We’re in the thick of Love Island Australia season six, and one expert has spoken out about the series’ consent buttons. Warning: Discussions of sexual assault. First introduced in the Australian version in season five, the pink heart above each bed aims to combat sexual assault in the series. In October last year, Love Island […]

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Tinder users have agreed that 2025 is the year of the “Golden Retriever” partner, thanks to the dating app’s annual Year in Swipe.  Between “very demure, very mindful” and “holding space for the lyrics of ‘Defying Gravity'”, there was no shortage of phrases which took the queer community by storm this year. Another phrase that […]

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Zander Murray, Scotland’s first out gay male professional footballer, has called for changes to Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign after a number of players in the English Premier League refused to take part. The campaign needs to “do less rainbows” and “focus more on an anti-homophobia message”, he said. Stonewall’s annual LGBTQ+ inclusion campaign has made […]

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