LGBTQ Entertainment News

Rob Brydon in Gavin & Stacey. (BBC) Rob Brydon says he believes his Gavin & Stacey Bryn is gay, addressing the character’s sexuality after years of fan speculation. The Welsh actor played Bryn West, the kind-hearted uncle to Stacey Shipman, for more than a decade. The BBC sitcom alluded to Bryn’s sexuality throughout with vague jokes often
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A supporter of an antisemitic, racist, anti-LGBT+ neo-Nazi group has been charged with the homophobic assault of his neighbour in California. Robert Wilson, 40, from San Diego, California, is a supporter of the neo-Nazi group Goyim Defense League. The group believes in an impending “white genocide”, denies the Holocaust, insists Jewish people were behind 9/11,
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Sex with Cancer co-founders Brian Lobel and Joon Lynn Goh. (Christa Holka) The world’s first sex shop for people with cancer is “super queer”, gender-neutral and sparking the conversations everyone else is afraid to have. Sex with Cancer is more than just a sex shop. Co-founder Brian Lobel, who created the project with Joon Lynn Goh, describes
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Stephen Merchant as Grindr serial killer Stephen Port in Four Lives. (BBC) Stephen Merchant has said he had no desire to meet Stephen Port before playing him in the upcoming series Four Lives, and was determined not to “indulge” the Grindr serial killer. Four Lives, a three-part BBC series which will begin on Monday, 3 January,
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The Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Qatar announced it seized a line of rainbow-coloured children’s toys, claiming the toys are “un-Islamic”. (Twitter/@MOCIQatar) Officials in Qatar have seized rainbow-coloured children’s toys – similar to LGBT+ flags – for bearing “slogans” contrary to “Islamic values”. The country’s ministry of commerce and industry said on Twitter that
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Katy Perry. (Daniel Pockett/Getty Images) Katy Perry has paid tribute to the LGBT+ community and the support it has shown her. The singer discussed the success of her early song, “I Kissed a Girl”, in an interview with Out. The song was Perry’s mainstream pop breakthrough, coming after her short-lived career in Christian rock (under the
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Tom Daley. (Channel 4) Tom Daley used his Alternative Christmas Message to throw down the gauntlet on trans inclusion. The Olympic diver pre-recorded a speech for Channel 4 as an alternative to the Queen’s annual address. Both air Christmas Day (25 December). The theme of his message was inclusion. Daley, one of sports most prominent
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Russian president Vladimir Putin. (Natalya Zamboska/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Russian president Vladimir Putin devoted part of his end-of-year news conference to comparing trans people to the coronavirus pandemic. Sounding a hateful note to cap off a truly dispiriting year for queer Russians, Putin on Thursday (23 December) delivered his annual wide-ranging, four-hour-long marathon speech
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Lecturers, trade unionists and students march through central London. (Getty) A queer University College London (UCL) masters student explains why the university’s decision to cut ties with Stonewall is so hurtful. A few days ago, UCL became the first university to sever ties with Stonewall, the largest charity supporting LGBT+ rights in the UK. The
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Aaron Sorkin (left) and Billy Eichner (right). (Getty/ Rich Fury and Getty/ Frazer Harrison) Billy Eichner has slammed Aaron Sorkin for his “completely ignorant” comments on LGBT+ actors being cast in LGBT+ roles. Sorkin, a filmmaker, screenwriter and 60-year-old straight man who wrote the 2010 film The Social Network, waded into the debate in response to
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