The former partner of gay ex-professional ice-hockey player Janne Puhakka has confessed to killing him, media in Finland has reported. Puhakka, who came out as gay in 2019, was the first Finnish ice-hockey player to speak about his sexuality and publicly discussed the homophobia which still exists in the sport. He was found dead at […]
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A court has ruled that Meta, the owners of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads, cannot target users in the EU with adverts based on their sexual orientation. The lawsuit was brought by gay Austrian lawyer and privacy activist Max Schrems, who claimed he had been targeted by ads for nearly a decade, arguing that the […]
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Trans director Lilly Wachowski is making queer fiction-fans’ dreams come true by adapting the novel Manhunt. Best-known for her work on The Matrix and Sense8, Wachowski is set to adapt the queer horror sci-fi novel for television alongside the book’s author, Gretchen Felker-Martin. The book, published in 2022, follows transgender women Beth and Fran, who […]
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A CNN panel went awry after a right-wing pundit made an anti-trans statement live on air. Conservative strategist Scott Jennings used State of the Union on Sunday (13 October) to make an out-of-the-blue attempt to attack the Democratic Party’s historical support of LGBTQ+ rights. “I think what they are finally coming to realise is that […]
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Joker: Folie à Deux is reportedly making history, but not in the way studio executives hoped for. The sequel to Todd Philips’ infamous comic book adaptation, Joker, reached UK theatres on 2 October 2024 to a mediocre reception and plummeting box office revenue. The musical/thriller sequel to the hit 2019 film stars Joaquin Phoenix, playing […]
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Julia Fox has talked about her sexuality, after coming out as a lesbian earlier this year. Fox appeared to come out as a lesbian in a 16-second TikTok in July, in which she shared a video of a fellow TikToker saying: “I love when I see a lesbian with their boyfriend. It’s like: ‘Aww, you […]
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An “AI wingman” tool is being tested by LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr to help users find a match. The feature is being tested by a small group of regular users, with the number expected to expand to 1,000 by the end of the year, and 10,000 by the end of 2025, before reaching Grindr’s full […]
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JD Vance has once again talked about women’s reproductive autonomy, this time saying those who choose not to have children because of climate change are “deranged”. The Republican vice-presidential nominee has faced criticism for comments he made in an interview in 2021 where he called prominent Democrats “childless cat ladies” who are “miserable at their own […]
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