August 2025

RuPaul stands on the red carpet

Celebrity
Aug 11 2025

RuPaul goes viral after gagging fans with epic DJ set in Texas: ‘Ru and her side quests again’

Rachel Maddow, pictured.

US
Aug 11 2025

Queer MSNBC host Rachel Maddow warns of growing US ‘dictatorship’ under Trump

Cherry Vann has been elected as the first-ever female and openly lesbian Archbishop of Wales

Religion
Aug 11 2025

Lesbian archbishop Cherry Vann hit with anti-LGBTQ+ comments in church leader WhatsApp chat

Stills from Pillion, The History of Sound and Honey Don’t!

Film
Aug 11 2025

10 of the most-anticipated LGBTQ+ films still to come in 2025, including kinky BDSM movie Pillion

The Call of Duty Pride Month pride skins: one gun with the lesbian flag and another with the trans flag

Gaming
Aug 11 2025

Former Blizzard boss blames Call of Duty’s fall from grace on ‘rainbow colours’

Keir Starmer over the top of Wplace.

Gaming
Aug 11 2025

People are using pixel-painting game Wplace to call out transphobia in the UK – and beyond

The Sound of Music still: Maria in a long dark top with striped dress dancing in a yellow flower meadow in front of mountains

Film
Aug 11 2025

The Sound of Music is turning 60 this year: Why do queer people love it so much?

Freddie Mercury performing live on stage. He's singing into the mic wearing a white vest.

Celebrity
Aug 11 2025

New book claims Freddie Mercury had a ‘secret daughter’ with a close friend’s wife

Two images: on the left is Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato from the recent Jonas Brothers concert singing. On the right is the pair, but younger, singing in Camp Rock.

Celebrity
Aug 11 2025

Demi Lovato fuels Camp Rock 3 rumours with surprise appearance at Jonas Brothers concert

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

US
Aug 11 2025

US secretary of defence reposts video saying gay sex should be banned and women shouldn’t vote

Sport
Aug 11 2025

Phil Neville speaks out after his US team is targeted by repeated homophobic chants

Drag Race star Bob The Drag Queen smiles wearing a black hat, red suit jacket, white shirt and black tie.

Drag
Aug 11 2025

Bob The Drag Queen addresses ‘race play’ controversy after backlash over resurfaced joke

Bradley Riches smiling at the camera. He's wearing a black suit and standing in front of a white curtain

TV
Aug 11 2025

Gay Heartstopper star Bradley Riches takes aim at cruel Emmerdale trolls

Nicola Sturgeon at the 2018 Pride Festival in Glasgow. She is pictured wearing a t-shirt that reads "Choose Love" in rainbow colours. Queer activists are pictured either side of her and in the background is a rainbow banner.

UK
Aug 11 2025

Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon reveals her sexuality ‘isn’t binary’

A look back at August 11 through the years

Illustrated rainbow pride flag on a pink background.

Current Affairs
Aug 29 2007

Gay Democrat congressman defends Republican, Larry Craig, following gay toilet scandal

Current Affairs
Aug 20 2015

Watch: Openly gay Muslim secretly films documentary on pilgrimage to Mecca

Luke Evans in a black tuxedo and bow tie against a peach background

Film
Aug 14 2024

Luke Evans addresses whether he could be the first out gay James Bond actor

Screenshots of Andrew Castle and Felix Fern during their debate

UK
Aug 22 2022

Trans activist schools LBC’s Andrew Castle in loaded sport debate: ‘It was over in seconds’

Current Affairs
Aug 29 2007

Civil partnerships and marriages to be treated the same by insurers

Community
Aug 01 2011

Ugandan gay rights group has computers, member list stolen

Current Affairs
Aug 25 2015

London Mayoral candidate plans to pedestrianise Soho

Community
Aug 07 2015

Jeremy Irvine responds to claims of ‘whitewashing’ in Stonewall film

Britney Spears poses with her boyfriend Sam Asghari at their California home

Culture
Aug 26 2021

Britney Spears opens up about boyfriend: ‘He’s been there through the hardest years of my life’

Rainbow crossing at Pride In London 2019

World
Aug 19 2019

Rainbow crossing defaced with violent message

Illustrated rainbow pride flag on a white background.

Trans
Aug 08 2017

Trans woman’s bank account blocked because she ‘sounded like a man’

Photo of a teacher standing in a classroom surrounded by secondary age students

Opinion
Aug 14 2023

Give us teachers more time to teach about LGBTQ+ lives – it could make all the difference