Rose and Rosie’s baby is due in June, 2021. (Emma McHarrie PR) Queer YouTubers Rose and Rosie have revealed the struggles – and benefits – of starting a family during a global pandemic. Rose, who is a lesbian, and Rosie, who is bisexual, have been married since 2015, and had started discussing children between 2018
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In this photo illustration the TikTok logo in App Store seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Video-sharing social networking app TikTok’s algorithm is spreading anti-LGBT+ content, according to an analysis by watchdog Media Matters. The report, published on Tuesday (18 May), found TikTok’s recommendation algorithm –
Edwin Poots said gay people are “probably” born gay. (BBC) The newly-elected leader of the DUP Edwin Poots, who has a long history of opposing LGBT+ rights, has insisted he’s definitely “had people who are gay in his house”. The former Northern Ireland health minister was declared winner of the DUP’s leadership race on Friday
Members of the BOSS collective in 2019. (Instagram/blackobsidian_soundsystem/@lifethroughmylense_pro) A queer art collective nominated for the Turner Prize are criticising the Tate, the prize’s main sponsor, for laying off workers during the pandemic and for its handling of sexual abuse allegations against a prominent donor. Black Obsidian Sound System (BOSS) is one of five nominees for
“As well as our male-female penguin couples, this breeding season we also have two female same-sex couples who are also going through their nesting rituals.” The aquarium, which will open to the public again on Monday (17 May) as coronavirus restrictions ease, is keeping a close eye on the penguin romance, weighing the penguins and
The NHS will soon ask all donors about recent seuxal behaviours, meaning more LGBT+ people will be eligible to donate blood, plasma and platelet. (Envato Elements) The NHS will make the questions it asks of all blood donors gender-neutral from next month, allowing more gay and bisexual men to donate blood. The change, which will
The Vagina Museum team Florence Schechter, Zoe Williams and Sarah Creed (Photo by Angus Young) London’s Vagina Museum is set to reopen this month with an exhibition dedicated to the history of menstruation. The Vagina Museum, which started as a pop-up in 2017, opened as the world’s first museum dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and gynaecological
Transgender people and supporters march through central London during the second Trans Pride protest march for equality on 12 September 2020. (Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) A retired Old Bailey judge has questioned why anti-trans groups such as the LGB Alliance weren’t included in a consultation on hate crime laws. Charles Wilde,
Phyllis Akua Opoku Gyimah during the GAY TIMES Honours 500 at Magazine London on 21 November 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage for GAY TIMES) The legendary Lady Phyll opened up about learning to accept herself in a new interview. The co-founder and executive director of UK Blade Pride shared her story on
LGBT+ students were told to “die” in horrific graffiti. (Envato Elements) LGBT+ students were told to “die” in “appalling and terrifying” homophobic graffiti daubed over a Pride flag. Abusive slurs were scrawled on a white board that had a Pride flag projected onto it at Broadland High School in Norfolk, according to the North Norfolk News.
Alleged neo-Nazi Andrew Dymock is on trial for terrorism at the Old Bailey (Getty) A student is accused of promoting a virulently homophobic neo-Nazi group in a bid to start a British “race war” against people of colour. Andrew Dymock, 23, is on trial at the Old Bailey charged with 12 terror offences and three other
Elton John was joined by other British talent to promote the coronavirus vaccine. (Screen capture via YouTube/NHS) Elton John was among a band of British stars urging people to get the coronavirus vaccine as part of a new campaign by the NHS. The venerable singer, 74, was joined by the likes of iconic stand-up comedian
Boris Johnson at a COVID-19 media briefing in Downing Street. (Stefan Rousseau – WPA Pool/Getty Images) The UK government has cut funding to the UN agency fighting HIV and AIDS by more than 80 per cent in a “shameful” and “maddeningly short-sighted” move. UNAIDS said the UK government had informed the organisation that it will
The UK’s equality watchdog said Maya Forstater’s ‘gender critical’ views are protected by equalities law. (Barney Cokeliss/@BCokeliss) The UK’s equality watchdog thinks that people with anti-trans “gender critical” views should be protected by equalities law. “We think that a ‘gender critical’ belief that ‘trans women are men and trans men are women’ is a philosophical
Edwin Poots is being tipped as the next leader of the DUP. (YouTube) DUP politician Edwin Poots is being tipped as a potential successor to Arlene Foster after she announced that she was stepping down. The former health minister has a long history of opposing LGBT+ rights, but he is already being named by political pundits
Pastor John Sherwood was arrested after complaints from members of the public over his “homophobic comments”. (YouTube/ Pastor John Sherwood Arrest) An elderly pastor was arrested on the streets of London for making “homophobic comments” and telling passers-by that same-sex couples were against “God’s created order”. Pastor John Sherwood and Pastor Peter Simpson were preaching
Roshaante Anderson, an intersex man, spoke to UNILAD’s Minutes With Series about what it was like to find out he was intersex when he was aged 11. (YouTube/Roshaante Anderson) Intersex activist Roshaante Anderson wants people in the LGBT+ community and allies to remember there’s an “I” in the acronym, and there are voices that need to
Neil Cleal, 25, spat on a trans woman before punching her to the ground. (Hampshire Constabulary) A man who, in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic last year, spat on a trans woman’s face has been jailed for 19 months and two weeks. In the Southhampton, England, attack described by authorities as “abhorrent”, Neil Cleal
Jim Wells had the DUP whip withdrawn in 2018. (Getty) Former DUP minister Jim Wells doesn’t want conversion therapy to be banned in Northern Ireland in case he “struggles with same-sex attraction” and needs his pastor. Wells, who has a long history of making anti-LGBT+ remarks, made his comments during a Stormont debate on the
Will Young (L) and Spencer Matthews (R). (Getty Images) Will Young has slammed Made in Chelsea star Spencer Matthews for “reaffirming gay stereotypes” on a BBC One show. Appearing on the fourth episode of This Is My House, which aired Sunday night (18 April), Matthews was tasked with guessing who the owner of a well-heeled
The tea towel design celebrates British drag. (CardsbyOMLL) An amazing and unique tea towel that celebrates British drag has been created to raise money for an AIDS memorial. The unusual design, which sees popular drag artists from across the country reimagined with ‘potato heads’, is being sold on Etsy by an independent artist. The quirky
Edward Walpole, the son of prime minister Robert Walpole, was accused of sodomy by a gang. Bands of extortioners targeted men – including the son of a prime minister – and extorted them for cash in the 17th and 18th centuries, researchers have discovered. Middlesex University London found that there was a “trend” of gangs
Dustin Lance Black (left) with husband Tom Daley. (Getty/ David M. Benett) Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black has said that the UK government is “ignoring” queer people by not bringing in a conversion therapy ban. Speaking to Reuters from the London home he shares with husband Tom Daley and their two-year-old son, Black said: “This
2019’s Trans Pride march in Dundee, Scotland (Stewart Kirby/SOPA Images/LightRocket/ Getty) “Serious concerns” about hostile attitudes towards human rights in the UK, including the government’s failure to reform gender recognition laws and “transphobic fear-mongering”, have been raised by international human rights group Amnesty International. The stark rebuke of the British government comes in Amnesty’s annual
Keir Starmer made a now-infamous visit to homophobic church Jesus House for Easter. (PinkNews) Labour leader Keir Starmer has finally apologised after making an Easter visit to notoriously homophobic church Jesus House in London. The leader of the opposition has faced blistering criticism since sharing a social media video of his visit to the Barnet-based
Emily Bridges. (Instagram) The mum of trans cyclist Emily Bridges has hit out at “hysteria” surrounding her daughter after an unnamed coach allegedly shared “misinformation and lies” about her. Emily’s mum Sandy issued a statement on Twitter on Saturday (3 April) in which she sought to debunk some of the misinformation being circulated online. “Somebody
John Copley-Hammond (L) filmed the several occasions in which builders brazenly threw homophobic abise at him and his husband, Chris. (Screen captures via John Copley-Hammond/Metro.co.uk) A police probe has been launched after a gay couple alleged builders targeted them with homophobic abuse in Gloucestershire, England. Chris Copley-Hammond and husband John, both 49, captured on video what
Sharon Osbourne (L) and Piers Morgan. (Jason Merritt/Getty Images) Piers Morgan claimed Sunday (28 March) that Sharon Osbourne was “bullied” into departing US show The Talk by “woke tormenters”. The combative television anchor sought to support Osbourne after she defended his much-criticised outburst against Meghan Markle where he said he did not believe her accounts of life in the
Judge Robert Rinder is “in shock” after he was mugged on the street by three boys in balaclavas. The 42-year-old Judge Rinder star said his phone was snatched by the three youths while he was out in north London on Wednesday night (24 March). He’s now appealing to the public for help finding the culprits,
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
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