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June 17, 2022

Council takes back ‘accidental’ Pride Month proclamation it voted through ‘without realising’

A South Carolina county council rescinded a Pride Month proclamation it apparently voted through by accident. Horry County Council approved a slate of items without discussion in a May session, including a resolution that proclaimed June as Pride Month in the county. “The month of June historically has been...

June 17, 2022

This beauty brand is donating 100 percent of its Pride set sales to The Trevor Project

Beauty brand Bliss has launched a limited edition Pride set to raise funds for The Trevor Project. They’ve confirmed that 100 percent of the purchase price of the kit will be donated to the LGBTQ+ organisation. It’s priced at $48 and features one of the brand’s cult-favourite products alongside a...

June 17, 2022

Trans woman barred from darts tournament for no good reason says she’s been left in turmoil

June 17, 2022

Youth drag event cancelled after bigots send chilling threats to organisers

A drag event for young people was cancelled after it was targeted with troubling threats. Youth drag shows have become the latest obsession for anti-LGBTQ+ bigots, with Republicans including representative Marjorie Taylor Greene vowing to outlaw them. That political posturing is already spilling over into real-life...

June 17, 2022

School excommunicated by Catholic Church for flying Pride and Black Lives Matter flags

A middle school has been kicked out of the Catholic fold by a local bishop after it rejected instructions to remove Pride and Black Lives Matter flags The Nativity School of Worcester, in Massachusetts, was excommunicated by bishop Robert J. McManus, who said the flags don’t align with Catholic values. The free tuition...

June 17, 2022

Jerrod Carmichael reads Dave Chappelle over ‘childish’ anti-trans ‘jokes’: ‘That’s the legacy?’

Gay comedian Jerrod Carmichael has said Dave Chappelle’s legacy will be a “bunch of opinions on trans s**t”. Chappelle courted intense criticism in 2021 for telling so-called ‘jokes’ about trans people during his Netflix special, The Closer. Ass much as Chappelle has cried “cancel...

June 17, 2022

Emily Bridges accuses cycling bosses of ‘moving goalposts’ with harsh new trans rules

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has been accused of a “last minute moving of the goalposts” by Emily Bridges after it doubled down on its trans-exclusionary policy. New regulations introduced by the world governing body dictate that trans women who want to compete must have testosterone levels below...

June 17, 2022

Kesha opens up about her sexuality: ‘I’m not gay. I’m not straight. I don’t know what I am’

Kesha celebrated Pride with a candid social media post about her own LGBTQ+ journey. The 35-year-old singer wished her followers a Happy Pride Month in an Instagram post on Friday(16 June) and gave fans an insight into her fluid sexuality. “????Happy pride! ????,” she wrote. “In case I haven’t been straight forward...

June 17, 2022

UK asked to host Eurovision 2023 after Ukraine ruled out

The UK could host Eurovision 2023, with talks beginning after organisers ruled out holding the Song Contest in Ukraine. Traditionally, the country that wins Eurovision is asked to host the following year’s event. But Ukraine, which swept to victory in the 2022 contest, has been ruled out from hosting “with deep...

June 17, 2022

Ezra Miller accused of ‘harassing’ second family and brandishing gun in front of 12-year-old

The mother of a non-binary 12-year-old has reportedly been granted a protection order against Ezra Miller. The mother and child were reportedly granted a temporary harassment protection against Miller by a court in Greenfield, Massachusetts on Wednesday (15 June) after alleging that the actor brandished a gun in a...