Martyn Butler, co-founder of Terrence Higgins Trust, has died aged 71. Butler helped establish the charity in 1982 after the death of his close friend Terrence Higgins, one of the first named people in the UK to die from an AIDS-related illness. Alongside Rupert Whitaker, he went on to build what would become one of […]
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Pope Leo XIV has dismissed the chance of change in the Vatican’s LGBTQ+ rights stance. The Pontiff has ruled out any immediate prospect of change in the Vatican’s stance on LGBTQ+ rights, explaining that attitudes must first change. In Pope Leo XIV – The biography Leo speaks with Vaticanist Elise Ann Allen about the doctrine […]
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Queer athletes made their community proud at the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics after winning a record-breaking number of medals. Nineteen of the 49 publicly out LGBTQ+ athletes competing in the multinational sporting event, which came to a close this weekend, won a medal in their respective competitions. In total, 11 medals were won across multiple […]
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An unearthed clip has proved that Team USA hockey player Jack Hughes is an LGBTQ+ ally. On Sunday (22 February), Hughes delivered the goal that brought Team USA victory, ending a 46-year gold medal drought for the men in the sport. Hughes netted the overtime winner, giving the US a 2-1 victory over Canada on day […]
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Cisgender people have written defiant letters of love and solidarity to the trans community in a bid to combat rising transphobia in the UK. Activist collective Not In Our Name (NION) is urging trans allies to write their own letters of support as part of its ongoing campaign “Letters of Love”. Originally beginning on Valentine’s […]
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