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May 19, 2022

Tory government is trying to ‘curry favour’ with anti-trans groups, says Irish minister

Ireland will ban conversion therapy for all LGBTQ+ people and will swerve the UK’s approach of excluding trans people, a government minister has said. Roderic O’Gorman, minister for children and equality, said the government intends to ban the practice, and that the legislation will “leave no one...

May 19, 2022

UK’s so-called equalities watchdog can’t give one good reason why gender laws shouldn’t be reformed

The Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was left humiliated by Scottish MSPs as they grilled the watchdog over its opposition to reforms of gender recognition laws. In February, the EHRC urged Scotland to bring planned reforms to the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) to a screeching halt to allow for further...

May 18, 2022

Ron DeSantis’ press secretary roasted after falling for fake story about homophobic dog

Florida governor Ron DeSantis’ press secretary has been ridiculed on social media after she tweeted a fake news story about a ‘homophobic’ dog. On Monday (16 May), Christina Pushaw tweeted a screenshot of a fake story allegedly written by Washington Post writer Taylor Lorenz about a white dachshund with the headline:...

May 18, 2022

Gay Liberation Front vets commemorate first UK Pride march with reminder Pride is indeed a protest

Veterans of the Gay Liberation Front are inviting those “who can’t stand” the Tory government to join a protest march honouring 50th anniversary of UK Pride. This July marks 50 years since the first-ever Pride march in the UK, which was organised and led by the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) in 1972. Now, veterans of …...

May 18, 2022

First look at Eddie Izzard as Dr Nina Jekyll in ‘modern reimagining’ of classic horror film

A new poster has offered fans the first glimpse of Eddie Izzard as Dr Nina Jekyll in the “modern” twist on the horror classic. Izzard took the leading role in Doctor Jekyll which is a “modern reinterpretation” by Hammer Studio/B Good Picture Company of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll...

May 18, 2022

Sarah Paulson helps reunite ‘stolen’ dog with owner

A missing dog belonging to a friend of Sarah Paulson’s has been found after the actor shared a public plea. Winnie was adopted by the actress’s friend, Clementine Ford, in December last year. The pooch went missing after being dropped off to a woman from the pet-sitting platform Rover on Saturday (14 May). ...

May 18, 2022

Accepting myself as a lesbian and finding my tribe taught me how to finally love my own body

Pippa Sterk, an ambassador for British LGBTQ+ young people’s charity Just Like Us, writes for PinkNews about how lesbians and her own attraction to women taught her to finally love her body. Anyone who has ever visited the Netherlands (or spotted a Dutch tourist abroad) will tell you that there is a quintessential...

May 18, 2022

South Carolina becomes latest state to ban trans athletes in ‘needless’ attack

South Carolina governor Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill banning trans students from fully participating in school athletics. McMaster approved dozens of pieces of legislation, including House Bill 4608 (HB 4608), on Monday (16 May). The bill, also called the “Save Women’s Sports Act”, requires student-athletes to...

May 18, 2022

Gay footballer Thomas Hitzlsperger offers his expert advice to newly-out player Jake Daniels

Out, retired footballer Thomas Hitzlsperger has offered Jake Daniels advice after the Blackpool FC star came out as gay. Hitzlsperger came out in 2014, a year after he retired from a career in football that saw him play for Aston Villa, West Ham, Everton, and the German national team. Aside from Hitzlsperger, who is...

May 18, 2022

COVID vaccines were developed at lightning speed. So why don’t we have a HIV/AIDS vaccine?

More than 36 million people have died from AIDS-related illnesses since HIV first emerged more than 40 years ago – and yet, we still don’t have an effective vaccine. You would be forgiven for thinking that developing a vaccine to protect against HIV should be a relatively simple task – after all, numerous COVID-19...