Month: August 2019

Jamie Laing and David James arrive onstage during the BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2019 launch. (Keith Mayhew/SOPA Images/LightRocket/ Getty) Same-sex couples could compete on Strictly Come Dancing for the first time next year after BBC bosses said they are “completely open” to the idea. The popular reality dance show has previously come under repeated fire over

Paris Saint-Germain players celebrate their victory after fans of the opposing team briefly halted play with homophobic banners (Xavier Laine/Getty) A French league football game between Paris Saint-Germain and Metz was halted by fans with homophobic banners — the third time in two weeks this has happened. Referee Frank Schneider briefly suspended the game on

Ivar Mountbatten and James Coyle on their wedding day (Instagram/ivar_mountbatten) The Queen’s cousin, Lord Ivar Mountbatten, has revealed that the Royal Family don’t discuss his relationship after he married a man last year. Lord Mountbatten, 56, made history in September 2018 when he became the first royal to have a same-sex marriage. The father-of-three separated

A gay woman claims she sought treatment for a physical condition but was instead offered advice about curing her sexuality (Pexels) A gay woman in Italy who saw her doctor for a physical condition says she was advised to read a conversion therapy book to address her “homosexual attitudes.” The woman, who is from Verona,

Tamil Nadu has become the first state in India to ban medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex babies (Pexels) The south Indian state of Tamil Nadu has issued an executive order banning medically unnecessary surgeries on babies whose sex is not clear at birth. The landmark move will protect the estimated 1.7 percent of people born

Parasel-armed parents protect children attending a drag show from protesters (Facebook/Charles Rozanski) Armed with rainbow-panelled umbrellas, parents faced anti-LGBT+, fascist protestors head on at an all-ages drag show in Colorado, US. Mile High Comics hosted a show on 25 August that pulled the attention of Proud Boys, a neo-facist organisation that admits only men as

The students were told their pro-LGBT+ t-shirts were in violation of the school’s dress code. (WYMT) A school district superintendent in Kentucky has apologised to students who were forced to change clothes when they wore Pride t-shirts to school. Several students from Martin County High School were forced to change out of their pro-LGBT+ t-shirts

Andrew Scheer, newly elected leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, speaks at the party’s convention in Toronto, Ontario. (GEOFF ROBINS/AFP/Getty) Canada’s Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer has refused to apologise over a resurfaced video of anti-gay comments. In a press conference on Thursday, August 29, Scheer insisted his opponents were “hypocrites” for calling on

Bristol Rover players (right) on the pitch with Brighton & Hove Albion at Memorial Stadium, Bristol (Getty Images/Alex Davidson) A UK football team have expressed their “strong disproval” after some of their own fans sang homophobic chants at a game earlier this week. Bristol Rovers fans hurled homophobic insults and chants at Brighton & Hove

The Dog and Partridge pub where the attack took place. A man punched two landladies and knocked one unconscious after shouting homophobic abuse at them. Nigel James Tomlinson, a married father of three, shouted homophobic abuse and then attacked Melanie and Sue Henning at the Dog and Partridge in Baxenden on October 11. Burnley Crown

Activists are holding a Straight Pride parade in Boston. (Creative Commons photo/Harshil Shah) On the eve of Straight Pride in Boston, a leading LGBT+ rights groups in Massachusetts has said there’s no such thing as “heterophobia”. Boston’s Straight Pride, organised by a group called Super Happy Fun America, is due to be held on 31

Parade goers at Manchester Pride 2019. (Shirlaine Forrest/Getty Images) Three queer people of colour have told PinkNews about their experiences of racism at last weekend’s Manchester Pride. These new accounts of racism and racist micro-aggressions follow multiple previous accusations of discrimination and bias at the event. The Pride festival has been slammed after officials failed

We asked butch and femme lesbians to react to readers’ awkward questions about lesbian sex. From soft to stone butch, futch (a mix of femme and butch) and high femme, queer women express their gender in all sorts of glorious ways. We asked Helen and Maria, two femme lesbians, and Ro and Nana, two butch

Ben and Callum kiss in Eastenders. (BBC) Head of continuing drama at the BBC Kate Oates has said that while same-sex romances have become some of the most popular storylines in soaps, she is still “looking forward to the day when a same-sex kiss receives zero complaints”. She told Radio Times: “There are so many obstacles and

Duncan Laurence, representing The Netherlands, wins the Grand Final of the 64th annual Eurovision Song Contest held at Tel Aviv Fairgrounds on May 18, 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Michael Campanella/Getty) The 2020 Eurovision Song Contest will be held in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, it has been revealed. The city will host the

Thousands of members of the LGBTQ community gathered today for the Birmingham Pride parade on May 25, 2019, in Birmingham, United Kingdom. (Jim Wood / Barcroft Media via Getty Images) Leaflets are being distributed at schools in east London claiming that LGBT+ inclusive education is teaching infant school kids about masturbation. The spread of disinformation

Graffiti on the windows of Vancouver Rape Relief & Women’s Shelter (Twitter/@Vanraperelief) A Vancouver women’s shelter that refuses service to transgender women has been vandalised with angry messages, threats and a dead rat nailed to the door. The Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter offers many services to victims of abusive partners, including peer-to-peer counselling,

Elizabeth Warren on-stage during the Democratic National Committee’s summer meeting in San Francisco, August 2019. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images) Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has condemned the news that transgender people in the US are being subjected to invasive screenings at airports in order to travel. A ProPublica investigation revealed that trans passengers are being forced

Same-sex couple Chantelle Day and Vickie Bodden Bush who filed the lawsuit that originally led to same-sex marriage being legalised in the Cayman Islands. (Twitter) The Cayman Islands legalised same-sex marriage exactly five months ago, but a new government appeal could reverse the ruling. Chantelle Day and her partner Vickie Bodden Bush applied for the right