Category: Gay Rights

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Anti-trans activists target theatre company with abuse over new LGBTQ+ play

A London theatre playhouse has condemned a shocking wave of anti-LGBTQ+ hate speech directed at cast members of a new play. The Seven Dials Playhouse in London’s Covent Garden published a message shaming bigoted anti-LGBTQ+ trolls who had been harassing cast members of an upcoming production, Jock Night, after an actor with a history of […]

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Ncuti Gatwa comes out as queer with moving story about Pride

As Ncuti Gatwa returns to the fourth and final series of Sex Education as sassy student Eric Effiong, the actor has opened up about his sexuality for the first time. The fourth season of the hit coming-of-age series arrives in September, and will be packed with more sexy shenanigans from the school students. As they […]

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Ira Sachs and Franz Rogowski on Passages: ‘Queerness is bigger than sexual preferences’

Director Ira Sachs and star Franz Rogowski have spoken exclusively to PinkNews about their intimate, explicit new film, Passages. It’s been some time since the pair have seen each other. “Our marriage didn’t last very long,” Rogowski says, gazing at Sachs, who responds, “Now we’re back together.”  Sachs and Rogowski are in London to promote […]

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Christina Ricci fights off ‘demons’ in new Doja Cat video

Christina Ricci is no stranger to dealing with the devilish – she was Wednesday Addams, after all. It’s no wonder, then, that she bagged the starring role in the video for Doja Cat’s new single “Demons”. The Yellowjackets star plays a woman being haunted by an all-black, scaly-backed, red-eyed demon with a particularly sharp manicure. […]

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Florida and Texas universities excluded from list of LGBTQ+ friendly schools

Four universities across Florida and Texas have been excluded from a list of LGBTQ+-friendly schools due to the recent passage of anti-LGBTQ+ laws in both states. Campus Pride, a non-profit organisation that campaigns for LGBTQ+-friendly colleges and universities announced that they made the “difficult” decision to remove four schools from their list since “they must […]

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