LGBTQ Entertainment News

Pride in Seoul, South Korea. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) One of South Korea’s top courts dismissed a landmark lawsuit that sought to bolster LGBT+ rights by enshrining equal access to healthcare benefits. The Seoul Administrative Court on Friday (7 January) shrugged off the suit brought forward by So Seong-wook, 30, against the country’s National Health Insurance Service

Simone de Beauvoir at the opening of her sister Helène de Beauvoir’s exhibition of paintings in the 1980s. (Sygma via Getty/ Eric Préau) We celebrate trailblazing feminist author and existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir on her birthday. Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir was born in Paris on 9 January, 1908. She is best known

Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider. (Twitter/ Jeopardy!) Reigning Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider has once again made history as the first woman to ever surpass $1 million in earnings. Schneider, the affable wiseacre and engineering manager from Dayton, Ohio, already has sufficient bragging rights from her nearly two-month-long streak on the syndicated game show. She is already

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau and Toronto mayor John Tory march at Toronto Pride. (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty Images) Canada has officially banned conversion therapy, making it a crime to provide or promote the dangerous, debunked practice. The law, which went into effect Friday (7 January), was one that was bulldozed within weeks by

Paris Jackson attends amfAR Gala Los Angeles 2021. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) Queer musician, model and actor Paris Jackson has declared that she “wants to be a Marvel hero – or a supervillain”. Speaking to Variety Jackson, who stars in the new Hulu coming-of-age movie Sex Appeal, revealed that she’s a lifelong Marvel fan, and would love to

Harvey Parker. (Met Police) Police have confirmed that a body recovered from the River Thames this week is missing student Harvey Parker. Having been missing for three weeks, this week the Met Police were contacted by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) about the discovery of a body in the River Thames, which was later recovered

USA’s Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc (R) compete at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating on 13 November 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Atsushi Tomura/International Skating Union via Getty) Non-binary figure skater Timothy LeDuc could make history at the Winter Olympics 2022 next month. LeDuc is no stranger to firsts. In 2019, they were heralded

Harvey Parker. (Met Police) Police searching for Harvey Parker, who was last seen outside London’s Heaven nightclub on 17 December, have discovered a body in the River Thames. While the body has not formally been identified as the 20-year-old student, their family have issued a statement addressing the discovery. They said: “We are so very

The Glade of Light, a memorial to the victims of the Manchester Arena attack. (Manchester City Council) A “beautiful” memorial to the 22 people murdered in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing has opened to the public. Known as the Glade of Light, the memorial is a white marble “halo” bearing the names of those who

Kate Winslet played Mary Anning in Ammonite. (Natural History Museum Picture Library and YouTube/ BFI) Fossil hunter Mary Anning, portrayed by Kate Winslet in the film Ammonite, will finally be honoured with a statue in her hometown of Lyme Regis. Until recently, Anning, born in 1799, was almost forgotten by history despite being a pioneering

Person waving a trans Pride flag at Dublin’s Pride parade in 2019. (Szymon Barylski/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Ireland’s only gender clinic “does not have capacity” to see the 300 trans people who are being referred to it each year, according to its lead clinician. Writing for the Irish Times – and breaking a four-month trans-led

A protester holds a trans pride flag and a placard that reads “Protect Trans Kids” placard during the trans rights demonstration. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) An Arizona lawmaker is ringing in the new year by introducing two new bills targeting trans youth in the state. Republican senator Wendy Rogers proposed Senate Bill 1045 (SB

Betty White in 2011. (Bob Riha, Jr./Getty) Betty White was “happy” at the end of her life – and she knew how much she was adored by her legion of fans, her longtime agent and close friend has said. There was an outpouring of grief on Friday (31 December) when news broke that White had

Tom Daley of Team Great Britain poses with his gold medal. (Clive Rose/Getty) Tom Daley has promised to use his OBE to advocate for the rights of LGBT+ people across the Commonwealth. The Olympic diver was made an OBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours List, and he told BBC Breakfast that he now feels a responsibility

Arthur Duncan and Betty White. (YouTube and Getty) Betty White, star of The Golden Girls and gay icon, once defended a Black dancer on her 1950s variety show in the face of racist calls for a boycott. White, who passed away on Friday (31 December), just three weeks before her 100th birthday, was a long-time