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Guy Pearce has offered one of the clearest hints yet about when the long-awaited sequel to The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert could finally arrive. Speaking on Good Morning America, Pearce suggested the follow-up may shoot in 2027 and reach cinemas in 2028. “Well, the sequel, right, which is going to be, what […]
London’s Kings Cross Steelers have been crowned 2026 Bingham Cup champions, defeating the Sydney Convicts 12–5 in a hard-fought final in Brisbane. The victory gives the Steelers their second Bingham Cup title in four years, following their triumph in Ottawa in 2022. For Sydney, the result marks a second consecutive appearance in the tournament’s top-tier […]
The Log Cabin Republicans have formally dropped transgender advocacy from their national mission, declaring themselves an “LGB advocacy organisation” after more than a decade of including trans people within their stated work. National president Ross Hemminger announced the shift on 20 August, saying the conservative LGBTQ+ organisation will now concentrate specifically on sexual orientation and […]
One of West Africa’s most senior Anglican leaders has spoken out against Ghana’s sweeping anti-LGBTQ+ bill, saying gay people should not be criminalised even as he maintains the Church’s traditional teaching on same-sex relationships. Archbishop Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith, Primate of the Church of the Province of West Africa and Bishop of Asante-Mampong, made his position […]
Campaign signs belonging to Tasmanian councillor Paul Terrett have been defaced with racist and homophobic slurs, prompting condemnation from LGBTQ+ advocates and renewed concern about hate targeting public figures. Two signs promoting Terrett’s campaign for mayor of Northern Midlands Council were reportedly vandalised with anti-gay and racist language, along with crude drawings of genitalia. The […]
Ohio has abruptly ended a longstanding process that allowed transgender people to update the gender marker on their driver’s licence or state identification card without first changing other identity documents. The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles is no longer accepting its previous gender-change process, which allowed people to submit a professionally certified form requesting an […]
Around 12% of adults in the United States identify as LGBTQ+, according to a new analysis of millions of responses collected by the US Census Bureau. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation analysed more than 2.4 million responses from the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey collected between 2021 and 2024, offering one of the largest recent […]
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has drawn criticism after using an anti-transgender slur during a public appearance at the Iowa State Fair. Hegseth made the remark on 17 August while appearing alongside Republican congressman Zach Nunn at Operation Top Nunn: Salute To The Troops, an annual veterans and fundraising event held at JR’s SouthPork Ranch. […]