LGBTQ+ comedian Bowen Yang took a pointed jab at JK Rowling’s views on trans rights during the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, dressing up as Harry Potter’s beloved house elf Dobby for a scathing sketch. The parody follows renewed media attention on Rowling, after she branded Harry Potter actress Emma Watson “ignorant” in response […]
A domestic flight in the United States was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger began shouting that LGBTQ+ people were giving him cancer and declared, “the plane is going down”. The Sun Country Airlines flight departed Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport around 7:15am on Friday, 3 October, bound for Newark, New Jersey. However, the […]
A 61-year-old man has spoken out against what he describes as a humiliating and discriminatory experience at a hospital in Italy, after discovering that his doctor referred to him as a “homosexual patient” in a medical report. Enzo Speranzini Anelli, who visited Santo Spirito Hospital in Pescara last Friday with his husband, said he immediately […]
Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford has quietly tied the knot with his long-time partner Thomas, revealing the news more than a year after their wedding. The heavy metal legend shared the intimate detail on Queer the Music, a podcast hosted by Scissor Sisters singer Jake Shears. In part two of their conversation, Halford said he […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race season 16 alum Xunami Muse has announced her departure from the United States, citing the complexities of her immigration status and a desire to explore life beyond U.S. borders. In a post shared to Instagram on Wednesday, 16 July, Xunami revealed she has relocated to Panama, writing: “I’ve made a decision to […]
After months of uncertainty, OutLine Aotearoa — the country’s longest-running rainbow mental health support charity — has confirmed it will continue operating, following a “calm and constructive” Special General Meeting (SGM). According to attendees, the board reported that OutLine is now on a more stable footing after a difficult financial year that raised concerns over […]
US Representative Tim Burchett (R‑Tenn.) has threatened to summon Netflix executives to testify before Congress amid a backlash over a transgender character in the animated series Dead End: Paranormal Park. Speaking on right‑wing commentator Benny Johnson’s podcast, Burchett was asked whether he would back congressional scrutiny after a clip of the show’s trans character, Barney, […]