General News US Supreme Court rejects anti-trans appeal The US Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Oregon based parents who wanted to prevent transgender school students from using single sex spaces. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News Turkish students facing three years imprisonment for celebrating Pride 18 Turkish students and one member of staff from Ankara’s Middle East Technical University are due to go on trial for organising an LGBTQ+ Pride sit-in. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News French minister comes out as gay Clément Beaune, the French minister for European affairs, has come out as gay and vowed to fight anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric in Poland. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News Switzerland moves on marriage equality laws Switzerland is set to become the next European country to legalise same-sex marriage after the Council of States, the country’s upper house of legislature, voted in favour of marriage ‘for all’. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
Arts VLOG: Queer Jam reviews Mary Lambert’s festive cracker, ‘Happy Holigays’ Queer Jam gives Mary Lambert’s new festive cracker, Happy Holigays, a spin. By Queer Jam • 1 min read
General News Florida rules to prevent trans inmate from receiving gender-affirming clothing On Thursday December 3, Reiyn Keohane, a 26-year-old trans woman, lost her case against Florida, which she sued after being denied access to gender-affirming clothing and grooming products while in prison. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News LGBTQ+ activist Laurie McBride dead at 71 American LGBTQ+ activist Laurie McBride, best known for her work as the co-chair of the California based lobby group, Mobilisation Against AIDS, has been pronounced dead at 71 following a heart attack. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News Pansexual Pride Day 2020 Tuesday December 8 is Pansexual Pride Day 2020; an event dedicated to celebrating the pansexual community as part of Pan Week. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
Arts FEATURE: Spotlight on Peccadillo Pictures Brian Butler talks to Tom Abell , co-founder of the LGBTQ+ Peccadillo Pictures By Brian Butler • 4 min read
Jozsef Szajer General News Hungarian prime minister denounces MEP who was found at ‘gay sex party’ Hungary’s Anti-LGBTQ+ prime minister, Viktor Orban, has publicly denounced European parliament member and one of his strongest allies, Jozsef Szajer. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News Skylar Heath is the 40th trans murder victim in the US Skylar Heath, 20, is the 40th known trans person to have been murdered in the US this year after she was killed on November 4 in Miami. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News Update: Lush apologises for funding anti-trans group UK based cosmetics company, Lush, has publicly apologised for funding an anti-trans group, Woman’s Place, via the sale of their Charity Pot body lotions. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
Features & Longread Lady Gaga vs Mariah Carey: The Cookie Wars Lady Gaga has teamed up with Oreo to unleash Chromatica-themed cookies By Alex Klineberg • 2 min read
Election Special 2020 US elections saw more LGBTQ+ voters than ever The National Exit Polls found the 2020 US elections saw more LGBTQ+ voters than ever before, with 7-8% of voters saying they identified as LGBTQ+ compared to 3-5% in previous years. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
Community News New research reveals employment & wage gap for trans people in US Transgender people in the United States are less likely to be employed and are more likely to receive lower wages compared to non-transgender people, according to new research from Trinity Business School and Technological University Dublin. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community New report documents impact of Covid-19 on Black LGBTQ+ people globally Global Black Gay Men Connect has released its inaugural report on the impact Covid-19 is having on Black LGBTQ+ people globally By Graham Robson • 2 min read
General News Two year countdown to Hong Kong Gay Games begins The two year countdown to Hong Kong’s Gay Games (GGHK) began on November 12, as it is due to be held in 2022 at the Hong Kong stadium. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News Mara Gomez is the first trans woman to play in Argentinian league Mara Gomez, 22, is the first trans woman to have been signed to a professional football team in Argentina amidst global debates surrounding trans women’s right to play on league level sporting teams. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News 39th trans person killed in the US Chae’Meshia Simms, a black trans woman in her 30s, was found dead on November 23 in Richmond, Virginia. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News Laverne Cox attacked in Los Angeles Actress and trans activist, Laverne Cox, was the victim of a transphobic attack in Los Angeles while walking in Griffith Park with a friend. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
Arts City’s LGBTQ+ choirs mark World AIDS Day 2020 Did you think the massed voices of the city’s celebrated LGBTQ+ choirs would let World AIDS Day slip by without bringing you a song or two? In a usual year, the vigil is followed by a charity fundraiser hosted by all the choirs in St Mary’s Church, Kemptown. This year, as with so many things, […] By Eric Page • 2 min read
General News Harvey Milk’s opposition to police brutality played role in his assassination Many commemorated American politician and LGBTQ+ activist, Harvey Milk, on Friday November 27, which marked 42 years his assassination by political opponent, Dan White. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
Business News Elton John addresses the impact of Covid-19 on LGBTQ+ people Elton John and husband David Furnish discussed the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on LGBTQ+ people in their acceptance speech for the 2020 Global Impact award from the British LGBT Awards. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News US Supreme Court may be challenging LGBTQ+ parental rights On Monday November 23, Indiana attorney general Curtis Hill asked the US Supreme Court to consider stripping same-sex couples of their equal parenting rights. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
