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May 17, 2022

Gia Gunn sparks furious backlash from Drag Race queens after reading pretty much every one of them

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Gia Gunn has once again done what she does best – whip up controversy and drama. Gunn, who competed in the show’s sixth season, said she saw zero glamour at RuPaul’s DragCon LA 2022, which took place from 13 May to 15 May. The event featured more queens than ever before, with...

May 17, 2022

Gary Lineker predicts gay footballer Jake Daniels will inspire other players to come out

Gary Lineker has predicted that even more gay footballers will be “massively accepted” after Jake Daniels bravely became the first male professional player in the UK to come out in more than 30 years. Daniels, 17, who plays forward for Blackpool, is the first professional player in British men’s football...

May 17, 2022

Piers Morgan called a ‘c**t’ on live TV after bleating ‘anti-trans dogwhistles’ at activist

Piers Morgan invited a trans rights activist onto his show – and got more than he bargained for. Morgan hosted a segment on his new TalkTV show, Uncensored, which posed the loaded question: “Are trans rights wrecking women’s rights?” The presenter, who has previously called non-binary people a “contagion” and a...

May 17, 2022

Manchester’s Andy Burnham vows to stamp out conversion therapy after Tories’ pathetic excuse for ban

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has vowed to take action against all forms of conversion therapy in the face of Boris Johnson’s trans-exclusive ban. The Conservative government confirmed on 10 May, in the Queen’s Speech, that legislation to ban conversion therapy will soon be introduced – but confirmed...

May 17, 2022

Four queer men diagnosed with monkeypox in ‘rare and unusual’ UK outbreak

Four queer men in the UK have contracted monkeypox, health officials have confirmed. After three cases of the rare virus were discovered in early May, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Monday (16 May) that three men in London and one in the northeast have been diagnosed with monkeypox. The four all acquired...

May 17, 2022

Footballer Josh Cavallo ‘feels wonderful’ after helping ‘guide’ gay UK pro Jake Daniels

Josh Cavallo has said he is “proud” of Jake Daniels’ bravery after he became the UK’s first pro male footballer to come out in 32 years. Australian footballer Cavallo, who made headlines after he came out publicly as gay in October 2021, said that it’s a “wonderful feeling” to have...

May 17, 2022

11 countries where LGBTQ+ people still face death penalty urged to abolish it once and for all

A number of leading LGBTQ+ organisations have called on 11 countries to end the threat of the death penalty as a punishment for queer people. ILGA Asia, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and five other organisations condemned the use of violence against LGBTQ+ people in a statement issued to mark International...

May 16, 2022

Fans applaud Jake Daniels after becoming UK’s first pro male footballer to come out in 32 years

Pro footballer Jake Daniels has been praised for his courage and bravery after he became the first British male football player to come out publicly in 32 years. Daniels, who is a forward for Blackpool, came out in a heartfelt interview on Monday (16 May) in which he discussed finally feeling ready to “be myself” …...

May 16, 2022

Trans Heartstopper star Yasmin Finney joins cast of Russell T Davies’ Doctor Who

Heartstopper‘s Yasmin Finney has joined the Doctor Who universe as a new character that will debut next year, coinciding with the show’s 60th anniversary. Finney rose to fame for her role as Elle Argent, a trans teen who recently moved to an all girls’ school, in Netflix’s coming-of-age LGBTQ+...

May 16, 2022

Blackpool’s Jake Daniels becomes UK’s first pro-footballer to come out in more than 30 years

Blackpool football star Jake Daniels has come out publicly becoming the only active gay male professional footballer in the UK. Daniels, who plays forward for Blackpool, is the first professional player in British men’s football to come out publicly since Justin Fashanu in 1990. Fashanu was the UK’s first...