Donald Trump introduces Florida governor Ron DeSantis during a homecoming campaign rally. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Florida governor Ron DeSantis beat out Donald Trump in a straw poll for potential 2024 presidential candidates. In a poll of 371 conservative-leaning voters, 74 per cent said they would approve DeSantis as a presidential candidate. Trump, meanwhile, notched up a
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Elizabeth Rondón. (Twitter) A trans woman was reportedly beaten and brutally dismembered by her friends after going for drinks in an attack that has fuelled fear in Miranda, Venezuela. Elizabeth Rondón, a 33-year-old vegetable seller, was slain Monday morning (13 June) after at least three people beat her, according to activists and witnesses. Loved ones
The equality parade marches through Warsaw on 19 June 2021. (Piotr Lapinski/NurPhoto/Getty) Thousands rallied in Warsaw for the largest Pride parade in central Europe, taking a defiant stand against the rising tide of homophobia in Poland. Marchers gathered amid a sea of rainbow flags for the Warsaw equality parade on Saturday (19 June), with the
Amelia Abraham, editor of We Can Do Better Than This. (Vic Lentaigne) Amelia Abraham’s new LGBT+ anthology is a powerful manifesto on the future of LGBT+ rights around the world – but as she explains, it’s about more than legal battles. We Can Do Better Than This is a fascinating anthology featuring personal essays from a
Father Paulo Antônio Mueller hurling homophobic slurs from the pulpit (YouTube/Jacques Gosh) A Brazilian priest is under investigation after he was filmed delivering a homophobic slur-filled homily about a gay reporter. Father Paulo Antônio Mueller, a preacher in the city of Tapurah, is being investigated by Mato Grosso State prosecutors for a vile anti-gay sermon
Brontez Purnell, author of 100 Boyfriends. (Stephanie Lister) When Brontez Purnell sat down to write 100 Boyfriends, he knew he wasn’t going to have to try hard. “Given the queer sex that we’ve been handed over the years, how hard is it to do something radically different?” he laughs. “I don’t think I tried very hard, I
Mexico fans at a friendly football match with Honduras on June 12, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage/AFP) Mexico will play its next two World Cup home matches in an empty stadium as punishment for fans’ homophobic chanting, FIFA has announced. All spectators will be banned from the World Cup qualifiers against Jamaica (2 September)
YouTube has been slammed for completely deleting Australian gay comedy channel Ding Dong I’m Gay during Pride month. The gay, sex-positive comedy web series follows Cameron, a gay man who came out six years ago and moved to Sydney, trying to prove to his newly-out cousin that his is “an all-knowing gay guru”. Released last year,
A USA Pride flag. (Getty/ ISI photos/ Brad Smith) The most dangerous states for LGBT+ people in the whole of the United States have been ranked. A research team at home security and personal safety company Safe Home used data from over a dozen sources, including the FBI, the UCLA School of Law and the US
Protestors are calling for the Chicago police department to be defunded and for more support for trans rights and Black Lives Matter. (Twitter/@NoWarNoRacism) The second-ever Drag March for Change, in Chicago, saw hundreds take to the streets to demand support for Black Lives Matter and trans rights. Protestors met at Belmont Avenue and Halsted Street
Police seized a “f**k the police” tote bag as evidence. (Twitter/ dirozevepave) Cops in Glasgow seized a “f**k the police” tote bag as “evidence” from the window of queer, anarchist Jewish café, and its founders are now facing criminal charges. Pink Peacock is a queer, Jewish, anarchist, pay-what-you-can café on Glasgow’s Victoria Road, which declares
Conservative Christian baker Jack Phillips. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) A Colorado baker has been fined by a district judge after he refused to bake a blue and pink birthday cake celebrating a trans customer’s transition. Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop – which in 2018 won a narrow Supreme Court victory over its refusal to bake a cake for a
Love, Victor follows the story of a half Puerto Rican, half Colombian-American teen navigating high school with his friends. (Screen capture via YouTube) Love, Victor star Michael Cimino says he has received death threats and even homophobic comments from his family for playing a gay character. Cimino, who plays Victor Salaza in the Love, Simon Hulu
A woman holds a banner reading “ICE stop attacking our community” during a protest outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in Portland, Oregon. (Getty/ Anadolu Agency/ Alex Milan Tracy) US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tried to wish everyone a happy Pride Month, but the LGBT+ community was having none of it. On Wednesday
Bryan Furze and LeeMichael McLean were the target of a bizarre homophobic campaign (Facebook/LeeMichael McLean) A gay couple who were harassed with homophobic magazine subscriptions found a way to put the abuse to good use with the help of their local community. For five years, Massachusetts couple Bryan Furze and LeeMichael McLean endured a bizarre
The incident took place at SIX in Swansea, Wales. (Facebook/ Ross Smitham) A group of “lads” hurled homophobic slurs and mocked the weight and disabilities of bar staff in Swansea because their table time slot had ended. Ross Smitham, a queer man and manager of bar SIX in Swansea, Wales, has spoken out after he and
Because of a military ban on gay sex, the two male solders were considered by the court to have “molested” each other by having consensual oral sex. (AFP via Getty/ Jung Yeon-je) A military court in South Korea has prosecuted two male soldiers, insisting that their consensual sex “bordered on rape”. The two men were
Across the UK, LGBT+ youth are twice as likely as non-LGBT+ youth to have considered suicide. (Envato) LGBT+ youth in Northern Ireland are the most likely to have considered taking their own lives, heartbreaking new research has shown. The LGBT+ youth charity Just Like Us surveyed 2,934 secondary school students across the whole of the
Across the UK, LGBT+ youth are twice as likely as non-LGBT+ youth to have considered suicide. (Envato) LGBT+ youth in Northern Ireland are the most likely to have considered taking their own lives, heartbreaking new research has shown. The LGBT+ youth charity Just Like Us surveyed 2,934 secondary school students across the whole of the
A Beauty and the Beast prequel series following iconic villain Gaston and his bumbling sidekick LeFou has been officially ordered by Disney. (Disney) A Beauty and the Beast prequel series following iconic villain Gaston and his bumbling sidekick LeFou has been officially ordered by Disney. Disney Plus has greenlit an eight-episode limited musical series known
Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada. (20th Century Fox) Have you ever wondered where all the characters from The Devil Wears Prada ended up after the credits rolled? You don’t have to answer that question. We all know that, at some point, you’ve knocked back the rest of a glass of wine while watching the film’s
Ollie Locke with husband Gareth. (Getty/ Jeff Spicer) Ollie Locke has explained how Made in Chelsea pulled a scene of him coming out as bisexual to his mum for a very important reason. A decade ago, Locke came out to Made in Chelsea co-star and best friend Binky Felstead, in the UK’s first “televised coming
The homophobic graffiti pointed towards the LGBT+ venue. (Twitter/ Pantibliss) The legendary Dublin gay bar Pantibar was targeted by homophobic vandals in a “premeditated” attack on Sunday night (13 June). Iconic Irish drag queen Panti Bliss, who owns Pantibar in Dublin’s city centre, shared a photo of the homophobic graffiti on Twitter. She explained that
Kevin Hart during the Sydney Film Festival on June 6, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. (James Gourley/Getty Images) Kevin Hart has said he doesn’t “give a s**t about cancel culture” as he reflected on the homophobia row that forced him to step down from hosting the Oscars. The comedian had been due to host the Academy
The Rose family in Schitt’s Creek. (Pop TV) Dan Levy has said there are currently no plans to make a Schitt’s Creek film – but he hopes they will make one “eventually”. The actor – who created the hit Canadian comedy series with his father Eugene Levy – was asked whether he has any plans to bring
Kamala Harris speaks to marchers, as her husband Doug Emhoff looks on, during the Capitol Pride Parade on June 12, 2021. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty) Kamala Harris delivered a rallying cry for trans and queer rights after becoming the first sitting vice-president to march at a Pride event. Harris marched at Capitol Pride in Washington DC on
David Archuleta has come out as LGBT+. (Instagram) American Idol star David Archuleta has proudly come out as a member of the LGBT+ community, admitting he tried to change himself “for almost 20 years”. The 30-year-old, who came second on the seventh season of American Idol in 2008, opened up about how he identifies on Instagram on Saturday
A mural of Marsha P Johnson was vandalised in Elizabeth, New Jersey. (Screen capture via News12) A beloved mural of Stonewall legend and trans trailblazer Marsha P Johnson has been vandalised in New Jersey, US. In Elizabeth, where Johnson was born, a sprawling monument was painted by three local artists under the New Jersey Turnpike
The Pride earring collection from Studs features a rainbow safety pin and ‘Love’ logo. (Studs) LA-based jewellery brand Studs has released a cute collection of earrings to celebrate Pride 2021. The brand has dropped 15 pieces as part of the collection that they say stand for “bold self-expression.” To shop the new Pride earring collection
Brian Falduto starred in School of Rock. (YouTube and Brian Falduto/ Facebook) Brian Falduto, who played Billy in School of Rock, has said being labelled “the gay kid” in the hit film delayed his coming out by years. Falduto played a sassy kid obsessed with costume design and style in the 2003 hit film – but
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