Day: August 11, 2026

Frankie A. Rodriguez and Joe Serafini have taken their High School Musical romance from the screen to real life — and now all the way to an engagement. The actors, who met while starring as couple Carlos Rodriguez and Seb Matthew-Smith in Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, announced the happy news […]

San Francisco has been named the world’s best city for LGBTQ+ life in a new international ranking, although the report suggests American cities are losing ground as LGBTQ+ rights and protections come under political pressure. The finding comes from the 2026 Sexually Liberal City Index, compiled by adult entertainment platform Erobella. The annual index compared […]

Brittany Boltinhouse has been stripped of her Miss North Carolina USA 2026 title just over a month after being crowned, with the Miss USA Organisation declaring that racism, homophobia and transphobia have no place within the pageant. The decision was announced on Wednesday, 5 August, weeks before Boltinhouse was due to represent North Carolina at […]

Cape Town has officially taken up the WorldPride mantle, marking the beginning of preparations for the first edition of the global LGBTQIA+ celebration ever to be held on African soil. A South African delegation formally received hosting duties from Amsterdam during the WorldPride 2026 closing celebrations on Saturday, 8 August. More than 25,000 people gathered […]

Civil society organisations working in countries where consensual same-sex relations remain criminalised are urging French President Emmanuel Macron to halt plans for a new United Nations Human Rights Council resolution on decriminalisation. It might initially sound counter-intuitive. The 141 organisations behind the appeal strongly support the worldwide repeal of laws criminalising LGBTQ+ people. Their concern […]