Joe Biden. (Rick Loomis/Getty) Joe Biden is facing calls to give trans and non-binary people the legal recognition they need with “X” markers on passports. Under current rules, people must identify as either male or female on United States passports, meaning non-binary people are effectively forced to misgender themselves on official documentation. Joe Biden promised
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Lady Dimitrescu from Resident Evil Village. (Capcom) Today is the 25th anniversary of the Resident Evil series, which began on the PlayStation way back in 1996. The story of Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine exploring a zombie-infested mansion filled with puzzles and traps is a bona fide horror classic with a legacy that will long
The Good Apple Skin-Perfecting Foundation Balm from KVD Beauty. (KVD Beauty/@BootsUK) Kat Von D’s latest vegan foundation has launched at Boots, and fans are desperate to get their hands on it. The ‘Good Apple Skin-Perfecting Foundation Balm’ comes in 40 different shades and is now available at Boots. It’s the latest must-have from KVD (Kat
Lewis Hamilton spoke out against the Vatican’s ban on same-sex unions. (Dan Istitene/Getty) Lewis Hamilton has described a Vatican ban on priests blessing same-sex unions as “unacceptable”. On Monday (15 March), the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith responded to the question of blessing same-sex unions on behalf of the Vatican, and insisted that God
Life Is Strange: True Colors. (Square Enix) Life is Strange: True Colors, the latest game in the LGBT+ series, will feature a bisexual lead when it’s released in September. Developed by Deck Nine Games since 2017, the story will focus on new character Alex who visits her brother’s hometown of Haven but soon must investigate
Radio talk show host and conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) Republicans in Wisconsin voted Wednesday (16 March) to honour the late anti-LGBT+ radio host Rush Limbaugh, who died last month aged 70. The Assembly moved to pay tribute to Limbaugh, who once ran a segment on his show that celebrated the deaths of
Rhiebelle / Dona Tarte. (Twitter / Instagram) Gamers Beat Cancer will be hosting their very first Dragbox UK charity fundraiser in April. Dragbox UK will be hosted by the charity on Twitch and feature a line-up of fabulous drag queens playing Jackbox Games to discover who is the fiercest of them all. The line-up includes
Alex Kofi Donko. (YouTube) A community centre for a fledgling LGBT+ rights group in Ghana gutted by a brutal raid has now launched a defiant fundraiser to regroup and rebuild. LGBT+ Rights Ghana, one of the country’s top queer campaign groups, opened its office and safe space earlier this year in an event attended by
Ralph Fiennes. (Hannes Magerstaedt/Getty Images) Harry Potter star Ralph Fiennes says he “can’t understand” the “level of hatred” directed towards JK Rowling over her views on trans rights. The British actor, who played Lord Voldemort in the beloved movie franchise, told The Telegraph newspaper that he finds the backlash the author has faced “disturbing”. “I find the
The Drag Race UK queens would make great playable characters (BBC/World of Wonder) Start your engines, hold on to your wigs and prepare to slay – a RuPaul’s Drag Race video game is on the way this year. The free-to-play mobile game will allow players to participate in Drag Race, design fabulous lewks for runway
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). (Getty) The British government on Tuesday (16 March) effectively doubled crucial funding to its national rollout of pre-exposure prophylaxis, otherwise known as PrEP. Health ministers have injected a thumping financial boost to the routine commissioning of the daily drug, the most effective protection against HIV transmission. The public health grant, used to fund local authority health
Far-right extremists clash with riot police at a Pride parade in Lublin, eastern Poland, in 2019. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP/Getty) A leaked letter has revealed Poland’s plans to replace the Istanbul Convention on violence against women with an international treaty banning abortion and same-sex marriage. It’s understood that the Polish justice ministry is preparing an alternative treaty
Here is my Q & A with the very talented journalist, motivational speaker and author of “How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself.” The man that is fighting the stigma against mental illness and making it ok for people that identify as LGBTQ to be who they are. He is deemed a hero in
Asya Cevahir was splashed with acid by, she claims, her ex-boyfriend. She remains in hospital covered in bandages. (Screen captures via Twitter) A man who is accused of throwing acid on a trans woman’s face, blinding her, has been charged for “intentional injury”, which carries a sentence of one to three years, prompting outrage among
A man identified by social media sleuths as police officer Rick Fitzgerald attending a Proud Boys event. (Facebook) A police officer in Fresno, California, has been placed on paid administrative leave after being photographed attending a Proud Boys protest Sunday (14 March). Rick Fitzgerald allegedly attended the demonstration organised by the far-right nationalist group which
Liam Cooper, the first openly bisexual participant of Married at First Sight Australia. (Screen capture via Nine Network) Married at First Sight Australia fans have expressed their alarm and “disgust” at star Liam Cooper being outed as bisexual during Monday night’s (15 March) episode. The show sees total strangers get hitched after relationships experts pair
Bill Burr presenting at the Grammys. (Rich Fury/Getty) Bill Burr is facing backlash on social media for his tone-deaf jokes about suicide and feminism at the Grammys. The controversial comedian came under fire after he made several offensive quips while presenting a number of awards at the Grammys 2021 premiere ceremony on Sunday night (14
Andrea Jenkins vice president of the Minneapolis City Council spoke to community members at “The Path Forward” meeting at Powderhorn Park, a meeting between Minneapolis City Council and community members. (Photo by Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via Getty Images) Andrea Jenkins, the first Black openly trans woman to hold office in the US, talked about the
Tunisian activist Rania Amdouni dressed as a clown in an anti-government protest on January 23, 2021 (Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty) Human rights advocates are sounding alarm after a prominent Tunisian LGBT+ activist was jailed for pursuing a harassment complaint against the police. Rania Amdouni, 26, was arrested on 27 February and sentenced to six months in prison
The European Parliament rolls out a banner to mark EU becoming an “LGBT+ Freedom Zone” (John Thys/AFP) Polish MEPs were up in arms after the European Union proclaimed itself an “LGBT+ freedom zone” in response to Poland‘s heinous “LGBT-free zones”. All 27 representatives from Poland’s homophobic ruling party PiS voted against the EU’s proclamation on
Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, at a press conference in February (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/ Getty) Hungary’s top court has thrown out Viktor Orbán’s attempt to implement a retroactive ban on trans people’s gender identity being recognised in official documents. Launched last year, the devastating law known as Section 33 legally erases trans people by forcing
Republican lawmakers in Tennessee have introduced a bill that would allow cisgender students to sue a school if they are ‘forced’ to share school facilities with trans students. Jason Zachary, a Republican congressman from Knoxville, introduced House Bill 1233 at the same time Mike Ball, a Republican senator from Riceville, introduced its sister bill in
Oscars nominees Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman in The Favourite. (Twentieth Century Fox) The 2018 Oscar-winning period film The Favourite follows the intimate relationships between Queen Anne and two of her ladies-in-waiting – but was Queen Anne really a lesbian? The monarch ruled England, Scotland and Ireland from 1702 until 1707 when England and Scotland
Queer as Folk ran for two seasons, the first episode airing on February 23, 1999. (Channel 4) Russell T Davies has said he is hopeful for a reboot of his iconic series Queer as Folk, even if he won’t be the one to write it. Following the runaway success of It’s a Sin, which was
Boris Johnson. (AFP via Getty/ RICHARD POHLE/POOL) Boris Johnson has apologised to the three members of the government’s LGBT+ Advisory Panel who quit this week over inaction on conversion therapy and a “hostile environment” for LGBT+ people. Jayne Ozanne was the first to quit the LGBT+ Advisory Panel on Wednesday (10 March), and was followed
Scarlet Adams in a promotional poster for RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under. (World of Wonder) RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under contestant Scarlet Adams has issued a grovelling apology for performing in Blackface and engaging in cultural appropriation. After Aboriginal drag queen Felicia Foxx shared a slew of photos of Adams wearing costumes that stole from and
The DC Comics Pride anthology will be released on 8 June. (DC Comics) DC Comics will be releasing a huge queer anthology this summer in celebration of Pride, and introducing trans superhero Dreamer into the DC universe. Announced on Thursday (11 March), DC Pride #1 will feature queer characters from across the DC Comics universe, and
WNBA star Natasha Cloud with her professional softball player wife Aleshia Ocasio. (Instagram/ t__cloud9) WNBA star Natasha Cloud has revealed that she married her softballer girlfriend in a secret wedding, fearing her rights would be taken away. Cloud and her and professional softball player partner Aleshia Ocasio, who plays for the Chicago Bandits, announced their
Samantha Banks stars as Elsa in the West End production of Frozen. (YouTube) Frozen the Musical has finally confirmed it will be reopening on the West End in 2021. The much-anticipated stage adaption of the hit animated film will open at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 27 August. It was originally expected to debut on
Marsha P Johnson. (Netflix) Plans for a gaudy rainbow mural in the Marsha P Johnson state park in New York have been scrapped, after complaints from the trans hero’s family. In August, 2020, New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced that Brooklyn’s East River State Park was being renamed Marsha P Johnson State Park, making it
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