Transgender News Amnesty intervenes in Supreme Court case on legal protections for trans people Amnesty International UK has published its third-party intervention in the Supreme Court appeal of the case of For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers, which will be heard on 26/27 November, with a judgment at a later date. The Supreme Court is called to answer the question of whether a person with By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Walmart’s “war on woke” as it pulls LGBTQ+ products from its website American retailer Walmart has been criticised after it removed some LGBTQ-themed items from its website in a “war on woke”, with many seeing it as a reaction to Donald Trump winning the US presidential election. The company also confirmed it would phase out terms such as “diversity, equity and inclu By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Alex Scott reveals she was ‘too scared to go out’ after trolls threatened to throw acid in her face TV presenter and former England footballer Alex Scott, who is in a longterm relationship with pop star Jess Glynne, has revealed in an interview that online trolls threatened to throw acid in her face, leaving her scared to leave her home. She told The Times newspaper that when she was mentioned in By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News WORLD AIDS DAY 2024: Brighton & Hove communities to come together to remember those lost to HIV/AIDS on Sunday, December 1 BRIGHTON AIDS MEMORIAL CANDELIGHT VIGIL, New Steine Gardens, Brighton on Sunday, December 1 at 6pm. All welcome to attend the remembrance event of those lost to HIV/AIDS in Brighton & Hove. There will be a reading of the names and a candle light vigil. Space will be available for anyone seeking quie By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Film Star Wars actor Kelly Marie Tran comes out as queer Star Wars actor Kelly Marie Tran has come out as queer, and opened up about their identity, in a new interview with Vanity Fair, ahead of the release of new film The Wedding Banquet. “I haven’t said this publicly yet, but I’m a queer person,” Tran said. “The thing that really excited me about it […] By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Chair of Children in Need resigns, after reports that she protested over grants awarded to LGBT Youth Scotland Rosie Millard, chair of the BBC‘s Children in Need, has resigned, after reports that she protested over grants awarded to LGBT Youth Scotland (LGBTYS), whose former chief James Rennie was convicted of child sex assaults in 2009. Millard, who accused the charity of “institutional failure” in her lett By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News “I am not ashamed of my sexuality”. Singer-songwriter Khalid comes out as gay American singer-songwriter Khalid, 26, has come out as gay on social media, saying he’s “not ashamed” of his sexuality. The 26-year-old El Paso native – born Khalid Donnel Robinson – took to X (formally Twitter) on Friday evening to address his sexuality, posting a short tweet with a Pride flag and By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Television TV legend Tiffany Pollard to host sizzling new OUTflix competition series, ‘Slayers: Wheel of Fate’ OUTflix, the LGBTQ+ streaming service, has commissioned a sizzling new competition series, Slayers: Wheel of Fate, with reality TV legend Tiffany ‘New York’ Pollard as Executive Producer and host. This eight-episode series is slated to premiere on OUTflix in Spring 2025. An OUTtv Original, Slayers: By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News akt announces first-ever limited festival clothing collection in partnership with DOM&INK akt, formerly known as Albert Kennedy Trust, has launched its first-ever limited festival clothing collection in partnership with DOM&INK. 100% of profit from each purchase will support homeless LGBTQ+ young people facing the cold streets this winter. But hurry – the collection is only available unt By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Former EastEnders star Declan Bennett marries partner Fra Fee Former EastEnders star Declan Bennett got hitched to his partner Fra Fee – in a ceremony attended by gay Hollywood star Luke Evans. The loved up pair scrubbed up well in tailored suits with Declan and Fra in blue and maroon. A series of pictures and videos showed the pair walking down the aisle of t By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Sport New research shows many LGBTQ+ people still don’t feel welcome in sport as Rainbow Laces kicks off As Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign for LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport kicks off, the charity is releasing new research revealing a significant number of LGBTQ+ people still feel unwelcome and unsafe playing or watching the sports they love. The statistics show: 1 in 4 LGBTQ+ people (27%) do not feel w By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Theatre Life of trans bus driver from Belfast, who died in 1980 just three days after undoing gender reassignment surgery, inspires new play The life of a trans bus driver from Belfast, who died just three days after undoing gender reassignment surgery, has inspired a new play showing in Northern Ireland. An inquest found that Wilma Creith, who was just 47 when she underwent gender reassignment surgery in Leeds in 1980, died as a result By Graham Robson • 1 min read
