Category: Around the World
After being introduced to Valentina Sampaio’s work by her assistant, French Vogue‘s editor in chief, Emmanuelle Alt, was hooked. Alt always intended for the March 2017 issue to feature a trans model on Vogue‘s cover, and the honours have gone to a model who, as Alt describes in her editorial, “[has] beauty striking enough to stun on […]
Besides taking out ‘Album of the Year’ and ‘Song of the Year’, Adele also performed a tribute to George Michael at the Grammys, singing his song ‘Fastlove’. The song, itself about casual sex, is never overtly-sexual, but hinted at the singer’s homosexuality. It is not one of Michael’s most well-known songs, having been released after […]
Zagreb Pride has just protested in the centre of Zagreb, Croatia in response to an attack on an LGBT+ party in a night club on the weekend. The event, called ‘Love is and Remains Stronger than Hate’, was streamed live on the Zagreb Pride Facebook page. Several thousand people tuned in to watch. The attack was […]
Despite the freezing sub-zero temperatures in New York City at the moment, some 40-ish people showed up in front of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue as part of the ‘Lgbtq+ [sic] Make Out At Trump Tower’ event. Demonstrators met up at 1 pm at the intersection of 61st Street and Central Park West, then marched […]
In the latest round of cosmetics representative picks, Revlon has decided to go follow the crowd and go after influencers. One of these is Gigi Gorgeous, a lesbian trans woman who has over 2.2 million Instagram followers and almost 2.5 million subscribers on her YouTube channel. She is the first trans ambassador for Revlon, and […]
Netflix has made some major announcements: Orange is the New Black will be premiering its new season on 9 June, and they are rebooting The Magic School Bus. It will remain animated, and this time, Ms Frizzle will be voiced by lesbian comedian Kate McKinnon. McKinnon currently works on S.N.L., known for her portrayals of Justin Bieber, Hilary Clinton […]
Article: Star Observer A recently released report on the benefits and risks of chest binding has revealed that many trans men and non-binary people have experienced at least one negative health outcome from binding. The study is the first of its kind, and was conducted by The Binding Health Project at Boston University, which asked 1,800 people […]
After a policy change last week, where the Boy Scouts of America began to allow trans children to join, a troop in Maplewood, New Jersey has welcomed their first trans member. Joe Maldonado grabbed attention after being rejected from a group in nearby town Secaucus, and although the policy change applies to all groups, his mother does […]