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Popular Thai actress ‘Piploy’ Kanyarat Ruangrung comes out as queer
Popular Thai actress Kanyarat Ruangrung, nicknamed ‘Piploy’, came out as queer in a recent statement posted to her Instagram story. The 25-year-old actress, known for roles in Hide & Sis, Soda in The Shipper, and Wednesday Club, was answering a fan who asked: “Are you straight, if you don’t mind ...
LGBTQ+ organisations urge US Senate to reject Trump’s anti-trans SAVE America Act
A collective of LGBTQ+ and civil rights organisations has warned that the US Senate must reject President Donald Trump’s SAVE America Act to prevent “targeting of transgender people.” SAVE America stands for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. In an open letter, the organisations explai...
Who is Celebrity Sabotage star GK Barry and does she have a girlfriend?
TikTok sensation and I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! star GK Barry is one of the tricksters let loose on the public in new ITV show Celebrity Sabotage. Barry, 26, joins Sam Thompson, Judi Love and Joel Dommett on the show. They are tasked with working together to make members of the public [...
Man sentenced after defrauding gay men on dating apps for over £28,000
A man who coerced gay men on dating apps and defrauded them for a total of £28,488 has been sentenced to three years in prison. Between July 2022 and November 2024, 26-year-old Thomas Godden was found to have tricked three men into thinking they were in romantic relationships with him. He then ex...
Drag Race UK’s Kate Butch and Fontana on incredible finale: ‘I was about to puke’
The high heels are off and the winner has been crowned after an incredible season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs the World came to a close this week. Drag Race Thailand‘s Gawdland became the first international queen to win UK vs the World, beating UK queen Kate Butch in the final lip-sync for the [...
Kind strangers raise $90k for trans man’s college tuition after parents cut him off
Hundreds of kind strangers have helped raise $90,000 so an MIT student could complete his college education after his parents cut him off for being trans. Matthew N, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, lost his student housing when his parents financially cut him off when he c...
New US immigration rule could see trans people’s visas revoked for ‘misrepresentation’
Trans immigrants in the US could find themselves barred due to a new rule coming into play on April 10. The rule would mean immigration officers could revoke the visas of those with green cards or who are applying if they do not share their “biological sex at birth”. According to an update to the...
Honey Mahogany on politics and drag in Hunky Jesus: ‘We want trans people to be thriving’
For drag performer and political activist Honey Mahogany, being granted an Honorary Sainthood from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence marked a career highlight. “I consider it one of the biggest honours of my life,” Mahogany says of her Sainthood to PinkNews ahead of the 2026 BFI Flare London LG...
Tennessee GOP advances bill that would create public list of trans residents
On 17 March, Republican lawmakers in Tennessee advanced a sweeping proposal that would require healthcare providers to submit detailed information about patients receiving gender-affirming care, data that would ultimately be published in a public state report. While House Bill 754 is put forward ...
Former NHL player deletes Pride Night rant as ‘bad mojo’ theory debunked
Former NHL player Ron Duguay deleted an angry rant aimed at the league’s Pride Night after backlash. The 68-year-old, who reached the Stanley Cup Finals in 1979 playing for the New York Rangers, took aim at the team after their 4-1 loss against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday, 16 March. Duguay, w...
Miley Cyrus was ‘first’ to reach out to Chappell Roan amid fame issues
Miley Cyrus has shared that she was among “the first” to reach out to Chappell Roan when the latter began experiencing struggles with her rapid rise to stardom. In an 18 March interview with Variety publicising the upcoming 20th anniversary of Hannah Montana, Cyrus explained her worry for the “Pi...
Trans man says bathroom bans force daily decision of ‘jail or attack’
A trans man from Idaho has given a devastating breakdown of their life under a potential “bathroom bill” that is up for vote. The bill would make it a crime for trans people to enter public bathrooms which align with their gender identity. A first offence could carry up to one year in prison, whi...
ìfé (The Sequel) director of the Nigerian lesbian drama: ‘The state will be very hostile towards this film’
After her groundbreaking short film about a lesbian couple in Nigeria, activist and filmmaker Pamela Adie returns with ìfé (The Sequel), but not without challenges. When Ìfé debuted in 2020, the film sparked heated discourse for its bold navigation of queer love in a country that criminalises LGB...
GOP SAVE Act rewrite ties voting restrictions to policies targeting trans people
Senate Republicans introduced a sweeping rewrite of the SAVE Act on Tuesday night that combines new federal voting restrictions with measures targeting transgender people after Donald Trump’s insistence on the bill’s passage with said provisions. The proposal, obtained by Punchbowl News on Tuesda...
Aaron Rourke becomes first out gay singles champion in WWE history
Professional wrestler Aaron Rourke made history this week as he became the first out gay singles champion in WWE history. Also known as the “Evil Gay”, Rourke won the title by defeating Jackson Drake in the WWE Evolve Championships on 18 March. Rourke celebrated the win by quoting an announcement...
People in Florida can still legally marry their first cousin as bill fails to pass
In an age when some LGBTQ+ people around the world cannot marry their partners, it seems marrying your first cousin is absolutely fine. In places like Florida, at least. A bill which would have banned it has failed to pass through the Florida Senate this week. The bill, HB-733, proposed “incestuo...
Police Scotland reverse Nicola Sturgeon’s trans self-ID guidance
Police Scotland has announced that it is reversing the pro-trans policy set out by former first minister Nicola Sturgeon in which trans people were allowed to self-identify their gender. Now, the Scottish police force will record biological sex and separately note whether the individual is transg...
Piers Morgan clashes with HSTikkyTokky in homophobia row before walking off show
Piers Morgan walked off his own show after controversial “influencer” HSTikkyTokky used some underhand tactics during a discussion about homophobia. HSTikkyTokky, whose real name is Harrison Sullivan, was one of the subjects of Louis Theroux‘s latest Netflix documentary which explored the so-call...
Renee Rapp stops Manchester gig after multiple incidents in crowd
Singer Renee Rapp was forced to pause her show at Manchester’s AO Arena multiple times on Wednesday (18 March) after a number of issues in the crowd. The out lesbian songstress, was performing in Manchester as part of her “Bite Me” tour, when she noticed fans signalling for help from the audience...
Heated Rivalry season 2 casting call includes details of eight new characters
The next season of Heated Rivalry is set to be, well, heated after an apparent casting call found its way online. Season two of Heated Rivalry was previously confirmed, with details suggesting it will follow the story of Ilya (Connor Storrie) and Shane (Hudson Williams). The show, which debuted o...
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