5+ hour, 55+ min ago   (824+ words) Jordan Stephens has challenged what he sees as a double standard in the way some straight men think about being sexualised, after overhearing a man say he could not relax around gay men. The musician, actor and longtime LGBTQ+ ally…...

3+ hour, 57+ min ago   (676+ words) A conservative Christian campaign group with a long history of opposing LGBTQ+ representation has set its sights on Cheez-It — this time over an advert in which two men almost appear to kiss while one tries to eat a floating cracker....

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (332+ words) Indonesia’s influential Ulema Council has warned against traditional cross-dressing festivities, linking them to what it describes as an LGBTQ+ “movement”. Indonesia’s top Islamic clerical body has warned people against taking part in cross-dressing traditions during Independence Day celebrations, claiming they…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (629+ words) Republican congressman Andy Ogles, whose official social media account declared during Pride Month that “homosexuality has no place in America”, has lost his bid for another term in the US House of Representatives. The Trump-endorsed Tennessee representative was defeated by…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (500+ words) San Francisco has been named the world’s best city for LGBTQ+ life in a new international ranking, although the report suggests American cities are losing ground as LGBTQ+ rights and protections come under political pressure. The finding comes from the…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (914+ words) Civil society organisations working in countries where consensual same-sex relations remain criminalised are urging French President Emmanuel Macron to halt plans for a new United Nations Human Rights Council resolution on decriminalisation. It might initially sound counter-intuitive. The 141 organisations behind…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (832+ words) What started as a joke about Lollapalooza’s rain-soaked grounds turned into one of the festival’s most unexpected queer celebrations, as hundreds gathered for an impromptu lesbian mud-wrestling contest. The event, gloriously named Scissor Slam 2K26, was the brainchild of 38-year-old Lindsay…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (495+ words) A new poll suggests rising living costs are a far greater concern for US voters than transgender issues, despite efforts by some Republican politicians to make restrictions on trans rights a central issue ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The GLAAD-commissioned…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (693+ words) New York lawmakers are seeking to repeal a decades-old public-health restriction that effectively prevents venues from operating as gay bathhouses, arguing that regulated spaces would be safer than forcing sexual activity into less visible settings. State Senator Erik Bottcher and…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (747+ words) The Australian Government is investing more than $18.1 million in projects designed to improve the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ people, including a new national programme to help communities find safe and inclusive healthcare. Eighteen community initiatives will receive funding, while…...