LGBTQ

Singer Britney Spears arrives at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. (Allen Berezovsky/WireImage) Britney Spears has been permitted to hire her own lawyer to fight against her “abusive” conservatorship. The star appeared in court again Wednesday (14 June), emotionally calling for her father to be charged with conservator abuse. “Ma’am, that’s not abuse, that’s just f****** cruelty,” she told judge Brenda Penny as she rattled of a list of grievances, including hair vitamins and coffee being taken from her, according to Sky News. “Excuse my language but it’s the truth.”...

Stock photo of a trans girl at the doctors. (Zackary Drucke/The Gender Spectrum Collection) Shorter gender clinic wait times for trans kids leads to lower levels of depression and anxiety, according to a new study. The research comes from a clinic for trans kids and their families that reduced waiting times by 10 months, resulting in improvements to mental health, family functioning and quality of life. The research, published in journal Paediatrics, was led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) in Australia, and tracked 142 young trans people who attended a...

Australian actor Margot Robbie says she will be taking a "break" from playing DC villain Harley Quinn because "she's exhausting". (Warner Bros) Australian actor Margot Robbie has announced that she will be taking a “break” from playing DC villain Harley Quinn because “she’s exhausting”. Robbie has portrayed the iconic character in three DC films throughout the past five years. She first appeared as the Batman villain in 2016’s Suicide Squad and again in her 2020 spin-off Bird of Prey. Robbie’s Harley Quinn is also set to appear once again on...

Lil Nas X spectacularly trolled the straights with his latest TikTok. (TikTok) Lil Nas X never gets tired of trolling straight people, and honestly, we love to see it. The “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” singer is pretty open about the fact that he’s gay, so fans were surprised and confused when he posted a TikTok showing him leaning in to kiss social media star Quen Blackwell. At the last second, the video cuts away, showing Lil Nas X and Quen Blackwell farting (we’re not entirely sure why) and...

Tomi Lahren and Caitlyn Jenner. (Getty/ Michael S Schwartz and Getty/ Paul Archuleta) Anti-trans Fox News host and Donald Trump fanatic Tomi Lahren has surprising leapt to defend Caitlyn Jenner from “despicable” transphobia. Jenner, who is currently running as a conservative candidate for governor of California, was targeted with vile transphobic abuse when she attended the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Friday (9 July). However on Monday (12 July), in an out-of-character move, Lahren jumped to Jenner’s defence. She wrote on Twitter: “Hearing how some ‘conservatives’ treated Caitlyn Jenner at CPAC makes my blood...

Psychonauts 2. (Double Fine) Developer Double Fine has very vocally defended the accessibility options in forthcoming game Psychonauts 2. The quirky platformer will feature an invincibility toggle to allow anyone of any skill level to complete the game. The developer responded to a tweet from the official Xbox account that said: “Beating the game on the lowest difficulty is still beating the game.” “If you beat Psychonauts 2 with the invincibility toggle on, you still beat P2,” responded Double Fine. If you beat Psychonauts 2 with the invincibility toggle on,...

Close-up of sign for an All Gender restroom against a wooden wall with yellow doorframe visible, San Ramon, California, 28 November 2018. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) A federal judge has blocked a Tennessee law requiring businesses to post a notice if they allow trans people to use bathrooms that match their gender identity. The law is the first-of-its-kind in the US and forces businesses to post a sign on multiperson bathrooms that the facility “maintains a policy of allowing the use of restrooms by either biological sex”. The bill...

Activists fly a giant heart balloon in rainbow colors in front of the Hungarian parliament in Budapest on 8 July 2021. (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images) A trans teacher has opened up about his fears that he might not be allowed to continue teaching after Hungary passed its cruel anti-LGBT+ law. Floris Fellegi-Balta, a transgender secondary school teacher in Budapest, told Reuters he was unsure about his future career after the hateful legislation came into force Thursday (8 July). The controversial law prohibits the discussion of LGBT+ identities...

Thomas Doherty is seen at the film set of the 'Gossip Girl' TV Series on 5 April 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) Gossip Girl star Thomas Doherty has revealed that he never kissed a man before playing a pansexual character on the HBO Max reboot. Doherty plays Max Wolfe, a pansexual teen who is seemingly in a love triangle in two other characters in the series. The Scottish actor opened up to Variety about what it was like to play an openly pansexual character and...

A same-sex couple, who were celebrating their anniversary in Knutsford, said they were subjected to horrible homophobic abuse by a group of teenagers. (Envato Elements) A same-sex couple celebrating their anniversary were subjected to appalling homophobic abuse just for walking past a group of teenagers in a local park. Daniel Allman told CheshireLive that he was celebrating his eighth anniversary with his partner by walking into town with their dog, going shopping and having a drink at a pub. As they walked home, Allman said they encountered a group of...

Boys as young as 11 years old were responsible for the homophobic graffiti. (Envato Elements) Children as young as 11 were among those responsible for “graphic and homophobic” graffiti in Hampshire, local police have said. The graffiti was discovered at the New Milton Recreation Ground. Within days, local law enforcement authorities had discovered that the assailants were a group of young boys. Officers launched an investigation once the homophobic graffiti was discovered and it was soon established that the cruel words were specifically targeting a 12-year-old boy from the locality....

After a Snapchat video surfaced of FC Barcelona and France star Antoine Griezmann and his teammates appearing to mock Asian people, Konami has responded by ditching the footballer as their Yu-Gi-Oh! contents ambassador. After ESPN first reported on a controversial Snapchat video, which appears to show Griezmann, as well as teammate Ousmane Dembele mocking the Asian staff at the hotel they were staying at during Barcelona’s tour of Japan in 2019, Japanese gaming publisher Konami have distanced theirselves from the player. In the video, Dembele says to Griezmann: “All these...

Rory Harbinson was "shocked and humiliated" following the incident. (Equality Commission of Northern Ireland) A gay man has said he felt “shocked and humiliated” after his manager tore down Pride posters in the workplace. Rory Harbinson, who works for the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, filed a complaint of harassment based on sexual orientation following the incident. Harbinson was assisted by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland in his case. The commission said in a statement issued on Thursday (8 July) that the trust had settled the case without admission...

Mina the Square Enix Pride mascot. (Square Enix) Square Enix have named their non-binary Pride mascot – say hello to Mina! For Pride Month, the Final Fantasy developer and publisher asked fans to name their Pride mascot. The mascot was specially designed by Final Fantasy artist Toshiyuki Itahana to represent diversity and freedom. Our #Pride Mascot designed by Toshiyuki Itahana represents diversity and freedom, and we want you to help name them! Reply to this tweet with a name idea and it might become part of Square Enix history.https://t.co/Mrs0HolY9g #loveislove...