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July 5, 2022

Thousands of LGBTQ+ veterans ‘still waiting for closure and justice’, warns Labour shadow minister

As we mark 50 years of Pride, Labour’s shadow secretary of state for the armed forces, Luke Pollard, writes for PinkNews to highlight the LGBTQ+ veterans pushed out of the armed forces, “still waiting for justice”. In the past few weeks and throughout the summer, LGBTQ+ service people from across our...

July 5, 2022

Incredible true story behind Adele’s powerful proclamation of Pride: ‘It was just unbelievable’

A gay Adele fan has described the “unbelievable” moment the singer brought him to the front row after borrowing his LGBTQ+ Pride flag. The offer from Adele sounded promising enough: one LGBTQ+ Pride flag for VIP access to her British Summer Time gig in Hyde Park, London – plus a fair amount of drink tokens....

July 5, 2022

Adorable gay penguin couple become proud surrogate parents for baby chick

A heart-stopping gay penguin couple has become the perfect pair of surrogate parents for a baby chick. The penguins adopted the chick at the Oceanarium, Bournemouth, after it was hatched on 12 May by the loved-up seabirds Diego and Zorro. Keeper Kat Nicola decided to give the couple a fertilised egg after they successfully...

July 4, 2022

Bette Midler disappoints fans after parroting anti-trans dog whistles about ‘women being erased’

Bette Midler has sparked alarm among LGBTQ+ fans after she claimed “women” are being “erased” by trans-inclusive language. The Hocus Pocus star, 76, brought up trans rights as she fumed over the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade, all but eliminating the constitutional right to an...

July 4, 2022

Iran brutally executes gay man over ‘sodomy’ charges

A gay man has been executed in Iran under a “sodomy” charge, according to human rights groups, in the latest example of anti-LGBTQ+ brutality in the Middle Eastern nation. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported that 10 inmates were allegedly executed in Rajai Shahr Prison, in the northern city...

July 4, 2022

Florida teen shot to death by man who ‘feared being outed as gay’ in ‘possible hate crime’

A Florida teenager has been killed by a man who feared being “outed” as gay, police have said. Telan Mann, 19, was shot to death in the early hours of 23 June in Daytona Beach, Florida. Suspect Jakari Webb, 19, is being held at Volusia County Jail in Daytona Beach and faces three charges, including …...

July 4, 2022

Stranger Things fans think these two emotional scenes confirm Will Byers’ sexuality

Fans of Netflix’s Stranger Things believe the show has now confirmed Will Byers’ sexuality after two emotional scenes in the fourth series. The show’s fans have long speculated that Will (played by Noah Schnapp) might be gay due to his close friendship with Mike (Finn Wolfhard). However, a scene in which...

July 4, 2022

Petition calling for Supreme Court’s Clarence Thomas to be impeached tops one million signatures

A petition calling for the impeachment of justice Clarence Thomas has skyrocketed in signatures in the aftermath of Roe V Wade, topping more than one million as of Monday (4 July). The advocacy group MoveOn created the petition earlier in the year after Thomas’ wife Ginni had reportedly pressured members who were...

July 4, 2022

Majority of Republicans think loving parents of trans kids should be investigated for child abuse

More than half of Republicans want the supportive parents of trans youth investigated for ‘child abuse’ if they help kids access gender-affirming care, a study found. The horrific revelation came from a survey of 10,188 Americans, conducted by the Pew Research Center, on their views on gender identity and trans issues in...

July 4, 2022

Mosque becomes ‘first in Germany’ to fly LGBTQ+ Pride flag: ‘Queer people can also believe in God’

A Berlin mosque has proudly declared its support for LGBTQ+ rights by flying the Pride flag – saying it is the first in Germany to do so. The Ibn Rushd-Goethe Mosque displayed the flag – a classic Pride flag with a symbol that reads “love is halal” on the front – for the first time … Continued The post...