The memo said games featuring queer relationships or ”effeminate males” should not be approved for release. (Envato) China will ban video games featuring same-sex relationships, ‘effeminate’ men and moral choices, according to a leaked memo. The internal memo from a recent internal training by the state-backed gaming association was revealed by the South China Morning Post, lays out
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The effervescently vibrant singer, songwriter, actor and award winning activist Ryan Cassata lit up the Bellport Brewing Company like fireworks plunging into the night sky and shattering the darkness. Like a seductive alchemist Ryan artfully transformed private anguish into a native of truth…. To say Ryan dazzled the crowded venue is an understatement. He seduced
President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro. (Andressa Anholete/Getty Images) Brazil’s homophobe-in-chief Jair Bolsonaro is back at it again with the homophobia, this time sending cruel, anti-LGBT+ texts. On the instant messaging app WhatsApp, the president privately on a new number made homophobic remarks as he mocked LGBT+ rights demonstrators. He blasted to his contacts, according to
If you enjoy TV shows that feature Spanish drag queens gyrating on a Peloton and saying “I’m holding to that bike like it’s the thickest juiciest d**k and I’m gonna ride till I die”, then you probably enjoyed last night’s Drag Race UK. The whole episode was a mish-mash of similarly weird scenes like Choriza’s
Victoria Scone was given a ‘Star Buy’ sticker by Krystal Versace, who went on to make a ‘fat shaming’ joke. (BBC) Drag Race UK star Victoria Scone – the first afab (assigned female at birth) queen ever to appear on the series – has been praised after sharing her battle with an eating disorder. At
Shirley Manson of Garbage performs on stage at Alhambra Theatre on 17 July 2019 in Dunfermline, Scotland. (Roberto Ricciuti/Redferns) Shirley Manson shared that she identifies with the “idea of non-binary” as she looks back on her history as the lead singer of Garbage. Manson spoke to the Scotsman as the band celebrated the 20th anniversary
Wendy Stuart and Steven Bloomer-Teague will be hosting TriVersity Talk this Thursday at 7 PM ET with featured guest Kym Dorsey. TriVersity Talk! is a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community. With TriVersity Talk! the goal is to laugh and learn. TriVersity Talk! Is
Chris Pratt in Guardians of the Galaxy. (IMDb) Marvel Comics had abruptly cancelled the Guardians of the Galaxy comic book series featuring a bisexual Star-Lord. The entertainment company’s comic division has dashed hopes of a bisexual, polyamorous Peter Quill, the 1980s pop culture-grooving armed professional scavenger, becoming a mainstay. Marvel, without offering an explanation, has made
Protesters outside Parliament during the End Queer and Trans Hate Campaign in Cape Town, South Africa (Brenton Geach/Gallo/Getty) South Africa’s LGBT+ community are demanding justice for a lesbian whose alleged murderer gloated about removing a “curse” from her family. Sisanda Gumede, 28, was stabbed in the Umbumbulu area, south of Durban, on Sunday evening (26
Ben Whishaw (L) and Daniel Craig. (Getty Images) No Time To Die‘s Ben Whishaw has said he wants a gay actor to take on the iconic role of James Bond after Daniel Craig steps down. For Whishaw, the 40-year-old who has played the genius inventor behind 007‘s gadgets since 2012’s Skyfall, a gay actor playing
Newly-single Grimes has joked that she’s launching a “lesbian space commune” after breaking up with Elon Musk. On Monday (27 September) the singer confirmed that she’d split up with the 50-year-old SpaceX founder after three years together, and is now looking to the stars for her next move. “I’ll be colonising [one of Jupiter’s moons]
Graham Norton. (WireImage/ Samir Hussein) Irish late-night TV host Graham Norton is to host a “drag Eurovision” produced by the makers of RuPaul’s Drag Race – and it’s to fight to be the “queen of the universe”. The RuPaul’s Drag Race UK judge is teaming up with World of Wonder, the production company behind the beloved
Tessa Ganserer (left) has made history with Nyke Slawik (right) as the first two trans MPs to be elected in Germany. (AFP via Getty/ JOHN MACDOUGALL and Instagram/ nyketomato) Germany will welcome its first-ever trans MPs to the Bundestag after a federal election that saw the centre-left SDP narrowly beat the centre-right CDU. According to preliminary results
Couples pose during a photo event during a nationwide referendum’s day on same-sex marriage, in Swiss capital Bern on September 26, 2021. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty) Switzerland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of same-sex marriage in a history-making referendum, proving that love always wins. Some 64.1 per cent of the population voted in favour of
Keir Starmer said Rosie Duffield’s comment that only women have a cervix is “not right” during an appearance on The Andrew Marr Show. (Getty) Keir Starmer has insisted it’s “not right” to say “only women have a cervix” as he called for a mature, respectful debate on trans rights. The Labour leader was grilled on
Jonathan Bennett on the set of The Christmas House 2 with the rest of the film’s cast. (Instagram) Mean Girls star Jonathan Bennett is making a sequel to his gay Christmas film – and we’re already waiting patiently under the mistletoe. The gay actor brought some much-needed festive joy to queer people’s homes last year with The
Elton John has heaped praise on his friend and collaborator Lil Nas X. (Getty) Elton John has heaped praise on his “intelligent” friend and collaborator Lil Nas X for coming out in a “homophobic area of the music community”. During an appearance on Capital FM, John was asked what it was like working with Lil
Russell T Davies attends the 2019 Attitude Awards. (Getty/ Joe Maher) Screenwriter Russell T Davies is set to return to Doctor Who after Jodie Whittaker leaves her role as the famous Time Lord. Davies, as showrunner, helped to re-launch the iconic series in 2005, but left in 2010 and was succeeded by Steven Moffat, who