LGBT+ prisoners are often segregated “for their own protection”. (Envato) Prisons in England and Scotland are “traumatising, rigid and frequently dangerous places” for LGBT+ inmates, research has found. A report from the University of Dundee titled LGBT+ people in prisons: Experiences in England and Scotland, used interviews and focus groups with more than 60 prison staff
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Whoopi Goldberg (L) and Meghan McCain on The View. (Screen capture via Twitter/ABC) Whoopi Goldberg captured an entire nation’s complete and utter exhaustion with Meghan McCain in a blunt exchange on The View. As the palace reels from Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey, The View discussed Britain’s response to the explosive
Former Welsh rugby captain Gareth Thomas announced he is HIV positive after “evils” threatened to out him. (Clemens Bilan/AFP/Getty) Welsh rugby star and TV personality Gareth Thomas has described being “petrified” each time someone knocked on his door, while he was blackmailed over being HIV-positive. In 2019, Thomas was forced to publicly reveal his HIV
Piers Morgan has quit Good Morning Britain. (Getty/ Indigo/ Max Mumby) Piers Morgan has “decided” to leave Good Morning Britain following his “diabolical” comments about Meghan Markle. On Monday’s (8 March) episode of Good Morning Britain, the day after Meghan Markle‘s interview with Oprah Winfrey aired on ITV, Morgan declared he did not “believe a
Lovehoney has launched a huge discount sale on vibrators as part of its ‘deal of the week’. The popular online retailer has cut the prices of some of its most popular vibrators by as much as 50 per cent, a discount that’s available for one-week only. There’s plenty to choose from as the sale features
Boris Johnson. (Christopher Furlong/WPA Pool /Getty) MPs from across the UK have insisted that any ban on conversion therapy must also include trans people. During a debate in Westminster Hall on Monday evening (8 March), MPs urged the government to ban the harmful, pseudoscientific practice. The debate, triggered by a petition to government signed by
Jess Glynne has apologised for using a transphobic slur. (Getty) Jess Glynne has apologised for using a transphobic slur in a wildly offensive anecdote about a trans strip club. The singer was widely condemned for speaking the word “tranny” and using a trans strip club as the punchline in an anti-queer anecdote. Appearing on The
Salt Lake County councilman David Alvord has apologised after he wrote on social media that the “left” won’t be happy until everyone is bisexual. Republican Alvord, who represents Salt Lake County’s west side in the great District 2, claimed on Facebook that the “left” wanted everyone to be bisexual, non-monogamous and miserable. According to local
The term “barebacking” became widespread in the LGBT+ community in the 1990s. (Pexels/ Ketut Subiyanto) Like riding a horse without a saddle, barebacking is when someone with a penis penetrates a sexual partner without using a condom. Many people who have any kind of penetrative sex report that going at it without a condom is
After criminalising all forms of so-called “gay propaganda”, Russia has now turned its attention to positive depictions of bisexuality and polyamory. With Russia’s population expected to decline by 30 million over the next decade, the question of how to raise the birth rate dominated discussions on Thursday (4 March) at a conference of United Russia,
Read Only Memories: Neurodiver. (Midboss) Exploring memories is a major theme of much sci-fi media, but it’s at the core of Read Only Memories: Neurodiver, the forthcoming cyberpunk game from LGBT-focused developer MidBoss. In this world of Neo-San Francisco memories are malleable. Like a hard drive, files can become corrupt, defragmented, or completely overwritten. And
Nicola Coughlan gave a stirring rendition of UK Hun. (Twitter/BBC) Bridgerton star and Drag Race superfan Nicola Coughlan shared an incredible rendition of “UK Hun?” with a Shakespearian twist. The song “UK Hun?” has lived rent-free in the minds of Drag Race UK fans since it debuted in RuPaul’s RuRuVision spectacular – and Derry Girls
A foreign resident in Taiwan displays a rainbow flag at Taipei 2020 LGBT+ Pride. (LightRocket via Getty/ Alberto Buzzola) A high court has ruled that LGBT+ foreigners from countries where marriage equality is illegal will now be able wed their same-sex partners in Taiwan. In May 2019, Taiwan became the first nation in Asia to
Leeds Crown Court heard that Stephen Brownsword sent his brother-in-law homophobic threats after a dispute over a TV and a kitten. (Universal Images Group via Getty/ Education Images) A homophobe from Leeds has been jailed after threatening to put his brother-in-law in a “grave”, and vowing to kill his pet kitten. According to the Yorkshire
Drag Race UK star Lawrence Chaney has deleted her Twitter following “disgusting” abuse she received after last night’s episode. The Glasgow drag performer deactivated her social media account following Thursday (4 March) night’s dramatic episode. It’s believed this came out after the episode featured a fallow out between Lawrence and fellow Drag Race UK contestant
The boss of a Scottish public relations firm has resigned after a “tone deaf” social media post in which he said his firm doesn’t hire “Blacks, gays or Catholics”. Gordon Beattie, the founder of Beattie Communications, posted on LinkedIn that his firm does not hire “Blacks, gays or Catholics“. He added that the firm only
Members of the police march at Pride in London 2019. (Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty) One of Britain’s biggest LGBT+ Pride events, Pride in London, has “for now” rejected calls to ban the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) from marching in the parade. Board members had been considering barring the city’s top police agency from participating in Pride
Jimmy Fowlie (L) and Sydnee Washington (R) will star in Grindr’s upcoming original comedy series Bridesman. (Santiago Felipe/Getty Images/FilmMagic) LGBT+ dating app Grindr is getting its own original scripted TV show, which is set to air this fall. Bridesman will be a new scripted comedy series following a gay bridesman as he undermines his best friend’s
President Joe Biden has appointed Reggie Greer, a former Victory Institute staffer, to be the next director of priority placement and a senior advisor on LGBT+ Issues at the White House. (Facebook/Reggie Greer) President Joe Biden has come through with his promise to promote inclusion by appointing Reggie Greer as a senior advisor on LGBT+
Nintendo Switch. (Nintendo) It’s rumoured that a new Nintendo Switch Pro model could be on the way, offering a larger OLED display and 4K capability. The latest report comes from Bloomberg, which says Nintendo plan to unveil the new Nintendo Switch Pro later this year equipped with a bigger Samsung OLED display to “prop up
Bill Burr says fired The Mandalorian star Gina Carano was a “absolute sweetheart”. (Disney) The Mandalorian star Bill Burr has defended his former co-star Gina Carano, saying she was an “absolute sweetheart”. Carano, who played Cara Dune in the Disney Plus series, was fired after sharing an Instagram post seemingly comparing being a Republican to being Jewish during
A gay man was viciously attacked during a Pride celebration in Auckland, New Zealand which left him “lying in a pool” of his own blood. Ray Gardiner, who performs as a drag artist Kourtney Khaos, said he went out with his partner to celebrate Pride month in Auckland, but the couple was assaulted in the
Eminem then and now. (Getty) Eminem? Cancelled? Again? A full year into the pandemic and having completed Netflix, Disney Plus and every other conceivable form of entertainment, TikTok users have begun diving into Eminem’s back catalogue – revisiting songs presumably older than they are and discovering that actually, they’re all kinds of problematic. Eminem has
Divine Allah speaking at a press conference for Trenton city council president Kathy McBridge on 26 February 2021 (Twitter/Reed Gusciora) A rally in Trenton, New Jersey descended into chaos after a speaker called the city’s first openly gay mayor a “little f****t”. Speaking on the steps of the city hall, Divine Allah, a New Black Panther
Thomas Brennan. (Facebook/Twitter) Ferris State University professor Thomas Brennan was fired after tweeting about “fags” and dismissing COVID-19 as a “hoax”. Brennan, a former assistant physical science professor at the Ferris State University in Michigan, was previously placed on leave in November last year for a slew of homophobic, racist and antisemitic social media posts. He often tweeted
Fresh off his nomination for Best EDM Entertainer at the Chicago Music Awards, where he was not only a nominee, but a featured presenter for the Best African Entertainer Award, Dantès Alexander’s hit single “So Below” has just broken 1 million streams on Spotify. The Chicago-based HIV positive, non-binary, pop dance/singer has appeared on Showtime’s
An Apple iPhone 11 smartphone with the Twitch video streaming app logo on screen. (Phil Barker/Future Publishing via Getty) Streaming platform Twitch has apologised after it faced backlash for using the alternative spelling “womxn” instead of “women”. The word “womxn” has come into more frequent use over the last decade, according to Dictionary.com, and is
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg (L) and his husband Chasten Buttigieg (R) wave during a campaign town hall event at Washington Liberty High School 23 February 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Teacher and LGBT+ rights advocate Chasten Buttigieg has shared a horrifying experience of being confronted by a manager about his
The closure of the Pink Broadway gay sauna could have implications for other adult venues (Stock photo: Envato Elements) An historic gay sauna may be forced to close its doors forever after insurers inexplicably denied it coverage. The Pink Broadway sauna has welcomed customers to Southampton’s East Street for the past two decades and had been
Andra Day gave an emotional speech after winning a Golden Globe for playing Billie Holiday. (YouTube) Andra Day thanked Billie Holiday in an emotional Golden Globes acceptance speech, as she became the first Black woman in 35 years to win Best Actress in a Drama. Day honoured the “transformative, dynamic” jazz singer as she accepted
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