Former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch has celebrated Dr Hilary Cass, author of the controversial Cass Report, into the House of Lords. The paediatrician and former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health – who is now known as Baroness Cass – was nominated for a dissolution peerage in July alongside former Conservative […]
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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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