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A Dance-Hall of One’s Own: The Quietly Loud Queerness of Womonspace

Womonspace emerged as a response to the glaring lack of safe spaces where lesbians could socialize and participate in activities without facing judgment at best and outright discrimination at worst. Two women, Jeanne R. and Ann E., were inundated with complaints from the women they counseled at Gay Alliance Toward Equality (GATE) — concerns about the absence of a lesbian social scene — and decided to do something about it.

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Outrage as Saudi Arabia, which carries the death penalty for being gay, awarded FIFA 2034 World Cup

Human rights advocates have responded after Saudi Arabia was awarded as hosting the men’s football World Cup in 2034, despite anti-gay laws in the country. The 211 nations represented during a three-hour FIFA Extraordinary Congress meeting on Wednesday (11 December) voted in favour of the Middle Eastern country’s bid, as well as deciding on the […]

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Donald Trump named Time magazine’s Person of the Year 2024, and the internet has thoughts

Donald Trump has been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year 2024, and the internet isn’t too happy about it. President-Elect Trump won the title “for marshalling a comeback of historic proportions, for driving a once-in-a-generation political realignment, for reshaping the American presidency and altering America’s role in the world,” the outlet’s editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs […]

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Trans artist Brogan Bertie named Portrait Artist of the Year

Trans artist Brogan Bertie has been named Portrait Artist of the Year and earned a £10,000 commission to paint Lorraine Kelly.  The out trans artist was crowned the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2024 on Wednesday (11 December) and has since unveiled his portrait of the presenter which is on display in the […]

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Tom Daley announces first major career move post-retirement: ‘I’m very excited and slightly nervous’

Tom Daley has announced his first major career move since retiring from diving and is set to lead a new knitting show. This summer, Daley announced his retirement from competitive diving after winning a silver medal at the Paris Olympics. The five-time Olympic medal winner said that he was “emotional” being on the diving board […]

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Selling Sunset’s Bre Tiesi and Nick Cannon ‘very much together’ in ‘open’ relationship

Selling Sunset star Bre Tiesi has revealed that she and Nick Cannon “are very much together” and have an open relationship.  The reality TV celebrity and the former America’s Got Talent host have a two-year-old son, Legendary Love. Cannon has 11 other children, including with ex-wife Mariah Carey, and models Brittany Bell, LaNisha Cole and […]

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Flashback Neon Sign

On June 17, 2023 a new sign was added to the City of Edmonton’s Neon Sign Museum. This marked the first time that a gay-owned business for “gay people and their friends” was acknowledged in such a public and immortal way. A ceremony was held on 104 Street with owner John Reid, dignitaries and friends of Flashback who chanted “Light it up, Light it up” and cheering as the power was turned on bringing the blue glow of the sign to Edmonton’s downtown once again. In the Fall of 2024 a new plaque was added to the building. The…

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