Five International LGBTQ Short Films at BFI Flare You Can Watch Free Anywhere in The World
Short films from India, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the USA will be shown as part of BFI Flare and the British Council’s ‘Five Films For Freedom’ series. BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival is going digital this year, meaning that queer cinema fans across the UK will be able…
Gay Mountaineer Cason Crane Knows How to Surmount Homophobia
When Cason Crane, now 28, was about 18 years old, he was climbing Denali, the tallest mountain in North America. There, he encountered an obstacle he had never met before while ascending: homophobia. Denali is already “the most physically rigorous” of the world’s tallest mountains, attests the gay mountaineer, who…
YouTubers Are Fighting ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Censorship With Kisses
Now, they want you to join the #BohemianKissChallenge. When South Korean influencers Backpack and Kim saw that scenes of men kissing had been censored from the recent television broadcast of the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, the pair decided to fight back. While others like Adam Lambert have spoken out, this couple…
Men Who “Sound Gay” Face More Discrimination From Straight People
There’s a reason why men with “gay voices” are stressed out about it. Gay men who believe that they sound gay are more likely to be worried about discrimination, a study found, and gay men were more likely to be worried about this than lesbian women. “Sounding gay reflects common…
Gay and Single: How to Survive Valentine’s Day
For those of us not in a relationship, the 14th of February is a reminder of how lover-less we actually are. It’s akin to being back in high school when everyone had partnered up in science class and you were left dissecting a frog by yourself. Being gay on Valentine’s Day…
12 LGBTQ+ Movies Perfect for Date Night
Why are so many gay movies so sad? Sometimes you just want to cuddle up on a couch with your boo, some edibles, and some popcorn and have a nice date night in. What if you want to laugh, or watch a cute romance, or just see a beautiful gay…
Michael Cashman says LGB people who attack trans rights ‘learned nothing’ from the AIDS crisis
Lord Michael Cashman, one of the founders of LGBT+ rights charity Stonewall, has spoken out about the loss and anger he felt after watching Russell T Davies’ seminal Aids drama It’s a Sin. Comparing the stigma that gay men, lesbians and bisexual people faced in the 1980s to the treatment of transgender people today, Lord Cashman said that “loss…
Pressure Mounts For Japan to Introduce The Most Basic of LGBT+ Rights Ahead of Olympics
Japan should introduce a law to protect LGBT+ people from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity ahead of the 2020 Olympic games this summer, human rights organisations have said. In a letter, 116 human rights and LGBT+ organisations asked prime minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan to introduce such legislation before this…
Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi Says COVID-19 Vaccine Can Make You Gay
The jab causes “opposite tendencies”, Rabbi Daniel Asor reportedly claimed. An ultra-Orthodox rabbi has told followers that getting a Covid-19 vaccine can make them gay. Which, of course, is completely, totally and utterly factually incorrect – if that needs saying at all. Rabbi Daniel Asor made the baseless remarks in…
Open Letter to ‘Gays Over COVID’ on Board Sinking Party Boat in Mexico Goes Viral
“You look like a f*cking clowns.” An open letter to revellers on board a gay party boat that sank on New Year’s Eve has prompted much conversation online. Footage filmed off the coast of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico showed some 60 people floating in the sea and being rescued after the incident. Nobody…
“Queer Santa” is Coming to Make Sure LGBTQ Homeless Teens Get Presents
“My family did find out I was gay after I was grown and they disowned me. So it’s very important to me to make sure that all children are taken care of.” Every Christmas in Denver, Queer Santa comes to town. A few weeks ago at The Center on Colfax,…
California Gay Couple’s Xmas Decorations Torn, Smeared With Feces
“I just want to make sure that this doesn’t happen to anyone else or, if it already has, that they feel empowered enough to speak up about it.” Brian Kleinmeyer and his boyfriend Daniel Kain were shocked Wednesday morning when they awoke and saw that the Christmas decorations outside their…