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January 14, 2020

More than 300 human rights activists were killed in 2019, with at least 100 bloody murders taking place in Colombia

A total of 304 human rights defenders in 31 countries were killed in 2019 as space for those defending LGBT+ rights “remains extremely constrained”, a new report has revealed. The report by Front Line Defenders (FLD) detailed attacks on activists as they worked to defend the environment, free speech, LGBT+...

January 14, 2020

Quidditch is drawing more and more LGBT players, despite JK Rowling’s recent anti-trans comments

Quidditch, based on the fictional game in the Harry Potter books, is drawing more and more LGBT+ players, despite recent anti-trans comments from author JK Rowling. Since 2005 the game, sometimes referred to as muggle Quidditch, has been played in real life with the first Quidditch World Cup taking place in 2007. It...

January 14, 2020

Charli XCX and Nintendo said ‘gaymer rights!’ in the most ambitious crossover event in history

January 14, 2020

YouTuber NikkieTutorials comes out as trans to her 12 million followers: ‘It’s time to let go and be truly free’

January 13, 2020

This breathtaking photo of a lesbian couple in Derry shows how important same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland really is

A powerful photo of a lesbian couple on their wedding day in Derry, Northern Ireland has gone viral after same-sex marriage finally became legal in the territory today (January 13). It is four months today since Emma Bradley and Danielle Doherty from Derry, Northern Ireland, tied the knot. The couple would have loved to be...

January 13, 2020

NBA boss Rick Welts ties the knot with partner Todd Gage in emotional ceremony

Rick Welts, the president of American basketball team the Golden State Warriors, has married his partner Todd Gage in a ceremony in San Francisco City Hall. Welts announced his marriage, which took place on Friday (January 10) in a tweet at the weekend. “At 11am today in the Mayor’s office at SF City Hall, Mayor …...

January 13, 2020

NBA boss Rick Welts ties the knot with partner Todd Gage in emotional ceremony

January 13, 2020

Elizabeth Warren doubles down on commitment to LGBT community, vows to stop imprisoning trans women with men

Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has said she will stop the US from imprisoning trans women in men’s prisons if she becomes the country’s next president. Speaking at a campaign rally in Marshallstown, Iowa, Warren – who is one of the leading contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination – said the...

January 13, 2020

Right-wing Christian claims a man is a ‘hero’ for refusing to walk on rainbow crossings and the jokes wrote themselves

A right-wing Christian has set the bar lower than it’s ever been before and declared a man who refuses to cross the road on LGBT+ cross-walks “a hero.” Steve Franssen shared a photo of a man standing beside LGBT+ crosswalks, which are painted in rainbow colours, and wrote: “This man in the state of Georgia …...

January 13, 2020

Gwyneth Paltrow releases vagina-scented candle – and queer Twitter has thoughts

Gwyneth Paltrow, the queen of weird, extortionately overpriced and potentially harmful “wellness” products, has released a vagina-scented candle and LGBT+ Twitter has thoughts. The This Smells Like My Vagina candle, on sale for $75 (£57) on Paltrow’s controversial website Goop, was quickly snatched up and...