Day: November 14, 2025

Cynthia Erivo has won praise for stepping in to shield Ariana Grande from an unexpected fan encounter at the Wicked: For Good premiere, turning heads both for her bravery and her loyalty. The incident unfolded on Thursday, 13 November, as the cast of Wicked walked the yellow carpet at Universal Studios Singapore. Stars Ariana Grande, […]

YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall talks to Body Positive Executive Director Mark Fisher about the organisation’s new sexual health clinic, Test’n’Treat, and how this community-first model is changing healthcare in Aotearoa New Zealand.  It’s a sunny Thursday afternoon on Karangahape Road, and you’ve just turned onto Poynton Terrace to walk into a sexual health clinic. But […]

The wave of cancellations sweeping through the entertainment industry is having a staggering impact on LGBTQ+ representation, with nearly half of all queer characters vanishing from television screens in 2025 — and more cuts expected before year’s end. According to Deadline, 41% of the 489 LGBTQ characters featured on scripted television this year will not […]

Kazakhstan is moving to adopt legislation that mirrors Russia’s controversial anti-LGBTQ+ laws, sparking alarm from human rights groups and LGBTQ+ advocates. On Wednesday, Kazakhstan’s lower house of parliament, the Mäjilis, advanced a bill that would ban the “dissemination of information containing propaganda of pedophilia and/or non-traditional sexual orientation” in public spaces, media, and online. Framed […]

New research from ILGA World has revealed that only 1 in 5 countries globally have laws that explicitly protect LGBTI+ students from bullying in schools — leaving the vast majority of queer and gender-diverse youth vulnerable to harassment, abuse, and systemic neglect. According to ILGA’s latest data, just six countries — Andorra, Finland, Greece, the […]