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Your license plate might be funding an anti-LGBTQ extremist group
This story was originally published by Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet, in partnership with LOOKOUT, a nonprofit newsroom focused on accountability journalism for the Southwest’s queer community. Subscribe to their newsletter here. A LOOKOUT and Uncloseted Media inves...
Remembering the lives tragically lost in horrific nail bomb attack on London’s Admiral Duncan gay bar
The Admiral Duncan, a popular LGBT+ pub in Soho, London, will never forget the awful day a nail bomb attack claimed the lives of three people and injured dozens more. Friday April 30, 1999 was supposed to be the start of a glorious bank holiday weekend. The sun was shining, workers had clocked of...
Netflix Boots stars Miles Heizer and Angus O’Brien reunite for shirtless thirst trap
Netflix stars Miles Heizer and Angus O’Brien have reunited in a shirtless gym photo, four months after their show Boots was cancelled. In the queer military drama, Heizer played closeted lead character Cameron Cope. O’Brien appeared as the chaotic Thaddeus Beau Stirling Hicks. Sharing photos to h...
Drag Race fans ecstatic as All Stars 11 guest judges confirmed: ‘We won!’
Start your engines, because the celebrity guest judges for RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 11 have been confirmed – and fans are excited! After the line-up of 18 queens returning for another chance at the crown was confirmed, the famous faces set to make an appearance have been revealed in a new tra...
Utah city ordered to pay $350k to drag performers after losing First Amendment fight
On Friday (24 April), a federal judge ordered the city of St. George, Utah, to pay $350,000 in legal fees to the Southern Utah Drag Stars after previously ruling in favour of the group in a years-long First Amendment battle. The performers, alongside their CEO, Mitski Avalox, originally sued the ...
Australian MP ordered to pay $100k to rival over homophobic post
Mark Latham, former federal Labor leader and One Nation MP, has been ordered to pay the maximum $100,000 penalty to Sydney MP Alex Greenwich after a NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal found a social media post Latham made amounted to unlawful vilification based on sexuality. The ruling adds to...
Gay SNL writer says sister ‘may have been murdered’ after disappearance
Gay Saturday Night Live writer Jimmy Fowlie has revealed the case surrounding his sister, Christina Lynn Downer, has “officially transitioned from a missing person to a homicide investigation”. In a post on Instagram, Fowlie gave details about the case surrounding his sister, who went missing fou...
Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo break silence on ‘lavender marriage’ claim: ‘I’m down for that’
Raising Chelsea stars Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo have addressed claims they are in a “lavender marriage” after people online decided he was gay. The married couple, whose relationship was documented on Made in Chelsea, recently welcomed their first child Ziggy. They tied the knot in 2023, but ...
Stephen Fry launches £100k lawsuit at tech festival after falling off stage
Stephen Fry has hit the organisers of tech conference CogX Festival with a lawsuit after he was injured falling off stage while making a speech in September 2023. The 68-year-old is seeking up to £100,000 in damages, after filing a personal injury claim against CogX Festival Ltd and the creative ...
RuPaul’s Drag Race legend Katya hospitalised with mystery illness: ‘Hell on Earth’
RuPaul’s Drag Race icon Katya Zamolodchikova has revealed she is in hospital, after sharing a photo hooked up to machines. On Wednesday (29 April), she posted a photo to her X account, saying: “Girl I’m in body jail,” adding the hashtag “hell on Earth”. In the photo, Katya – real name Brian McCoo...
Move over Red, White and Royal Blue – Alexis Hall’s Boyfriend Material is getting a TV show
Alexis Hall’s gay romance novel Boyfriend Material is set to get the television treatment. On 29 April, Deadline confirmed that production company A24 UK has optioned the TV rights to it. The 2020 novel follows Luc O’Donnelly, son of two rock stars from the 1980s, and his unlikely romance with ba...
High court overturns £585k University of Sussex fine and rejects free speech claim
The High Court has ruled in favour of the University of Sussex in the case of a legal challenge issued by university regulator the Office for Students in a landmark ruling. The OfS attempted to impose a fine of £585,000 on the university for its policies surrounding trans and non-binary inclusion...
TOWIE star Bobby Norris unveils facelift after ‘abusing fillers for 10 years’
The Only Way is Essex star Bobby Norris has revealed the results of a recent facelift, sharing the reason behind the surgery on ITV’s This Morning. The 39-year-old gay reality star told fans previously that he had gone under the knife and shared photos of his bandaged face. He showed off his newl...
Police drop ‘globalise the intifada’ case against Peter Tatchell after protest arrest
The Metropolitan Police have dropped a case against Peter Tatchell, after he was arrested at a pro-Palestine protest for a “Globalise the intifada” placard. Human rights campaigner Tatchell was arrested on 31 January at a march, after carrying a placard which read: “Globalise the intifada. Non-vi...
Netflix’s cult thriller series Unchosen features a big gay secret
Netflix released culty thriller Unchosen earlier this month, and it’s been on the Top 10 Series list in the UK since. And while from the outside it looks to be a dark story of a love affair between a highly religious woman and a mysterious outside, it actually includes a big, gay secret. Spoilers...
Dylan Mulvaney talks the ‘unkind’ criticism of her being trans Broadway star
Dylan Mulvaney has opened up about being a trans Broadway star, including some of the less kind comments she has received around her voice. Speaking in a Get Ready With Me-style video posted to her social media channels on 24 April, the actress shared what it’s like to be cast in a long-running B...
Renée Good’s wife demands feds return SUV for state investigation
The wife of Renée Good is demanding the return of the SUV in which she was killed on 7 January by ICE agent Jonathan Ross, accusing the federal government of blocking efforts to conduct a state investigation over her death. Becca Good filed a motion on Friday (24 April) seeking access to the vehi...
Cynthia Erivo stops one-woman show Dracula after catching fan filming her
Cynthia Erivo has been praised for stopping her one-woman show Dracula after catching an audience member filming the performance. A TikTok video posted on 28 April by user jesusontour_ shows the curtain coming down during the performance while an in-house tannoy announcement thanks the audience f...
Virgin Island star thought she had to ‘convert’ gay friends – until she had big realisation
A Virgin Island cast member has confessed her religious upbringing made her think she had to “convert” her gay friends, until she had a very big realisation of her own. Channel 4 show Virgin Island returned to screens this week for a second series, with 12 brave participants hoping to gain experi...
Helena Bonham Carter’s White Lotus season 4 replacement confirmed as queer icon
Queer favourite Laura Dern is replacing Helena Bonham Carter on The White Lotus season four, after the Harry Potter star exited production. Earlier this week, it was confirmed that Bonham Carter had left the show. Soon after, she was forced to deny that a behind-the-scenes clash with Sandra Bernh...
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