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Sir Ian McKellen to host Shakespeare play with all trans and nonbinary cast

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Missing bisexual rugby player Levi Davis could have been blackmailed: report

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New study finds inadequate response to mpox outbreak

A similarly negative GAO report spurred out U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres to introduce legislation overhauling the federal response to future outbreaks.

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Rugby, England

Brittany Howard's performance helped make the Oscars a little more queer!

The remark came while defending U.S. strikes in a Jake Paul interview.

Andre Karlow, who said, "Trump should kill them all," appeared defiant as the judge imposed years of confinement for the attack.

Keir Starmer said the ruling that trans women are not considered women under the nation's Equality Act must be applied "as soon as possible."

Jamie and Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek were in India for a wellness retreat.

The rehearsed reading of Twelfth Night will be produced by the new trans and nonbinary theater company, Trans What You Will.

The off-the-beaten-track travel guide introduces its first-ever LGBTQ+ travel guide from queer, neurodivergent travel writer Alicia Valenski.

Pride Month starts with a trans sports ban in the U.K., effective June 1.

Discover where to stay, eat, sip, and celebrate queer culture in Scotland’s capital.

A new independent investigation supports the athlete's claims that he was being sexually abused and blackmailed before he vanished.

The drunken family beat one man unconscious, gashed a woman across the chest with a broken bottle, and kicked and punched multiple women lying prone on the ground.

A similarly negative GAO report spurred out U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres to introduce legislation overhauling the federal response to future outbreaks.

The recent NHS report from Dr. Hilary Cass isn't the take-down of gender-affirming care that conservatives want it to be.