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Innocent was finally free to be himself when he arrived in the UK. (Envato Elements/PinkNews) Growing up gay in Rwanda was like “living in prison” for Innocent. As a child, he was...

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You’ve heard of Drag Queen Story Hour for kids. This is different, and a more graphic story that is definitely not a subject for children, even if it is in the...

Making peace with her past. Bachelor alum Cassie Randolph revealed that she wishes ex Colton Underwood nothing but the best — even if their split led to dark times. “I feel...

She played a teapot, a double agent and a crime-solving novelist, but Angela Lansbury’s private life rivaled even her most audacious screen roles. In the wake of her recent passing, news...

Dan Levy (Photo: Shutterstock) More details have emerged about Dan Levy’s directorial debut. The Schitt’s Creek star has written and will direct a movie for Netflix. It’s part of a big deal...

(l to r) : Scott Parkinson and Robert Stanton in ‘The Gold Room.’ Photo by Maria Baranova. Welcome to Curtain Call, our mostly queer take on the latest openings on Broadway and...

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A gay teacher has been barred from teaching classes at a Bangladesh secondary school in response to protests by students. Stay up-to-date: CLICK for a free subscription to Erasing 76 Crimes Savar...

A gay Afghan man was abducted and murdered by Taliban gunmen in what was reportedly part of a brutal crackdown on the country’s LGBTQ community. A video of the killing was...

The gunman who targeted the LGBT community in last week’s Bratislava attack cited the Buffalo supermarket shooter as “the final nail in the coffin” who compelled him to commit extremist violence. On...

For the past decade there's been a plethora of LGBTQ memoirs published every year. As the Baby Boomer generation, who matured right before and after the Stonewall Riots, have entered their...

Recently, TikTok superstars Nicky Champa and Pierre Boo made headlines for secretly getting married in Las Vegas.27-year-old Champa is from Dallas, Texas. He has nearly a million followers on Instagram and...

An ongoing investigation has shut down a section of Gay Street in Palmer, police say.State police and the Palmer Police Department closed off the street due to an ongoing investigation, according...

Thankfully, stories centering Black women are on the rise, and it’s about time.  The Banks is an alluring graphic novel about a heist conceived and executed...

Vladimir Putin approved the "gay propaganda" law in 2013. (Getty) Russian lawmakers are poised to expand the so-called “gay propaganda” law to cover adults. Officials attended a State Duma session on Monday (17 October)...

There’s always been something weirdly queer about the weather. Tornados? They brought freakin’ Dorothy to Oz. Rain? There’s a whole Madonna music video about that. And wind? Well, don’t get us...

Next week, North Carolina indie-emo standout Gay Meat (also known as Museum Mouth leader Karl Kuehn) will release his debut EP, Bed Of Every. In the lead-up, Kuehn has shared a...

There are plenty of plot threads going on at any given point within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, there’s one in particular that fans have been anxiously awaiting resolution ever since...

Vue cinema in Bury, Greater Manchester, had to stop a screening of Halloween Ends after a couple had been attacked with homophobic abuse. (SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images/Dinendra Haria) A cinema...

Gay journalist, Isaac Grafstein, has tried to explain why Billy Eichner's “Bros” tanked at the box office.Despite opening in more than 3,000 theaters, with a $22 million budget, not to...

When it comes to 1980s Horror, only a handful of names come to mind. These monsters kept us awake at sleepovers, with our eyes fixed on that coat rack that definitely...

Reading up on Ireland, I came across the phrase “culturally Catholic.” In Northern Ireland, the Catholics and the Protestants fought for a century, in what Yeats called “a terrible beauty.” It’s...

The Organising Committee for next year's Gay Games has appointed Ruder Finn Interactive (RFI) Asia as its official marketing and public relations partner. RFI Asia, part of the communications consultancy Ruder Finn,...

The outcome of the Oxford Street LGBTIQA+ Social and Cultural Place Strategy community consultation was presented to the City of Sydney Council on Monday. AdvertisementUnder the Strategy, the City has released...

A report by the University of Brighton found that some LGBTQ+ residents of the city struggle to overcome loneliness or face exclusion from certain communitiesLGBTQ+ people in Brighton and Hove face...

Kevin Spacey has been on trial for presumably having sexual conduct with an underage actor back in 1986. This Monday Spacey opened up about his upbringing as well as how he...

By MARIA MCGINNIS After hosting their first drag show in February, The Olive Tree has since received its liquor license, making it the first ever gay bar in Bellefontaine. ADVERTISEMENT With a rebranding celebration on October 15,...

Kansas City Chiefs LB Willie Gay Jr. officially had his suspension lifted by the commissioner on Monday per the NFL’s personnel notice.Andy Reid suggested this was coming as early as today,...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- October is LGBTQ+ History Month, a time to reflect on the community's past and the fight for gay and civil rights.ABC7 Reporter Jason Knowles sat down exclusively with...

A new national digital ad campaign from LGBTQ organizations is warning that gay rights are next to be targeted after the unexpected loss of federal abortion protections rocked the political landscape...

A daughter of the broadcasting and author legend Kathleen Watkins has revealed she cannot believe her mother has turned 88 today.Ms Watkins, a highly respected children’s author, is also...

Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist’s LGBTQ+ allyship began when he was just a kid because of, he says, “someone I had a great deal of love for.” That person was his...

Councilmember and mayoral candidate Anthony Becker said in the past few months he has received death threats and been subjected to homophobic slurs, as the city's first openly gay policymaker.The San...

ToplineKevin Spacey denied accusations that he made unwanted sexual advances toward actor Anthony Rapp when the latter was a teenager and said the reason he waited so long to come out...