LGBTQ+ news from Europe
Latest LGBTQ+ news from across Europe.
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...
Olly Alexander calls out ‘spineless’ Labour government over anti-trans rhetoric
Pop icon Olly Alexander has called out Keir Starmer’s Labour government over its “cowardice” on the rights of transgender people in the UK. The 35-year-old former Years & Years frontman took aim at UK leadership’s “spinelessness” while discussing his upcoming benefit concert Transmission Live. Fe...
Gay-for-pay OnlyFans star chained to Sussex housewife 24 hours a day in Channel 4’s Handcuffed
In one of Channel 4’s more audacious reality TV offerings, an OnlyFans star who makes explicit gay content is being handcuffed to a housewife in a bid to win £100,000. This is Handcuffed: Last Pair Standing, hosted by TV presenter Jonathan Ross, who believes that the show could “go a small way to...
New Hampshire trans bathroom ban bill includes threat of prison time
An anti-trans bathroom ban proposed in New Hampshire has been dubbed one of the most extreme in the country for threatening to jail those who violate it. House Bill 1442 would punish individuals who access gendered facilities in a variety of public buildings that aren’t consistent with their gend...
Sophia Bush urges white people to ‘show up for Black people’ in Trump’s America
Actress Sophia Bush has been praised for comments she made about white allyship with Black communities. The queer star of John Tucker Must Die and Grey’s Anatomy, who has been in a relationship with former US women’s football player Ashlyn Harris since 2024, made the comments at NAACP Image Award...
Coronation Street’s gay domestic abuse storyline takes violent turn
Coronation Street’s gay domestic abuse storyline is ramping up in tonight’s episode (9 March), as financial and emotional abuser Theo Silverton (James Cartwright) pulls a knife out on his partner Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce). In scenes shown in tonight’s episode of the ITV soap, but available to...
Jazz Jennings’ dad break down in tears over trans sports ban in moving video
Jazz Jennings has shared the powerful moment her dad broke down in tears over a trans sports ban that stopped her from playing on the girls’ soccer team more than a decade ago. In partnership with American Civil Liberties Union, and in a bid to stop bans on trans athletes, the trans reality TV st...
Here’s why Pornhub is blocked for users in Australia right now
Access to Pornhub, the world’s largest adult-video content site, is being restricted in Australia. Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub, RedTube, YouPorn and Tube8, has begun limiting access for Australian users, with Pornhub remaining partially accessible and showing only non-explicit content. ...
Trans health service ‘dismayed’ at NHS banning hormones for 16 and 17-year-olds
The UK’s only regulated transgender healthcare provider has said it is “dismayed” by NHS England’s decision to block new hormone prescriptions for trans teenagers. 16 and 17-year-olds are no longer able to access medication that several medical institutions have dubbed ‘life-saving’ after the pub...
Heartstopper author Alice Oseman issues major update on final book
Heartstopper author Alice Oseman has issued a moving update on the progress of the graphic novel series’ last ever book. In a post on Instagram over the weekend, the 31-year-old writer confirmed that they had finished illustrating Volume 6, the final instalment in the Heartstopper series, almost...
Green MP Hannah Spencer given police escort after being confronted by anti-trans activists
Newly-elected Green MP Hannah Spencer was ushered into a police car after she was confronted by anti-trans activists following her appearance at an anti-far right demonstration. The pro-LGBTQ+ Gorton and Denton MP, who gave Zack Polanski’s party their first ever by-election victory last month, b...
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