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7.2KLil Nas X Celebrates 24th Birthday With Faux Playboy Photoshoot
Lil Nas X has, once again, caused a stir with his latest photoshoot, which he shared on Instagram to celebrate his 24th birthday on Easter Sunday. The Industry Baby singer’s photoshoot, titled “hbd thee batty boy”, has received over a million likes on Instagram and 100k on Twitter. The photoshoot, which is a direct homage...
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6.8KSydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras Terror Plot Leader Jailed For 15 Years
A Sydney man has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for allegedly leading a terrorist organisation that planned attacks on the Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras, a naval base, a courthouse, and Australian Federal Police officers who attended court. Hamdi Alqudsi, 48, was found guilty by a jury last year for directing the...
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4.0KLGBTQIA+ Group Calls For Ban Of Fox News In Canada After Anti-Trans Comments
An LGBTQIA+ group in Canada has written an open letter urging the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to ban Fox News from the country’s cable networks after host Tucker Carlson’s “horrifying” anti-trans comments. Egale Canada criticised Carlson’s comments following a mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, in March. The open letter accused Carlson of painting...
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4.8KPedro Almodóvar’s Gay Western “Strange Way Of Life” To Premiere At Cannes Film Festival
The award-winning filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, who won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1999 for All About My Mother and created camp classics such as The Law Of Desire, What Have I Done To Deserve This and Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown, has created a new 30-minute short film titled, Strange...
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5.3KPopular TikTok Couple Arrested In Russia For Positive Posts About LGBTQIA+ People
A gay couple in Russia with a popular TikTok channel have been arrested and charged with violating the country’s strict anti-LGBTQ+ laws. Gela Gogishvili, a 23-year-old Russian, and his Chinese national boyfriend, Haoyang Xu, 21, were arrested by police in the city of Kazan last week. They were charged under a series of laws that...
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5.0KConservative Transgender Personality Caitlyn Jenner and Gay Republican Charles Moran Unite Against “Rainbow Mafia”
Caitlyn Jenner, a conservative transgender media personality, and Charles Moran, a gay Republican, have joined forces to take on what they call “the Rainbow mafia”. They claim, in a video posted to Twitter, to be fighting against the section of the LGBTQIA+ community that Jenner has previously referred to as “domestic terrorists”. According to Jenner,...
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7.0KTransphobic Trolls Claim Daniel Radcliffe’s Girlfriend Is Trans… Even Though She’s Pregnant
Transphobic social media users have posted hundreds of comments suggesting that Daniel Radcliffe’s girlfriend is a trans woman… even though she is pregnant with the couple’s first child. The Marvellous Mrs Maisel actor, Erin Darke, became the subject of an online attack after trans-exclusionary trolling falsely insinuated that she is a closeted transgender woman. “Gender-critical” author...
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25.9KMelissa McCarthy Reveals Drag-Inspired Performance as Ursula in “The Little Mermaid”
Actress Melissa McCarthy has recently shared that her performance as Ursula in the upcoming film The Little Mermaid was influenced by drag. She mentioned to Entertainment Weekly that she has a “drag queen that lives in” her and that she kickstarted her career by performing in New York City nightclubs as the drag persona Miss...
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14.9KSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Trailer Includes Trans Rights Message
Sony’s latest trailer for the highly anticipated animated film, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, has fans excited about more than just the new plot. In one shot of the trailer, a “Protect Trans Kids” poster can be seen over the doorway of a character’s bedroom. Fans of the franchise were quick to celebrate the inclusion of...
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5.7KMost Americans, Including Republicans, Believe Republican Attacks on LGBTQIA+ Rights Are Excessive
A new poll conducted by Data For Progress found that a majority of US voters, including Republicans, believe anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation is “excessive, political theatre” designed to increase division. The poll showed that 72 per cent of Democrats, 65 per cent of Independents, and 55 per cent of Republicans think that there is “too much legislation”...
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4.0KNew Study Reveals Inaccuracy of “Gaydar” Based On Voice
A recent study has found that both gay and straight individuals have similar abilities when it comes to detecting the sexuality of others based solely on their voice. The study was conducted by Fabio Fasoli, a researcher at the University of Surrey in England, and was published in the Journal of Homosexuality. In the study,...
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5.3KAFL’s Gay Male Players Opt To Keep Their Sexuality Private To Avoid Being The First To Come Out
During a Leadership Matters lunch in Perth, Australian Football League CEO, Gillon McLachlan revealed that there are gay players in the AFL who have come out to their teammates but have opted to not publicly announce their sexuality to avoid the pressure of being the first male player in the league to do so. Many...
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3.4KStar Observer To Digitise Historical Archives For Online Access
The Star Observer, a news journal for the LGBTQIA+ community that originated in Sydney over four decades ago, is making its historical archives accessible online in a searchable database. With a grant from the Meta Australian News Fund in conjunction with The Walkley Foundation, the entire collection of the publication’s reporting dating back to 1979...
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6.1KRandy Rainbow’s New Video Takes a Swing at Trump in “Grumpy Trumpy Felon From Jamaica in Queens”
Singing comedian Randy Rainbow has released a new video taking aim at former President Donald Trump in his latest creation, Grumpy Trumpy Felon From Jamaica In Queens. The video begins with Rainbow “interviewing” Trump following the former president’s indictment on business fraud charges. Trump denies any wrongdoing and instead blames his loss on election interference....
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20.9KDC Comics Cancels Bisexual “Tim Drake: Robin” Series After Tenth Issue
DC Comics has cancelled the comic series Tim Drake: Robin after its tenth issue, which was launched in September last year. The series, written by Meghan Fitzmartin, aimed to bring diversity to comics by presenting Tim Drake, also known as Robin in the DC Comics Universe, as a gay/bisexual man. However, the decision to change...
