33 h. ago LGBTQ+ allyship is needed now more than ever after Supreme Court trans ruling

Pride month has arrived in the UK so here's a refresher on why supporting the LGBTQ+ community is so important in 2025 and how exactly to be a good ally

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38 h. ago Trump Tower is throwing a Pride month party for LGBTQ+ Republicans despite White House dodging events

‘I’ll be bringing my pride flag!’ wrote one user, in response to the post on the group’s official Instagram page announcing the event, adding a U.S. flag emoji.

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3 d. ago Hegseth orders US navy to strip Harvey Milk name from ship amid Pride month

Timing of announcement on ship named after prominent gay rights activist and veteran is intentional, reports sayThe US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has ordered the US navy to strip the name of prominent gay rights activist and navy veteran Harvey Milk from a ship during the middle of June – a month meant to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community – according to multiple outlets.The order to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler, was in a memorandum from the office of the secretary of the navy, which was reported on and viewed by Military.com and CBS. Those reports note that the navy secretary, John Phelan, was instructed to strip the ship of its name by Hegseth. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Pete Hegseth orders Navy to strip name of gay rights icon Harvey Milk from ship in time for Pride Month

Defense secretary’s memo says stripping the name of the Navy veteran is part of an effort to reestablish ‘warrior culture’

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4 d. ago The best LGBT+ friendly hotels in New York City for Pride month and beyond

From lively rooftop bars, luxury suites complete with butlers or centrally-located spaces, these are the places to stay in New York that also happen to be the best LGBT+ friendly hotels in the city

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4 d. ago Sips & Sequins, a drag afternoon tea like no other at The Grahamston

This Pride Month, The Grahamston Bar & Restaurant at Radisson Blu Glasgow proudly presents Sips & Sequins, a fabulously flamboyant Drag Afternoon Tea experience that blends glamour, gourmet delights and show-stopping entertainment.

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4 d. ago Printworks ceiling to be lit up with 'gorgeous faces' this Pride Month

'The fact that people will be coming through here all the time and get to see our gorgeous faces is just fab'

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5 d. ago NSPCC issues advice to parents as new Childine figures reveal rise in 'coming out' counselling sessions

As Pride Month gets underway, the children's charity are reminding parents to check in on their kids

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5 d. ago JoJo Siwa addresses her sexuality amid shock new romance with Chris Hughes

JoJo Siwa marked the start of 2025 Pride Month with a poignant message for her social media followers.

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6 d. ago Far right weaponising LGBTQ+ rights in Europe to sow division, campaigners say

At the start of Pride month, groups report rise in hate crimes as politicians use laws and speeches to target trans people in particularFar-right politicians in Europe are weaponising LGBTQ+ rights and sowing divisions that are sending hate crimes soaring, campaigners have said as communities prepare to mark Pride month.For years, countries in Europe were among those at the forefront of advancing rights, making steady progress on issues such as marriage equality, said Katrin Hugendubel of ILGA-Europe, an umbrella organisation that works with more than 700 groups across Europe and central Asia. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Madonna and RuPaul among most influential LGBTQ+ figures shaping pop culture

As we celebrate Pride Month this June, we look back at some of the most important and inspiring LGBTQ+ icons throughout history - from Alan Turing and Freddie Mercury to Madonna and RuPaul

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2 w. ago Queer icons throughout history to celebrate this Pride Month

Here are 7 LGBT+ icons throughout history that you should know about.

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2 w. ago Phallic symbols, bare buttocks and warrior poses: how physique magazines grew a cult gay following

Masquerading as health and fitness publications, these journals contained photographs of finely muscled, nearly naked men that were beautifully lit and classically posed. Now a gorgeous new book is celebrating these ‘museum-worthy’ imagesIn the late 1950s, when photography critic Vince Aletti was in his mid-teens, he stumbled upon a clutch of magazines at a local newsstand that seemed to speak directly to him. From their covers to the pages inside, the pocket-sized magazines were packed with strikingly composed images of nearly naked, finely muscled men, many of whom appeared to have a secret rapport with each other. “I remember getting really turned on by that,” Aletti recalls, sitting in his apartment in New York’s East Village. “I also remember being really worried that my mother might find those magazines in my room.”Physique magazines, as such publications were generically known, operated on a coded system, designed to function as smoke signals for gay men during an era of heig...

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