This teen has become the first transgender person to be crowned homecoming queen in the US state of Florida. Seventeen-year-old Evan Bialosuknia, a student at Olympia High School in the city of Orlando, made history on Monday, 27th September, when she became the first ever transgender person to be appointed…
This British novel about two gay characters falling in love has been declared "harmful to minors" in Turkey, where it can now only be sold wrapped up so as to hide the cover that shows two boys holding hands. The Turkish authorities declared Alice Oseman's literary series 'Heartstopper' ('Kalp Carpintisi'…
A posh Catholic school in Chicago who "deferred" a Lacrosse coach's job offer when they found out she is married to a woman has decided to offer her the job in the end after the move caused a backlash. The incident took place at Bennet Academy, which is located in…
The founder of a Russian incel group with an estimated 150,000 members that promotes racist, sexist and homophobic rhetoric has been arrested for calling in fake bomb threats on a restaurant that used the LGBTQI flag and black models in an advert. Vladislav Pozdnyakov is believed to be the founder…
The Turkish state broadcaster has deleted a photo of a pinata from the Instagram account of one of its channels because it was rainbow-coloured. Turkish Radio and Television's entertainment channel TRT2 posted an innocuous photo of a pinata to its Instagram account, where it has 362,000 followers. The photo contained…