Day: May 25, 2026

Four teenagers are accused of using a gay dating app to target a victim whose home they allegedly later tried to force their way into. The four male teens, aged 15 and 16, appeared in Invercargill Youth Court before Judge Russell Walker, each charged with burglary with a weapon. Lawyers for the teenagers argued that […]

Rami Malek says his new role in The Man I Love initially frightened him because of the similarities between the character and Freddie Mercury. The Academy Award-winning actor plays Jimmy George, a gay man diagnosed with AIDS, in the new film from director Ira Sachs, which recently wowed audiences at Cannes. Set in the 1980s, […]

Millions of Heated Rivalry fans are already counting down to the show’s second season, expected next year, but one person may be watching the premiere date with some unease. When season two arrives next April, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman could face renewed questions about how welcoming the league is to LGBTQ+ people, thanks to a […]

‘The Untouchable Girl Who Helped Aotearoa See Itself’ For generations of New Zealanders, Dame Jools Topp has been more than an entertainer. For many rainbow Kiwis, she was one of the first openly lesbian women they ever saw welcomed into the nation’s lounge rooms. As one half of the Topp Twins, alongside her twin sister […]

Vermont lawmakers have passed a sweeping, first-of-its-kind bill expanding protections for transgender people in prison, marking one of the strongest state-level responses yet to the Trump administration’s escalating prison policies targeting trans people. The legislation, titled H.550, passed on 21 May. According to reporting from Transitics via Substack, the bill acknowledges that incarcerated trans people […]