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RuPaul's Drag Race star Willam Belli. Photo by Getty Images.

Reality TV star to host new male stripper reality television series

Transgender TikToker Abuja Area Mama has been found dead. Photo by Instagram/@area_mama_of_abuja.

Transgender TikTok influencer found dead on the side of the road

The colourful New Orleans & Company float ready to set off Saturday's parade.

Brighton & Hove Pride celebrates with New Orleans flair in spectacular festival

The 1975 performing on the main stage at the Trnsmt Festival at Glasgow Green in Glasgow

The 1975 being sued after Matty Healy kissed bandmate at festival

A forensic tent on the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol on Thursday after two suitcases full of human remains were found Picture: Tom Wren / SWNS

Suitcase victims named by police as they charge man with murder

Adult film star Sophie Anderson, who died aged 36 last year

Porn star Sophie Anderson's cause of death revealed

The government has been consulting on new draft guidance around how schools handle transgender pupils (Photo: NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

How guidance for transgender students in schools could change in 2024

Bebe Rexha will be headlining Pride in London this year. (Picture: Getty Images)

Pride in London reveals mega line-up

James May currently presents The Grand Tour alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond (Photo: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

TV star responds to backlash

‘Baby Reindeer’ actress Jessica Gunning. Photo by Ian Gavan / Getty Images.

‘Baby Reindeer’ actress Jessica Gunning comes out as 'big old gay'

Layton Williams will return to voice series 2 of BBC gay dating show 'I Kissed A Boy'. Photo by Getty Images.

'Reality gamechanger' show to return for series 2 - how to apply

The 10 contestants on lesbian dating show 'I Kissed a Girl'. Pictured are, left to right, Cara, Abbie, Fiorenza, Naee, Meg, Demi, Amy, Lisha, Georgia, Priya. Photo by BBC/Two Four.

Meet girls looking for love on lesbian dating show 'I Kissed a Girl'

World’s first transgender reality TV star Miriam Rivera. Her life and death will be explored in a new Channel 4 documentary. Photo by Channel 4.

Life & death of trans reality star Miriam Rivera focus of documentary

Charley Marlowe has been announced as the voice of BBC Three lesbian dating series 'I Kissed a Girl'. Photo by BBC.

BBC confirms start date and new presenter of 'I Kissed a Girl'

The Foreign Office has issued a new travel warning for Greece urging UK holidaymakers to take extra care when visiting this summer. (Photo: Getty Images)

New travel warning for holiday hotspot

Jessie J and Loreen are among the acts confirmed for this year's Gay Village Party, as part of the Manchester Pride Festival 2024 (Credit: Getty)

Manchester Pride Festival 2024 announces lineup for Gay Village Party

Ben Affleck and Joey Lauren Adams in the 1997 Kevin Smith film "Chasing Amy." That film is the focus of a documentary screening this week at BFI Flare 2024 - "Chasing Chasing Amy" (Credit: United Archives)

BFI Flare 2024 | Chasing Amy documentary gets UK cinema release

Fans of Kevin Smith or his cult 1997 film “Chasing Amy” will get a chance to see the documentary “Chasing Chasing Amy” in UK theatres after BFI Flare

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BFI Flare, London's premiere LGBTQIA+ film festival, have announced their programming for this year's festival earlier today (Credit: BFI Flare)

BFI Flare 2024 | What’s screening at this year’s festival?

Argentine-born Cecilia Gentili who starred in the drama series Pose has passed away at 52. She is pictured at the New York City Pride Rally on June 17, 2023 Picture: Getty

TV star dies at 52

The FA could punish Preston North End for homophobic chanting. (Image: Getty Images)

FA could fine Preston North End for homophobic chanting at Chelsea

UK moves to block self-ID for trans migrants of 'blacklisted' countries

UK to increase ‘blacklist’ of countries that allow trans self-ID

The British Film Institute have released details regarding the BFI Flare 2024 London LGBTQIA+ Festival (Credit: BFI)

BFI announces dates and submission deadlines for BFI Flare 2024

Former US First Lady Michelle Obama, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and TV personality Georgia Harrison have been included on the BBC 100 Women 2023 list. Photographs by Getty

Why has Michelle Obama been included on the BBC 100 Women 2023 list?

Childline has become inundated with calls from youngsters about their mental health. (Picture: Adobe Stock)

Kids from poorer areas less likely to get proper mental health support

Paramount+ romantic drama Fellow Travelers is set during McCarthyism in the US

Fellow Travelers: UK release date, cast with Matt Bomer, and trailer

Singer and actor Olly Alexander unveils his first ever Madame Tussauds London figure. Photo by INhouse images.

Olly Alexander's career explained as Madame Tussauds waxwork revealed

David Mitchell signing copies of his book at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. Picture: Still Moving Media for Cheltenham Festivals

Cheltenham Literature Festival's 74th year a cultural success

Tiktok influencer Lunden Stallings (left) has issued an apology video after racist tweets she posted 10 years ago resurfaced while she was on her honeymoon with her new wife Olivia Bennett (right). Photo by TikTok/Lunden and Olivia.

TikTok star Lunden Stallings apologises for racist tweets

Lunden Stallings has just married her new wife Olivia Bennett - but it was her comments on Twitter that were getting all the attention of her followers

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The number of young women in the UK who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual now stands at roughly one in 10.

1 in 10 young women in the UK identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual

Suella Braverman has hit out at the UN Refugee Convention. Credit: Getty

Braverman says multiculturalism has failed in anti-immigration speech

Will Graham Linehan’s new memoir continue his controversial views?

Demonstrators in favour of LGBTQ+ rights rally outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, October 8, 2019, as the court holds oral arguments in three cases dealing with workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Canada issues warning to LGBTQ+ people travelling to US

Lil Nas X's waxwork (R) is based on the outfit the musician wore at the 2020 Grammy Awards (credit: Getty Images/Merlin Entertainment)

Lil Nas X's Hot Pink Cowboy Look Debuts at Madame Tussauds London

Lil Nas X's waxwork (R) is based on the outfit the musician wore at the 2020 Grammy Awards (credit: Getty Images/Merlin Entertainment)

Lil Nas X's Hot Pink Cowboy Look Debuts at Madame Tussauds London

Grandad’s Pride: Parents should be buying Henry Woodgate’s LGBTQ children book not binning it

Grandad’s Pride: A case for Harry Woodgate’s misunderstood LGBTQ book Will Millar

The government has been slammed for repeatedly delaying the long-promised ban to conversion therapy, with campaigners urging Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to bring in legislation to protect LBGTQ+ people in the UK. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

Government slammed over delays to LBGTQ+ conversion therapy ban

A photo Lisa Brezinski posted to her Instagram account of herself and former partner Adonis Beck, known as Pope the Barber, when she announced Beck's death in August 2023. Photo by Instagram/Lisa Brezinski.

Tributes to late TikTok star Adonis Beck, known as Pope the Barber

A photo Lisa Brezinski posted to her Instagram account of herself and former partner Adonis Beck, known as Pope the Barber, when she announced Beck's death in August 2023. Photo by Instagram/Lisa Brezinski.

Tributes to late TikTok star Adonis Beck, known as Pope the Barber

Noah Schnapp plays Will Byers in Netflix hit Stranger Things (Photo: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for CMT)

Noah Schnapp would ‘still be closeted’ if not for Stranger Things

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BBC apologises for inappropriate question to Women's World Cup star

The 1975's set in Malaysia was cancelled after Matty Healy and Ross McDonald kissed on stage - Credit: Getty

The 1975 set stopped after Matty Healy kisses bandmate in Malaysia

UK LGBTQ+ community share the top 25 ways they feel accepted by loved ones

The top 25 ways the LGBTQ+ community have felt accepted by loved ones

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'There's no place for draconian opinions around the new Barbie film' Natalie Dixon

A gay rights supporter demonstrates in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on December 05, 2022 in Washington, DC. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments from cases including one involving Lorie Smith, the owner of 303 Creative, a website design company in Colorado who refuses to create websites for same-sex weddings despite a state anti-discrimination law. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The Supreme Court ruling that's led Michael Imperioli to sound off

Pride Flag

Who is performing for London Pride 2023?

Positive work environment

Nearly half of the UK consider themselves an ally for the LGBTQ+

In the clip, Sunak appears to say that instead of making UK students study maths until they turned 18, he should have focused on biology (Photos: NationalWorld/Getty)

Explainer Leaked video appears to show Rishi Sunak mocking trans women

Pride month 2023: when is it in the UK - and why is it in June?

A new scheme will allow people who were convicted or cautioned under historic anti LGBT laws in the UK to be able to apply to wipe their criminal record clean. (Credit: Getty Images)

Government introduces new scheme to wipe historical LGBT convictions

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross has been branded a "pantomime villain" after he criticised a library in his constituency for hosting a drag queen 'storytime' event. (Credit: Getty Images)

Douglas Ross labelled ‘panto villain’ for drag queen story time tweet

NationalWorld reporter Hiyah Zaidi spoke to members of the LGBTQ+ community about their views on Pride Month

What you had to say about the importance of Pride Month

London Pride 2023 will take place on Saturday 1 July.

When is London Pride 2023? Dates and times of LGBTQ+ parade

People hold a banner reading “We are Family” while waving rainbow flags as they take part in the Gay Pride parade in Entebbe, Uganda, on August 8, 2015. (Photo: ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP via Getty Images)

Ugandan bill with life in prison for LGBTQ+ community passes into law

Supporters hold signs with the image of slain San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk during a rally at San Francisco City Hall on February 22, 2013 in San Francisco, California. Dozens of supporters staged a rally in front of San Francisco City Hall to support San Francisco supervisor David Campos's Harvey Milk SFO charter amendment that aims to change the name of the San Francisco International Airport to Harvey Milk SFO in honor of the Milk who was the first openly gay elected official in the United States. Milk was assassinated on November 27, 1978 along with then San Francisco Mayor George Moscone by Dan White, a San Francisco supervisor who had recently resigned. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Who was Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician in California

The Rich Mnisi swimsuit by Adidas. Credit: Adidas.

Why Adidas swimsuit from Pride 2023 range has caused controversy

Posie Parker (also known as Kelly Jay Keen) speaking during a Standing for Women protest - which opposes gender-recognition policies - in Glasgow (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Why Posie Parker is wrong about New Zealand Amber Allott

Eurovision has long strived to be a safe space for cultures, but perhaps it was also one for the LGBTQIA+ community (Credit: Getty Images/Eurovision)

How Eurovision has long been a LGBTQIA+ safe space