Day: August 26, 2025
The Rainbow Crows, an LGBTQ+ supporter group for Adelaide Football Club, have condemned rising homophobia online following Izak Rankine’s suspension for using a homophobic slur during a match against Collingwood. After days of speculation, the AFL confirmed last Thursday that Rankine would serve a four-match ban. He was reported for calling a Collingwood player a […]
Rapper Snoop Dogg has sparked backlash after admitting he was “scared to go to the movies” because of LGBTQ+ representation in children’s films. Speaking on the It’s Giving podcast, the 53-year-old recalled taking his grandson to see Pixar’s 2022 film Lightyear, which includes a brief scene of a female character kissing her wife. The Grammy-winning […]
Rainbow crossings across Florida are under threat, despite widespread outrage following the recent erasure of the Orlando crossing dedicated to the 49 victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub massacre. The Pulse attack remains the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history and the deadliest terrorist attack in the country since 9/11. Last week, the rainbow-painted […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race season 17 finalist Lexi Love has spoken out about an ongoing copyright dispute that she says has already cost her three bookings. In a statement shared with Out, Love explained that another woman using the same name — a SAG-AFTRA actor, AI architect and sustainable fashion entrepreneur — had reinstated an old […]
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has announced the launch of a new statewide LGBTQ+ hotline, pledging to fight “ignorance with information, and cruelty with compassion.” The service, called Illinois Pride Connect, will provide free legal advice to LGBTQ+ residents as well as their families and allies. Areas of support include access to healthcare, discrimination, housing, immigration, […]
US Representative Sarah McBride (D-DE) has criticised Fox News for highlighting her transgender identity in a headline that had nothing to do with LGBTQ+ issues. The Fox article focused on McBride’s sharp rebuke of Donald Trump’s latest attacks on mail-in voting. In her comments, McBride said Trump “is taking notes from his favourite dictator” and […]
Rapper Lil Nas X (real name Montero Hill) has been formally charged with four felonies following his arrest and hospitalisation in Los Angeles last week. In the early hours of Thursday, August 21, police responded to reports of a naked man wandering a city street. Officers later confirmed the man to be the Grammy-winning artist. […]