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Trump appoints Erika Kirk to key military academy role to continue Charlie’s ‘legacy’
Donald Trump has appointed conservative activist Erika Kirk, the widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, to the US Air Force Academy’s Board of Visitors. 37-year-old political commentator Kirk, who has no military experience, was picked by the US president to replace her late husband on ...
Sapphics have hilarious reactions to Kathryn Hahn being cast as Tangled villain Mother Gothel: ‘We keep winning!’
Agatha All Along star Kathryn Hahn has officially been cast as Mother Gothel in the live action remake of Disney’s Tangled, and queer women everywhere are going wild. Two months after rumours began to swirl about Hahn’s involvement in the new film, the 52-year-old WandaVision star seemed to conf...
Catherine Opie on why National Portrait Gallery exhibition still feels ‘radical’ for a ‘butch d***’
One thing that immediately strikes you when you enter the second floor space at the National Portrait Gallery – which for a few short weeks is housing a vast breadth of Catherine Opie’s work – is the sense of being watched, but more specifically being seen. Decades worth of photographed eyes gaz...
Statue of Trump and Epstein in famous Titanic pose erected in Washington DC
A gold statue depicting US president Donald Trump and convicted sex Jeffrey Epstein holding each other in the famous pose from Titanic has appeared in Washington DC. The 12-foot statue was erected on the National Mall and sees the two men re-enacting the iconic moment from James Cameron’s hit 199...
Boy George tells Chappell Roan to ‘cheer up’ after paparazzi incident: ‘Boundaries are boring’
Boy George has told lesbian pop star Chappell Roan to “cheer up” after she clashed with fans and paparazzi in Paris. George weighed in after Roan accused the paparazzi of stalking her as she went out to dinner during Paris Fashion Week over the week. 28-year-old Grammy winner Roan began filming i...
BBC axes LGBTQ+ dating shows I Kissed A Boy and I Kissed A Girl due to ‘funding challenges’
The BBC has axed I Kissed A Boy and I Kissed A Girl, the UK’s first LGBTQ+ dating series. In a statement, first published by The Sun, the BBC stated that there are “no current plans” for either show to return after season two of I Kissed A Girl, which is set to return to […] The post BBC axes LGB...
Governor vetoes bill that would’ve funded Charlie Kirk’s anti-LGBTQ+ groups
A Democratic governor has vetoed legislation that would have used taxpayer dollars to fund Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA. Arizona governor Katie Hobbs rejected a GOP-led Senate bill that would have donated $17 from a range of $25 licence plates honouring the late right-wing pundit to the young...
‘You don’t need millions in the bank to adopt – children just need love and a safe place’
“We get ‘love you’ 20, 30 times a day,” Alice said of her and her partner, Monique’s, adopted children. The couple, 25 and 31, adopted their mixed-race daughters when they were three and four. They decided to adopt the girls after being told that, by the summer of 2024, the children would have b...
NHS England to conduct ‘evidence review’ into HRT for trans adults
NHS England is reportedly reviewing the evidence on the effectiveness of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for transgender adults as part of its newly announced consultation. The public health service confirmed the evidence review and several others in a report published as part of an upcoming pu...
More than half of adults ‘open to sexual experimentation with AI’, survey finds
More than half of adults are “open to experimenting sexually” with Artificial Intelligence (AI), a survey has revealed. A survey of 25,000 adults by “AI-lationships” platform Joi AI revealed that 55 per cent of respondents were open to sexually experimenting with AI or find it a turn on. The da...
Eurovision 2026 betting odds show a clear favourite to win
The 2026 Eurovision Song Contest betting odds indicate that there is a clear favourite to win. Eurovision 2026 – the 70th edition of the contest – will take place in Vienna, after Austrian singer JJ won last year with his operatic ballad, “Wasted Love”. The contest will feature 35 countries and...
Worrying proportion of Americans still think being gay is ‘morally wrong’
A concerning proportion of Americans still think being gay is “morally wrong”, according to new research. A report by the Pew Research Center found that Americans are far more likely than people in other Western countries to say that being gay is morally unacceptable. The research surveyed 25 cou...
Olympian Colin Jackson tells other gay athletes not to be ‘fearful’ of coming out
Former Olympian Colin Jackson has urged other LGBTQ+ athletes not to be “fearful” about sharing their queer identities with the world. The former Welsh world-record 110m hurdler won an Olympic silver in Seoul in 1988, World Championship gold medals in Stuttgart and Seville in 1993 and 1999, an Wo...
Karla Sofía Gascón responds to Timothée Chalamet ballet controversy: ‘Are you trans? Then don’t worry’
Karla Sofía Gascón, the controversial trans star of beleaguered Oscar-winning movie Emilia Pérez, has waded into the debate surrounding Timothée Chalamet’s opera and ballet remarks. In a post on Instagram Stories on Monday (10 March), the Academy Award-nominated star casually shared her thoughts ...
Trump vows not sign any bills until act with anti-trans provisions is passed
US president Donald Trump has vowed not to sign any bills into law until a major elections bill passed, while insisting it includes anti-trans provisions. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, also known as the SAVE Act, is a bill which would require every American to provide documentar...
GB News whines that brands are ‘scared’ of advertising with them
GB News is being urged to ‘reflect’ on the type of content it produces after a host complained about an advertising boycott yet again. Presenter Nana Akua claimed during an episode of The Interview that potential advertisers were being “scared off” by human rights groups that argue the news and o...
Chappell Roan films paparazzi ‘harassing’ her at Paris Fashion Week: ‘Disregarded as a human’
Lesbian pop queen Chappell Roan has never been shy about setting her boundaries when it comes to the paparazzi, and now the star has turned the camera back on the shutterbugs. “The Giver” singer went viral over the weekend after confronting photographers who would not leave her alone outside a re...
Heated Rivalry season two will include fan favourite steamy scene from the books, author confirms
Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid has confirmed that one of the defining, fan favourite moments from her Game Changers book series will appear in season two. Spoiler alert! This article contains spoilers for The Long Game by Rachel Reid, and thus for season two of Heated Rivalry. During a convers...
Scream 7 star Anna Camp comes out as bisexual
Scream 7 star Anna Camp has publicly come out as bisexual nearly a year after revealing her same-sex relationship. The 43-year-old actor spoke her truth during a Tuesday (10 March) guest spot on I’ve Never Said This Before with Tommy DiDario, published in a PEOPLE exclusive. “As a 43-year-old wom...
Heated Rivalry stars condemn online bigotry: ‘Don’t call yourself a fan’
Heated Rivalry stars Hudson Williams and Francois Arnaud are calling out “hateful” and “bigoted” comments from the show’s fandom. In matching posts shared on their Instagram Stories yesterday (9 March), Hudson Williams and Francois Arnaud wrote: “Don’t call yourself a fan if you share racist/homo...
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