Divina De Campo, The Vivienne and Baga Chipz made it to the top three of Drag Race UK. BBC) The BBC has dismissed complaints that RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is anti-women. Drag Race UK was accused of being “based on [a] misogynistic premise” by an unspecific number of viewers, the BBC has revealed. A fortnightly
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Former intergalactic helmsman and all-round nice guy George Takei has a genius solution to keep right-wing bigots at home: just convince them coronavirus turns you gay. Takei, 83, makes no secret of his hatred for Donald Trump, and for the past few years he’s been using his platform of 2.9 million followers to highlight the
Circus of Books director Rachel Mason has said she had a very emotional reaction to hearing her brother open up about coming out. Mason’s documentary, which debuted on Netflix earlier this month, tells the story of her conservative, religious parents Karen and Barry Mason – who ran a minor gay porn empire in Los Angeles.
Sandra Spagnoli, a police chief who allegedly called a lesbian “gross”, has resigned after an officer claimed he was denied a promotion because he wouldn’t sleep with her. Spagnoli, who is police chief in Beverly Hills, is set to retire on May 15, four years after she was appointed to the post. She became the
Michael Brown urges people not to “rejoice” over the birth of Anderson Cooper’s son (YouTube/ASKDrBrown_ On Thursday evening CNN’s Anderson Cooper celebrated becoming a first-time father, announcing that he had welcomed a healthy baby boy into the world. The joyful news brought some much-needed positivity in the midst of a global pandemic, but predictably it
A new EP from Super Drama will be the label’s first release on June 1 (Facebook/Super Drama) A new, independent, LGBT-focused record label is set to launch next month to increase visibility of queer artists in the music industry. Named ‘51-53‘ after the address of the Stonewall Inn in New York, the label hopes to
LGBT+ people are likely to be more vulnerable to coronavirus (Piero Cruciatti/AFP/Getty) State lawmakers are urging US officials to record the sexuality of coronavirus victims, as the data could be critical to the LGBT+ community’s safety amid the pandemic. The CDC currently breaks down coronavirus cases publicly by location, race, gender and age, but not
The woman was arrested after setting herself on fire. (Tamaz Sozashvili/ Twitter) A trans woman in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, set herself on fire in protest against the country’s treatment of transgender people during the coronavirus pandemic. Madona Kiparoidze set fire to herself outside the capital’s city hall on Thursday, April 30. She was
Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage. (Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty) More than 3,500 same-sex couples have tied the knot in Taiwan since marriage equality was legalised almost a year ago. Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage on May 17, 2019, which also happened to be International Day
HIV transmission has dropped significantly with lockdown breaking the chain of new cases, a leading sexual health clinic has claimed. 56 Dean Street, a London-based sexual health clinic, is urging people to order free home test kits online in an effort to keep the number of new HIV cases down when the pandemic is over.
Megan Rapinoe interviewed Joe and Jill Biden. (Megan Rapinoe/ Instagram) Lesbian icon and football star Megan Rapinoe has offered to be Joe Biden’s vice president, and we’d really love to see it. Rapinoe interviewed 2020 democratic nominee Joe Biden in an Instagram live on Thursday, April 30, alongside his wife Jill who was sporting a
Security guards patrol the grounds at an immigration detention centre in Sydney, Australia in 2005. (Ian Waldie/Getty Images) A gay Pakistani couple who fled to Australia have been granted a temporary reprieve after asylum courts initially said their sexuality was “implausible”. Both asylum seekers appealed after their applications for permanent protection visas were rejected, and
New leaks from The Last of Us Part II suggest that a rumoured “homophobic Christian cult” may not be part of the plot after all. The eagerly-anticipated video game sequel has already been the subject of various rumours, but the latest leak is hard to disprove. The Last of Us Part II game footage has
There have been more than a million coronavirus cases in the US and more than 60,000 deaths, with LGBT+ people disproportionately affected, but the White House gift shop is busy selling commemorative COVID-19 coins. No, really. The coin, which costs $125 to pre-order, has a graphic of coronavirus on one side and on the other
Don Lemon sighed in frustration, and Mike Pence’s excuses were “ridiculous”. (CNN/ YouTube) CNN host Don Lemon has slammed US vice president and homophobic Mike Pence for disregarding a hospital’s mask-wearing policy while meeting coronavirus patients. Pence, who is taking a break from his long career of fomenting anti-LGBT+ hatred to lead the White House efforts to tackle
Freddy McConnell. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival) Trans man Freddy McConnell has lost a ruling today in his fight to be registered as the father of the child he gave birth to. McConnell, a journalist who gave birth to his child in 2018, has been fighting a drawn out and highly publicised legal
What is the difference between sex and gender identity, exactly? Whether you want to brush up on your knowledge or you’re questioning your gender identity yourself, you’ll find the answers here. Sex and gender have historically been used interchangeably, but that doesn’t mean that they’re the same thing. “We don’t know how to measure gender,”
Dr Rachel Levine giving a live update on the coronavirus crisis in Pennsylvania (Facebook/Pennsylvania Department of Health) Pennsylvanians have united in support of Dr Rachel Levine, the transgender secretary of health who’s leading the state through the coronavirus crisis. A graduate of Harvard College and a specialist in paediatrics and adolescent medicine, Dr Rachel Levine
Someone blended the BBC News and BBC World intro themes with Dua Lipa’s “Hallucinate” and it’s glorious. (Christopher Polk/Getty) In news that is well and truly breaking, a queer man remixed the British and World BBC News intro themes with “Hallucinate” by Dua Lipa and it is, frankly, the LGBT+ agenda. Ben Howell, based in
A trailer for road trip film Braking for Whales has given the world a glimpse at Draco Malfoy kissing Taylor Swift’s brother. The upcoming dark comedy stars Harry Potter alum Tom Felton as Brandon, a closeted gay man who is on a road trip with his sex addict sister in order to honour their dead mother’s
Chanel the African grey parrot has finally made it onto This Morning, permanently cementing her status as a national treasure. The avian escape artist became a viral sensation when she made a bid for freedom and flew in the direction of a Liverpool canal last week. Her owner Sandra made a desperate plea for her
British singer Sam Smith revealed Sunday that they want to date an older man after “freaking out” about being single during coronavirus lockdown. The 27-year-old non-binary star’s last public relationship was with 13 Reasons Why actor Brandon Flynn in 2018. Once social distancing restrictions were enforced by government, Smith jumped to dating apps. Same, Smith,
The new findings by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County could be revolutionary for HIV research (Envato Elements) Researchers have made an exciting HIV breakthrough that’s been described as a “paradigm shift” in understanding and treating the disease. The new findings by UMBC published in Science refer to the virus’s RNA, where its genetic information
Placard at a sex workers’ rights march in Stockholm. (Twitter/SWARM) Trans sex workers in Greece who don’t have legal gender recognition are being excluded from government support in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. In Greece, where sex work is legalised but heavily regulated, only Greek nationals with a female gender marker in their documents
Abby Stein grew up trans in an ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish community. (Abby Stein/ Facebook) Abby Stein, a trans woman who was destined from birth to be a rabbi, has described what it was like growing up trans in a New York ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish community. Stein is a direct descendant of Hasidic Judaism‘s founder, The
HIV-positive former police officer Liam Pierce applied for a job with the Iberia parish sheriff’s office in New Iberia, Louisiana, in 2012. (Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor) A former police officer in Louisiana will get a $90,000 settlement after he was denied a job as a sheriff’s deputy when he revealed that he was
Roddy Alves gave an emotional interview in which she opened up about childhood bullying. (Screenshot/Truly) Celebrity Big Brother star Roddy Alves, who became famous as a lover of plastic surgery and later came out as transgender, has opened up about her transition in an emotional interview. Roddy Alves found fame after spending half a million
A gay guy’s mother stumbled onto his OnlyFans, but her reaction isn’t quite what you’d first expect. (Twitter) Picture it: You’ve just uploaded a new nude to your OnlyFans page that you charge $9.99 per month for. You’re proud of it. That’s when your iPhone flashes and a ding echoes across the room. It’s your
Donald Trump holds a rainbow flag given by a supporter during a 2016 campaign rally in Colorado. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) Pockets of leaders around the world have used the coronavirus crisis to consolidate power and strike against vulnerable communities within their borders. Joining the governments of Poland, Britain and Hungary, whose leaders have launched attacks against
Ellen DeGeneres, after production of her show was suspended due to coronavirus, is back and is filming from her Los Angeles living room. (YouTube/The Ellen Show) Ellen DeGeneres will recover from the fierce backlash she’s currently on the receiving end of by being “phoney” and “playing the game”, a reputation expert has said. Ellen has,
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