Day: January 24, 2025

Jan 24
Alan Cumming Reflects on Breaking RuPaul’s Emmy Streak: “I Felt Terrible”

Alan Cumming, the host of Peacock’s hit reality competition The Traitors, has shared his reaction to winning his first Primetime Emmy Award – a moment that ended RuPaul’s record-breaking reign in the category. Since 2016, RuPaul has won the Emmy for Outstanding Host of a Reality Competition Program for eight consecutive years, solidifying his place […]

Jan 24
Amazon Scales Back Public Support for LGBTQ+ and Black Equity Amid Corporate DEI Rollback

Amazon has quietly removed its public commitments to LGBTQ+ rights and racial equity from its website, aligning with a broader corporate trend of scaling back diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. This change comes as Donald Trump, on his first day back in office, eliminated federal DEI hiring policies and contracting practices. According to The […]

Jan 24
Karla Sofía Gascón Becomes First Out Trans Actress Nominated for an Oscar

Karla Sofía Gascón, the star of Netflix’s Emilia Pérez, has made history as the first openly transgender performer to receive an Oscar nomination in any acting category. She is nominated for Best Actress, competing against Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Demi Moore (The Substance), Mickey Madison (Anora), and Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here). Gascón plays the titular […]

Jan 24
Users Accuse Meta of Auto-Following Trump & Vance

Meta has refuted allegations that it is deliberately increasing support for President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance by automatically making users follow their official accounts on Facebook and Instagram. Numerous users, including singer Demi Lovato, have reported that their accounts unexpectedly followed Trump and Vance without their consent and that attempts to unfollow […]

Jan 24
Non-Binary Passport Option Scrapped as Trump Reverses LGBTQ+ Policy

In a sweeping policy shift, President Donald Trump has signed an executive order stating that the US government will officially recognise “only two genders, male and female.” As a result, the White House has confirmed that the “X” gender marker—introduced under former President Joe Biden’s administration for non-binary and trans individuals—will be removed from passports […]