Why Everyone’s Mental Health Could Do With a ‘Holi-date’ This Year
Singleton Daniel Harding says sitting on Santa’s lap has never been so appealing as he searches for an alternative. It’s December, people already put up their trees last month and Christmas-mania began even earlier this year. Bar humbug! In any normal year, the holidays are often hard enough to navigate…
Blake Lee, Ben Lewis Fell In Love (Again) on The Christmas Setup Set
The pair have been married for a decade but while working on the history-making Lifetime holiday film, the stars found themselves revisiting the process of falling for one another. This year there is a wave of LGBTQ+ inclusive (or centered) holiday films coming out. Of these projects, many are populated by…
Switzerland Looks Set to Be The Next Country to Legalise Same-Sex Marriage – Because Love, Always, Always Wins
Switzerland has taken a major step on the path to equality after its parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of a law to pass same-sex marriage. The council of states – the upper house of Switzerland’s legislature – voted by by 22 votes to 15 to approve landmark legislation to make…
US Approves Breakthrough HIV Test That Can Help People Start Treatment Straight Away
It’s the first test to not only diagnose HIV but also measure viral load, allowing doctors to start treatment even faster. The US has cleared a new HIV test that can not only find out if someone is positive but also measure their viral load. The viral load – the…
Malik Brown Becomes Atlanta’s First Director of LGBTQ Affairs
Despite the fact that Georgia does not have any statewide protections for their LGBTQ citizens, the state’s capital city, Atlanta, has achieved a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Municipal Equality Index every year since 2013, a distinction that gave the city an ‘All-Star’ status in 2018. Elected as Atlanta’s mayor…
Tom Daley Thinks ‘Growing As a Queer Person is Very Challenging’ As He Reflects On Coming Out Journey
British Olympic diver Tom Daley has revealed that coming out in a YouTube video in 2013 was “one of the scariest things” he’s ever done and that “growing up as a queer person is very challenging.” Speaking to celebrity stylist Andrew Gelwicks for his upcoming book The Queer Advantage: Conversations with…
7 New Queer Holiday Movies and TV Shows to Stuff Your Stockings With
Queer people love Christmas, and Hollywood has finally caught on. This year, we’re getting more holiday films featuring LGBTQ characters, storylines, or themes than ever before. Find seven of our picks below, including highly anticipated new titles from Hulu, Netflix, Paramount Network, and more. It’s the most wonderful time of…
11 Gay Movies That Actually Have Happily-Ever-After Endings
Not in the mood for another sad, gay movie? There are a lot of important gay movies that don’t have the happiest endings for gay characters, especially when those movies try to tackle important topics like homophobia or the HIV/AIDS crisis. Still, it can feel a little depressing when you…
Joe Biden’s Win Means LGBTQ+ Folks Can See the Sun Again
If you have experienced a tornado, hurricane, or a crippling snowstorm, you know what it’s like the following day. You wake up and look to the skies that only hours earlier were dark, ominous, and dangerous. The morning sky is usually a brilliant blue, barren of clouds; the radiant sun…
Nevada Voters Turn Same-Sex Marriage Ban Into Legal Protections For Gay Couples
Nevada voters removed the state’s constitutional amendment that banned same-sex marriages to require the state to recognize and perform them. The ban was moot following the Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges that brought marriage equality to the nation. While the state’s inability to declare a winner in the presidential race is causing…
70% Of Americans Now Support Same-Sex Marriage — A New High, Survey Finds
A record number of Americans now support same-sex marriage, according to a new national poll. Seventy percent of Americans favor allowing same-sex couples to marry legally, including 80% of Democrats, 76% of independents and half of Republicans, according to the 11th annual American Values Survey conducted by the Public Religion Research…
How Can I Deal With Online Bullying And Trolls? Daniel Howell And LGBTQ YouTubers Share Tips And Advice
“Dealing with trolls online – or in real life – is something that all of us in the LGBT community have had to deal with.” As part of a new four-part video series to coincide with World Mental Health Day (10 October), Daniel Howell has teamed up with Attitude and…