News UK
85% of LGBTQ+ people in the UK say their sexuality has negatively impacted their career
A staggering 93% of LGBTQ+ people interviewed believed bias may have played a role in hiring practices for their job
News World
White House officials inform reporters they won’t respond to anyone who displays preferred pronouns
"We do not respond to reporters with pronouns in their bios," a White House official told a journalist from The New York Times
News UK
New data shows LGB people twice as likely to self harm or take their own life
The data shows the suicide rate among LGB people aged 45 - 64 years old is double that of people aged 16 - 24 years old
News UK
Greater Manchester Police call for witnesses after threatened knife attack at trans picnic
The community group Trans Mutual Aid Manchester (TMAM) previously said they "do not expect any positive outcome" from the police report
Life Wellbeing
Therapist offers free support to LGBTQs threatened with knife attack at trans picnic
"Waiting lists are long, therapy's expensive and if people couldn't access a space to process what happened, I wanted to offer that" therapist Tash Wild tells Attitude
News
J.K. Rowling criticised for calling International Asexuality Day ‘Fake Oppression Day’
"All she wants to do is attack small, marginalised groups of people," asexuality campaigner Yasmin Benoit has told Attitude
News World
Trump administration deports gay make-up artist to maximum security prison in El Salvador
A TIME photojournalist heard Hernandez Romero say, “I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a stylist,” as he cried out for his mother, was slapped and had his head shaved
News UK
Men burn Pride flag, threaten knife attack at picnic for trans people in Manchester
Trans Mutual Aid Manchester condemned the "disgusting display of impunity and hatred" after assailants threatened to "violently assault" one attendee with a knife
News World
Ireland, Germany, Finland and more issue official travel advice to trans citizens visiting the US
Citizens of countries including Portugal and the Netherlands have been advised to mark themselves as the gender they were assigned at birth
News Sport
Gay Olympian Robbie Manson announces retirement from rowing – but will continue OnlyFans
Manson revealed his intentions are to focus on his businesses, including his OnlyFans (or his "modelling career" as he put it)
News UK
Drag Race stars and Ana Matronic protest Met Police over handling of drag queen Heklina’s death
Heklina was found dead in her apartment in London in 2023
News World
Comedian Amber Ruffin dropped from White House press dinner after calling Trump administration ‘murderers’
Ruffin previously stated that she would not honour a request to roast both Democratic and Republican politicians at the event
News World
Taliban arrest LGBTQs – one a teenager – amid fears they’ll be ‘tortured’ to reveal others and executed
"It is possible they'll be placed in solitary confinement and stoned to death" says the partner of one of the detained
News UK
The Vivienne’s sister campaigns to have ketamine reclassified as Class A drug following star’s death
Chanel Williams has met with government ministers to discuss the matter, saying: "I know that he would want this"
News World
Trump cancels 68 research grants focussing on LGBTQ+ health concerns
Most of the grants related to sexual minorities, with topics including HIV prevention, cancer, youth suicide and bone health
News World
Hungary bans Pride marches in latest crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights
Police have also been given powers to use facial recognition technology to track attendees
News Sport
Irish gay Olympian Jack Wooley celebrated St. Patrick’s Day by getting engaged
Wooley's partner Dave Stig proposed to him after the wrap party for Dancing With The Stars on which the Olympian recently competed
News Sport
Out gay footballer Josh Cavallo says he gets ‘multiple, multiple, multiple’ death threats a day
"In the world of football, being an openly gay player is a very toxic place"
News UK
New research shows 75% of queer people ‘don’t consider chemsex a serious issue’
Data showed 34% of queer people aren't familiar with chemsex, and 16% had never even heard of the word
News
The Vivienne’s cause of death confirmed as ‘ketamine use causing cardiac arrest’
"I hope that by us releasing this information, we can raise awareness about the dangers of ongoing ketamine usage," the Drag Race star's manager has told Attitude, as the performer's family prepares to launch a substance abuse awareness campaign