Coronation Street actor Peter Ash feels “honoured” to have played Paul Foreman amid his on-screen death, as he’s exiting the show after six years. Ash first stepped foot on the cobbles in 2018 and quickly won over the viewers’ hearts as his LGBTQ+ character Paul navigated ups and downs, including a Motor Neurone Disease (MND) […]
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Taylor Swift has spoken out after three children were killed at a Swift-themed holiday club in Southport, England. Merseyside Police have named the three girls who were killed in a 29 July knife attack at a holiday club in the seaside town. Six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe and nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar tragically […]
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Canadian non-binary Olympian Quinn made history at the Tokyo Olympics by becoming the first out, transgender, non-binary athlete to compete in the Games – and now they’re taking Paris by storm. In Tokyo, they were also the first out, transgender, non-binary athlete to earn a gold medal, and – continuing their barrier-breaking trajectory – they then […]
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Some viewers were left in an apparent state of shock at the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics, just because a few drag queens were included. Many have been freaking out about drag queen torch-bearers, not to mention the “satanic drag show” (as they dubbed the opening ceremony) but drag queens were part of the […]
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A football club in Poland’s capital has condemned an “LGBT-free zone” banner which was displayed during a match. The inflammatory banner appeared during I liga Polonia Warszawa’s home game with Znicz Pruszków at the Kazimierz Sosnkowski Stadium in Warsaw last week, placed by a supporters’ group called Ultras Enigma. Driven by an increase in anti-LGBTQ+ […]
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A ban on prescribing puberty blockers in England, Wales and Scotland has been considered lawful by a high court judge. An emergency order implemented by former health secretary Victoria Atkins, under the Tory government, banned private prescriptions for puberty blockers, which are already inaccessible through the NHS. The medication, primarily used by teenagers under the […]
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New research highlights the barriers that make up the rainbow glass ceiling that keeps LGBTQ+ professionals from corporate boardrooms and C-suite roles. While there are notable queer corporate leaders, such as Apple’s Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Airbnb’s global head of operations Tara Bunch, the sad reality is that for many queer professionals, their […]
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