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May 31, 2022

Man stripped, beaten and paraded through street by 100-strong homophobic mob

An American man visiting Senegal was brutally attacked by a crowd of nearly 100 people in a suspected homophobic attack. The attack occurred on 17 May in Senegal’s capital, Dakar. A video surfaced that shows a half naked, barefoot and bleeding man engulfed by the angry crowd and being paraded through the streets as they...

May 31, 2022

Hollister teams up with LGBTQ+ student activists for its gender-inclusive Pride Month collection

Hollister has released its colourful, gender-inclusive clothing collection for Pride Month. Entitled the ‘Live Loud! Live Proud!’ collection, it’s been co-created by student activists at GLSEN, who rally for LGBTQ+ inclusion in schools all-year round. The range features apparel items including hoodies,...

May 31, 2022

Stranger Things stars say show doesn’t need to ‘label’ Will’s sexuality: ‘It’s 2022’

Stranger Things‘ Millie Bobby Brown has addressed fan speculation that Will (Noah Schnapp) may be gay in an interview, stating: “It’s 2022 and we don’t have to label things”. The Netflix sci-fi show has long hinted that Schnapp’s character Will Byers may be struggling with his sexuality....

May 31, 2022

Ex-football player who admitted beating gay man to death found not guilty of murder

Former Virginia Tech football player Isimemen Etute, who admitted to beating a gay man to death after he posed as a woman on Tinder, has been found not guilty of murder. Etute, who was 18 at the time, first connected with 40-year-old Jerry Paul Smith on Tinder, where Smith said he was a 21-year-old emergency room …...

May 31, 2022

Lesbian woman ‘brutally murdered because of her sexuality’ in South Africa

A 27-year-old South African lesbian was “brutally murdered” and mutilated in a suspected homophobic killing. Warning – violence. Nontokozo Caroline Motloung was found dead in a bush on 21 May, almost a week after she was last seen with a male friend who police are currently searching for, according to Mambo Online....

May 31, 2022

JK Rowling slammed for ‘demonising’ trans inmates at prison where women raped by guards

JK Rowling has come under fire for claiming “vulnerable women” are at risk in a US prison because of trans inmates, while appearing to ignore extensive, horrific abuse by guards at the same facility. On Saturday (28 May), Rowling shared a post to Twitter from the blog Reduxx, started just this year by Genevieve...

May 31, 2022

Drag Race icons Kylie Sonique Love and Valentina stun in Playful Promises’ Pride lingerie collection

Playful Promises has released a stunning lingerie collection to mark Pride Month. The lingerie brand is celebrating queer icons with its capsule collection that’s raising vital funds for LGBTQ+ charities across the globe. They’ve teamed up with Drag Race’s Kylie Sonique Love and Valentine for the...

May 31, 2022

Gay pop sensation Tom Aspaul on disco, hook-ups and whether he’d do Eurovision

Tom Aspaul was nervous when faced with the mammoth task of following up his debut album Black Country Disco. That album was just one of many disco-infused records that landed in 2020 when the world was still struggling through the early days of the pandemic. What set Black Country Disco apart was just how autobiographical...

May 31, 2022

Monkeypox: People with symptoms told not to have sex as 71 new UK cases confirmed

People in the UK with monkeypox symptoms are now being advised not to have sex. On Monday (30 May), the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed that 71 new cases of monkeypox had been detected in England, bringing the total number of cases since 7 May to 172. With four cases in Scotland, two in … Continued The...

May 31, 2022

Trans girl assaulted by teen as friends hurled ‘appalling’ abuse ‘because of how she looked’

A group of boys hurled abuse at a trans girl before one of them assaulted her, police have said. Lancashire police have released CCTV images of a boy they would like to speak to following the “appalling incident”, which took place on April 24, in Great Harwood, Lancashire. The Lancashire Constabulary said:...