LGBTQ

A mainstream Russian publication has alleged that nearly 100 men have been rounded up by police in Chechnya as a way to rid the city of its gay population. The shocking anti-LGBTQ claim, first made on Saturday by the Novaya Gazeta, a local newspaper in the European territory, before being transcribed by American outlets, including […]

Performer Gia Gunn of RuPaul’s Drag Race fame honored International Transgender Day of Visibility by coming out publicly as a transgender woman. Publication NewNowNext reports that the Season 6 alum and occasional “messy, cheap, and manly” drag queen critic (no tea, no shade!) took to her Instagram on Friday to make the life-changing reveal to […]

Gilbert Baker, the artist and gay activist who designed the LGBT community’s rainbow flag, has died at the age of 65. Baker reportedly died on Thursday night in his sleep at his home in New York City, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. “My dearest friend in the world is gone. Clive Baker gave the […]

The recent cast reunion of Buffy the Vampire Slayer led to some heartwarming moments, funny anecdotes, and fond memories for the actors as well as the fans, but perhaps the greatest thing to come of reassembling the Buffy cast had more to do with the romance between Willow Rosenberg and Tara Maclay. Speaking about the […]

There are certain things straight people do or say about gay men that are annoying to the LGBT+ community. And RuPaul knows this better than anyone. The iconic RuPaul’s Drag Race host and drag queen has a serious message for privileged straight women who love gay men. Speaking on The Dinner Party Download podcast, RuPaul […]

The drag performer who was nearly booted from a 2009 episode of The Wendy Williams Show has officially chimed in on the controversy surrounding the talk queen’s new RuPaul’s Drag Race pre-show duties. Entertainer Erickatoure Aviance, who rose to prominence in the late 2000’s as one of New York City’s major drag queen personalities, recently […]

The ongoing drama surrounding VH1’s choice to hire Wendy Williams for its Fierce Fridays lead-in of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 has picked up major traction in the media, thanks to several former contenders of the popular reality competition speaking out on the controversy. As noted just last week on the Inquisitr, the 52-year-old ex-radio […]

LGBT icon RuPaul has taken a defiant yet queer stance against the intermingling of straight women at all-male bars just a day after his hit Drag Race series moved to VH1. During a recent interview with The Dinner Party Download, an online podcast, the 56-year-old entertainer was asked by a fan what he thought of […]

Big changes are in play for the ninth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, which begins Friday night, including a new network and a new lead-in by way of talk show maven Wendy Williams. The boisterous former radio queen-turned morning TV personality, 52, was recently tapped to co-host VH1’s live Fierce Fridays pre-show with occasional Drag […]

The new Power Rangers movie tackles quite a few issues, but homophobia stands at the forefront. Ever since Lionsgate announced that the yellow Power Ranger, Trini, is gay, the 2017 film has been getting both praise and criticism from fans. While the five Power Ranger characters deal with their own issues – which many 21st-century […]

As far as things a mother and son would typically do together is concerned, transitioning to a gender they identify as isn’t usually on the list. For Eric Maison and his daughter, Corey, however, this is exactly what the duo had the pleasure of doing. According to ABC News, Eric and his daughter Corey were […]

Comedian Chris Crocker, one of the first LGBT personalities to gain fame and notoriety through YouTube, is speaking out on the site’s recent blocking of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-related content. On Sunday, the 29-year-old Tennessee native, who shot to worldwide infamy with his unforgettable “Leave Britney Alone!” offering to the video site following Spears’ […]

Prominent LGBT YouTube content creators have become irate after discovering that YouTube’s “Restricted Mode” was automatically hiding their videos, regardless of the actual content. “Just looked at my videos with the ‘restricted mode’ on. Seeing a bit of a theme here…,” said YouTuber NeonFiona on Twitter, noting that most of her hidden videos had the […]

Despite being scorned by much of the LGBT community, Gays for Trump stuck with their candidate through his controversy-laden campaign — a support set to carry through his presidency with a March 4 Trump rally planned for Saturday, March 4. Gays for Trump will march alongside other supporters of the 45th president from the Washington […]

Now 16-years-old, Jazz Jennings has been in the spotlight for several years, serving as a role model for transgender teens with a smattering of books and her TLC series, I Am Jazz. If that’s not enough, Jazz has been a strong advocate for transgender rights, sharing her views on social media and the occasional interview. […]

The State of Texas currently mulling a proposed “bathroom bill” that could prevent transgender people from using the public restroom they feel most comfortable in; in response, the NFL has issued a warning to the conservative state. A warning that a discriminatory new law could result in Texas losing out on future Super Bowl-hosting opportunities. […]

As Ivanka Trump continues to be the neutral symbolism in Donald Trump’s White House reign, many are becoming more and more skeptic in her ability to actually sway her father. In one of President Donald Trump’s latest proposed executive order, he has threatened the rights of the LGBTQ community with a draft that would rescind […]

Katie Couric found herself facing a situation where she objectified and insulted transgender model Carmen Carrera, during an interview which left Couric stumbling for the right words and the best way to broach tender topics. Laverne Cox jumped to Carrera’s defense immediately following the interview, forcing Couric to re-evaluate her position on the subject of […]

Queen Elizabeth is currently getting a lot of negative press for inviting President Donald Trump to England for a state visit, but Her Majesty may partially redeem herself in the eyes of her people after officially giving Royal Assent or “approval” to a new pro-LGBTQ motion by the U.K. Parliament informally called the Alan Turing […]

A new inquest into a death of a man visiting Australia nearly three decades ago may lead to police reclassifying his and 87 other Sydney cliff deaths as anti-gay hate crimes. The naked, battered body of openly gay mathematician Scott Johnson, 27, was initially discovered at the bottom of a cliff near North Head Sanctuary […]

Vogue model Hanne Gaby Odiele has made a shocking confession — she is intersex. Odiele recently made the announcement on USA Today and said she wants to be a voice for those who are intersex to prevent them from feeling like they are inferior to others. The 29-year-old supermodel from Kortrijk, Belgium, said she wants […]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x596alk When it comes to finding positive role models for those in the LGBTQ community, few are held in higher regard than Orange is the New Black‘s Ruby Rose, particularly because she fights for equality on two fronts as a gay woman involved in a same-sex relationship. While Ruby still strives for equality for women […]

A mother near Sao Paolo, Brazil recently confessed to stabbing her oldest son to death due to her inability to accept that he was gay. The charred remains of Itaberli Lozano, 17, were located on January 7 in a sugar cane field off of Cravinhos, a municipality of Brazil, after the teenager’s grandmother first reported […]

Could the next step for trans inclusion at Target be gender neutral categories for menstrual products? One consumer asked the store to give it consideration, and the request has snowballed in a matter of hours, with hundreds piling on, adding likes or comments to support the idea, offering to contact Target by phone and sharing […]

Last year there were serious accusations of homophobia aimed at Highlights magazine for children, but the publication is now getting ready to publish an image of a same-sex couple for the first time in order to prove to critics that they are not homophobic. The image of the same-sex couple will be featured in Highlights‘ […]

While he may have been overshadowed by Donald Trump, Milo Yiannopoulos had his own dizzying rise to the top in 2016. He experienced such a substantial uptick in public notoriety that even the same queer media that condemned him took note. On Thursday, Milo completed that upward trajectory by winning the Person of the Year […]

Ironically, the Coachella Music Festival’s owner’s politics aren’t as hip as his outdoor music and arts festival. This year’s Coachella lineup is filled with big name stars and diverse talent. It’s reported to be the best lineup in years. There is something for everyone when it comes to Beyoncé and Radiohead headlining the festival. However, […]

Joe Maldonado, an 8-year-old transgender boy who was born female, has been barred from his local Cub Scout troop, likely the first time a scouting organization has ever barred a child on the basis of gender identity. As USA Today reports, Joe was born female but has been living as a boy, according to his […]

A father and son have gotten married in Pennsylvania. The gay couple, who have lived as father and son for the past four years, tied the knot last week after a Pennsylvania court allowed the men to dissolve their father-son relationship so they could live as married partners instead, The Independent is reporting. Roland Bosee […]

In a quiet move, Blizzard Entertainment has taken a rather large step forward in the world of LGBTQ rights, confirming in their latest Overwatch comic that the character Tracer is a lesbian. Do you hear that sound? That’s the sound of a thousand ‘ships sinking in the night. “Reflections” tells the story of Tracer as […]

School children in Victoria, Australia, got a cruel surprise this week when an anti-gay advocacy group had school bus drivers hand out pamphlets that were disguised as Christmas presents to give to their parents, Huffington Post reports. The festively wrapped fake presents were labeled “To the wonderful people who care for me everyday! Merry Christmas.” […]

Pamphlets provided to students at Oxford University are asking attendees to be considerate of their transgender peers by calling them by the proper pronoun, ‘ze’, rather than forcing a ‘he’ or ‘she’ label on them. The gender neutral pronoun of ‘ze’ is being called the safe way to label an individual if you are unsure […]

Holly noticed something strange when she was told that she would have to take down her rainbow flag due to a policy banning decorations – specifically, that she was the only person in the Cherrywood Apartments complex the policy was being enforced against. According to a report from Distractify, after her efforts to address the […]

On Friday, the Attorney General for the Cherokee Nation advised that the sovereign nation of approximately 300,000 will now recognize same-sex marriages. The announcement came after a tribal court had only recently avoided making a definitive ruling on the matter, but the tribe’s attorney general said that in times gone by, the Cherokees had already […]

The Arkansas Supreme Court has reversed a lower court’s decision regarding the birth certificates of children with same-sex parents. Last December, Little Rock Circuit Judge Tim Fox ruled Arkansas’ ruling that called the state’s demand that both a biological mother and father be identified on birth certificates “infringements on the constitutional due process rights of […]

Malta, a small European island country, has banned all types of “gay cures” or conversion therapies that promise to straighten the sexual orientation of a homosexual person. Any medical professional found guilty of pedaling such solutions could be jailed under the newly passed law. While Americans continue to remain skeptical of persistent claims about Republican […]

A Christian-owned Bed & Breakfast in Illinois must host same-sex weddings or pay fines, the Christian Post is reporting. Further, the facility must pay $30,000 to a same-sex couple for whom the owners declined to host a wedding in 2011. Built in 2003 to resemble a Victorian farmhouse, TimberCreek Bed & Breakfast, near the eastern […]

Lance Cpl. Aaron Wixson is one of the first transgender marines to serve while transitioning from female to male. On October 1, the military changed from the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that was in force during the Clinton administration to an open one. Military personnel can transition while serving if they follow the correct […]

A Minnesota mother has sued her transgender teenage daughter for transitioning without her consent, NBC News is reporting. Also named in the lawsuit are county health boards, a school district, the clinic that helped her transition, and local health care nonprofit organizations. Anmarie Calgaro told a court last week that her daughter, who was born […]

President-elect Donald Trump has been blasted by the media and many on the left for being “racist, sexist and homophobic.” However, is the 45th President of the United States really the divisive figure that has been plastered on the television screen these past few months? Looking back at Trump’s past interviews (pre-presidency), presidential campaign statements […]

When news spread that Vice President-Elect Mike Pence supports conversion therapy, two questions arose from many people in the United States: Did Pence really say that, and what is conversion therapy? Mike Pence has, in fact, gone on record supporting the controversial “gay cure.” In fact, he advocated for cutting HIV funding and giving the […]

It is no surprise that a large portion of U.S. citizens are unhappy with the outcome of the presidential election, but there is one surprise that may just make some a bit more accepting of Donald Trump. The president-elect does, indeed, support the LGBT community, and even held a rainbow flag at a Colorado rally […]

Miley Cyrus has just revealed that her first relationship was with “a chick,” according to Time magazine. The 23-year-old “We Can’t Stop” singer also shared what it was like coming out to her parents. Miley Cyrus talks about gender, sexuality and coming out to her parents https://t.co/wUk5wz125r pic.twitter.com/kLzQKT8YDu — Stuff Entertainment (@NZStuffEnt) October 14, 2016 […]

A Canadian judge has ordered an Alberta woman to stop allowing her four-year-old son to wear girls’ clothes, in a case that raises questions about the rights of transgender kids caught up in custody disputes, CBC News is reporting. The boy’s mother has asked not to be identified and is being called “Susan Smith” in […]

An English judge has removed a boy from his mother’s care, who was living his life as a girl, saying that the mother’s misplaced belief that the boy identified as a girl has caused him “significant emotional harm,” The Guardian is reporting. The case calls into question whether or not the boy in question actually […]

An LGBTQ advocacy organization in Utah has filed suit against the state over its so-called “No Homo Promo” laws, which forbid discussing homosexuality in any way that resembles advocacy, The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting. At issue are a series of laws that, according to Equality Utah, violate teachers’ and students’ 1st Amendment rights to […]

Alan Turing, once known as Great Britain’s most brilliant code breaker who saved millions of people in World War II, was stripped of his security clearance in 1952 when British police found out that he was a gay man. Police said such “gross indecency” was against the law at the time, and Turing faced a […]

Most red-blooded men — and a few women — would kill for the chance to spend some one-on-one time with Kim Kardashian, but a contestant from an upcoming episode of a romance-themed competition series says that the few minutes he spent with the reality star led to him “turning” gay. Melbourne native Jimmy Ladgrove has […]

She may not have been able to snatch the competition in Season 6 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, but notable show alum Laganja Estranja still has more charisma, uniqueness, talent and nerve — the latter two aspects are switched for a reason, RPDR superfans — than most who have appeared on the show possess. As of […]

Sara Ramirez may be most well known as Dr. Callie Torres on Grey’s Anatomy, but she cited her real life roles in speaking at a conference to address LGBTQ homelessness. Ramirez said she identified with those facing this epidemic, because she’s faced adversity due to her mixed race ethnicity, her religious faith, and her bisexual […]