LGBTQ

Bill Burr says fired The Mandalorian star Gina Carano was a "absolute sweetheart". (Disney) The Mandalorian star Bill Burr has defended his former co-star Gina Carano, saying she was an “absolute sweetheart”. Carano, who played Cara Dune in the Disney Plus series, was fired after sharing an Instagram post seemingly comparing being a Republican to being Jewish during the Holocaust, and after being accused of “mocking trans people” by posting “boop/bop/beep” as her pronouns. On a recent episode of his The Bill Bert Podcast with Bert Kreischer, Burr defended his former co-star, with who...

Lady Gaga. (Stuart C. Wilson/Getty) The New York City apartment Lady Gaga once rented in the early days of her career is now available to rent at $2,000. To some, it’s a white-walled, one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment with 10-foot high ceilings. Nothing special. A random floating fridge in the middle of the, er, living room. To others, it’s a holy place. A site of almost religious significance – it’s the New York City apartment once lived in by musical profit Lady Gaga, then known more commonly as Stefani Germanotta. Gaga's old...

Divine Allah speaking at a press conference for Trenton city council president Kathy McBridge on 26 February 2021 (Twitter/Reed Gusciora) A rally in Trenton, New Jersey descended into chaos after a speaker called the city’s first openly gay mayor a “little f****t”. Speaking on the steps of the city hall, Divine Allah, a New Black Panther Party leader, lobbed homophobic slurs at Trenton’s gay mayor Reed Gusciora during a rally on Friday (26 February). He described Gusciora, who was elected in 2018, as a “little f****t” and a “white boy mayor”....

The 'Karen' shouting at teenagers in the one dollar store. (Screen captures via TikTok/@RaysOfSunshine) At a one dollar store in Florida, US, a “hateful Karen” decided today was the day she would spar with a group of teenagers and erupt into a homophobic fit. What a way to spend your finite time on this planet. In mobile phone footage uploaded to TikTok on Saturday (28 February), the maskless woman screamed at a group of teens between a sunglasses stand and a rack of party supplies at a Dollar Tree in...

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg (L) and his husband Chasten Buttigieg (R) wave during a campaign town hall event at Washington Liberty High School 23 February 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Teacher and LGBT+ rights advocate Chasten Buttigieg has shared a horrifying experience of being confronted by a manager about his sexuality at work. Buttigieg, who is the husband of US secretary of transportation Pete Buttigieg and helped during his husband’s 2020 campaign, said he was faced with a nerve-wracking experience of coming out at work....

Retail store websites display queue numbers of over 128,000 and "out of stock" holding pages as the PS5 goes on sale in the UK in November (Getty) Sony boss Jim Ryan claims that stock of its PlayStation 5 (PS5) console will increase month-on-month throughout 2021. In an interview with GQ, the president and chief executive officer of Sony Interactive Entertainment discussed the issue of PlayStation 5 stock and apologised for the current shortage. “All I can say is we’re working as hard as we possibly can,” he said. “I know...

Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons. (Scott Legato/Getty Images) Dan Reynolds, professional tall man and Imagine Dragons singer, has donated his childhood home worth $1 million for it to become an LGBT+ youth centre. As part of LGBT+ advocacy group Encircle’s ‘$8 Million, Eight Houses’ campaign, the 34-year-old reflected on the difficulties queer youth face. Reynolds, an outspoken LGBT+ ally, and his wife Aja Volkman are to donate the Las Vegas, Nevada, property to be converted into one of Encircle’s new facilities, which will offer vulnerable queer youth a crucial lifeline. Both Reynolds...

Lady Gaga (L) and Richard Fischer. (Getty Images/Instagram) Lady Gaga will reportedly pay her dog walker’s thumping £70,000 medical bill after he was shot by two men who stole her dogs. As Fischer, 30, strolled along Sierra Bonita Avenue in Hollywood, Los Angeles, two people got out of a white car and demanded he hands Gaga’s three French bulldogs over. Wielding what police said was a semiautomatic handgun, the individuals snatched two dogs, Koji and Gustav, beating Fischer to the ground and shooting him in the chest. Both law enforcement and loved...

Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. (Chris Polk/FilmMagic) The latest celebrity to respond to Framing Britney Spears, the explosive documentary about the singer’s conservatorship and life, is long-term friend Paris Hilton. Hilton, singer and socialite, has said the legal arrangement which sees Spears’ well-being and estate, among other things, controlled by her father Jamie Spears is “not fair”. Discussing The New York Times programme on her podcast, This is Paris, Thursday (25 February), Hilton admitted that she hasn’t spoken to Spears in a “few months” nor has she watched the documentary....

Tom Holland came close to not going through with his show-stopping 'Umbrella' lip-sync. (Getty Images/YouTube/Paramount Network) The world may not have been gifted with a very, very wet Tom Holland if his father got his way, the Spider-Man: Far from Home star has revealed. Chatting to British GQ, the 24-year-old April cover star opened up about his struggle to know who, well, “Tom Holland” is. And according to the actor’s father, Dominic Holland, “Tom Holland” is not someone who steps onto a water-soaked stage in black latex shorts and a black...

The police chief said he was 'misrepresented' but takes responsibility for his actions (Robert Alexander/Getty) A police chief investigated for workplace discrimination has genuinely claimed that he when he called officers “homo” it was short for “homosapien”. Lorain Police Chief James McCann was investigated by The Fraternal Order of Police following accusations of homophobia, offensive comments and unfair labor practices from his fellow officers. Among the evidence seen by investigators were text messages which reveal McCann addressing colleagues as “homo” in two separate conversations in January 2020. McCann attempted to defend himself by...

Oreo cookies. (LightRocket via Getty/ SOPA Images/ Igor Golovniov) Oreo cookies have divided the internet once again, this time by simply declaring that trans people do, in fact, exist. On Thursday (25 February), the biscuit brand tweeted: “Trans people exist.” Oreo gave no context to the tweet, although many interpreted that it was a reference to a House vote the same day to pass the Equality Act, which substantially expands the existing 1964 Civil Rights Act to include specific protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. Lots of Twitter users...

The US House of Representatives has voted to pass the Equality Act, a landmark civil rights bill prohibiting discrimination against LGBT+ people in all 50 states. The House voted 224-206 on Thursday (25 February) to pass the sweeping legislation, which substantially expands the existing 1964 Civil Rights Act to include specific protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. Its passage represents an enormous step forward for LGBT+ rights in America as it finally addresses the “patchwork” state coverage that leaves countless queer people vulnerable to discrimination. Representative Ritchie Torres, the first...

The UK government must prioritise LGBT+ young people facing homelessness in the next phase of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, a charity says. Charity akt – which supports LGBT+ young people in the UK who are facing or experiencing homelessness, abuse or living in a hostile environment – said the government needs to protect these young people, who are at higher risk of catching and spreading COVID and therefore need the vaccine. Jo Bhandal, campaigns policy and research officer at akt, told PinkNews that COVID has “been accelerating homelessness” for young...