LGBTQ

Stacey and Danielle are fighting for IVF equality in England. (Change.org) A FIFA referee has launched a fight for equal IVF funding for same-sex couples in England: “We realised how unfair and unjust the system was.” FIFA referee and teacher Stacey Pearson and her partner Danielle are determined raise awareness of unequal access to fertility treatment, and to take the issue to parliament. Across Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, people who need IVF to grow their families have equal access to NHS funding, whether they are in a heterosexual or...

Sarah Paulson and wife Holland Taylor attend the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. (Getty/ Dia Dipasupil) Sarah Paulson’s message to Holland Taylor on her birthday is melting hearts and proving that true love exists. On Friday (14 January), Taylor celebrated her 79th birthday and Paulson, 47, took to social media to mark the special day. Captioning a photo of Taylor, Paulson wrote on Instagram: “Love of my life. The one. The only one. “January 14th is my favorite day of the year – a day to unabashedly celebrate you Holland...

Jorge Diaz-Johnston. (Facebook/ Don Diaz-Johnston) Police in Florida have opened a homicide investigation, after LGBT+ rights hero Jorge Diaz-Johnston was found dead in a landfill. Diaz-Johnston, 54, was one of those who fought for the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Florida. In 2014, he and his husband were among six same-sex couples who sued the Miami-Dade County clerk’s office for the right to marry. At the time, Diaz-Johnston said that it was “not only a question of love and wanting to express our love and have the benefits that everyone else has...

Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi and J Mase III are holding their fourth iteration of their #TransphobiaIsASin Campaign. (Instagram/@jmaseiii) A group of activists invite social media to join their campaign to ‘disrupt the religious violence trans people experience every day’. Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi and J Mase III edited the Black Trans Prayer Book to dismantle toxic religious practices that alienate people in the LGBT+ community. The anthology is composed of work by Black trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people. In 2019, the pair hosted their first annual event for the...

Britney Spears (L) and Jamie Lynn Spears (R). (Getty Images) Britney Spears has accused her sister Jamie Lynn of cashing in on her name and her family of “ruining her dreams”. The singer spoke out after Jamie Lynn Spears accused Britney of “erratic, paranoid and spiralling” behaviour over the years in an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America, while promoting her new book, Things I Should Have Said. Britney wasn’t impressed. “The two things that did bother me that my sister said was how my behaviour was out of control,” she...

Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness and season six star Angel Flores. (Getty/Roy Rochlin/Instagram) Queer Eye‘s Jonathan Van Ness has melted the heart of fans after revealing he’s become close friends with beloved contestant Angel Flores following her appearance on season six of the Netflix show. The transgender powerlifter had been struggling to find herself and build her self-confidence before the Fab Five – Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Bobby Berk and Antoni Porowski – travelled to Texas in order to offer their assistance. In a sweet Instagram post...

Scott Johnson. (Justice For Scott Facebook page) Scott White admitted in court that he is “guilty, guilty, guilty” of the murder of gay US student Scott Johnson in Sydney in 1988. Johnson’s body was found naked at the bottom of a cliff in New South Wales more than three decades ago, and his death was initially ruled a suicide. But Johnson’s family tirelessly campaigned for justice, and finally, a 2018 coroner’s inquest ruled that he had likely died as a result of a homophobic hate crime. The police offered a $1 million reward to anyone who...

Sarah Palin visits "Extra" at Universal Studios Hollywood on 4 December 2015 in Universal City, California. (Getty/Noel Vasquez) Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin went on a bizarre rant accusing “liberals” of trying to “pound” sex in people’s minds. Palin, who once rapped Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” in a pink and purple bear suit on The Masked Singer, made the outlandish claims in response to a previous statement by New York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. AOC hit out at a former Trump advisor Steve Cortes, who oddly took umbrage with the...

Jamie Lynn Spears, sister of the pop superstar, is to appear in a tell-all Good Morning America interview. (Screen captures via Twitter/ABC) Jamie Lynn Spears is appearing on Good Morning America to discuss her “rift” with sister and pop superstar Britney Spears. The former child actor opened up about her strained relationship with her sister in a preview of the Wednesday (12 January) interview, set to coincide with the release of her memoir, Things I Should Have Said. “I love my sister,” Jamie Lynn Spears, 30, tearfully told anchor JuJu Chang in the clip....

Maya Angelou in 2008. (WireImage/ Jemal Countess) Poet and civil rights titan Maya Angelou, who passed away in 2014, will become the first-ever Black woman on a US quarter. Angelou’s coin went into circulation on Monday (10 January), and is the first in US Mint’s American Women Quarters programme, which will also honour queer astronaut Sally Ride, Asian American actor Anna May Wong, Cherokee Nation leader Wilma Mankiller, and suffragette Nina Otero-Warren. The author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, a memoir which details how writing and literature helped...

Drag Race UK vs The World will be unleashed during BBC Three’s launch night extravaganza. RuPaul fans, prepare to have your wigs snatched – the first-ever international all-stars edition has finally gotten an air date. Drag Race UK vs The World will bring a new level of competition to the already beloved worldwide drag phenomena. In the show, nine returning members of the international Drag Race family will fight it out for global drag dominance and the title of ultimate Drag Race Superstar. The new series will premiere on 1 February as part of...

Protestor holds 'Trans Lives Matter' placard during protest in Warsaw, 2018. (Getty/Maciej Luczniewski) Within the first week of 2022, seven US states have proposed nine bills that would roll back the rights of trans and non-binary youth. These proposed bills will negatively impact trans and non-binary youths’ right to privacy, restrict their ability to take part in sports and limit access to gender-affirming healthcare. Under Arizona’s proposed SB 1045 bill, it would be illegal for school staff to keep a transgender child’s gender identity private, which would forcibly out trans...

Mj Rodriguez attends the amfAR Cannes Gala 2021 at Villa Eilenroc in Cap d'Antibes, France. (P. Lehman/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) Michaela Jaé (Mj) Rodriguez has become the first ever trans actor to win a Golden Globe, taking home the award for Best Actress in a Drama TV Series for her role in Pose. Rodriguez, who played Blanca Evangelista in the groundbreaking FX series, made history at the muted Golden Globes on Sunday (9 January). In her category, she was up against Uzo Aduba for In Treatment, Jennifer Aniston for The Morning...

Pride in Seoul, South Korea. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) One of South Korea’s top courts dismissed a landmark lawsuit that sought to bolster LGBT+ rights by enshrining equal access to healthcare benefits. The Seoul Administrative Court on Friday (7 January) shrugged off the suit brought forward by So Seong-wook, 30, against the country’s National Health Insurance Service (NHIS). Filed last year, the service withdrew Seong-wook’s ability to receive spousal benefits under the employer of his partner, Kim Yong-min. Yong-min had initially been able to register his partner in early 2020 as an independent,...