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“Things will get easier, people's minds will change, and you should be alive to see it.” ― Ellen DeGeneres. Source

Attitude's Man of the Year reflects on his own personal journey and why Hollywood has been slow to embrace openly gay leading men. Wentworth Miller shares his coming out story and his battles with mental health One of Hollywood’s biggest heartthrobs, Wentworth Miller famously decided to came out publicly in 2013 as a response to Russia’s crackdown on the LGBT community, declining an invitation to be guest of honour at the St Petersburg Film Festival with an open letter that declared...

The BBC has warned production companies it won’t commission shows unless they employ a representative amount of ethnic minorities, the disabled and LGBT people. The Guardian reports that the broadcaster set out diversity guidelines for independent production companies this week. They put the onus on production companies to ensure representation of ethnic minorities, the disabled and LGBT people, both on screen and behind the camera. It adds that the new diversity criteria will be considered when green-lighting new shows. The guidelines say: “We...

Germany has the largest LGBT population in Europe, according to research. The news comes from Berlin’s Dalia Research GmbH, which published the results of a Europe-wide EuroPulse study, which interviewed 10,000 people across 28 EU countries. According to the study, reported by Vice.de Germany leads Europe in terms of LGBT population size, with 7.4% of Germans identifying themselves as LGBT. When asked to place themselves on a Kinsey scale between exclusively heterosexual and exclusively homosexual, 10.9% of Germans said they weren’t exclusively...

Homosexuality is not illegal in Indonesia, but police plan to charge the men with breaking anti-pornography laws. An Indonesian gay couple has been arrested after a photo on Facebook of the men kissing sparked anger, police said Friday, in the latest move against the country's homosexual community. There has been a growing backlash against gay people in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country this year, with government ministers and religious leaders lining up to denounce them. The 22-year-old university student and 24-year-old...

Actor Wentworth Miller has been honored by Attitude as their Man of the Year, with a cover story that delves into his struggles with self-acceptance, leading to serious bouts of depression and suicide attempts. Miller came out in 2013 in an open letter declining an invitation to Russia, criticizing their anti-LGBT “propaganda” law. When he was mocked on The Lad Bible‘s Facebook page for his post “Prison Break” weight gain he shot back that he was suicidal at the time, prompting...

Hillary Clinton Still Does not Support the LGBT community WikiLeaks has been releasing thousands of emails from Hillary Clinton and many of them let the American public know how she really feels towards them. The LGBT community is definitely one of those groups of people. Many Democrats, including Hillary, have been claiming to be the champions of gay rights, especially since the Supreme Court deemed gay marriage legal in all 50 states. But what about before this Supreme Court decision?...

Campaigners call for tougher laws after hate crimes against LGBT people more than doubled after EU referendum. The number of homophobic attacks more than doubled in the three months after the Brexit vote, with toxicity fostered by the EU referendum debate spreading beyond race and religion, new figures suggest. Hate crimes against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people increased 147% during July, August and September compared to the same period last year, according to the LGBT anti-violence charity Galop. Statistics from...

Research has shown that one in three LGBT travellers experience homophobic or transphobic treatment while on holiday. The news comes from a report into the issues faced by LGBT travellers worldwide. The report reveals more than one in three (37%) LGBT travellers have experienced some form of discrimination whilst on holiday, with 6% experiencing a threat of physical violence due to their sexuality. The report also highlighted that sexuality had a major influence on where LGBT Brits travelled, with two thirds (63%) refusing to travel...

Ben Smith will have run 10,500 miles – the equivalent distance between London and Sydney. A 34 year old equality campaigner will finally head home next to finish his 401st marathon in 401 days. Ben Smith says he has made the epic journey in a bid to raise awareness for young people who are bullied and targeted specifically for being LGBT. He came up with the idea after years of homophobic abuse at school, which resulted in two suicide attempts. The campaigner also...

And the universe is now LGBT-friendly! Now there’s a new reason to seriously start investigating the possibility of civilian space travel: one of our favorite non-profit organizations just declared the universe LGBT-friendly. Planting Peace’s latest display of solidarity with the queer community involves a Pride flag, a high altitude balloon and a GoPro camera. The group, which regularly launches social activism campaigns to raise awareness about issues like LGBT rights and deworming children in developing countries, used the balloon to elevate a rainbow flag...

Does Hillary Clinton have the gay vote sewn up? A surprising number of LGBT voters are backing Donald Trump in the upcoming election. An NBC News poll indicates 20% of queer voters would pull the lever for the Republican nominee if the election were held today. Hillary Clinton has the support of 72% of those polled. Trump has stated he would be better on gay issues than Clinton—and in his convention speech, he promised “I will do everything in my power to...

A large majority of registered LGBT voters support Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, according to results of two weeks of the NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll. Seventy-two percent of registered LGBT voters support Clinton, compared to 20 percent who support Trump. On the campaign trail, Trump has touted himself as the better candidate to fight for LGBT rights, but his decision to pick Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running-mate was seen by some as contradictory to his LGBT-friendly claims. When Libertarian...

Nearly two thirds of LGBTI people in Scotland say they have suffered a hate crime – but the vast majority did not report it to the police. That’s the initial findings of a survey conducted by Scotland’s Equality Network, coinciding with a report from the Scottish Government’s Independent Advisory Group on Hate Crime, Prejudice and Community Cohesion. According to the Equality Network, interim results show that 63% of LGBTI people have been the target of a hate crime, the majority of which happened...