, Erica Sullivan and Kayla Miracle.
A giant trans flag unfurled outside the US Supreme Court. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images) West Virginia must pause enforcement of a new law that prohibits trans women and girls from participating in sports after a trans youth challenged the vile law. The West Virginia ban was “proudly” signed into law by Republican
Some teachers told OFSTED the homophobic book was in the boarding school library for “research purposes”. (Envato) A horrific book calling for gay people to be murdered was found by OFTSED inspectors in a boarding school library. The Institute of Islamic Education in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, was inspected on 18 and 19 May, 2021, by
Curtis Jackson, AKA 50 Cent, attends a ceremony honouring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 30 January, 2020. (Getty/ Albert L Ortega) 50 Cent, who once suggested that men who do not sleep with women should “just kill” themselves, said it “stings” when people call him a homophobe. Speaking to The
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