LGBTQ

A woman holds a banner reading "ICE stop attacking our community" during a protest outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in Portland, Oregon. (Getty/ Anadolu Agency/ Alex Milan Tracy) US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tried to wish everyone a happy Pride Month, but the LGBT+ community was having none of it. On Wednesday (16 June), the official ICE Twitter account posted: “During Pride Month, we recognise our LGBTQ+ employees, reflect on the trials that their community has endured and rejoice with them in the triumphs of those who...

Bryan Furze and LeeMichael McLean were the target of a bizarre homophobic campaign (Facebook/LeeMichael McLean) A gay couple who were harassed with homophobic magazine subscriptions found a way to put the abuse to good use with the help of their local community. For five years, Massachusetts couple Bryan Furze and LeeMichael McLean endured a bizarre campaign of bigotry from an anonymous homophobe. Around the time their son turned two, they began receiving a mysterious string of 30 magazine subscriptions ordered under fake, homophobic names, like “Michelle Fruitzey” and “Dick Likkors”....

Because of a military ban on gay sex, the two male solders were considered by the court to have "molested" each other by having consensual oral sex.  (AFP via Getty/ Jung Yeon-je) A military court in South Korea has prosecuted two male soldiers, insisting that their consensual sex “bordered on rape”. The two men were handed a six-month suspended prison sentence, according to The Guardian, after being found guilty of “indecency”. Although same-sex sexual activity is legal for civilians in South Korea, it is banned under article 92-6 of the...

Priyanka is back with her new single, Cake. (BBC/Maria Bokhari) Priyanka on her new single “Cake”, the Canada’s Drag Race sorority and why she can’t wait to compete in an all winners season. How much can your life change in a year? For me, a closeted South Asian immigrant in the UK, watching Priyanka on Canada’s Drag Race throughout the pandemic changed everything. There’s something so powerful about seeing someone who looks like you being unapologetically themselves on-screen no matter what their family or community can say. Priyanka lit up the...

Ollie Locke with husband Gareth. (Getty/ Jeff Spicer) Ollie Locke has explained how Made in Chelsea pulled a scene of him coming out as bisexual to his mum for a very important reason. A decade ago, Locke came out to Made in Chelsea co-star and best friend Binky Felstead, in the UK’s first “televised coming out”. But in an op-ed for Metro during Pride month, the reality TV star has revealed that there was more to the moment that viewers thought. When the series first began, he said, he told...

Boris Johnson was criticised for welcoming extreme anti-LGBT+ Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban to 10 Downing Street (Getty) Boris Johnson surprised the G7 summit by saying the world must rebuild post-pandemic in a more “gender-neutral and feminine” way. At a meeting of leaders of the G7 member states and representatives of the European Union, which was held in Cornwall last week, Johnson said “building back more equal” meant “in a more gender-neutral and a more feminine way”. In his opening remarks at the G7 last Friday (11 June), Johnson said: “There...

The Rose family in Schitt's Creek. (Pop TV) Dan Levy has said there are currently no plans to make a Schitt’s Creek film – but he hopes they will make one “eventually”. The actor – who created the hit Canadian comedy series with his father Eugene Levy – was asked whether he has any plans to bring the cast back together to make a film in an interview with Town and Country magazine. In May, Annie Murphy, who played Alexis Rose in the series, told Us Weekly that she would be “over the moon” if Dan...

David Archuleta has come out as LGBT+. (Instagram) American Idol star David Archuleta has proudly come out as a member of the LGBT+ community, admitting he tried to change himself “for almost 20 years”. The 30-year-old, who came second on the seventh season of American Idol in 2008, opened up about how he identifies on Instagram on Saturday (12 June). The singer said he normally likes to keep to himself, but felt that it was “important to share” his story to help other people who had a “religious upbringing”. David Archuleta – who...

A mural of Marsha P Johnson was vandalised in Elizabeth, New Jersey. (Screen capture via News12) A beloved mural of Stonewall legend and trans trailblazer Marsha P Johnson has been vandalised in New Jersey, US. In Elizabeth, where Johnson was born, a sprawling monument was painted by three local artists under the New Jersey Turnpike overpass last year, becoming the first LGBT+ person in history to be honoured with a monument in her home state. Organisers said they hoped LGBT+ youth in the city would be inspired by the mural, which...

Brian Falduto starred in School of Rock. (YouTube and Brian Falduto/ Facebook) Brian Falduto, who played Billy in School of Rock, has said being labelled “the gay kid” in the hit film delayed his coming out by years. Falduto played a sassy kid obsessed with costume design and style in the 2003 hit film – but cruel comments from other children encouraged him to stay in the closet until his senior year of college. Speaking on the Cooper and Anthony show, Brian Falduto – who now works as a life coach – admitted...

Footage of the "homophobic cowboy" has quickly spread online (Reddit/u/Goetzilla22) Police arrested a 71-year-old man for an “aggressive and homophobic attack” on a group of people painting a rainbow pedestrian crossing. Video circulated online of what appears to be a Yosemite Sam lookalike angrily interrupting a Pridewalk painting event in Saskatoon, Canada. “You don’t own this f***ing property!” screams the man, who sports a fetching cowboy hat and handlebar moustache. He then attempts to dismantle one of the road barricades while shouting: “You know what? You guys are getting absolutely stupid!” Individuals...

Chicory: A Colorful Tale. (Finji) A word of warning: don’t play Chicory: A Colorful Tale on an empty stomach. That’s because the entire world of Picnic is named after food, from the central town of Luncheon, to every single character you meet. That includes the player character, a cute little janitor dog named after your own favourite food. And so begins the journey of Spaghetti. Chicory isn’t really a game about food, though. It’s a game about art and creativity. Spaghetti, you see, unexpectedly joins a long legacy of Wielders...

Dr Rachel Levine delivers opening remarks as she assumes her role as the 17th assistant secretary for health (YouTube/US Dept of Health & Human Services) Dr Rachel Levine has urged all vaccine-hesitant queer people to do their part in getting COVID under control: get the shot. As America’s vaccine rollout continues apace, the leading trans health official is trying to mobilise the more reluctant among the LGBT+ community to get involved. In an interview with LGBTQ Nation, she stressed the safety and importance of the vaccines for all groups, “but...

Kid Rock performs at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images) Kid Rock has said there’s a “good chance you are a f****t” if offended by his use of a homophobic slur. But don’t worry, he stressed, he has “gay friends”. Kid Rock weathered fierce condemnation after he lobbed the word “f****t” at punters in a Tennesee bar last week because they were filming his gig on their mobile phones. The rapper, real name Robert Ritchie, responded to the backlash in a third-person tweet on Wednesday (9 June). “If Kid Rock...