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April 20, 2022

Brutal transphobic attack left trans man with broken ribs just one week after coming out

A trans man feels too scared to leave his home after four of his ribs were broken in an attack that still haunts him a year on. Callum Kenney, a 22-year-old Dublin City University graduate, told PinkNews a thug brutally set upon him in 2021, only a week after he came out, leaving him unable … Continued The post...

April 20, 2022

Trans man left with broken ribs after brutal transphobic attack just one week after coming out

April 19, 2022

Stranger Things star Maya Hawke on importance of queer characters in sci-fi: ‘It’s special to me’

Stranger Things star Maya Hawke has spoken about how her character Robin Buckley’s “queerness is just an aspect of her personhood”. Ahead of the release of the fourth season of Stranger Things, which will be released on Netflix in two volumes on 27 May and 1 July, Hawke told the latest issue of SFX about...

April 19, 2022

Shameless anti-LGBT+ social media influencer Libs of TikTok attended Capitol insurrection

Anti-LGBT+ social media influencer Libs of TikTok attended the 6 January Capitol insurrection, according to deleted tweets. Libs of TikTok, which began on TikTok but later moved to Twitter, posts content from liberal social media users, inviting ridicule and outrage from right-wing conservatives, often directed at LGBT+...

April 19, 2022

Professor who refused to use trans student’s preferred pronouns wins massive payout from university

An Ohio university has agreed to a massive lawsuit settlement after philosophy professor Nicholas Meriwether refused to use a trans student’s preferred pronouns. Meriwether – with the help of anti-LGBT+ lobbying group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) – sued Shawnee State University after being told by the university that...

April 19, 2022

Secret BFFs Phillip Schofield and Luke Evans share snaps of incredible birthday getaway

You can check Luke Evans and Phillip Schofield off your surprise celebrity BFF bingo cards. Schofield took his regular half-term break from This Morning last week, spending his time off on the snowy French Alps with Luke Evans and a group of friends. The pair stayed with interior designer and Dragon’s Den judge Kelly...

April 19, 2022

Drag Race icon Latrice Royale says getting naked on camera sparked ‘life-changing’ journey

Drag Race icon Latrice Royale on her “life-changing” journey of fitness and body confidence, and getting her “Cinderella ending” on the West End stage. She might have been named in the top 10 of the most powerful drag queens in America by New York Magazine, but Latrice Royale has never let success...

April 19, 2022

Derry Girls: 8 iconic gifts for the fan in your life including ‘I’m the wee lesbian’ merch

Derry Girls is back on our screens for its third and final series and it’s the end of an era. The hit Channel 4 and Netflix show about five teenagers living in mid-1990s Derry during the Troubles has become a global hit. Fans in Derry and beyond have embraced the characters and storylines, including LGBT+ viewers,...

April 19, 2022

Lizzo confirms she’s in a relationship – with someone who isn’t Chris Evans

Lizzo has revealed that she is officially in a relationship with a “mystery man”, and sadly, it’s not with Chris Evans. The “About Damn Time” singer is single no more, she told Andy Cohen on his SiriusXM show on Monday (18 April). Cohen questioned Lizzo about her relationship status, noting that she was...

April 19, 2022

Non-binary poet Kae Tempest reflects on coming out and gender journey: ‘It’s just beginning’

British poet and multi-hyphenate talent Kae Tempest has reflected on their journey to “living more truthfully” as a non-binary person. Tempest, a 36-year-old spoken word performer, playwright, artist and novelist, told Shaun Keaveny on his The Line-Up podcast that publicly coming out in 2020 was “only the...