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June 24, 2022

New Queer as Folk writer on ultimate ally Kim Cattrall and rebooting for the age of Gay Twitter

Queer as Folk showrunner Stephen Dunn explains how he rebooted the show for a new generation. We’re not even half way through the year and already 2022 has been a major year for queer television. The start of the year saw the grand return of Euphoria which came back to screens bigger, better and even more …...

June 24, 2022

Hotel issues grovelling apology after refusing lesbian couple their dream wedding

A hotel in Singapore has apologised after telling a lesbian couple their wedding wasn’t welcome. The couple sent an enquiry to the Parkroyal Collection Pickering asking about wedding ceremonies. An employee responded by telling them that same-sex weddngs were not welcome at the five-star hotel. The email read:...

June 24, 2022

Tory MP flees Pride event with police escort as 20 students stage ‘peaceful’ protest

A Tory MP abandoned a Pride event as 20 LGBTQ+ people peacefully protested against the government’s refusal to ban trans conversion therapy. Jo Gideon, MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central, claimed she suffered “non-stop abuse” from “extremist protesters” outside an LGBT+ Conservatives tent at...

June 23, 2022

Family loses bid to have gay dad named on birth certificate instead of surrogate’s husband

A lawsuit filed on behalf of the six-year-old daughter of a same-sex male couple, born via a surrogate mother, to have her biological father named on her birth certificate has been ruled inadmissible. The case, which went to the European Court of Human Rights, involved the girl’s dads, one of whom is the biological...

June 23, 2022

Six queer men die of rare meningococcal disease in ‘one of worst outbreaks in US history’

An outbreak of meningococcal disease primarily affecting queer men in Florida is one of the worst outbreaks in US history, the CDC has said. As of Thursday (23 June) there have been 24 cases and seven deaths of gay and bisexual men from meningococcal disease, according to CNN. The US Centers for Disease Control and …...

June 23, 2022

Ghanaian LGBTQ+ activists arrested and abused for weeks on end sue government

LGBTQ + groups in Ghana are banding together to sue the government after 21 queer activists were arrested and inhumanely tortured while in custody last year. On 20 May, 2021, police raided a human rights training workshop on intersex rights in the Ho, Volta region of the country. The 21 people in attendance, who became...

June 23, 2022

‘Unscientific’ trans sports bans will ‘deny trans kids a childhood’, experts say

Trans sports bans and restrictions won’t just hurt athletes – they’ll impact grassroots players and fans, right down to schoolchildren, experts have said. The International Swimming Federation (FINA) effectively banned trans swimmers on 19 June. Under the body’s new guidelines, a trans woman would only be...

June 23, 2022

Abortion rights protesters tell powerful, personal stories outside Supreme Court

Protestors have turned the front of the US Supreme Court building into an open-air forum on abortion amid the proposed overturning of Roe v Wade. Supporters and opponents of abortion rights shared opinions, anecdotes and arguments on the leaked draft suggesting the court will overturn Roe v Wade, the 1973 landmark rule...

June 23, 2022

Queer Eye confirms big move for new season: ‘Get ready for more tears’

Everyone’s favourite tear-jerking show Queer Eye has confirmed a big move for season seven. After seasons set in Texas, Georgia, Missouri and Pennsylvania, the Netflix show confirmed that it is coming to New Orleans for its seventh run. Announcing that the Fab 5 had arrived in the city, the official Queer...

June 23, 2022

Man who murdered lesbian who rejected his advances jailed for 25 years

The man responsible for the horrific homophobic murder of a 29-year-old South African lesbian has been sentenced to 25 years in jail. On 12 February, 2021, Bonang Precious Gaelae was out with her fiancé and partner of four years Chippa Mahanoe in Sebokeng, South Africa. She was attempting to buy airtime on land owned by...