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March 10, 2020

Neighbours is celebrating its 35th anniversary with its first-ever lesbian wedding

The long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours is celebrating its 35th anniversary with the show’s first ever lesbian wedding. The special episode next week will see Sky Mangel and Lana Crawford get hitched, and there will be lots of familiar faces returning for the occasion. Bridget Neval, who played Lana...

March 10, 2020

Pete and Chasten Buttigieg went to see a gay Broadway play and received an emotional standing ovation

Free from the shackles of a presidential campaign, Pete and Chasten Buttigieg are catching up on their Broadway shows – and got an emotional response from the audience at The Inheritance. The former presidential candidate made his first public appearance since ending his history-making run for president last week – as he...

March 10, 2020

Jack Whitehall’s gay character makes blink-and-you’ll-miss it appearance in new trailer for Disney’s Jungle Cruise

Jack Whitehall will star as one of Disney’s first major LGBT+ characters in Jungle Cruise, yet he only makes a brief appearance in the trailer. There was some controversy in 2018 when it was revealed that British comedian Whitehall was set to play a gay character in Jungle Cruise. His character was described as...

March 10, 2020

Cruel students mock basketball player with homophobic Grindr taunts during final game of the season

Monmouth University in the United States has launched an investigation after students held up a sign saying “stick to Grindr” along with images from his dating profiles during a basketball game. The incident took place during a basketball match between Monmouth University in New Jersey and Siena College. When...

March 10, 2020

Canada finally introduces legislation to ban traumatising conversion therapy, putting the UK to shame

Canada has introduced legislation to criminalise the traumatising and pseudoscientific practice of conversion therapy. After the 2019 federal election, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau made a nationwide ban on conversion therapy a “top priority” for his new government. In a letter to the country’s justice...

March 10, 2020

Lesbian, bi and trans women face serious health inequalities in the UK and nobody is doing anything about it

For the fourth year running, LBT Women’s Health Week is highlighting the inequality lesbian, bisexual and trans women face getting healthcare in the UK. While the gap in healthcare between genders is becoming more well-known, the fact that LBT women face poorer care than straight, cisgender women remains an...

March 10, 2020

Queer woman kicked out of For The Love music festival ‘for kissing a woman’

Security at Australia’s For The Love music festival in Perth allegedly booted a woman from their event because she was kissing her female friend. Asha Couch, who identifies as queer, was told that she and her friend had to leave because they were “too intoxicated” – despite neither of them having a drink...

March 10, 2020

Masterchef winner drops down to one knee for beautiful proposal to his boyfriend on live TV

Brace yourselves for a flood of emotions, because the winner of Masterchef Italy has proposed to his boyfriend in a powerful live television moment. The gorgeous proposal took place at the very end of the finale of the show’s ninth season, in which gay chef Antonio Lorenzon was crowned the winner. Just before the...

March 10, 2020

Lisa Nandy slams Piers Morgan for bizarre Usain Bolt analogy during car crash clash over trans rights

Labour leadership hopeful Lisa Nandy has accused Piers Morgan of setting up a “false war” between cisgender women and trans women in a heated debate. The exchange took place on Good Morning Britain today, where Nandy was grilled by Morgan on her support for trans people’s rights. Morgan once again...

March 10, 2020

Court rules against gender-neutral passports and says people must define as either male or female

The UK’s Court of Appeal has ruled against campaigner Christie Elan-Cane in per fight for a gender-neutral passport. Christie Elan-Cane had challenged the legality of the UK government’s passport policy, which requires that either a “M” or “F” gender marker appear on every UK passport....