LGBTQ Entertainment News

The lamp can be turned on only using your hands. (Monsby) A bright pink, penis-inspired “boner lamp” with a mock foreskin exists, because why not. Monsby, an anonymous designer based in London, unveiled his phallic-shaped lamp in a Twitter video. Though it doesn’t have a traditional on-off switch, the lamp isn’t hard to turn on.
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Governor Ron DeSantis signed the ‘Don’t Say Bill’ in March. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sarasota County teachers in west-central Florida must now out their students if they come out as LGBTQ+ to them under new guidance. The district released new guidance ahead of this school year to align with the state’s Parental Rights in Education
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Heartstopper stars Joe Locke (R) and Kit Connor. (Netflix) The Isle of Man will update its discriminatory blood donation rules, its government has said after Manx Heartstopper actor Joe Locke called them out as “archaic”. Locke spoke via video message at the island’s Isle of Pride celebrations in Douglas on Saturday, demanding that the ban
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Tatiana Maslany showed her soldiery with the trans community. (Screen capture via YouTube) She-Hulk: Attorney at Law star Tatiana Maslany has a simple request for her fans: “Support trans futures.” In late July, Marvel released a promotional video for the upcoming Disney+ series, giving fans a glimpse of Maslany playing the green-skinned, six-foot-seven lawyer She-Hulk.
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Serbian Orthodox Church bishop Nikanor Bogunović of Bana. (Screen capture via YouTube) A senior bishop in Serbia has been condemned for encouraging armed attacks against an LGBTQ+ Pride event in Belgrade. In September, the Serbian capital will host EuroPride, which celebrates LGBTQ+ rights across the continent, in a first for a southeastern European country. But Serbian
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Three queer men who fled Afghanistan shared their stories. (PinkNews) It’s been one year since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, plunging countless people into unknowable danger and uncertainty. Basir still remembers the terror he felt in the days and weeks after Kabul on 15 August, 2021. As an LGBTQ+ activist, Basir knew he was in
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Dr Will Nutland says the team wanted to offer monkeypox vaccines at UK Black Pride after seeing a “huge inequality in who’s getting the vaccine”. (Twitter/@TeamPrepster/PinkNews) A not-for-profit team gave free monkeypox vaccines to attendees at UK Black Pride to address the “huge inequity” in who is able to get the vaccine.  Dr Will Nutland
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Saudi Arabian sisters Asra Abdullah Alsehli (left) and Amaal Abdullah Alsehli (right). (NSW Police) Two Saudi sisters found dead in Australia sought asylum for religion and sexuality, but their pleas for projection were reportedly rejected over lack of evidence. Australian authorities discovered the remains of Asra Abdullah Alsehli, 24, and Amaal Abdullah Alsehli, 23, on 7 June
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Kalush Orchestra won Eurovision 2022 for Ukraine. (Getty) The BBC has officially announced the seven UK cities shortlisted to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. The seven shortlisted cites were announced on BBC Radio 2 and BBC One on Friday morning (12 August). They are: Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool. Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield.   They
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Actor Armie Hammer. (Christopher Polk/Getty Images for The Critics’ Choice Awards ) Discovery+ has dropped the shocking trailer for the upcoming docuseries House of Hammer exploring the alleged sexual abuse crimes of actor Armie Hammer. Warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual violence. The three-part series will investigate the accusations that have plagued the former Hollywood
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Founder of Drag Queen Story Hour UK Aida H Dee, known off-stage as Sab Samuel. (Sab Samuel) Drag performer Aida H Dee says Rochdale Borough Council has cancelled her Drag Queen Story Hour event for children “without discussion”. According to Rochdale Online, the storytelling event for children due to take place in the borough on
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Elana Dykewomon was a celebrated author, writer, and playwright. (Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images) Celebrated lesbian author and activist Elana Dykewomon has died at the age of 72 of cancer. The trailblazing writer died on Sunday (7 August) in Oakland, California. Her brother David Nachman told the Mendocino Beacon that Dykewomon
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