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…
Actor Luke Evans Has a Message For People Speculating About His Love Life
“Just to be very clear, no one, I repeat, no one, knows what is going on in my personal life apart from me. A simple one word comment made in an interview does not give gossip magazines anything more than that. If they choose to create sensational stories about my…
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 Eye’ star Jonathan Van Ness reveals he married his ‘best friend’
The reality television star is opening up about his relationship with husband Mark Peacock following their secret 2020 wedding. Reality television star Jonathan Van Ness, 33, surprised his more than 5 million fans on Instagram last week by announcing that he got married in 2020. “I got married to my…
Season 4 of Élite Has Officially Finished Filming!
It’s been a while since the last time we’ve seen them, but fret not Élite stans, because the messy AF students of Las Encinas (including our fave queer couple Omander) will be back in our lives pretty soon! How, you ask? Well, the upcoming fourth season of our favorite, murderous teen drama has officially wrapped filming! …
“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…
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…