LGBTQ

Sam Mbatha was murdered his trial will be held at High Court. (Credit: Twitter) The murder case of a gay South African man is set to be transferred to the High Court where the four suspects will stand for trial. A year after the murder of gay activist Sam Mbatha, suspects Arthur Khoza, 19, Thato Masetla, 22, Junior Modise, 21, and Mahlatsi Nkuna, 21, will finally answer for their alleged crimes in the High Court, in the North West, on 26 July. On 17 June 2021, the burnt body of...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court rejected a request for a transgender woman to change her name. (Credit: Getty Images) The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled against a trans woman’s request to change her name as she is a registered sex offender and people on the sex offender registry cannot change their names. On Thursday (7 July) the conservative majority Wisconsin Supreme Court vote came to a 4-3 decision, consistent with the rulings of two lower courts, which rejected the woman’s request change her name and remove her from the sex offenders registry....

Emma Corrin has opened up about their gender journey. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) Emma Corrin has opened up about the “intense pressure” they feel to justify their non-binary identity. The 26-year-old, known for their role as Princess Diana in Netflix’s The Crown, quietly came out as non-binary in 2021 by updating their pronouns on Instagram to she/they. Now gracing the cover of Vogue‘s August issue, Corrin opened up about their gender identity – and how it’s something they’re still navigating. “In my mind, gender just isn’t something that feels fixed,”...

G-A-Y bar in London. (Getty/Leon Neal) Jeremy Joseph has said he will announce his plans for the future of G-A-Y and Heaven after suggesting he could close them permanently. On 12 June, Joseph temporarily shut down his G-A-Y clubs while he went on holiday, to “protect our mental health to have a true break“. While he said they would reopen a week later, he told Virgin Radio that he didn’t know what “the future holds at the moment” and said he might ‘close and sell up’. Now it seems that he may have an...

Michelle O'Neill speaking at the PinkNews Belfast Summer Reception 2022. (Darren Kidd) First minister-designate of Northern Ireland Michelle O’Neill has urged the DUP to form a new executive in a bid to advance LGBTQ+ rights. Sinn Féin’s vice president reissued her plea during a panel discussion at the PinkNews Summer Reception in Belfast on Wednesday evening (6 July) in Stormont.  O’Neill was joined on the panel by DUP MLA Pam Cameron, Alliance MLA Eóin Tennyson, UUP leader Doug Beattie and SDLP MLA Matthew O’Toole.  During the discussion, Michelle O’Neill said the...

Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch. (Facebook/ Kemi Badenoch MP) Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch has resigned her post, joining the growing list of MPs breaking away from Boris Johnson’s embattled government. The MP for Saffron Walden quit her roles as minister for equalities and for local government, in a joint resignation letter with four other ministers on Wednesday afternoon (6 July). She tweeted: “With great regret, I resigned from the government this morning. It has been an honour being equalities and local government minister. It was a privilege to have worked with so...

An intersex in woman has alleged correctional staff at an Australian prison discriminated against her. (Ian Waldie/Getty Images) An intersex woman has lodged a lawsuit against an Australian prison operator after being thrown into a men’s jail. The plaintiff has claimed she was exposed to “ridicule” and “cruel and degrading treatment” from prison workers while at the Yatala Labor Prison in Adelaide, South Australia. She has sought to sue the Government of South Australia’s Department of Correctional Services (DCS) and the Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) for failing to comply...

Macy Gray is facing immense backlash on social media for making "transphobic" comments during an interview with Piers Morgan. (YouTube/Piers Morgan Uncensored) Macy Gray has been accused of transphobia after an appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored. Host Piers Morgan asked the singer on Monday (4 July) for her definition of ‘woman’, and Gray replied that it was a “human being with boobs” and a “vagina” for a “start”. Macy Gray said she believed that people sharing their pronouns, which she referred to as the “he/she/they”, is “getting confusing”.  Morgan brought up...

Bette Midler sparked immediate alarm with her tweet. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post via Getty Images) Bette Midler has sparked alarm among LGBTQ+ fans after she claimed “women” are being “erased” by trans-inclusive language. The Hocus Pocus star, 76, brought up trans rights as she fumed over the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade, all but eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion after almost 50 years. She tweeted to her 2.1 million followers: “WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies,...

A placard promoting the Green Party hangs from a lamppost ahead of the by-election on June 18, 2022 in Wakefield, England. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) Pitchforks have been raised after a local arm of the Green Party released a statement that welcomed both “gender-critical” and pro-trans views. The statement was posted on the Brent Green Party Twitter page on Wednesday (29 June) professing the acceptance that the party has for “a range of opinions”, while seemingly catering to none. “Brent Green Party wishes to be a welcoming and safe...

A general view during Pride in London 2022: The 50th Anniversary at Trafalgar Square on July 02, 2022 in London, England. (Tristan Fewings/Getty) An LGBTQ+ activist group staged a “die in” at Pride in London, halting the parade for 23 minutes in protest against police being allowed to march. Forty activists from Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants staged the demonstration on Saturday (2 July). Dressed all in black and wearing pink veils, protesters lay on the ground and blocked marchers from the Metropolitan Police from proceeding. Other activists held...

Chris Pincher. (Official parliamentary portrait) A man who was allegedly groped by Tory MP Chris Pincher has said he is “furious” at Downing Street’s response to the scandal. Pincher, an MP for Tamworth, resigned as deputy chief whip on Thursday (30 June) after it was alleged that he groped two men at the Carlton Club in St. James, London. In a statement, he admitted he had drunk “far too much” and “embarrassed myself and other people” on a night out. The MP finally had the whip removed by the Conservative Party...

Major of London Sadiq Khan says it's important to recognise the LGBTQ+ community and allies "can't be complacent" as hatred still thrives in the world. (Getty/Chris J Ratcliffe) Sadiq Khan has said the LGBTQ+ community and allies “can’t be complacent” in the fight for equality as the capital celebrates Pride in London. The Mayor of London was among the thousands of people attending the Pride in London event on Saturday (2 July). Londoners and supporters of the LGBTQ+ community from across the country turned out for the Pride parade, which...

Queer Eye cast think they'll be replaced for 'younger and hipper' hosts in the future (Jerod Harris/Getty Images) Queer Eye star Tan France has suggested that the Fab Five could be replaced by “younger and hipper” hosts in future seasons. In an interview with Insider, France explained his fear that the five beloved hosts may appear out-of-touch once they begin to approach their “middle-aged period”. “We’re all knocking on a bit,” he told the outlet. “I don’t know how much people will care about our opinion on fashion and hair...