Cars drive past a billboard featuring Black trans model and activist Jari Jones in an advertisement for Calvin Klein. (Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images) Popping a bottle of champagne, a Black trans plus-sized woman looked up at a billboard on Lafayette Street, in New York’s lower Manhattan, to see herself. Model Jari Jones was surrounded
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In September 1982, Declan Flynn left a pub in Donnycarney, Dublin and walked to Fairview Park, a well-known meeting spot for gay men. Declan Flynn lived in a very different time for Ireland. Homosexuality was illegal and many queer people, like him, lived their lives in fear, secrecy and shame. That September night, Flynn was
Joseph Fons holding a Pride Flag in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building last week (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) An incredible 90 per cent of people in the United States agree with the Supreme Court ruling banning workplace discrimination for LGBT+ people, according to a new poll. Last week, the US Supreme Court ruled that LGBT+
A gender-questioning teenager from India has died by suicide after their classmates ridiculed them for their feminine looks and suggested they were trans. The 16-year-old, who has not been named, lived in Uttar Pradesh, India, and said in a suicide note to their father that they had started to question their gender identity. “Papa, I’m
PrEP. (Justin Sullivan/Getty) A life-saving trial of the preventative HIV drug PrEP will be rolled out across Northern Ireland in a two-year pilot programme. PrEP (Pre-exposure Prophylaxis) is the most effective protection against HIV transmission. It is provided on the NHS in Scotland and in Wales but has not been as easily accessible in England and Northern
The new straight chief operating officer (COO) of Grindr has said he wants the platform to be “a positive place for everyone, not just the good-looking people”. Rick Marini is one of three men who recently purchased a 98.59 per cent stake in the gay dating app from the Chinese tech company that acquired it
A gay man who was beaten to within an inch of his life in a 1980s hate crime has claimed that a police report from the time said he “deserved” to be attacked. Martin Parker told The Australian that he was beaten so badly by a man who pretended to be gay outside a public
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) Joe Biden spearheaded a blistering backlash against the Trump administration that on Friday (June 12) “cruelly” erased precious healthcare protections for trans patients less than two weeks into Pride Month. The Department of Health and Human Services finalised a rule that effectively means gender identity
Donald Trump holds an LGBT+ Pride flag given to him by supporter. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) On the four year anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting – when a man laid siege onto a queer Latinx club killing 49 people, many LGBT+ – the Trump administration Friday evening (June 12) brutally rolled-back healthcare protections for trans patients. …Happy
The government in Poland has used taxpayer funds to pay for anti-LGBT+ articles that compare queer rights to Soviet Russia and communism. The country’s justice ministry paid for two articles in Polish weekly magazine Do Rzeczy titled “In Defence of Christians” and “Catholics Pilloried”, The Irish Times reports. “The Soviets were also marching under the
LA Pride’s Black Lives Matter solidarity march has been widely condemned by activists after it was alleged that organisers are working with police. LA Pride was cancelled almost two months ago due to the coronavirus pandemic, but organisers announced this week that they intended to replace it with a Black Lives Matter march. However, the
Donald Trump holds an LGBT+ Pride flag given to him by supporter. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples in the name of religion. Department of Justice attorneys submitted a 35-page brief to the Supreme Court asking it to rule in favour
To shave or not to shave pubic hair? Now that is the question. (Stock photograph by Elements Envato) It seems that, for queer men and women, a partner’s hairstyle is pretty important… but we’re not talking about the hair on your head here. An eye-opening study found that, when it comes to pubic hair, more
A woman showed she can deadlift more than her boyfriend, and his bruised toxic masculinity lashed out in the worst way. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato) A girlfriend asked the internet whether she’s in the wrong for “emasculating” her boyfriend, who’s clearly suffering from a bad case of toxic masculinity. But what did she do?
A gay guy’s mum, after being told “bussy” meant “boy”, innocently used her new favourite word in some emails. (Twitter) In today’s edition of ‘Things That Happen To A Gay Man That Could Be A 90s Sitcom B-Plot’, a gay man told his mother that “bussy” means “boy” and the result is absolutely everything you’d
A transgender service member in the US Navy has been granted a waiver to present as the correct gender for the first time since Trump’s trans military ban became law. Trump’s infamous ban came into force in April 2019, almost two full years after the president first announced his intention to exclude all trans people
The annual Rainbow Map ranking has named Poland, Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan as some of the worst countries to be LGBT+ in Europe, while the UK continues to slide down the rankings. Since 2009, LGBT+ organisation ILGA-Europe has compiled an annual Rainbow Map ranking of the 49 countries in Europe based on each country’s commitment
Mizz June eventually recovered from COVID-19 but she is still scared she could contract it again. (Mizz June/ Facebook) A trans woman who contracted coronavirus has described how she was told to stay home by first responders while coughing up blood, highlighting healthcare barriers for LGBT+ people, especially queer people of colour. Singer and actress Mizz
Many LGBT+ people think domestic violence is an issue only faced by people who are both cisgender and straight – but this is not the case. That finding was presented in a new study conducted by Relationships Australia New South Wales (RANSW) and ACON (formerly the AIDS Council of NSW). The study was published by
Appearing on The View, Gabrielle Union gave advice to parents of trans kids. (The View/ YouTube) Gabrielle Union has said that parents who “throw away” their trans kids are “bizarre, sad and pathetic”. The Bring It On actress has four kids with former NBA star Dwyane Wade, including Wade’s 12-year-old daughter Zaya, who came out as transgender in
Franklin Graham has claimed the media and “liberal politicians” are using the coronavirus pandemic to “destroy” Donald Trump. Graham, the notorious anti-LGBT+ evangelist, made the comments in a Facebook post shortly after he was told to close a New York tent hospital set up by his charity Samaritan’s Purse. The Central Park tent hospital 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
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
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
Queer museum staffer Sacha Coward broke down the semiotic history of the rainbow in a tidy 60 seconds. (Screen capture via Twitter) Noah considered it a sign from God, Aristotle grappled with its geometry and Dorothy sang about soaring above it. To Gilbert Baker, it was an enduring international symbol of the LGBT+ community. The
A well-known actor has been arrested in Turkmenistan for the simple crime of being gay, local media reports claim. The man, who has not been named, was reportedly arrested last month along with his partner and a dozen other men on suspicion of homosexual activity. Gay sex is illegal in the central Asian country and
A leading medical chief has offered important advice to any LGBT+ people considering hooking up on Grindr during the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Anthony Fauci, who is part of the White House coronavirus taskforce, explained in an interview with Vanity Fair that it’s all about “relative risk”. “If you really feel that you don’t want to
Boys and men are feeling vulnerable during the coronavirus pandemic but are disguising it through risk-taking behaviour, a researcher has said. In an article for TES, criminology professor Ross Deuchar and former police chief inspector in the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit Graham Goulden wrote of their fears for boys and men in COVID-19 lockdown. Deuchar
Contrary to claims made in a viral news story, Belgium’s health minister has not banned group sex during coronavirus lockdown. The original story, published on worldnewsdailyreport.com, claimed that the country’s health minister urged people not to engage in group sex while the crisis continues. But anyone who looked at the website for more than a