LGBTQ
The Monty Python star's professed support of J.K. Rowling's views on transgender people backfired over the weekend.
Nigerian LGBQT activists Freddie Jacob, Matthew Blaise and Victor Emmanuel joined the End Sars marches only to find fellow protesters turned on them. The activists who marched with the hashtag ‘Queer Lives Matter’ say that the fight for oppression should include Nigeria’s LGBT community too.
The 30-year-old said she hopes her win shows LGBTQ kids "that our democracy is big enough for them."
“I’m never going to forget that.”
On National Coming Out Day, LGBTQ people took to Twitter to share their experiences. Here are eight pieces of advice that stood out.
We got lost in the depths of YouTube. Here are our favourite coming out stories, offering support, happiness and hope.
In this episode of ‘Black Voices HuffPost UK’ LGBTQ+ pioneers, issues around coming out and the unique experiences black people face are discussed. Host Yinka Bokinni is joined by UK Black Pride Co-Founder Lady Phyll, the BBC’s first ever LGBT correspondent Ben Hunte and Rob Berkeley, co-director of ‘BlackOut UK’, a not-for-profit for black gay, bi and/or trans men of African descent in the UK.
At 16, Faz and his brothers became housing insecure when their mother died. For Faz though things became even tougher when their identity presented issues and they struggled to find alternate living arrangements. After the local authority failed them Faz was essentially homeless until finding emergency shelter at the AKT emergency ‘Purple Door’ accommodation for LGBTQ+.
LGBTQ+ youth homelessness skyrocketed under lockdown – but know you are never alone and help is available.
Black and Asian LGBTQ+ people are uniquely disadvantaged when trying to find a safe, stable home. In collaboration with charity AKT, we shine a light on their appalling treatment.