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Liverpool Museums go online for LGBT+ History Month

National Museums Liverpool (NML) is to celebrate this February’s LGBT+ history month with a major series of online exhibitions revealing the untold histories and lived experiences of LGBT+ people in the city.…

Biden issues “most substantive, wide-ranging” LGBTQ+ executive order

The Human Rights Campaign has praised President Joe Biden for introducing what it describes as “the most substantive, wide-ranging executive order concerning sexual orientation and gender identity ever issued by a United…

Joe Exotic: “too innocent and too gay” for Trump pardon

Reality star Joe Exotic, who is currently serving a 22-year jail sentence for 17 charges of animal abuse and 2 charges of attempted murder for hire of his rival Big Cat Rescue…

A Passion for Equality

Joanne Monck is an Advisor on LGBTQ+ matters and hate crime and works with Sussex police on LGBTQ+ and trans awareness. She has just been awarded an OBE for Services to Transgender…

I Do at Chelsea Flower Show

The Chelsea Flower Show has just hosted its first wedding. And it’s a gay wedding. Award-winning garden designer Manoj Malde married Clive Gilmour on Monday 22 May, in a garden that Manoj…

Lesbians and bi women at greater risk of heart disease

Lesbians and bisexual women are at greater risk of heart disease then their heterosexual counterparts, new findings have shown. The survey was conducted with 169,434 individuals in 21 cities in France. It…

An abominable showman

Abomination is a new opera starring Northern Ireland’s most famous drag queen. Cary Gee meets up with Matt Cavan to discuss homophobia, the art of drag, living with HIV, and life in…

Review: Aladdin Sane Live at the Royal Festival Hall

Given the schizophrenic nature of Bowie’s follow-up to Ziggy Stardust, it is perhaps fitting that this live tribute, orchestrated by the Nu Civilisation Orchestra to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its release,…

Drag Race winner to star in Doctor Who

RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon is to join the cast of Doctor Who. The star who won the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the seventh season of RuPaul’s Drag…

Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility

The International Transgender Day of Visibility occurs every 31 March. It aims to celebrate the lives of transgender and non-binary people the world over and to raise awareness of the discrimination many…

Death penalty for “aggravated” homosexuality

The new legislation in Uganda concerning same-sex activity after the country’s parliament unanimously passed its anti-homosexuality bill confirms an already existing punishment of up to life imprisonment for same-sex activities, although this…

Paul O’Grady dies aged 67

TV presenter and comedian Paul O’Grady has died peacefully aged 67. In a statement today  his partner Andre Partisio said: “It is with great sadness that I inform you that Paul has…

Piquet fined £780K for racist and homophobic comments

The former Formula One champion Nelson Piquet has been fined 5m reals, £780,000 for making racist and homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton. The Brazilian claimed that his comments had been mistranslated. The…

Cricketer slams internet trolls over pregnancy

Former England cricketer Sarah Taylor has responded to social media trolls about her announcement that she and her partner Diana are expecting a child. Following some unwelcome online comments, she went on…

Mya Mehmi “honoured” to be first trans artist on Asian Network playlist

Singer-songwriter Mya Mehmi is the first ever trans woman to be featured on the BBC’s Asian Network music playlist with her song Panivaar (Interlude). “I wrote the song in 2020 after the…

Rowling “profoundly misunderstood” in trans row

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has said people who have accused her of being transphobic have “profoundly misunderstood” her. Rowling, who is one of the biggest-selling authors of all time, has been…