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April 7, 2022

Britney Spears rejects mum’s ‘exploitative’ bid to make her pay £460k legal bill

Britney Spears has asked judges to deny a request that she pay more than $600,000 (£460,000) for her mother’s legal fees. The colossal sum was amassed during the singer’s conservatorship battle, the PA news agency has found. From 2008 to 2021, Britney lived within the confines of a court-mandated...

April 7, 2022

There’s no good reason to ban trans women from sports, according to science and experts

If there’s one thing that’s certain in this chaotic world, it’s that scientists know there’s simply no real reason to blanket ban trans athletes from sports. Dozens of American states have sought this year to ban trans women from sports while British prime minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday (6...

April 7, 2022

Disgraced founder of anti-LGBT+ megachurch Hillsong accused of threatening pastors

The former pastors of Hillsong Kyiv and Moscow alleged that Brian Houston, the disgraced former leader of the anti-LGBT+ megachurch, threatened them to acquire their church and assets. According to ABC’s 7.30, Zhenya and Vera Kasevich launched their own church in Ukraine in 1992. Hillsong Sydney sent a pastor to the...

April 7, 2022

First trailer drops for Auli’i Cravalho’s queer teen rom-com Crush – and it looks incredible

Hulu has released the first trailer for its new teen film Crush, and it’s absolutely everything you could ever want from a queer rom-com. Crush follows a young, shy artist named Paige (Rowan Blanchard) with an unrequited crush on another teen Gabriella (Isabella Ferreira). Paige dreams of getting into art school and uses...

April 7, 2022

Boris Johnson’s judgement on trans rights clouded by ‘those with an agenda’, Crispin Blunt says

Boris Johnson’s judgement on conversion therapy has been clouded by “those with an agenda” against trans rights, Crispin Blunt has said. The MP, who heads the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Global LGBT+ Rights, made his comments after the Conservative government decided to push ahead with a conversion...

April 7, 2022

Trans and non-binary people to get guaranteed income in groundbreaking Palm Springs trial

Palm Springs, California will give a group of trans and non-binary citizens a guaranteed income in a new pilot. According to Los Angeles Times, Palm Springs’ city council voted unanimously in favour of developing a guaranteed income program to support the trans community on March 24. They allocated $200,000 for the...

April 7, 2022

Boris Johnson schooled by actual athletes over ‘backwards’ views on trans people in sport

LGBT+ sporting groups and athletes have blasted British prime minister Boris Johnson for saying “biological males” shouldn’t compete in women’s sports. Johnson, who had already frayed his government’s relationship with the queer community for scrapping a trans conversion therapy ban and...

April 7, 2022

Lady Gaga has just three words for fans who miss ‘the old her’

Little Monsters can be rest assured that Lady Gaga still has their backs. The “Rain on Me” singer recently replied to a fan’s comment that they “miss” the Fame Monster-era Gaga, by reassuring them she hadn’t changed. Commenting on Gaga’s recent Instagram post of her at the 2010 Grammys, the fan typed: “I miss...

April 7, 2022

Gay firefighter says boss claimed sex with women would ‘cure’ him – and gave him ‘hand diagrams’

A gay New York firefighter claims he was told he could be “cured” of his sexuality by a superior. Corey Boykins alleged that former New York Fire Department (FDNY) department chief, Lt Darius Dorset, suggested that gay men can be “cured” of their sexual identity and proposed that he should try having sex with...

April 7, 2022

Tory MP Alicia Kearns issues heartfelt apology to trans people amid furious conversion therapy row

Conservative MP Alicia Kearns has condemned Boris Johnson’s decision to exclude trans people from a ban on “abhorrent” conversion therapy, declaring that the trans community “deserves an apology”. On Monday (4 April), the Tory government confirmed it would be moving ahead with a proposed ban...