LGBTQ

A study has found LGB employees are 1.34 times more likely to be bullied in the workplace. (Getty) A new study has discovered lesbian, gay and bisexual employees are more likely to experience workplace bullying than their heterosexual colleagues. The study focused on exploring how sexual orientation influences the experience of workplace bullying in the UK. The study did not look at gender identity. In order to achieve accurate results, the study used a sample of the British working population, made up of 500 LGB employees and 722 heterosexuals. The first-of-its-kind...

Mermaids marches at Pride in London, 2019. (Barcroft Media via Getty/ Wiktor Szymanowicz) Trans youth charity Mermaids is still not being investigated by the Charity Commission over “safeguarding red flags”, despite relentless media reports. On Thursday (29 September), The Telegraph published yet another story on the charity, which provides support to young trans people and their families, headlined: “Exclusive: Trans charity Mermaids to be investigated by Charity Commission.” Except, Mermaids is not being investigated by the Charity Commission. The charities regulator has opened a “regulatory compliance case” after multiple complaints...

Hend Al-Muftah deleted her Twitter account days after losing her bid to become chair of the United Nations (UN) Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law. (YouTube/World Association for Sustainable Development) Qatar’s ambassador to the United Nations (UN) has deleted her Twitter account after it was revealed she had published numerous homophobic and antisemitic comments online.  Hend Al-Muftah deleted her account (@halmuftah) days after losing her bid to become chair of the United Nations (UN) Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law.  Instead, Patricia...

Daemon Targaryen whispers to a male servant in House of the Dragon. (HBO) A House of the Dragon deleted scene has revealed that Daemon Targaryen is officially bisexual. During a banquet scene in the Game of Thrones prequel’s sixth episode, rumours were sparked by a moment full of sexual tension between Daemon and a male servant. The seconds-long interaction saw some seductive whispering, but when HBO revealed a deleted scene this week, eagle-eyed fans noticed a detail that confirmed that “Daemon Targaryen is a bisexual king”. The Twitter account “Out of...

Mitch and Cam in Modern Family. (ABC) An online critic who claimed Modern Family characters Mitch and Cam “set gay rights back to the ‘90s” has been thoroughly educated on why their comment is so wrong. Adam Ellis tweeted a photo of the sitcom couple, played by Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Mitch) and Eric Stonestreet (Cam) with his opinion. He added: “The fact that Eric Stonestreet, a straight man, received two Emmys for performing a toxic caricature of gay men, in a show created by two straight men, certainly does not...

Daniel Franzese said he felt 'conflicted' over the casting choice for upcoming Darren Aronofsky's film The Whale. (Getty) Actor Daniel Franzese isn’t sure how to feel about Brendan Fraser being cast in the upcoming film The Whale. The Mean Girls star said in an interview with People that, while he thinks Fraser is a “lovely actor”, he doesn’t understand film casting directors didn’t opt to choose a gay actor who fit the character a bit more. The upcoming Darren Aronofsky A24 project will see Fraser transformed into a 400-pound reclusive gay...

Priyanka in the Disney+ Hocus Pocus 2 advert. (Twitter/Disney+) Canada’s Drag Race season one winner Priyanka has seen homophobic backlash after doing a promo for the new Disney+ movie Hocus Pocus 2. In the video, Priyanka does a spooky spell before switching into a witch’s costume and letting people know that Hocus Pocus 2 is out on 30 September. That’s literally it.  Despite the harmless video, bigoted trolls on Twitter have been out in full force attacking Priyanka, an increasingly concerning trend for drag queens.  Among the insults, words such...

Mermaids marches at Pride in London, 2019. (Barcroft Media via Getty/ Wiktor Szymanowicz) Trans children’s charity Mermaids has responded to an “investigation” by The Telegraph which suggested the charity was putting children at risk. On Sunday (25 September), The Telegraph ran a story headlined: “Trans charity Mermaids giving breast binders to children behind parents’ backs”. The story largely relied on an unidentified adult masquerading as a 14-year-old child to access services from Mermaids, including the charity’s youth forum and web chat helpline. The newspaper reported an email exchange between the...

Giorgia Meloni, leader of far-right party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy), is set to become the next prime minister of Italy. (Getty) Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, who has rallied against “LBGT lobbies” and so-called “gender ideology”, is set to become Italy’s first female prime minister. Projections based on the near-final count of votes showed a victory for a right-wing coalition, led by Meloni’s Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) party, should have a solid majority in both houses of parliament. If victorious, Meloni is expected to form Italy’s farthest-right government since...

pro-LGBTQ+ protestors marching for trans inclusion in schools. (Mark Kerrison/Getty) A group of parents have ridiculously called for a teacher to be fired just because they are non-binary. The Medford school board in South Oregon heard absurd complaints from several people on Thursday (22 September) about a first-grade teacher at Griffin Creek Elementary school who identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. Several local community members told the board that preferred pronouns and the very concept of gender identity were somehow not suitable for first graders. Complainers included a “concerned...

Luke Macfarlane and Billy Eichner attend Universal Pictures's Bros New York premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater. (Getty) A group of pitiful homophobes have spent their free time review bombing Billy Eichner’s gay romantic-comedy Bros. The film’s IMDb score plummeted to 5.5/10 on Friday (23 September) with 312 one-star reviews out of 678 despite the film not being out in public theatres until 30 September for US audiences and 28 October for the UK. Since then, all reviews have been completely scrubbed from the movie’s page along with all professional...

Pope Francis leaves Assisi at the end of Economy of Francis, an international movement of young economists. (Getty) Pope Francis reportedly encouraged an LGBTQ+ Catholic group to build a church “that excludes no one.” According to L’Avvenire, the pope met with Italian LGBTQ+ Catholic group The Tent of Jonathon in a Wednesday (21 September) conference to discuss the organisation’s plan to build a hospitable church that would cater to LGBTQ+ people. The group, which was founded in 2018, works with various religious organisations to provide “sanctuaries of welcome and support...

LGBT+ Conservatives will no longer distribute their sloganed condoms at the party's conference. (Envato/CCHQ logo) Internal emails from LGBT+ Conservatives suggest the group was told to pull its branded condoms from conference by the prime minister. The party’s LGBTQ+ group announced on Thursday (22 September) that it would no longer be distributing its sloganed condoms at the party’s conference, which came with phrases such as “Never kissed a Tory but I’ve had safe sex with one”. LGBT+ Conservatives said in a statement they would distribute ordinary branded condoms instead following...

Traveller Pride attributed "so much of the success and growth" of the support and campaign group in the past year to Drag Race UK's Cherry Valentine. (BBC) Traveller Pride has paid an emotional tribute to Cherry Valentine, remembering the Drag Race UK star’s “buoyant and genuine love and care”.  On Friday (23 September), it was announced that the drag performer – whose real name was George Ward – tragically died on Sunday (18 September). Ward was only 28 years old.  Several Drag Race stars, RuPaul and fans remembered Ward for their work as a mental health...