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TikTok sensation Luke Hamnett on childhood bullying: ‘There is light at the end of the tunnel’
Most know Luke Hamnett from going viral on TikTok with his comedic sketches. With more than two million followers across TikTok and Instagram, it’s fair to call him a social media sensation. Before his online fame, Luke worked as a secondary school teacher and an insurance salesman. What he has ...
Sasha Allen on Adore Delano, label drama and defying transphobes: ‘I’ve been writing a lot of political music’
Sasha Allen was a lovesick puppy when he wrote his folksy, featherweight new single “What It Feels Like”. It’s a paean to his partner Adore Delano, the singer, actor and finalist of RuPaul’s Drag Race, written at 2am while she was out of town for five weeks filming a movie. They live in Los Angel...
Kristi Noem: Her most controversial and cruel comments
Markwayne Mullin is officially the new sheriff in town at the Department of Homeland Security, after controversial former South Dakota governor Kristi Noem was fired by Trump following her 13-month, heavy-handed tenure at the agency. Mullin, a first-term senator and former mixed martial arts figh...
Kate Nash cements herself as trans ally: ‘You’re cooler than everyone else’
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander’s star-studded concert Trans Mission Live will be nothing short of history-making, according to the one and only Kate Nash. The Irish-English singer-songwriter says she wants to use the upcoming gig at the OVO Arena in Wembley, London, as a chance to remind trans ...
International Women’s Day: ‘Gender diversity in tech is good for business – it’s not rocket science’
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to work out that having more gender-diverse teams leads to businesses having better productivity. On average, companies that practice gender diversity in their leadership teams outperform their peers by 20 per cent or more, writes tech professional Sarah Watson ...
Pay gaps, misogyny and homophobia: How queer women and non-binary staff are pushing back at work
Queer women and non-binary people face a double whammy of misogyny and anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in the work place. This International Women’s Day 2026, we’re taking a look at how they’re fighting back. Cyber security expert Linn Boo wasn’t always out to her colleagues. Once, in a former job, sh...
Queer ice skating star Amber Glenn calls for a lesbian Heated Rivalry
Amber Glenn might be booked and busy as a history-making figure skater, but she can definitely make time to appear on Heated Rivalry season two. Or, better yet, to star in a spin-off series focussed on queer, female ice hockey players. The 26-year-old pansexual American figure skater appeared at...
8 things employers can do to better support women at work this International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day 2026 is upon us, and it’s a great time to remind ourselves of the ongoing challenges that women continue to face in the workplace despite employers attempts to make strides towards equality. While today’s modern workplace has advanced compared to past generations, the fa...
British female athletes forced to pay for sex tests to compete internationally
British female track and field athletes are being forced to pay out of pocket for their own sex tests to prove they are not trans or intersex if they want to compete internationally. World Athletics, the international governing body for athletics, requires all athletes to undergo an SRY test befo...
Trump deletes post backing affirming surgery for trans kids with ‘parents’ approval’ after backlash
US President Donald Trump has appeared to backtrack on a recent social media post about gender-affirming surgery for trans kids after conservative backlash. On Thursday (5 March), the now-deleted Truth Social post was promoting the ‘SAVE America Act’. Trump outlined five points, the last outlini...
New LGBTQ+ publisher to ‘put queer writers first’ after success of Heated Rivalry novels
“After decades of neglect, Pansy is here to put queer writers and readers first,” says Harry Glasstone, co-founder of LGBTQ+ publisher Pansy, following the popularity of the Heated Rivalry novels. Pansy, founded by novelist Matt Cain and his husband Glasston, will launch on 4 June with the publi...
Heated Rivalry star Robbie G.K. keen to film this ‘fun’ scene in season two
Robbie G.K. is looking ahead to filming season two of Heated Rivalry. At last night’s GLAAD Media Awards in California, the 29-year-old Canadian star joined his co-stars Christina Chang and Nadine Bhabha to speak about the upcoming second season. While Jacob Tierney, the creator of the hot and st...
The inspiring LGBTQ+ athletes to cheer for at the 2026 Winter Paralympics
Following Team LGBTQ+’s success at the Winter Olympics, we’re hoping for some more medals from queer stars at the 2026 Winter Paralympics. At the Milan Olympics, a record-breaking 11 medals were won across multiple sports by members of Team LGBTQ+. Additionally, a number of stars cemented themsel...
St Patrick’s Day could be cancelled under ‘extremist’ Florida Pride ban
Florida lawmakers have passed a sweeping anti-LGBTQ+ law so severe that it could risk defunding St Patrick’s Day festivals. The US state’s Senate voted to pass the controversial ‘Anti-Diversity bill’ following its third and final vote held on Wednesday (4 March). Tabled by Republican senator Clay...
Who is Trump’s Homeland Security pick Markwayne Mullin, and what’s his LGBTQ+ stance?
US President Donald Trump has fired controversial Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem, and announced Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin will be her replacement. But who is he, and what is his stance on LGBTQ+ rights and other issues? The first-term senator, who, according to the BBC, is a form...
Cara Delevingne and girlfriend Minke make rare public appearance as a couple
Cara Delevingne and her girlfriend Minke made a rare public appearance as an item at the 2026 GLAAD Media Awards. The 37th annual GLAAD Media Awards – which celebrates the best in LGBTQ+ arts and entertainment – took place in Los Angeles on Thursday (5 March), with queer icons from the worlds of ...
‘Eins, Zwei, Drei’: This brain-frying synthwave banger could finally end the UK’s Eurovision drought
Well, even if Look Mum No Computer’s “Eins, Zwei, Drei” ends up with nil points, the UK Eurovision entrant can at least say he made music history: there is surely no other song in existence that rhymes “cut the mustard” with “roly-poly with custard”. Such is the bizarre bombast of this year’s UK ...
A*Teens on reuniting, relationships and Eurovision hopes: ‘It’s quite fun to be in our bubble!’
If there’s anything more iconic than making a music comeback after 20 years, it’s doing so with a song titled “Iconic”. In fairness, the new single from Swedish pop group A*Teens lives up to its name. Produced by the creative team behind Loreen’s Eurovision-winning single “Tattoo”, “Iconic” is an...
South Korea approves creating a trans rights foundation after two-year row
South Korea has approved the creation of a foundation designed to protect transgender people from discrimination after nearly two years of deliberation. Organisers have been given the go ahead to create the Byun Huisu Foundation, a non-profit which will work to protect trans South Koreans from po...
Debunked: Transphobic hoax about litter boxes in schools for kids who ‘identify as cats’
For those who are not immersed in the toxic culture wars that have gripped the US over gender identity, the idea of teachers “putting litter boxes in the school bathrooms for the students who identify as cats” (or furries) might sound like something from a fever dream. However, the urban myth co...
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