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Stock photo of police officers. (Envato Elements) Avon and Somerset Police are looking for witnesses after a woman in her 20s was violently attacked in a homophobic attack in Yeovil. The woman, has not been named, was walking towards the Pen Mill trading estate on the Lyde Road at around 1am on Monday (24 May) when three men started hurling homophobic abuse at her. The men then chased her onto Vale Road where they violently assaulted her until she lost consciousness. She called a friend who alerted police after she...

A sign for an inclusive restroom. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) In a defiant stand, Nashville’s top prosecutor has refused to enforce a “hateful” Tennessee law that demands businesses post signs saying trans people can use their bathrooms. The grotesque bill, among a raft of anti-trans bills that have deeply curtailed trans rights, was signed by governor Bill Lee last week. Making the state the first to force businesses and government facilities to signpost if they allow trans folk to use the correct bathrooms, locker rooms or changing rooms. But the bill...

Are you a fan of breakfast and being gay? Then Kellogg's has the cereal for you (Kellogg's) Another day, another right-wing boycott – and the latest lucky multinational conglomerate to be targeted by angry evangelicals is Kellogg’s. Last month the company launched a Pride-themed glittery breakfast cereal, “Together with Pride,” in support of the LGBT+ advocacy group GLAAD. And as surely as the turning of the tides and the UK losing Eurovision, the right-wing evangelicals can always be relied upon to kick their toys out of the pram. “Kellogg’s is...

Nona Conner. (Facebook) Nona Moselle Conner, a trans woman who tirelessly fought for sex workers and became a towering and magnetic LGBT+ activist in Washington DC, has died. She was 37. Her death was confirmed by local community leaders on a GoFundMe page raising money for her memorial. Conner’s cause of death has not been confirmed by officials, but there has been no known evidence of foul play, they said. “This past Thursday we lost our beloved sister, Nona Moselle,” the fundraiser read. “Nona was a community leader, advocate, mother, and...

The woman in the infamous queer meme has finally revealed herself. (Twitter) You’ve already seen the meme: A young woman, seemingly alone and adrift, surrounded by countless towering, half-naked and leather-clad men. It’s a meme that, to many, captures that all-too-familiar sense of being an outsider, aggressively single or how you are the one truly unique gay person in this world because you don’t watch Eurovision. Finally, the icon pictured in the image has come forward for the first time – and she really doesn’t mind being a meme. On...

Rose and Rosie's baby is due in June, 2021. (Emma McHarrie PR) Queer YouTubers Rose and Rosie have revealed the struggles – and benefits – of starting a family during a global pandemic. Rose, who is a lesbian, and Rosie, who is bisexual, have been married since 2015, and had started discussing children between 2018 and 2019, they told PinkNews. The couple began the physical process of having a baby in January, 2020, just as the very first case of COVID-19 was detected in the UK, when Rose was inseminated. Tragically,...

Bimini Bon Boulash. (Twitter/BiminiBabes) Bimini Bon Boulash has made an impassioned call for people to protect the “vulnerable” trans community from the heartbreaking “hate and stigma attached to them”. Bimini, who is a fan favourite from the second series of Drag Race UK, has been praised by fans for their LGBT+ advocacy and non-binary representation. And Bimini hasn’t stopped fighting for trans rights since leaving Drag Race UK. In an interview with Evening Standard, Bimini discussed what it has been like to be at the centre of trans and non-binary...

In this photo illustration the TikTok logo in App Store seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Video-sharing social networking app TikTok’s algorithm is spreading anti-LGBT+ content, according to an analysis by watchdog Media Matters. The report, published on Tuesday (18 May), found TikTok’s recommendation algorithm – which determines the videos that appear on a user’s page – is promoting content that encourages violence against the LGBT+ community. According to the TikTok website, the ‘For You’ feed reflects the “preferences unique to...

Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift starred together in A Place in the Sun in 1951. (FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty) Elizabeth Taylor tried to seduce gay actor Montgomery Clift before they became “soulmates”, according to the author who chronicled their incredible friendship. Taylor was 17 when she met Clift while they starred together in the 1951 drama A Place in the Sun.  Charles Casillo, author of Elizabeth and Monty: The Untold Story of Their Intimate Friendship, told PEOPLE: “Up until that point, whoever she set her eyes on, she could get. “Of course,...

Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot addressing crowds in April 2019. (Kamil Krzacyzynski/AFP/ Getty) Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot has said she will only give interviews to journalists of colour in an effort to combat the “overwhelming whiteness” of the the city’s media. Lightfoot – who became Chicago’s first Black female mayor and first openly gay mayor when she was elected two years ago – announced her new policy on Tuesday (18 May) through a spokesperson. On Wednesday (19 May), Lori Lightfoot elaborated on her plans in a Twitter thread, saying she wants...

A woman plays at the stand of Xbox during the media day of the Gamescom video games trade fair in Cologne, western Germany, on August 20, 2019. (INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images) According to a new study, 59% of women in gaming hide their gender when playing video games. Of those women, many choose to use a non-gendered identity or even play as men. Reach3, the company behind the study, says that they aim to empower women who play games. It reads: “To grow, the gaming industry must fundamentally embrace...

Edwin Poots said gay people are "probably" born gay. (BBC) The newly-elected leader of the DUP Edwin Poots, who has a long history of opposing LGBT+ rights, has insisted he’s definitely “had people who are gay in his house”. The former Northern Ireland health minister was declared winner of the DUP’s leadership race on Friday (14 May), succeeding Arlene Foster. Poots is a “young Earth creationist” who believes that the world is only between 6,000 and 10,000 years old, and has spent his political career pushing back against advancements in LGBT+ rights....

Twitter is slated to roll out a pronoun section on a brand new 'About' tab. (Twitter) Twitter is set to add the long-sought option to add pronouns to users’ profile pages. As part of a sprawling design shakeup, the social media platform that boasts some 192 million daily active users will introduce a new ‘About’ tab on accounts. Alongside options to add their date of birth, job title, current location and interests will be a dedicated section to list their pronouns. The ‘About’ tab will be to the left of...

Bethany Church leader Jonathan Stockstill has apologised for the "painful experiences" of the bootcamp's participants. (Facebook/ Jonathan Stockstill) A Christian bootcamp run by the Bethany Church megachurch allegedly used homophobic and racist slurs against teens, and forced them to fight each other until they were bleeding. The “220i” leadership programme was run Bethany Church, a megachurch based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from 2005 to 2013. The bootcamp, which referred to participants as “interns”, marketed itself as a programme to turn young people into “ministerial material”, according to NBC News. But according...