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May 8, 2022

Mum’s wholesome TikTok videos are a masterclass in parenting LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse kids

One family is ‘validating and normalising’ the power of affirming parenting to LGBT+ and kids living within disabilities through heartfelt TikTok videos. The self-described “family of misfits” is comprised of mum Eeka McLeod and her three wonderful children Evan, Eli and Ella. Eli has cerebral palsy, and Evan...

May 8, 2022

Writing poetry helped me realise I didn’t have to conform to gender norms

When Peter Scalpello started writing their debut poetry collection, they could never have known just how much they would discover about themselves along the way. Peter’s debut was published in March by Cipher Press, the queer UK-based publishing house that’s amplifying LGBT+ voices. Limbic is their latest find...

May 8, 2022

Tom Hiddleston hopes Loki coming out as bisexual was ‘meaningful’ to fans

Tom Hiddleston said he hopes that fans found Loki coming out as bisexual in his Disney series “meaningful”, saying it was a “small step”. Hiddleston has played Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) since the premiere of the first Thor movie in 2011, and he returned as the God of Mischief last year in the Disney...

May 8, 2022

Heartstopper’s Yasmin Finney slams transphobic remarks after encounter at restaurant

Heartstopper star Yasmin Finney has called out the transphobic comments made by strangers after a vile encounter at a restaurant. Fans quickly came to adore Finney for her portrayal of trans teen Elle Argent and the character’s beautiful storyline in Heartstopper, which has been heralded as one of the most important...

May 7, 2022

Jack Harlow slams ‘totally inappropriate’ homophobic reaction to ‘hero’ Lil Nas X

Jack Harlow has called out the “totally inappropriate reaction” to Lil Nas X’s work and identity, saying there’s “still some homophobia going on”. Harlow, who collaborated with Nas for his hit “Industry Baby”, described the iconic gay rapper as a boundary pusher and a “hero” in an interview with the Guardian....

May 7, 2022

Tennessee governor signs cruel bill banning trans athletes from competing in collegiate athletics

Tennessee governor Bill Lee has signed off on legislation banning trans athletes from competing on college sports teams aligning with their gender identity. The Republican lawmaker signed Senate Bill 2153 (SB 2153) on Friday (6 May) prohibiting trans women from participating in “intercollegiate or intramural sports...

May 7, 2022

Man charged for violent threats towards Merriam-Webster over trans-inclusive definitions

A California man has been formally charged for sending threatening online messages to Merriam-Webster over its trans-inclusive definitions. Jeremy David Hanson, 34, was indicted on one count of interstate communication of threatening communications to commit violence against the oldest dictionary publishers in the US,...

May 7, 2022

JoJo Siwa confirms she’s back together with Kylie Prew months after breaking up

JoJo Siwa has announced that she is officially back together with Kylie Prew after the couple ended their relationship last year. The social media star shared a series of romantic pictures on Instagram of the couple enjoying a vacation together at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. In one photo, Siwa is kissing Prew on the...

May 7, 2022

Florida art teacher fired after coming out to students as pansexual

A Florida art teacher has said that she was dismissed for answering kids’ questions about her identity, revealing that she is pansexual. Casey Scott was, until recently, in her first year as an art teacher at Trafalgar Middle School in Cape Coral, Florida. She told WBBH that during one class, she was discussing...

May 7, 2022

5 incredibly queer Viking stories you probably haven’t heard before

The Vikings: for most of us, they’re the peak of cis-het masculinity. But increasingly, research is showing that this simply wasn’t the case. I’m a Viking historian. I study queerness and gender in the Viking Age, and how those ideas have been weaponised by white supremacy in the last 200 years. The Vikings were the...