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June 20, 2022

Gay Afghan who fled after being abducted, beaten and burned by Taliban left in asylum limbo

When Sohil finally fled Afghanistan, it had been months since the Taliban seized power. From the moment Kabul fell, Sohil was a target – his western clothes set him apart from other Afghan men. Since August 2021, he has been burned and beaten by Taliban members, and later abducted and interrogated. Like so many others, he...

June 19, 2022

Keke Palmer praises Lightyear’s LGBTQ+ inclusion for ‘depicting love the way it exists in the world’

Lightyear star Keke Palmer has applauded the animated film’s LGBTQ+ representation for “depicting life and love the way that exists” in the world. The actor voices Izzy Hawthorne, who becomes a close ally of accomplished Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear (Chris Evans), in the Toy Story spin-off. Izzy is the granddaughter of...

June 19, 2022

Megan Rapinoe slams ‘monstrous’ attacks against trans rights in the US

Megan Rapinoe has condemned the “monstrous” and “cruel” campaign by conservative lawmakers to attack trans rights in the US. The queer icon was recently named among Time magazine’s list of 100 most influential people of 2022. Rapinoe was commended alongside US Women’s National Soccer Team Becky Sauerbrunn and Alex Morgan...

June 19, 2022

Trans woman on ‘challenge’ of merging her love of bowling with her gender identity

A gripping new documentary details the “joys” and “ugliness” of a trans woman’s journey as she merges her trans identity and love of bowling. Our League follows a community of bowlers from just outside Cleveland, Ohio who cope with change when new owners take over their beloved alley,...

June 19, 2022

Man arrested after trans lover’s body found a week after her death

A Lithuanian man has been arrested in the murder investigation of a 31-year-old transgender Thai woman. Thiraphong Lamluea was found dead in her apartment in the Prasat district of Thailand on 15 June. Her mother Wandee Lamluea was the one who discovered Thiraphong’s body after neighbours reported a foul-smelling...

June 19, 2022

Singer Calum Scott was ‘totally abandoned’ by friends after coming out

Singer Calum Scott has recalled being “abandoned” by a lot of his friends after he bravely came out as gay. The former Britain’s Got Talent winner opened up about the impact of his coming out in an interview Metro on Friday (17 June) and how being the pain of being rejected inspired his new single …...

June 19, 2022

Taika Waititi says it would be a ‘crime’ not to have nude scene in Thor: Love and Thunder

Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi said it would have been a “crime against humanity” if Chris Hemsworth didn’t have a nude scene in the film. Hemsworth, who plays the iconic god of thunder, stripped down for a very revealing scene in Thor: Love and Thunder. In a final scene of one trailer, Thor accidentally...

June 19, 2022

Kate Bush thanks Stranger Things as she celebrates record-breaking success

Kate Bush has thanked Stranger Things after her 1985 classic “Running Up That Hill” broke multiple records decades after its first release. The British singer and songwriter has experienced a resurgence in popularity since “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” featured in season four of the popular Netflix...

June 19, 2022

Olympic champion Kelly Holmes comes out as gay: ‘I can finally breathe’

British Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes has said she can “finally breathe” after she comes out publicly as gay. The Olympic gold medallist told the Sunday Mirror that she first realised she was gay at the age of 17 after a fellow female soldier kissed her. But she said a fear of being prosecuted at a time …...

June 18, 2022

The Staircase’s Michael Peterson calls series ‘homophobic’

Michael Peterson has blasted the HBO Max series The Staircase as “homophobic” for its “fabricated” depiction of his life and bisexuality. The true-crime drama series stars Colin Firth as Peterson, a novelist whose wife Kathleen (Toni Collette) was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in their home in 2001. Peterson...