Tag: lgbt

Two men were subject to humiliation and homophobic abuse after they shared a kiss at an ice hockey fixture in Sheffield. David Simms, an executive and public announcer at the Sheffield Steelers, ordered for security “to get rid of them” and deemed their kiss as “disgusting”. The kiss-cam – which is a popular trait at American sporting events – was selecting couples to win free tickets as Simms made the derogatory comments about the pair. He later justified his comments, telling BBC...

There is a new heartwarming ad campaign by the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ). “We’re aiming to highlight what is a gesture that is difficult for many in the LGBTI community and turn it into a celebration of love and by asking people to ‘hold tight,’ when they feel like letting go,” officials wrote in a blog post on ANZ’s website. Scroll down to see the ad here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE8YLs-_SR8 Source

London’s Jewish community centre responded perfectly to some hateful graffiti scrawled across a banner promoting an LGBT+ event. Someone graffitied over a banner promoting an LGBT+ event at the JW3 Jewish Community Centre in London’s Finchley Road. According to the JW3 website: “The aim of JW3 is to transform the Jewish landscape in London by helping to create a vibrant, diverse and proud community, inspired by and engaged in Jewish arts, culture and community.” And they proved just that. Where the graffiti scrawled...

“Not all families are as understanding." An LGBT youth advocacy group in Charlotte, North Carolina, received a 1.5 million donation from a prestigious local family this week. Sarah Belk Gambrell, 98-year-old heiress to the Belk chain of department stores, donated the money from the Gambrell Family Foundation. It amounts to almost half of the $3.4 million Time Out Youth is attempting to raise to build its first shelter for LGBT homeless youth. TOY director Rodney Tucker calls the money “life-changing for the...

Say hello to our InstaFitty of the week, Casey Conway. We love a gorgeous guy here at GT, but we also love people who use their time to campaign for a good cause – so when a hunky activist like Casey comes along, we can’t help but get a little excited. The former rugby player is one of Australia’s most prominent Indigenous Australian figures championing LGBT+ rights, campaigning for sexual health, and providing a role model for Aboriginal and Torres Strait...

The Home Office is encouraging LGBT refugees to go back in the closet. Under new government guidelines, the UK is denying asylum to gay Afghan refugees, says they’ll be safe in their home country if they “pretend to be straight.” The guide was released last month by the Home Office and has drawn heavy criticism from human rights groups who argue that the document is in violation of international law. “The Home Office’s approach seems to be telling asylum seekers, ‘Pretend you’re...

BFI Flare: London LGBT+ Film Festival is returning for its 31st event in March. The annual festival, which celebrated its 30th anniversary last year, showcases some of the best new LGBT+ films from around the world as well as revisiting camp classics and hosting club nights and special events. It was recently announced that the BBC’s drama Against The Law, based on Peter Wildeblood’s affair with a handsome serviceman he met in the 1950s and his subsequent imprisonment, will open the...

We take a look at film’s most unforgettable LGBT+ power couples. Queer cinema has come a long way in the last few decades; no longer do LGBT+ couples have to keep their love a secret – they can enjoy happy (and disastrous) relationships like their straight counterparts. Here are some are the most memorable power couples from the big screen. Carol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4z7Px68ywk Although Carol didn’t sweep up at the Oscars last year, as expected, it still gained nominations for its two stars – the...

A school of students have celebrated this teacher coming out in the most perfect way. Daniel Gray, a teacher at the Harris Academy South Norwood school in London decided to come out infant of the 1,000 students who study at the school. The decision was was a difficult one for Gray to make, as he had been told to keep his sexuality secret during his training. However, the 32-year-old decided to reveal his sexuality as part of LGBT History Month in the...

If you're on a gay dating app like Grindr, or Scruff, or Growlr, you've probably accumulated a fair number of explicit photos. So imagine if your phone landed in the lap of an average straight guy. What might he say in response to all the dick pics? Davey Wavey gathered a group of heterosexual men to find out! Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks19G41Il_4 In an interview with The Huffington Post, Davey said: “I’ve made 800+ LGBT-themed videos over that last ten years and this video, featuring four straight men, is probably the...

“Policies on sexual minority rights can have a real effect on the mental health of adolescents.” A new study suggests that suicide attempts by lesbian, gay and bisexual teens declined as same-sex marriage became more prevalent in the United States. Researchers from Johns Hopkins and Harvard analyzed data on more than 700,000 public high school students on risky behaviors, including suicidal ideations. Roughly 230,000 identified as gay, lesbian or bisexual—a group four times more likely to attempt suicide. (The study didn’t...

A link has been found between the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the US and a drop in youth suicide attempts. Researchers at the John Hopkins University say suicide attempts by high school students fell by an average of 7% after marriage equality was introduced, with a 14% drop among gay, lesbian and bisexual teenagers. Julia Raifman, co-author of the research, said: “These are high school students, so they aren’t getting married any time soon, for the most part. Still, permitting...

A self-professed gay cowboy has opened up about receiving death threats online while living in Australia. Joshua Goyne, who set up the LGBT+ support group The Gay Cowboy, posted a video on Facebook talking about the abuse he has received online. In the video he says he got messages from cowboys on an online rodeo forum who said that they were pleased “AIDS thinned out” gays in the 1980s. “Today I was asked if I thought it was good that gays died...

Have a hanky at the ready... Gay singer Christopher Krow has teamed up with social app Moovz to create an emotional music video about same-sex marriage. The video brings together clips of eight ceremonies as Krow passionately belts out his original song, Altar. Krow is an up and coming musician based in Seattle, WA. He believes that through his music he can help spread the simple message that love is love. ‘It’s so easy to stop believing in love during difficult times but...