Transgender News Republicans, and two Democrats, vote to ban trans women and girls from school sports Republicans, and two Democrats, have voted to ban trans women and girls from school sports. The Bill would rewrite current legislation to define sex as “reproductive biology and genetics at birth” – effectively banning trans athletes from competing on teams matching their gender identity at any scho By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fashion model, actor and dancer Shaun Ross attends the Los Angeles Premiere of “Equals” in Hollywood, California, on July 7, 2016. / AFP / VALERIE MACON (Photo credit should read VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images) LGBTQ+ News Shaun Ross, one of only a few high-profile models with albinism, shares a touching story of coming out to his grandfather Shaun Ross, one of only a few high-profile models with albinism, saw a social media post go viral over the weekend when he discussed coming out to his grandfather. On Threads, Ross, who is also an actor and a DJ, said, “I remember coming out to my grandpa a year before he passed. I was […] By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Gay comedian Tony Slattery has died at the age of 65 Gay comedian Tony Slattery has died at the age of 65 following a heart attack after years fighting addiction to cocaine and alcohol as well as a battle with bipolar disorder and depression. The stand up, best known as a star of Channel 4‘s Whose Line Is It Anyway?, passed away today, his bereft part By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Pride Bands Alliance, a group of LGBTQ+ marching bands, pulls out of Trump’s inaugural parade The Pride Bands Alliance, an American group of LGBTQ+ marching bands, has opted not to participate in the inaugural parade for President-elect Donald Trump on January 20. While, the alliance and its members usually take part in Democratic inauguration festivities, this time the alliance decided to w By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News “She had it all.” Baga Chipz remembers The Vivienne, who they starred alongside on season one of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Baga Chipz, the drag queen who starred in the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK alongside The Vivienne, thinks the best way to pay tribute to the series one winner, who died on January 5 aged just 32, is to just air clips of her going forwards. Speaking at RuPaul’s DragCon UK at ExCel […] By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Film ‘Milk’ director Gus Van Sant to be involved in new queer historical drama ‘Antinous’ Gus Van Sant, the ‘out‘ director of Milk, will be involved in new film Antinous, a modern-day drama inspired by the life and death of Antinous, the gay lover of the Roman emperor Hadrian. Stuart Sandford, a “visual artist,” is both the writer and anticipated director of the movie, in which “a presen By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Get intimate with the gays of Odesa, Ukraine Elska, a project dedicated to exploring the world and its men through a queer perspective, has shifted its focus on Odesa, the beautiful Ukrainian city on the Black Sea. Inside, readers can follow Elska author and photographer Liam Campbell as he shares intimate photography of the men he met there a By Graham Robson • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News Design of memorial dedicated to the service of LGBTQ+ people in the armed forces has been unveiled The winning design for a memorial dedicated to the military service of LGBTQ+ people has been unveiled 25 years after the ban on gay people serving in the armed forces was lifted. Overseen by Fighting with Pride, the LGBTQ+ veterans’ charity, the design of the monument, which will be called Opened L By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Pearl-clutching ‘The Christian Institute’ criticises ‘woke’ NHS England for publishing calendar of awareness days ‘The Christian Institute’, which “promotes a conservative evangelical Christian viewpoint”, has criticised NHS England after it released its 2025 awareness calendar, which marks events such as Trans Awareness Month and International Pronouns Day. The calendar, which is published on the NHS Employers By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Sport Trans players banned from competing in women’s hockey Trans players will be banned from competing in women’s hockey as of next season, governing body England Hockey has announced. England Hockey has said that the protection of “fair competition” was behind the move that will see the introduction of separate female and open categories, thereby ending tr By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Transgender News Trans+Pride London to return to the capital this year on Saturday, July 26 After a record breaking Trans Pride in 2024, Trans+Pride London will return to the capital this year on Saturday, July 26. Since 2018, LTP has organised the annual London Trans+ Pride March, which sees tens of thousands from trans communities and allies gather in the capital. At its core, the London By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Theatre Nathaniel J Hall is taking his critically acclaimed play Toxic on tour from March 2025 Following its sell-out debut at HOME in Manchester in 2023, actor, writer and HIV activist Nathaniel J Hall, who starred in seminal series It’s A Sin, is taking his critically acclaimed play Toxic on tour from March 2025. Set in the hedonistic world of Manchester’s underground queer rave scene, Toxi By Graham Robson • 2 min read
