LGBTQ+ people ‘arrested and abused’ in Qatar ahead of World Cup

An Australian court overturned the conviction of the man who confessed to killing gay mathematics student Scott Johnson. 

Grindr has already reached massive numbers since making its grand debut on the stock market.

The Sandman creator Neil Gaiman condemned viewers who have criticised the show’s diverse cast and characters. 

Openly queer singer Fletcher opens up about her role in the new season of The L Word: Generation Q. 

Laverne Cox and Angelica Ross have opened up about the struggles of dating in Hollywood as trans women.

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(CNN) -- "I'm a man and I love men. I do -- please don't be shocked -- have sex with other men. This is normal.

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Former Sky Sports reporter Bryan Swanson says he 'feels safe' in Qatar as a gay man as he came out defending FIFA president Gianni Infantino.

SINGAPORE: The police on Saturday (Nov 19) warned against false online information on cryptocurrency, including a fake website targeting investors of the now-bankrupt FTX.

I'M A Celeb's Matt Hancock got backing from an unlikely source after some claimed he was being "bullied" in the jungle. Gogglebox's Jenny Newby urged campmates to lay off the MP while watching him being grilled on the Channel 4 show last night.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has sparked a a storm in the desert ahead of the World Cup by bizarrely claiming he knows all about life-altering discrimination due to growing up with red hair.

Grindr made its public debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, with shares leaping from an opening price of $16.90 to $71.51.  As the gay hookup and dating app begins trading on the NYSE, the newly merged company will operate under Grindr Inc., and will trade under the ticker “GRND.” In celebration of the event, Grindr hosted a drag show on Wall Street.The company announced in May that it had agreed to a merger with Tiga Acquisition Corp and would go public. The deal was valued at $2.1 billion, providing Grindr with about $384 million.It joins other dating and hookup apps Match Group and Bumble on the NYSE.Last year, the app had 11 million monthly users and reported that it had a revenue growth of 30 percent.In October, George Arison took over as CEO of Grindr.Arison told The Advocate that going public is a unique event.

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(CNN) -- Despite numerous calls from astronomers to rename its powerful new telescope, NASA officialsstood by the naming of the James Webb Space Telescope before its launch.With the telescope nearly a year into its stint in space, the agency has released its chief historian's investigation into the namesake of the telescope. James Webb, NASA's second-ever administrator, worked at the US State Department during the Lavender Scare, a period in which LGBTQ federal employees were often fired or forced to resign, and the decision to name the telescope for him courted criticism from researchers.There's no evidence that proves Webb was directly involved in those firings in the 1950s or in the 1963 firing of gay NASA employee Clifford Norton, according to Brian Odom, the NASA historian who completed the investigation.Webb's name caused controversyOfficials at NASA announced in 2002 that the telescope would be named for Webb, who oversaw the Apollo moon landing program in the 1960s and helped burnish the fledgling agency's reputation.

The world's scientists celebrated Pride in STEM Day on Friday, November 18. Pride in STEM is a nonprofit that runs events and activities together with an extensive network of worldwide volunteers in science-related fields. With Pride in STEM, LGBTQ+ people's struggle in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is highlighted.First designated in 2020, the day also honors American astronomer and gay activist Frank Kameny, and recognizes the anniversary of Kameny’s U.S.

Don’t look for Salvation Army bell ringers outside your local Macy’s this holiday season.The department store company didn’t renew its contract with the Salvation Army, a spokesperson told The Philadelphia Inquirer. “We reevaluated our cause and community work and made a significant commitment to driving societal change by empowering underrepresented youth in our community,” the spokesperson said.

(CNN) – Have you cut down on travel over the past couple of years and are wanting to make up for lost time? Always planned to see more of the US? Take a trip of a lifetime around your home country? Enter Frontier Airlines, and its new unlimited annual flight pass – for just $599.That’s the introductory cost for what’s been named the GoWild! Pass. Unfortunately, it’s not available to those wanting to visit the US on a bucket list trip – it’s only available to those aged 18 and over, who reside in the United States.Passes are valid for a year starting May 2, 2023.

Today, ahead of Transgender Day of Remembrance, the National Center for Transgender Equality has released the 2022 Remembrance Report to honor the lives of 47 trans people whose lives were stolen by violence since November 2021.On Trans Day of Remembrance, we honor those taken from our communities, we celebrate their lives, and we root ourselves in our collective resilience. Across America, the transgender community is incredibly strong.

The U.S. House of Representatives looks to have a new but still strongly pro-LGBTQ+ group of Democratic leaders in its next session.Longtime equality champions Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, and James Clyburn have announced they’re stepping down as speaker, majority leader, and majority whip, respectively.

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(CNN) -- Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert will win a second term representing Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, CNN projects, after her Democratic challenger Adam Frisch announced Friday that he had called her to concede the race.Although there will be an automatic recount done by the Colorado secretary of state's office, Frisch said in a live Facebook speech that he did not ask for a recount, does not expect the results to change and does not want there to be fundraising done for an essentially fruitless cause."The likelihood of this recount changing more than a handful of votes is very small. Very, very small. It'd be disingenuous and unethical for us or any other group to continue to raise false hope and encourage fundraising for a recount," Frisch said.

Russia has repeated that its willing to participate in a prisoner exchange with the U.S. for the freedom of Brittney Griner.The news comes only a day after Brittney Griner’s legal team confirmed that the lesbian Basketball star has been moved to a penal colony about seven hours outside of Moscow.Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, told journalists on Friday that the Kremlin and the Biden administration are “working professionally along the specifically designated channel,” according to the New York Times, citing the Russian news agency Interfax. “We have yet to arrive at a common denominator, but there is no doubt that Viktor Bout is among those discussed.”“We are definitely counting on a positive outcome,” he added.Bout, who is nicknamed “the Merchant of Death,” is serving a 25-year prison sentence in the U.S.

Drag Race UK was a starstudded episode this week, with the finalists decided at the end.

Hayley Williams spoke out against ‘Don’t Say Gay’ laws onstage.

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Following its winning bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Quatar released plans to erect the new Al Janoub sports stadium — and many immediately noted the mammoth stadium resembled a vagina.And now that the stadium is open for business, some still agree the undulating roof structure with a gaping slit is a spitting image of the female genitalia.The architect, AECOM, said the design pulled inspiration from a local fishing boat — the Arabian dhow. However, it is tough to disagree with those who noted the similarity with the female genitalia.

As a result of a bomb threat connected to its gender-affirming care practice, Boston Children’s Hospital had to be evacuated for a third time this week.Police investigated the threat and found no bomb devices, according to the Boston Herald.“This morning, the hospital was again the target of a bomb threat,” a hospital statement released on Wednesday read.“Boston Police investigated and have given the all-clear that there is no active threat to the hospital,” the statement continued.“We will continue to work closely with law enforcement and hospital security teams, and we are grateful for their immediate response,” the medical center added. “We are committed to ensuring the hospital is a safe and secure place for all who work here and come here.

Antoni Porowski of Queer Eye fame announced on Thursday his engagement to his partner of three years, Kevin Harrington.Porowski, who is considered the food expert on Queer Eye, posted a blurry photo of him and Harrington on Instagram sharing the news.“I really hope the wedding photos are less blurry,” Porowski joked. Harrington also shared several photos on his Instagram account.

Antoni Porowski of Queer Eye fame has announced his engagement to Kev Harrington.

Lawmakers in Texas have introduced 17 anti-LGBTQ+ bills for 2023.

What the Human Rights Campaign terms “Equality Voters” made the difference in holding back the expected “red wave” in this month’s midterm election, according to a new survey by HRC and polling firm GQR.“The 2022 election defied pre-election predictions of a massive red wave in no small measure because Equality Voters pushed back against extremism and voted to protect commonly held values and our democracy,” says a memo released by HRC and GQR. “Across the country, election deniers and right-wing social warriors lost winnable elections because they advocated views that are out-of-touch with average voters, particularly the huge number of Equality Voters who made the critical difference up and down the ballot.”Equality Voters are those who support LGBTQ+ equality, and HRC counts 62 million of them — 38 percent of the 2022 electorate. They “tend to be younger and more racially diverse than the electorate as a whole,” HRC says.Related: Maura Healey Becomes First Lesbian Governor in U.S. HistoryIn U.S.

An appeals court in Australia earlier today set aside the conviction of the man who had pleaded guilty to the 1988 gay-bashing murder of an American citizen.Scott Phillip White, 52, had declared himself “Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!” of the murder of postgraduate mathematician Scott Johnson, then 27, at a pretrial hearing earlier this year. White was quickly convicted but soon appealed his decision and applied to withdraw his guilty plea, saying the unexpected courtroom declaration of guilt was made under duress.

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Gabrielle Union and Eva Longoria revealed they are working on an LGBTQ+ wedding comedy.

Pixie Polite has unleashed the music video for her empowering debut anthem Give It To Ya.

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A Thai trans activist and business tycoon has bought the long-running Miss Universe Organisation in a landmark deal. 

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Ralph Fiennes, who played Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter film franchise, says the “verbal abuse” directed at Potter author JK Rowling over her statements on trans women is “disgusting” and “appalling.”

Kim Petras and Sam Smith have made LGBTQ+ history with their hit single Unholy.