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June 15, 2022

Tom Hanks wouldn’t play gay lead in Philadelphia today: ‘We’re beyond that now’

Tom Hanks says he wouldn’t play the Oscar-winning gay lead in Philadelphia today as the world is “beyond” straight actors playing LGBTQ+ characters. Hanks, 65, played Andrew Beckett in the 1994 film, a gay lawyer living with HIV who sued his employer for firing him over his status. It was a pathbreaking...

June 15, 2022

This underwear brand has released a Pride collection featuring rainbow jockstraps

Underwear brand 2(X)IST has released a limited edition collection to celebrate Pride Month. The popular LGBTQ+ brand has dropped rainbow-embellished jockstraps, briefs, trunks and swimwear to celebrate the community and raise vital funds. The limited collection is now available to shop at 2xist.com/collections/pride. This...

June 15, 2022

Starbucks threatens to ditch trans healthcare benefits amid union row, staff say

Starbucks is allegedly threatening to take away trans healthcare coverage for staff as part of the company’s ongoing row with its burgeoning union. A complaint against the company with the National Labour Relations Board (NLRB), first reported by Bloomberg, accused the chain of “threatening employees with loss of...

June 15, 2022

Republican who blamed Uvalde school shooting on ‘transgender medicine’ wins primary

Republican politician Michele Fiore won a Nevada primary just weeks after blaming the Uvalde school shooting on “transgender medicine.” Fiore, of Las Vegas, Nevada, linked the shooting that took the lives of 19 students and two teachers to health care for trans individuals during a campaign event on June 5. In...

June 15, 2022

All the beauty brands celebrating Pride Month including The Body Shop, MAC and Beauty Bay

Some of your favourite beauty brands are celebrating Pride Month – and more importantly are donating to LGBTQ+ organisations. From MAC to Beauty Bay and The Body Shop to Kiehl’s, there’s plenty of limited edition makeup and skincare products you can buy this Pride Month. In recent years brand’s have come...

June 15, 2022

Monkeypox to be renamed after scientists urge WHO to combat stigma and discrimination

Monkeypox will officially receive a new name from the World Health Organization (WHO). The announcement came after a group of 30 scientists called for a “speedy decision and adoption of a new name” to combat racist and anti-African stigma around the virus. WHO currently refers to two ‘clades’ of...

June 15, 2022

Russia extends ‘unlawful’ detention of US basketballer Brittney Griner: ‘Inhumane and unacceptable’

A Russian court has extended US basketball star Brittney Griner’s pre-trial detention to at least 2 July, according to state media. The WNBA player was detained at a Moscow airport in February on purported drug charges and has been held in jail for nearly four months. If convicted, she could face up to 10 years in prison....

June 15, 2022

Love, Victor’s Ava Capri says bringing queer, female representation to show felt ‘therapeutic’

For most of its run, Love, Victor was focused primarily on its two gay male leads – but it’s finally getting some female queer representation. Lucy was introduced in season two as Andrew’s girlfriend, but by the end writers were teasing a queer romance between her and Lake. The season three trailer has already...

June 15, 2022

Chris Evans ‘frustrated’ by Lightyear same-sex kiss censorship

Chris Evans is happy there is a same-sex kiss in Lightyear, but he was “frustrated” that its inclusion had to be a “topic of discussion” for Disney. Toy Story spin-off Lightyear, which stars Evan as the voice of Buzz Lightyear, has been banned in 14 countries over Disney’s refusal to cut a same-sex...

June 15, 2022