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India has decriminalised gay sex
India has decriminalised gay sex in a momentous ruling. The five judges of the Supreme Court were unanimous in their decision to overturn the ban on consensual same-sex relations, which was previously...
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Where is being gay still against the law?
India recently decriminalised gay sex in a landmark ruling for LGBT rights, overturning a ban dating back more than 150 years. The judges of the Supreme Court were unanimous in their decision to...
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Malaysian leader condemns ‘unfair’ gay sex law used to imprison him
The leader of Malaysia’s ruling coalition has called for a review of the country’s gay sex ban. Anwar Ibrahim served a total of eight years in prison because of the colonial-era Section 377A law, in...
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Lesbians raped and accused of witchcraft in Cameroon
Lesbians in Cameroon have spoken out about being chained up, tortured and gang-raped to ‘cure’ their homosexuality. Dozens of people in Cameroon were arrested for being gay in May before being...
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LGBT people cause deadly natural disasters, say religious officials in Malaysia
LGBT people are responsible for natural disasters like the earthquake and tsunami which killed more than 1,500 in Indonesia last week, according to Malaysian officials. The Selangor Islamic Religious...
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‘Death to LGBT’ graffitied on Holocaust memorial in Tel Aviv
The message “death to LGBT” has been graffitied on a memorial to queer people who suffered and died in the Holocaust. Police have opened an investigation into the graffiti, which has been cleaned from...
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Gay penguin couple welcomes baby chick after hatching adopted egg
The Gentoo gay penguin couple who adopted an egg has hatched their baby chick, Sea Life Sydney Aquarium announced on Friday (October 26). Sphen and Magic welcomed their baby, who has been temporarily...
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Brazil’s LGBT community vows resistance to ‘proud homophobe’ Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil’s LGBT+ community is fighting back after the election of far-right ‘proud homophobe’ Jair Bolsonaro. Messages of support have flooded social media after the demagogue, who has said he would be...
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Tanzania governor declares hunt for gay people
The governor of Tanzania’s most-populated city, Dar es Salaam, has created a team to round up gay people. Paul Makonda urged the city’s more than four million residents to report any information they...
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Tanzania minister says gay men are safe—as 10 endure anal exams
The Interior Minister of Tanzania has said gay people are not under threat, as 10 men were subjected to anal examinations to ‘prove’ their homosexuality. Alphaxard Kangi Ndege Lugola told newspaper...
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Twitter bans misgendering and deadnaming in pro-trans move
Twitter has prohibited misgendering and deadnaming on its platform in an effort to curtail anti-trans abuse. The social media company has changed its rules to ban the practices and has warned that any...
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Lesbian porn is the most popular genre of 2018
Lesbian porn has been named the most popular type of content this year on leading adult film sites Pornhub and YouPorn, according to porn statistics. The category finished well ahead of its...
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LGBT people are logging off Tumblr to protest its porn ban
Floods of queer Tumblr users are logging off the site in order to protest the platform’s porn ban, which began on Monday (December 17). The campaign, which is using the #logoffprotest hashtag on...
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Here are all the best gay memes of 2018
2018 has brought more than its fair share of tragedy, political turmoil and LGBT+ rights losses—but through it all, gay memes have prospered. Sure, 2017 included the transformation of both The Babadook...
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There’s a new gay meme, and it’s extremely sassy
It may be past Christmas, but the internet has gifted us with a brand new gay meme, and it’s as savage as can be. This meme, which rounds off a wonderful 2018 for gay memes, shows the way in which an...
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Here are the best queer, gay viral moments of 2018
There’s been a lot of despair about this year, but you can always rely on the internet to provide that gay viral goodness to lift your spirits. And there have been some truly spectacular queer and gay...
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Luigi is a trans woman, say Super Mario Bros fans
Fans of Super Mario Bros. have leapt on a new revelation from Nintendo to declare Luigi as a trans woman. In describing the Super Crown bonus item in the Nintendo Switch game New Super Mario Bros. U...
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Girl ‘raped by stepdad, told by dad she deserved it for being a lesbian’
A 14-year-old girl in Chile has allegedly been raped by her stepfather and told by her father that she deserved it for being a lesbian. The girl told Chilean LGBT+ group the Movement of Homosexual...
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to erase LGBT+ content from schools
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has pledged to remove any references to LGBT+ people from school textbooks and exams. Bolsonaro and his government has revealed plans to erase all mentions of...
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Joe Root praised for telling opponent: ‘Nothing wrong with being gay’
England cricket captain Joe Root has been widely praised for telling West Indies opponent Shannon Gabriel: “There’s nothing wrong with being gay.” On-pitch microphones during Tuesday’s (February 12)...
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