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British singer Oliver Alexander Thornton aka Olly Alexander representing the United Kingdom with the song "Dizzy" performs during the dress-rehearsal on the eve of the final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2024 on May 10, 2024 at the Malmo Arena in Malmo, Sweden. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)

Music
May 11 2024

What is the Eurovision 2024 Grand Final running order, and who will face the dreaded ‘cursed slot’?

Biden to reportedly expedite resettlement of LGBT+ Ukrainians

US
Mar 23 2022

Joe Biden ‘to announce fast-track scheme for LGBT+ Ukrainians’ after being urged to do more

An image of a panel from a DC comic book which depicts the Joker with a distended belly with one of his henchmen asking if the villain is pregnant

Comic Books
Jan 18 2023

DC writer address backlash over ‘pregnant Joker’ storyline: ‘DM’s have never been more exciting’

Presenters Edsilia Rombley, Chantal Janzen, Jan Smit and Nikkie de Jager during the Eurovision Song Contest grand final

TV
Feb 24 2022

Eurovision confirms it won’t ban Russia from song contest despite Ukraine invasion

Ukraine puts Eurovision star ‘on hold’ amid controversy over visit to Russia-occupied Crimea

World
Feb 16 2022

Ukraine’s Eurovision entry quits over visit to Russian-occupied Crimea

A man showing a picture of Vladimir Putin during a protest supporting LGBT+ people in Chechnya

World
Mar 07 2022

Bulgaria’s top broadcasters hacked to air illegal Vladimir Putin ‘gay clown’ meme

President Joe Biden with Secretary of State Antony Blinken

US
Mar 19 2022

US representatives urge Joe Biden to protect ‘vulnerable’ LGBT+ Ukrainians

Two women, one of them wrapped into a Ukrainian flag, kis

Europe
Jun 25 2022

Thousands unite for joint Polish and Ukrainian LGBTQ+ Pride parade in Warsaw

A heavily damaged hospital in Volnovakha, one of the cities most affected by the war

News
Apr 06 2022

Ukrainian trans people struggling to access vital healthcare: ‘We need medication and hormones’

Ukraine queer couple fighting Putin

World
May 10 2022

Queer Ukrainian couple fighting side-by-side say they’re ready to die defending home from Putin

Jamala singing on the Eurovision stage / Jamala with her two children

World
Mar 01 2022

Ukrainian Eurovision winner Jamala forced to flee country after ‘explosions near home’ in Kyiv

Ruslana, Verka Serduchka and Jamala are among the most iconic Ukrainian Eurovision entries.

Culture
May 14 2022

7 times Ukraine completely understood the assignment at Eurovision Song Contest

Activists hold placards and flags as they gather in Lafayette Square to protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Washington, DC.

Europe
Mar 01 2022

Ukrainian queer teen explains why he won’t flee despite terrifying war: ‘I want to be free’

Kalush Orchestra representing Ukraine perform during the Grand Final show of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest.

Music
May 15 2022

Ukraine wins Eurovision Song Contest while UK sees best result in decades

Eurovision winners Kalush Orchestra pose onstage with their trophy and Ukraine's flags

Music
Jul 25 2022

UK to host Eurovision Song Contest in 2023 on behalf of Ukraine

Zi Faámelu, a trans singer in Ukraine

Europe
Mar 02 2022

Ukrainian trans women ‘trapped in Kyiv’ as Russian forces advance on capital

Who will win Eurovision trophy?

TV
May 13 2023

Eurovision 2023: Who are the favourites to win the world’s campest music contest?

Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain

World
Nov 24 2021

Russia to consider reclassifying gay love films as hardcore pornography

Billy Herrington and the statue of Catherine the Great in Odessa, Ukraine

Europe
Jul 13 2022

Ukraine’s Zelensky to consider replacing Russian empress statue with monument to gay porn star

Vitaly Milonov hosts I'm Not Gay

TV
Apr 29 2022

Viciously homophobic Russian politician hosts bizarre ‘guess the gay’ reality TV show