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April 28, 2022

Trans MP Jamie Wallis charged with fleeing from car crash

Tory MP Jamie Wallis will appear in court for failing to report a car crash in Wales last year. When Wallis come out as trans earlier this year, he opened up about living with PTSD after being raped, linking it to his fleeing from a car crash last year. “I have PTSD and I honestly … Continued The post Trans MP Jamie...

April 28, 2022

Lizzo teases a swimwear line from Yitty and she’s giving fans everything they want

Lizzo has teased a swimwear line and she’s giving her fans everything they want. The singer was glowing as she posed in a custom bikini from her brand, Yitty, pairing it with long, purple mermaid hair. The two-piece bikini set worn by the singer includes a thong and is embellished with rhinestones, of course. But...

April 28, 2022

Catholic school teachers ‘threatened with sack’ for striking over gay author’s cancelled visit

Governors at The John Fisher School, a London all-boys Catholic secondary school that banned a gay author from speaking, “threatened to sack staff who strike” in protest. Last month, award-winning children’s and young adult author Simon James Green was scheduled to do a World Book Week talk and book-signing at...

April 28, 2022

Queer, disabled artist Dan Daw on the important lessons kink and fetish can teach us all

Five years ago, the artist and dancer Dan Daw started to wonder why non-disabled people kept telling him he was an “inspiration”. That led Dan to start thinking critically about “inspiration porn” – a term coined by Stella Young, the late Australian disabled artist and activist– and to creating a...

April 28, 2022

University of Reading accused of ‘failing trans students’ by hosting ‘dangerous’ anti-trans lecture

Activists and students have accused the University of Reading of platforming a “dangerous culture war” after hosting a lecture on keeping trans conversion therapy legal. On Monday (25 April), Dr Holly Lawford-Smith gave a lecture, organised by the university’s school of law, titled “who put the...

April 28, 2022

Author explains why it’s ‘horrible’ trans people are ‘used to paying for each other’s healthcare’

Frustrated by the limited and often conditional trans healthcare options offered on the NHS, poet and author Harry Josephine Giles and her partner Darcy Leigh have been forced, like many trans folk before them, to take matters into their own hands. Harry Josephine Giles (also known as Josie) has been a name on the Scottish...

April 27, 2022

Donald Trump gives bizarre and baffling definition of a woman during yet another anti-trans rant

Donald Trump offered up an unusual definition of a woman during an anti-trans tirade on Piers Morgan’s new series. Trump appeared on Piers Morgan Uncensored to share his opinion on a variety of topics, including trans athletes. Morgan asked Trump if he thought the “woke debate” is “beginning to really damage the...

April 27, 2022

Megan Fox’s support for her ‘brave’ dress-wearing son is a masterclass in parenting

Megan Fox opens up about her “brave” son’s decision to wear dresses and how she talks to her kids about gender identity. The Jennifer’s Body star spoke to Glamour UK about how she parents her three kids Noah, Bodhi and Journey. Fox said she’s encouraged Noah – who she said began wearing dresses when he was...

April 27, 2022

Benedict Cumberbatch ’emotional’ about Doctor Strange’s LGBT+ character being censored

Benedict Cumberbatch said he is “emotional” that Saudi Arabia asked Disney to censor an LGBT+ character from the Doctor Strange sequel. Saudi Arabia reportedly asked Disney to cut a 12-second scene in which queer hero America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez) referred to having two mothers before Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of...

April 27, 2022

Disney finally sees sense and pulls U-turn on Love, Victor

Queer coming of age drama Love, Victor is finally coming to Disney Plus in the US after it was previously moved to Hulu. Love, Victor was originally intended to debut on Disney Plus, but it was moved off the platform after executives were concerned certain issues explored on the show – including its LGBT+ content – were...