#IAmGay is trending in China as Weibo removes gay and violent content
China’s social media site Sina Weibo is removing gay and violent content during a three-month clean-up campaign. The platform announced the news on Friday (April 13) on its official administrator’s account, explaining that content being taken down includes pictures, cartoons and text. As a result, #IAmGay is…
LGBTQ people spend almost $100 billion on travel in the US alone
We now know that LGBTQ travellers spend almost $100 billion on travel in the US alone, thanks to Grindr. An official survey carried out by the dating app has found that LGBTQ consumers spend more than $5 trillion globally, and $965 billion in the US, with $100 billion of that going on travel. Meanwhile, 40% of Grindr’s…
LGBT activist Marielle Franco’s fiancée “waiting for her to come back” one month after murder
Mônica Benício has spoken out following the murder of her fiancée, black feminist LGBT activist Marielle Franco. Benício was due to marry councillor and activist Franco next year. Franco was an openly serving lesbian politician who fought for minorities across Rio de Janeiro, where she grew up in one of the many favelas….
Here’s why Andy Cohen keeps getting banned from Grindr
US talk show host Andy Cohen has revealed he keeps getting kicked off dating app Grindr. Appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Cohen – the first openly gay host of an American late-night talk show – chatted about dating when Ellen asked him if he uses any apps to meet people now that he’s single. The Andy …
LGBT+ legal non-profit organisation’s lawsuit over Trump’s transgender military ban on course to go to trial
One of the largest LGBT+ legal non-profit organisations has announced its lawsuit against President Trump’s transgender military ban is on course to go to trial. Lambda Legal – one of the largest and oldest legal groups that advocate for LGBT+ rights in the US – announced last year that it was taking on the Trump…
Transparent star Trace Lysette wants to “make a really great season five” after Jeffrey Tambor axe
Transparent star Trace Lysette, who accused co-star Jeffrey Tambor of sexual misconduct, says she wants to “make a really great season five” of the hit show. It comes after Tambor, who stars as Maura Pfefferman in the Amazon series, was officially axed after Lysette accused him of sexual misconduct last year….
Dad turns to Reddit to learn about RuPaul’s Drag Race to engage with ‘drag fan son’
A single dad has turned to Reddit to learn about RuPaul’s Drag Race – because his son is a fan, and he wants to know how to react to terms like “the shade” and “I’m gagging”. The dad explained on Reddit that he discovered the reality TV show on his son’s Netflix account. He wrote:…
Trinidad-et-Tobago dépénalise l’homosexualité
La justice du petit archipel de 1,3 million d’habitant a déclaré inconstitutionnelles ses lois anti-sodomie héritées de la colonisation britannique.
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