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May 1, 2022

Founder of Northern Ireland’s first LGBT+ rugby team faces charges of sexual abuse

Kevin Bartlett, founder of Northern Ireland’s first LGBT+ rugby team, has been accused of sexual abuse by two alleged victims. Bartlett faces two charges – sexually assaulting a male and causing him to engage in sexual activity without consent – in relation to a first alleged victim, and the crimes are alleged to...

May 1, 2022

Being a non-binary lesbian, I always felt like I missed the handbook on how to be a girl

Niamh O’Toole, a volunteer with Just Like Us, the British LGBT+ young people’s charity, writes for PinkNews about being a non-binary lesbian. The most common definition you probably hear for lesbian is “a woman who is only attracted to women”. Of course, that works for many people but I, instead, use lesbian to describe...

May 1, 2022

Furious protesters take to streets against government’s cruel conversion therapy U-turn

“We have the power, we have the pride, trans people united, side by side.” These were the words that rang through the square outside Sheffield City Hall on Saturday (30 April). As the sunlight blazed down on activists’ placards, hundreds of protestors gathered to demand the government enact a full ban on conversion...

May 1, 2022

Church of Scotland could soon legalise same-sex marriage

The majority of Church of Scotland leaders support the legalisation of religious same-sex marriage, according to a report to the 2022 General Assembly. Ahead of the Church of Scotland’s General Assembly, set to take place in Edinburgh from 21 to 26 May, a report has shown that 29 of 42 presbyteries support...

May 1, 2022

Drag Race UK icon Tayce on ‘breaking down boundaries’ and hopes to return to the franchise

After becoming RuPaul’s Drag Race UK royalty following her appearance in season two, viewers have been desperate to see Tayce make a return to the competition. Sadly, fans are just going to have a little longer for the lip sync assassin to do her thing again because Tayce is simply too booked and busy to …...

April 30, 2022

Inaugural Asian Pride Games kicks off in Taiwan

The inaugural Asian Pride Games began in Taiwan on Friday, 29 April, with a beautiful rainbow opening ceremony attended by hundreds of queer athletes. The first Asian Pride Games, the successor to The Straits Games (TSG) which has taken place each year since 2002, was set to take place in 2021, but had to be postponed...

April 30, 2022

US Department of Justice challenges cruel Alabama ban on medical care for trans kids

The US Department of Justice has filed a complaint challenging Alabama’s cruel ban on medical care for trans kids. The legal action is “the latest action by the Justice Department to combat discrimination based on gender identity, including unlawful restrictions on medical care for transgender youth”,...

April 30, 2022

University doctor Dennis Kelly settles with 80 ex-patients who accused him of abuse

The University of Southern California (USC) and Dr Dennis Kelly have settled with 80 former students, mostly LGBT+, who alleged that the university doctor sexually abused them over two decades. On Wednesday, 27 April, all parties involved in the case released a joint statement: “USC, Dr Dennis Kelly, and all...

April 30, 2022

Disney exec in charge of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ response resigns after just three months

Disney communications exec Geoff Morrell, who helped engineer the company’s disastrous response to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, has resigned after just three months. Morrell joined Disney in January, 2022, taking over from Zenia Mucha to lead the company’s communications as chief...

April 30, 2022

Drag Race icon Aja making TV return to compete in ballroom show Legendary

Drag Race alum Aja LaBeija is set to make her TV return in style after it was confirmed that she will be one of the competitors in the third season of HBO Max’s Legendary. The drag icon famously joined the Royal House of LaBeija in 2021, which was founded by drag queen Crystal LaBeija in … Continued The post...