Articles by Emma Powys Maurice

Kal penn

Culture
Nov 02 2021

Actor Kal Penn explains ‘tricky’ reason he didn’t consider coming out as gay until now

JoJo Siwa

Culture
Nov 02 2021

JoJo Siwa lands in Dancing with the Stars’ bottom two despite serving Freddie Mercury excellence

Atraf data leak

World
Nov 01 2021

Hackers demand $1 million to stop leak of private user info from Israeli LGBT+ dating site

Same-sex marriage supporter Vin Testa, of Washington DC, waves a rainbow pride flag near the Supreme Court

Trans
Nov 01 2021

US Supreme Court quashes Catholic hospital’s appeal after denying trans man vital surgery

franklin graham

Religion
Nov 01 2021

Notorious preacher Franklin Graham insists he’s not anti-LGBT+ despite all evidence to the contrary

Culture
Nov 01 2021

Dolly Parton, Bowen Yang and Lil Nas X headline TIME’s 100 most influential people list

Richard Dawkins

Trans
Nov 01 2021

Richard Dawkins is still questioning whether trans women are really women and we’re so very tired

Q+A debate show

Crime
Oct 17 2021

Hateful charity worker threatened to kill TV staff simply for supporting LGBT+ people

Marjorie Taylor Greene

US
Oct 17 2021

Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness schools ‘dumb f**k’ Marjorie Taylor Greene on the reality of HIV

Saturday Night Live

Culture
Oct 17 2021

Saturday Night Live’s ‘proud gay Oompa Loompa’ spills the tea on Timothée Chalamet’s twink Wonka

conversion therapy

UK
Oct 17 2021

Tory councillor furiously back-pedals after refusing to back ban on torturous conversion therapy

Johannes Radebe John Whaite Strictly Come Dancing

Culture
Oct 17 2021

Strictly Come Dancing in ‘homophobia and sexism’ row over ‘smutty’ comments made to male dancers

World
Oct 16 2021

Gay couple’s son finally granted citizenship after drawn-out battle in landmark Namibian ruling

US
Oct 16 2021

Pete Buttigieg fires back at Tucker Carlson’s ‘homophobic’ suggestion he was ‘trying to breastfeed’

Culture
Oct 16 2021

Will Young slams Top Gear ‘homophobia’, says Richard Hammond is ‘the worst’ of all the presenters

UK
Oct 15 2021

Christian fundamentalist who backed death penalty for gays wants to run the National Trust

UK
Oct 15 2021

Birmingham leaders announce major steps to combat spike of anti-LGBT+ violence

Timothée Chalamet

Culture
Oct 14 2021

Timothée Chalamet’s Willy Wonka is categorically, undeniably a twink, says leaker

Russell T Davies

Culture
Oct 14 2021

Russell T Davies takes down LGB Alliance in incendiary speech: ‘To cut out the T is to kill’

trans police officer

Trans
Oct 13 2021

Counter-terrorism probe launched after trans police officer gets ‘two million hate comments’

UK
Oct 13 2021

John Lewis melts hearts with joyful new advert about young boy embracing his inner Stevie Nicks

Culture
Oct 13 2021

Eddie Redmayne defends decision to play queer-coded role in Cabaret revival

US
Oct 13 2021

Donald Trump’s train-wreck presidency linked to LGBT+ mental distress, according to science

HIV campaign It's A Sin

UK
Oct 13 2021

Elton John and It’s a Sin cast demand Tories keep their promise to finally end HIV epidemic

Bisexual Superman Jon Kent

Culture
Oct 12 2021

The best and worst reactions to DC Comics’ new Superman coming out as bisexual

Culture
Oct 12 2021

JoJo Siwa serves Disney prince excellence in latest Dancing with the Stars triumph

The trade union for UK academics has issued a statement in the row over anti-trans professor Kathleen Stock

Trans
Oct 12 2021

Calls for major inquiry into ‘bullying of people who speak on gender issues’ welcomed by trans folk

birmingham homophobic attack

UK
Oct 11 2021

Thug beats man with wine bottle ‘for holding another man’s hand’ in latest Birmingham hate attack

Wayne Couzens Sarah Everard

UK
Oct 11 2021

Sarah Everard murderer Wayne Couzens investigated over ‘sexual assault on drag queen’

UK
Oct 11 2021

Anti-LGBT+ hate crime is spiralling across Britain, worrying police figures confirm

strictly come dancing

Culture
Oct 11 2021

Strictly Come Dancing’s ‘majestic’ same-sex waltz leaves viewers in floods of tears

Homophobia in football

Sport
Oct 10 2021

Gay football captain called a ‘f****t’ by opponent. His teammates decided to ’embarrass’ the bigot

World
Oct 08 2021

Poland’s LGBT+ community at risk as top court ruling puts country on a path to ‘Polexit’

Nobel Prize winners

World
Oct 08 2021

6 brilliant, brave and inspirational LGBT+ Nobel Prize winners from history

Dumbledore is So Gay

Theatre
Oct 08 2021

Dumbledore is So Gay is the queer coming-of-age story LGBT+ Harry Potter fans deserve

Matthew Shepard

US
Oct 07 2021

Remembering Matthew Shepard, whose brutal murder sparked a reckoning on homophobia in America

Conservatives LGBT+ record

UK
Oct 07 2021

The Tories and LGBT+ rights: The good, the bad and the very, very ugly of the last decade

Dave Chappelle's special The Closer is still being defended by Netflix.

Culture
Oct 07 2021

Trans showrunner cuts ties with Netflix over ‘blatantly transphobic’ Dave Chappelle special

World
Oct 06 2021

Chechnya’s ruthless gay purge leader claims he’ll ‘protect human rights’ after re-election

UK
Oct 06 2021

Tory health minister Sajid Javid thinks trans-inclusive language ‘could literally kill people’