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American Idol finalist Caleb Kennedy exited the singing competition after a video surfaced online showing him with a person wearing a Ku Klux Klan-style hood. (Instagram/@calebkennedyofficial/ABC) Caleb Kennedy has been cut from American Idol after a video surfaced showing him sitting next to someone wearing a white hood reminiscent of those worn by the Ku Klux
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The family of the late fashion designer Roy “Halston” Frowick have slammed Ryan Murphy’s upcoming Netflix biopic series as an “inaccurate, fictionalised account”. (Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix) The family of the late fashion designer Halston have slammed Ryan Murphy’s upcoming Netflix biopic series as an “inaccurate, fictionalised account”. The series stars Ewan McGregor as the Studio 54
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Cassie Randolph (L) and Colton Underwood (R) attend the MTV Movie and TV Awards at Barker Hangar on 15 June 2019 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic) Gay Bachelor star and former NFL player Colton Underwood has denied ever ‘physically abusing’ his ex-girlfriend Cassie Randolph. The reality TV star came out as gay
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Katie Sowers made Super Bowl history on Sunday (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group/Getty) National Football League (NFL) coach Katie Sowers was once stopped from coaching a basketball team because parents had “concerns” about her sexuality. Before she became the first openly gay and first female coach in Super Bowl history, Sowers competed a basketball
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Jeanine Pirro (L) and Newt Gingrich on Fox News. (Screen capture via YouTube/Fox News) Right-wing politician-turned pundit Newt Gingrich has claimed Joe Biden is “attacking” homophobes who are “appalled by gay flags flying at embassies”. On Fox News’ Justice with Judge Jeanine Saturday (24 April), conservative host Jeanine Pirro asked the former speaker of the House
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Game of Thrones actor Nathalie Emmanuel at a Black Trans Lives Matter march in London, June 2020. (Hollie Adams/Getty) New York City officials have been accused of ignoring a proposal for a Black Trans Lives Matter mural outside the historic Stonewall Inn. The mural, which would depict trans and rainbow flags, was proposed by the
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North Dakota governor Doug Burgum speaks at a press conference announcing plans for the clean up of the Oceti Sakowin protest camp on 22 February 2017 in Mandan, North Dakota. (Photo by Stephen Yang/Getty Images) North Dakota governor Doug Burgum vetoed an anti-trans sports ban, but signed a “free speech” bill that critics warn allows
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A student at Ridgeline High School cut down an LGBT+ flag. (Screen captures via Twitter/@golfgirly78) Students and alumni gathered with Pride flags after a “heartbreaking” incident that saw a student cut down a Progress Pride banner to cheers. In the airy halls of Ridgeline High School in Cache County, Utah, a student was caught on
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Tony Perkins, President of the Family Researcil Council, said Joe Biden’s trans inclusion initiatives are from ‘the pit of hell’. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) In an unsurprising development, a cluster of right-wing groups that actively campaign for anti-trans bills are also backing voter suppression and anti-vaccine conspiracies. New restrictions that could see tougher limits on early
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Secretary of transportation Pete Buttigieg. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Pete Buttigieg has said that racism is “physically built into” America’s most high-profile infrastructure initiatives. The transport secretary is at the forefront of the Biden administration’s efforts to pump huge sums of money into improving the nation’s buffeted bridges, roads, ports, airports, century-old water systems, public transportation
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