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Jeopardy! icon Amy Schneider gracefully bows out as historic streak ended by new queer champ

Jeopardy! star Amy Schneider’s record-breaking streak on the beloved game show has come to an end. Wednesday (26 January) saw Schneider’s 40-game reign ended by Chicago-based librarian Rhone Talsma, after Schneider had racked up nearly $1.4 million (£1 million) in prize money. The California-based software-engineering manager won the hearts of viewers during her incredible run, becoming the first woman to ever surpass $1 million in earnings on the series. In total she won nearly $1.4 million (£1m) Schneider holds the record for the second-longest streak on Jeopardy!, but she is most...
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Pope Francis urges parents to support their gay children – not condemn them

Pope Francis meets with attendees during the weekly general audience at Paul-VI Hall in the Vatican on 26 January 2021. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty) Pope Francis has urged parents worldwide to unconditionally support, not condemn, their children if they are gay. The leader of the Catholic Church made his latest gesture of outreach to the LGBT+ community in off the cuff statements during his weekly general audience on Wednesday (26 January). He spoke to the crowd about different “sad” situations that parents face in their children’s lives. This included coping...
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Australian football team fined after Josh Cavallo hit with ‘unacceptable’ homophobic fan abuse

Adelaide United's Joshua Cavallo warms up during a match against Western United on 17 December 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. (Getty/Jonathan DiMaggio) Australian football team Melbourne Victory is facing a steep fine over homophobic abuse directed at gay footballer Josh Cavallo. The A-League club has been fined $5,000 AUD (£2,650) by Football Australia after fans hurled hateful abuse at Josh Cavallo when his team Adelaide United played Melbourne Victory on 8 January. James Johnson, CEO of Football Australia, condemned the homophobic abuse and thanked Cavallo for his “courage in calling out...
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Lesbian sergeant sues US military after boss pressured her to ‘appear more feminine’

Lesbian sues US Army and Air Force over boss' pressure to 'appear more feminine' (Screenshot via Fairness West Virginia) A lesbian member of the National Guard is suing the US Army and Air Force after her boss allegedly pressured her to “appear more feminine”. Kristin M Kingrey of the West Virginia Air National Guard (WVNG) said she lost out on two jobs after repeated comments that she should grow her hair and wear make-up, according to a report by the Daily Beast. Technical sergeant Kingrey, 37, filed a lawsuit on...
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Gay man left needing surgery after being brutally beaten in ‘deeply shocking’ nightclub attack

Ronan Gordon was beaten by queer nightclub bouncers, he claimed. (Instagram) What was meant to be a night of revelry ended in a beating at the hands of nightclub bouncers, a gay man has alleged, prompting police to launch an investigation. In the early hours of Saturday (22 January), Ronan Gordon, a 21-year-old Manchester local, was battered by “five bouncers” at Bloom, a mainstay of the city’s queer nightlife. Gordon said that while visiting the club on Bloom Street, security staffers without warning allegedly set upon him, leaving him with a fractured...
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Finnish MP stands trial for hate speech after saying ‘sinful’ gays have ‘developmental disorder’

MP Päivi Räsänen arrives at the Helsinki District Court in Helsinki, Finland on 24 January. (AFP via Getty/ Lehtikuva / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO) An MP in Finland went to trial on Monday (24 January), accused of hate speech after she said that gay people have a “developmental disorder”. Päivi Räsänen, a seventh-term member of the Finnish parliament, ex-chair of the Christian Democrats and former interior minister, was charged in April with inciting against a minority group over hateful statements she made about the LGBT+ community. The charges relate to a 2004 article...
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JoJo Siwa marks coming out anniversary with adorable throwback and emotional promise

JoJo Siwa celebrates coming out anniversary with sweet Instagram post (Amy Sussman/Getty Images) YouTube sensation JoJo Siwa has celebrated her coming out anniversary with an Instagram post, saying during the past year she has “felt more love than ever”. The 18-year-old came out in January 2021 by sharing a photo of herself to Twitter wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the words: “Best. Gay. Cousin. Ever”. Celebrating the first anniversary of her coming out, Siwa shared the photo again, along with clips of her achievements since, including becoming the first contestant...
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Drew Barrymore says Queer Eye’s Fab Five helped her start dating again

Drew Barrymore attends the Z100 IHeartRadio Jingle Ball Press Room on 10 December 2021 in New York City. (Taylor Hill/FilmMagic) Drew Barrymore has revealed how the cast of Queer Eye helped her reenter the dating scene after her divorce. The Charlie’s Angels star has been married three previous times to Jeremy Thomas, Tom Green and Will Kopelman. Barrymore and Kopelman, who have two children together, separated in 2016 after four years of marriage. After several years out of the dating world, Barrymore admitted in an interview with ET that it’s...
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Olly Alexander finds top or bottom speculation ‘surreal’

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 11: Olly Alexander attends day 1 of the Capital Jingle Bell Ball at The O2 Arena on December 11, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage) British singer and It’s a Sin star Olly Alexander said he finds fan speculation about his sexual positions “surreal”. In a wide-ranging interview with NME magazine, the 31-year-old reflected on how some Years & Years fans try to pigeonhole him as a top or a bottom. Reflecting on his upcoming third studio album, the synth-pop infused Night Call, Alexander said...
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Arizona committee passes bill banning trans kids from participating in sports

A protester holds a 'We Belong' placard during a trans rights demonstration. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) An Arizona Senate committee has pushed through a bill that would ban trans youth from competing on sports teams that align with their gender identity. Senate Bill 1165 (SB 1165) would prevent trans youth from participating in school sports from grade school through to college if the sports involve a publicly-funded institution, AZ Central reported. The proposed law would also apply to private schools should they compete against a public school. The...
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Harry Potter star Jason Isaacs isn’t ‘jumping to stab’ JK Rowling in the back over her ‘controversial’ views

Jason Isaacs attends Deadline's The Contenders Film at DGA Theater Complex on 14 November 2021. (Amy Sussman/Getty for Deadline) Harry Potter actor Jason Isaacs says he won’t ‘stab JK Rowling in the back’ despite the ongoing backlash against her anti-trans views. Isaacs, who played Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, shared his thoughts about the author in a recent interview with the Telegraph. He said he didn’t want to discuss trans issues because “it’s such an extraordinary minefield”, but he acknowledged that Rowling’s “opinions” differed from his in “many...
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Trailer for new Sha’Carri Richardson film by Virgil Abloh examines runner’s ‘blessing and curse’

Sha'Carri Richardson. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images) The trailer for a new film by Vigil Abloh about the firey-haired star sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has dropped. Before Abloh, the barrier-breaking Black designer who redefined luxury fashion, passed, he founded the film studio ARCHITECTURE FILMS. Now his film, Sub Eleven Seconds, is set to premiere at the 2022 Sundance  Film Festival later this week. The documentary will examine Richardson’s sensational ascent to becoming America’s fastest woman and a gold-medal favourite – running 100 metres in just 10.86 seconds during the US track and field Olympic...
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Horrified protesters demand an end to violence after barbaric murder of young lesbian couple

Nohemi Medina Martinez and Yulizsa Ramirez were visiting family in Mexico when they were murdered. (Facebook/ Nohemi Medina Martinez) LGBT+ and feminist groups have taken to the streets of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, in protest after a lesbian couple were tortured and murdered. Nohemi Medina Martinez and Yulizsa Ramirez, both 28 and living in Texas, were killed while visiting family in Ciudad Juárez, a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The couple, who leave behind three children, were tortured, murdered and dismembered, then dumped on the street in rubbish bags....
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Food writer Jack Monroe lays bare the brutal reality of UK’s cost of living crisis

Jack Monroe. (Mike Marsland/WireImage) Budget cooking blogger Jack Monroe has laid bare the brutal and “infuriating” reality of Britain’s cost of living crisis. Prices in Britain rose at their fastest pace in 30 years in December, the Office for National Statistics said Wednesday (19 January). Energy bills, grocery expenses, household goods, motor fuel costs and even furniture prices have swollen at a daunting rate, capturing the stress households up and down the nation are facing, the statistics agency said. The Bank of England has warned people to brace for further...
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