“Santa must have read my letter…that sound ringing in my ears isn’t jangling little bells, it’s the gentle thrum of a clitoris starting to turn over.” I’m in the mood for a fully festive post but if my blog has taught me one thing, it’s that people seem to prefer to […]
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The end of this year marks the tenth anniversary of a Supreme Court decision that saw Nepal’s LGBT rights agenda shift drastically. Nepal is situated between China and India, with a population of just under 29 million people. The predominately Hindu country is home to Mount Everest, but it’s also climbed […]
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OutNews Global’s #ComeOut2Play campaign reached an incredible 40 million people today, thanks in part to last-minute help from Jeremy Corbyn. The Labour leader joined Sadiq Khan by signing up along with John Bishop, Alan Carr, Alison Moyet, Katie Price, Piers Morgan and many others in 399 cities around the world. The initiative […]
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“I have been asked by footballers whether or not they should come out and to be honest it’s not a question I can answer.” Amal Fashanu, niece of the first gay English footballer to come out says she’s talking to players who are worried about coming out. The 29-year-old daughter […]
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“Did I worry about him much at the time? Did I f***. Did I check on him? Did I f***. Do I wish I had? Yeah of course I do.” Former Everton keeper and Wales international, Neville Southall has told OutNews Global he regrets not doing more to help Justin Fashanu […]
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Four out of five British football fans would have no problem if a player came out as gay or bisexual. That’s according to a poll by fan-opinion platform Forza Football and Stonewall. The poll asked 50,000 supporters in 38 countries about their attitudes to inclusion and homophobic abuse. It comes as […]
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“Why, when it comes to Demi, is the idea of ‘queer-baiting’ for the sake of selling records suddenly a big deal?” Usually, my Facebook is littered with ‘targeted’ ads about weight loss, learning to code and finding a man (always pictured as cis, white, straight. YAWN). However, a couple months ago […]
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“The way to make change is to see gay and bi people out on the pitch.” The legendary former Everton goalkeeper and Wales international, Neville Southall has signed the #ComeOut2Play campaign. It makes him the first major professional footballer (current or past) to support the drive to help gay and bi […]
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OutNews Global is supporting Jason Jones, a “Tringlish” LGBT rights defender taking his home country’s government to court in historic attempt to overturn outdated laws A message from Jason Jones: “In my home country of Trinidad and Tobago, I can be arrested and imprisoned for up to 25 years for having […]
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Doug Jones beats Roy Moore who has said he believes that homosexual activity should be illegal Democrat Jones has beaten the President Trump-backed Roy Moore, becoming the first democrat elected in the state of Alabama in decades in the most recent shake up of US politics. Jones won with 49.9% of […]
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