Day: August 23, 2025

A senior Trump administration staffer at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been linked to online posts and comments promoting racist, antisemitic, and anti-LGBTQ+ views — including describing queer people as “freaks” and asylum seekers as “scum”. Eric Lendrum, a speechwriter at DHS since March 2025, has previously contributed to right-wing platforms and hosted […]

Activists in Orlando have defiantly re-coloured the rainbow crosswalk outside the former Pulse nightclub after it was removed under a directive from the Trump administration and enforced by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The memorial crossing, originally created to honour the 49 victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting—the deadliest mass shooting in US history—was scrubbed […]

The crystal ball has dropped—RuPaul’s Drag Race UK has officially ru-vealed the cast of season seven in a sparkling gem-toned promo, and the competition is looking fierce. This season sees 12 queens from across the UK step into the werkroom, each bringing their own flavour of glamour, camp, and creativity. Among them are five queens […]

Brazilian tennis player João Lucas Reis da Silva has written his name into the history books, becoming the first openly gay man known to compete in a Grand Slam tournament. The 24-year-old took to the court in New York this week for the US Open qualifying rounds, where he faced Belgium’s Alexander Blockx. Although he […]