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Alex Scott reveals she was ‘too scared to go out’ after trolls threatened to throw acid in her face

Graham Robson November 25, 2024

TV presenter and former England footballer Alex Scott, who is in a longterm relationship with pop star Jess Glynne, has revealed in an interview that online trolls threatened to throw acid in her face, leaving her scared to leave her home. She told The Times newspaper that when she was mentioned in a list of […]

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Community News

WORLD AIDS DAY 2024: Brighton & Hove communities to come together to remember those lost to HIV/AIDS on Sunday, December 1

Graham Robson November 25, 2024

BRIGHTON AIDS MEMORIAL CANDELIGHT VIGIL, New Steine Gardens, Brighton on Sunday, December 1 at 6pm. All welcome to attend the remembrance event of those lost to HIV/AIDS in Brighton & Hove. There will be a reading of the names and a candle light vigil. Space will be available for anyone seeking quiet moments of reflection. […]

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Film

Star Wars actor Kelly Marie Tran comes out as queer

Graham Robson November 24, 2024

Star Wars actor Kelly Marie Tran has come out as queer, and opened up about their identity, in a new interview with Vanity Fair, ahead of the release of new film The Wedding Banquet. “I haven’t said this publicly yet, but I’m a queer person,” Tran said. “The thing that really excited me about it […]

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LGBTQ+ News

Chair of Children in Need resigns, after reports that she protested over grants awarded to LGBT Youth Scotland

Graham Robson November 23, 2024

Rosie Millard, chair of the BBC‘s Children in Need, has resigned, after reports that she protested over grants awarded to LGBT Youth Scotland (LGBTYS), whose former chief James Rennie was convicted of child sex assaults in 2009. Millard, who accused the charity of “institutional failure” in her letter of resignation shared with The Times, objected […]

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LGBTQ+ News

“I am not ashamed of my sexuality”. Singer-songwriter Khalid comes out as gay

Graham Robson November 23, 2024

American singer-songwriter Khalid, 26, has come out as gay on social media, saying he’s “not ashamed” of his sexuality. The 26-year-old El Paso native – born Khalid Donnel Robinson – took to X (formally Twitter) on Friday evening to address his sexuality, posting a short tweet with a Pride flag and the words: ‘there yall […]

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Television

TV legend Tiffany Pollard to host sizzling new OUTflix competition series, ‘Slayers: Wheel of Fate’

Graham Robson November 22, 2024

OUTflix, the LGBTQ+ streaming service, has commissioned a sizzling new competition series, Slayers: Wheel of Fate, with reality TV legend Tiffany ‘New York’ Pollard as Executive Producer and host. This eight-episode series is slated to premiere on OUTflix in Spring 2025. An OUTtv Original, Slayers: Wheel of Fate follows 10 queer competitors through an immersive […]

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Fundraising News

akt announces first-ever limited festival clothing collection in partnership with DOM&INK

Graham Robson November 21, 2024

akt, formerly known as Albert Kennedy Trust, has launched its first-ever limited festival clothing collection in partnership with DOM&INK. 100% of profit from each purchase will support homeless LGBTQ+ young people facing the cold streets this winter. But hurry – the collection is only available until Wednesday, December 18. akt said on social media: “Helping […]

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LGBTQ+ News

Former EastEnders star Declan Bennett marries partner Fra Fee

Graham Robson November 21, 2024

Former EastEnders star Declan Bennett got hitched to his partner Fra Fee – in a ceremony attended by gay Hollywood star Luke Evans. The loved up pair scrubbed up well in tailored suits with Declan and Fra in blue and maroon. A series of pictures and videos showed the pair walking down the aisle of the […]

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Sport

New research shows many LGBTQ+ people still don’t feel welcome in sport as Rainbow Laces kicks off

Graham Robson November 21, 2024

As Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign for LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport kicks off, the charity is releasing new research revealing a significant number of LGBTQ+ people still feel unwelcome and unsafe playing or watching the sports they love. The statistics show: 1 in 4 LGBTQ+ people (27%) do not feel welcome in community sport groups or […]

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Theatre

Life of trans bus driver from Belfast, who died in 1980 just three days after undoing gender reassignment surgery, inspires new play

Graham Robson November 20, 2024

The life of a trans bus driver from Belfast, who died just three days after undoing gender reassignment surgery, has inspired a new play showing in Northern Ireland. An inquest found that Wilma Creith, who was just 47 when she underwent gender reassignment surgery in Leeds in 1980, died as a result of a blood […]

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