LGBTQ

TikTok is loving the Soft Liquid Blush from Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty. (@keyuruh/TikTok) TikTok is hailing a liquid blush from Selena Gomez’s Rare Beauty as a summer essential. The Soft Pinch Liquid Blush is quickly becoming many people’s go-to for a pop colour of the cheeks. As shown by a number of TikTok users – including creators like Spencer (@paintedbyspencer) and Alissia (@makeupbyalissiac) – you only need a tiny dot at the centre of the cheeks to start. The blush, which is available from Space NK and Kohl’s can then be blended...

Drag Race Down Under. (Stan) Drag Race Down Under’s Art Simone and Rhys Nicholson have addressed hearsay that RuPaul was green-screened in for the show. Speculation that RuPaul never attended filming in person have been rife since the first Down Under series aired in 2021. According to the rumour mill, RuPaul was only ever there by the power of green screen. As unlikely as it sounds, season one alum Art Simone and returning judge Rhys Nicholson felt compelled to shut down the rumours once and for all. Talking to Daily Mail Australia, Nicholson...

Sugababes have announced a headline UK tour and tickets go on sale soon. (Photo by Lorne Thomson/Redferns) Sugababes have announced a headline UK tour and tickets go on sale soon. The original trio – Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhan Donaghy – are officially back for their first headline tour in 20 years. The 17-date tour will see them perform their greatest hits across the UK, including a date at London’s Eventim Apollo. Fans can get their hands on tickets in the general sale from 10am on 1 July via...

“During the day, the city was full of people who wanted to speak out, about sorrow and anger, but also about support and solidarity and the will to continue fighting, for the right of every individual to live a free life, a safe life,” Støre said. “Bullets cannot kill love,” added the head of the Norwegian Protestant Church, Olav Fykse Tveit. The church was once a steadfast critic of LGBTQ+ rights, such as marriage equality. But not anymore, Tveit said – and the world needs to do the same. “We...

A Jewish university must recognise an LGBTQ+ student group after a judge ruled it is not a “religious corporation”. The New York County Supreme Court found that Yeshiva University (YU) was in violation of the city’s human rights laws by denying the YU Pride Alliance recognition and equal accommodations. Judge Lynn Kolter ordered the university to grant “advantages, facilities, and privileges afforded to all other student groups” to the LGBTQ+ group, rejecting the claims that YU had no obligation to do so because it is a “religious corporation”. Referring to...

In a stunning show of solidarity, WarsawPride and KyivPride united for a single, joyous Pride parade. (WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images) In a stunning show of solidarity, Poland’s Warsaw Pride and Ukraine’s KyivPride united for a single, joyous Pride parade in Warsaw. On Saturday (25 June), thousands of glittery protesters flooded the streets of Poland’s capital for the Equality Parade, the largest queer event in central Europe. Joining them were 300 members and supporters of the embattled KyivPride, who were unable to gather in their own country because of the spectre...

The view from the basement bar after the shooting. (Christian Svane Mellbye) A witness to the deadly mass shooting outside a queer nightclub has recalled the moment he was trapped inside amid gunfire in Oslo, Norway. At 1:14am local time on Saturday (25 June), a 42-year-old man opened fire in the Norwegian capital’s popular nightlife district. Gunfire was reported in three locations, including the popular queer nightclub London Pub, the Herr Nilsen jazz club and a takeaway, city police said. Two people were killed and at least 21 wounded in a mass shooting...

Trixie Mattel's Trixie Cosmetics is available exclusively at Glam Raider in Australia and New Zealand. Oh honey! Trixie Mattel’s beauty brand, Trixie Cosmetics has launched exclusively via a cult beauty store in Australia. Fans of the Drag Race icon who live Down Under can get their hands on the popular products at Glam Raider. From blush to bronzer and eyelashes to lip gloss, fans can create some iconic looks using Trixie Cosmetics products. The Trixie Cosmetics range is now available to shop exclusively in Australia and New Zealand at glamraider.com....

J K Rowling was tricked by Russian pranksters. ( Credit: Bruce Glikas/Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic) JK Rowling was fooled by two Russian pranksters who had her believe she was on video call with Ukraine president Vlodymyr Zelensky. Popular Russian prankster duo Vovan and Lexus posted a video of their call with JK Rowling, who appears to believe she is speaking with the Ukranian president. ‘Zelensky’ cannot be seen on the Zoom call, while Rowling leaves her camera on. In the video, the pretenders ask Rowling questions pertaining to all things Harry Potter,...

Stock photo of a baby. (Envato) A lawsuit filed on behalf of the six-year-old daughter of a same-sex male couple, born via a surrogate mother, to have her biological father named on her birth certificate has been ruled inadmissible. The case, which went to the European Court of Human Rights, involved the girl’s dads, one of whom is the biological father, the surrogate who birthed her along with her husband, and an anonymous egg donor. The girl lives with her biological father, known to the court as A, and his...

Zarah Sultana blasts Tories' "anti-trans, anti-refugee, anti-worker" rhetoric (@zarahsultana/Twitter) Labour MP Zarah Sultana has blasted the Tory party’s “disgraceful” anti-trans, anti-refugee and anti-worker rhetoric in an impassioned speech to parliament. Speaking on Wednesday (22 June) in support of the UK-wide rail strikes, Sultana explained that these policies are linked in their “attempt to divide our communities, and distract us from its failure to serve the British people”. Sultana, 28, explained that she had attended a demonstration against the government’s Rwanda deportation policy just after hearing the debate on trans conversion therapy...

A wedding cake featuring two gay couples. (Getty) A Reddit user came out to his homophobic family at his sister’s wedding and the internet has nothing but love and support for him. The 29-year-old man, u/UserMempsh, got candid on the popular subreddit r/AmITheA**hole and asked if he should have come out at his sister’s wedding, after a stream of incessant homophobic comments plagued him throughout the event from various family members. He said in the post that he has three sisters Michelle, 36, Julia, 35, and Annie, 22, and it...

Tory MP Nick Fletcher. (Screen capture via Twitter) Tory MP Nick Fletcher has doubled down on his anti-trans view that trans kids are “going through a phase” after circulating a private letter to schools. On Friday (17 June) it was reported that the MP for Don Valley called on headteachers in the area to clarify their positions on trans pupils, sharing his own anti-trans views in a letter. “I believe that quite simply boys are boys and girls are girls,” the letter, obtained by the BBC, said. Fletcher added that...

Gay and bisexual men at high risk of contracting monkeypox are to be offered vaccines against the virus as cases soar in the UK. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has recommended the smallpox vaccine Imvanex be administered, which has been shown to be effective against monkeypox. Although the virus is not sexually transmitted, or exclusive to LGBTQ+ men, the UKHSA has said that UK data has found higher levels of monkeypox within “the sexual networks of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men”. Dr Mary Ramsay,...