LGBTQ

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 02: JoJo Siwa attends The 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards at The Beverly Hilton on April 02, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for GLAAD) TikTokker, Ex-Dance Moms star and full-time queer icon JoJo Siwa is reportedly dating Avery Cyrus – and lesbian TikTok has exploded. In a newly posted TikTok, Siwa and Cyrus are seen sitting in a car, lip-syncing over an audio of Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick. The audio starts with Siwa saying: “We’re friends,” over Kourtney’s distinct drawl....

Ed Balls discusses the same-sex couple in Peppa Pig with hosts. (Good Morning Britain/ITV) Viewers have criticised Good Morning Britain over its “uncomfortable” discussion on Peppa Pig’s inclusion of a same-sex couple. Hosts of the morning talk show Susanna Reid, Ed Balls, and Richard Arnold briefly discussed the addition of the same-sex couple to the children’s TV show on a Wednesday (7 September) broadcast. After Arnold reported that the character Penny Polar Bear revealed she had two mums, an arguably awkward conversation commenced where Balls repeatedly asked Arnold whether the character...

A mother has opened up about her nine-year-old trans child being ‘doxxed’ by Kiwi Farms users. The controversial forum Kiwi Farms was reluctantly taken offline by host Cloudflare on Saturday (3 September) following a campaign led by trans streamer Clara Sorrenti, better known as Keffals. Kiwi Farms and its users were accused of involvement in some of the most notorious harassment campaigns towards members of the LGBTQ+ community in recent years. This reportedly included targeting US mother Debi Jackson and her trans child when they were just nine-years-old. Posting on Twitter,...

Nadhim Zahawi leaving No 10 amid Liz Truss' reshuffle. (Getty) Nadhim Zahawi has been named minister for equalities in Liz Truss’ cabinet reshuffle. Zahawi, the short-lived chancellor appointed to the post by Boris Johnson in July, has been named chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, minister for intergovernmental relations and minister for equalities. For the latter portfolio, top of Zahawi’s inbox will be legislating a ban on conversion therapy – Boris Johnson finally pulled the trigger on outlawing the practice shortly before his political downfall, though notably he removed trans...

The cast of Don't Worry Darling. (Getty) Olivia Wilde’s new film Don’t Worry Darling has been making headlines for months for its behind the screen drama.  And things have finally come to a head at the Venice Film Festival during premiere of the film, which stars Harry Styles and Florence Pugh.  So strap in because here is the full history of the drama behind the headlines, and gossip that has plagued the whole Don’t Worry Darling two-year production. From film director Wilde fielding scandalous allegations, to Styles allegedly spitting on...

Margaret Court walks onto court during the Centre Court Centenary Ceremony at Wimbledone 2022. (Ryan Pierse/Getty) Former tennis player Margaret Court claimed she was the victim of LGBT bullying in a post-Wimbledon interview. The Australian tennis player turned Christian minister discussed her time at the Women’s US Open at Wimbledon to The Telegraph and how she felt “ostracised” from the tennis community due to her Conservative beliefs. The Victory Life Centre pastor strangely used retiring tennis icon Serena Williams as an example of her belief that “the press and television today,...

Russell T Davies has responded to Liz Truss' election as prime minister (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) It’s a Sin writer Russell T Davies has slammed new prime minister Liz Truss by sharing an Instagram post of his satirical character Vivienne Rook, alongside the caption: “And so it came to pass”. Rook is a populist politician in the 2019 series Years and Years. Davies, its writer, has drawn a distinct comparison with Truss after he shared the post earlier today. The drama explores the next 15 years of life in the...

The Pride March in the city of Katowice, Poland. (Twitter/ milosc_) Two Pride marches in Poland have gone ahead peacefully after years of violence, with participants crediting their activism for “changing reality”. The Pride event in the city of Katowice, Poland, took place for the sixth year on Saturday (3 September), and drew around 4,000 participants. The march, held jointly with the Ukrainian city of Odesa in solidarity, was threatened with anti-LGBTQ+ protests by the anti-LGBTQ+, anti-abortion group Fundacja Pro. The mayor of Katowice initially banned the group from attending...

Malte, a 25-year-old trans man, at the Christopher Street Day Pride celebrations in Münster, Germany. (Facebook/ Trans-Inter-Münster e.V. /SHG TransIdent MS) Police in Germany have arrested a suspect on suspicion of killing a young trans man at the Christopher Street Day (CSD) Pride celebrations in Münster. Malte, 25, joined more than 10,000 people in Münster city centre for the Pride celebrations on 27 August, but when he saw two women suffering homophobic abuse, he stepped in to defend them. In response, the attacker beat Malte until he was unconscious on...

Members and supporters of the LGBTQ+ community attend the "Say Gay Anyway" rally in Miami Beach, Florida on 13 March, 2022. (AFP via Getty/ CHANDAN KHANNA) A Florida school board is set to vote on whether to censor LGBTQ+ history after ‘Don’t Say Gay’. This month marks the start of the first academic year after Florida’s reviled Parental Rights in Education bill, known to critics as the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, was passed. ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bans educators in Florida from teaching about sexual orientation or gender identity from kindergarten through third...

A lesbian couple hold keys to a new home. (Getty) A Texas estate agent has developed a programme to help LGBTQ+ homeowners across the US “flee red states”. When broker Bob McCranie and his partner bought their first house together in 1998, the process was a painful series of micro-aggressions. “The realtor who worked with us kept introducing us as brothers,” he told PinkNews. “Then we couldn’t get insurance to cover both of us. You couldn’t have two men on the insurance policy, one of us had to be listed...

Maria Walsh speaks in an Instagram clip. (Maria Walsh/Instagram) MEP Maria Walsh has urged EuroPride to continue despite backlash from anti-LGBTQ+ groups. The Midlands-North-West member of the European Parliament insisted that the Pride festival – which is hosted in a different European city each year – should go ahead as scheduled from 12 to 18 September. This year is was due to be held in Serbia’s capital city, Belgrade. Official proceedings have been postponed indefinitely by Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić who cited “security concerns” after several right-wing groups threatened to...

Participants run past The Royal Courts of Justice during the London Landmarks Half Marathon through Westminster and the City. (Loredana Sangiuliano/Getty) A section of the London Marathon route is to be dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community when it returns in October. Dubbed the “Rainbow Row,” the 250-metre stretch of the marathon’s route will be located just past the 21-mile mark on the course in Butcher Row, Limehouse. Various members of the queer community will attend to cheer on participants in an iconically queer carnival just 5.6 miles before the race’s...

One of the woman's body parts was found in her killer's home. (Envato) A man has been arrested for the murder of a trans woman in India, after a piece of her body was found in his home. Warning: this story contains graphic content.  Zoya Kinnar, a trans woman in the city of Indore, India, had been missing since Sunday (28 August), according to the IANS news service.  Parts of her mutilated body were discovered on Tuesday (29 August), and on Thursday (1 September), police said officers had arrested a man...