Articles by Lily Wakefield

Two women relaxing on a rock in the 1920s

History
Feb 07

The absurd but true story of the lesbianism ban that never was – and why terrified men scrapped it

Lucy Liu Lesbian Art

Celebrity
Dec 02 2024

Lucy Liu creates erotic lesbian art – a fact we never knew we needed in our lives until now

Fallen 9/11 hero Mark Bingham

US
Sep 11 2024

This fearless gay hero – a United Airlines Flight 93 passenger – saved hundreds of lives on 9/11

Trans
Jul 22 2024

Why trans electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos appeared on the BBC disguised as a cis man

A picture of Harvey Milk in an office wearing a suit and tie. Harvey Milk Day is observed on 22 May each year on Milk's birthday.

US
May 22 2024

Remembering the legacy of Harvey Milk, the gay pioneer who tragically became a martyr

Frances de la Tour as lesbian character Geraldine in Love Actually

TV
Nov 14 2023

A tearjerking lesbian love story was cut from Love Actually

TV
Dec 30 2022

Betty White tackled HIV stigma in game-changing Golden Girls episode

A neon sign of teeth biting lips

Lesbian
Dec 30 2022

Overturning Roe v Wade ’caused lesbian porn boom’: ‘Girls want to f**k girls because it’s safer’

A photo of Just Stop Oil activists Anna Holland and Phoebe Plummer wearing T-shirts with the slogan "Just Stop Oil" kneel in front of Van Gogh's Sunflowers in London's National Gallery, which is covered in tomato soup

World
Dec 29 2022

Climate activist who threw soup over Van Gogh urges queer people to ‘turn anger into action’

Science and Tech
Dec 16 2022

Elon Musk tells his 121m Twitter fans to follow QAnon, literally the worst people in the world

Kellyanne Conway

US
Dec 16 2022

Ex-Trump aide Kellyanne Conway defends vile attacks on drag shows as incidents become more violent

Christine and the Queens / Redcar

Culture
Dec 15 2022

Parents of trans kids ‘delighted’ to have Christine and the Queens reading CBeebies bedtime story

A photo shows gay Iraq war veteranRob Smith standing in a field wearing a t-shrit that reads "free thinker"

Drag
Dec 14 2022

Fox News guest thinks Drag Queen Story Hour is ‘grooming America’ and ‘normalising paedophilia’

The Church of England's Westminster Abbey, with a background in the colours of the trans Pride flag

News
Dec 14 2022

Thousands of Christians demand Church of England end LGBTQ+ child bullying protection

A photo of Elon Musk wearing a tuxedo at the 2022 Met Gala

Science and Tech
Dec 13 2022

Elon Musk accuses gay former Twitter employee of sexualising children

A graphic showing the Northern Ireland flag overlaid with a trans symbol

Law
Dec 13 2022

Gender law reform in Northern Ireland would have ‘positive impact’ on trans people, report finds

A graphic composite with a photo of JK Rowling with a doctor writing notes in the background, and a stripe with the colours of the trans Pride flag

UK
Dec 12 2022

JK Rowling launches sex abuse support service that excludes trans women

A graphic showing Labour leader Kier Starmer from a political conference with a sign on the podium saying: "A fairer, greener future" and the background

UK
Dec 12 2022

Trans group demands Keir Starmer urgently addresses transphobia in Labour – before it’s too late

Representative Joe Harding, sponsor of Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law

US
Dec 08 2022

Republican lawmaker behind Florida’s cruel Don’t Say Gay bill now facing criminal charges

Two mugshots of the Colorado Springs shooter Anderson Lee Aldrich showing severe bruises to his face and neck

US
Dec 08 2022

Defense attorney uses he/him pronouns for Club Q mass shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich

New Zealand pastor Logan Robertson, wearing a grey suit jacket over a light blue shirt with red patterned tie, speaks to cameras in a parking lot

World
Dec 06 2022

New Zealand pastor who thinks gay people deserve a ‘bullet in the head’ escapes hate speech charges

News
Dec 04 2022

Comedian Sandi Toksvig cancels tour dates after being admitted to hospital with bronchial pneumonia

The Sunrise theatre in North Carolina in darkness after the power cut

Crime
Dec 04 2022

Anti-LGBTQ+ activist says God cut power to 40,000 people because of a drag show

Conor Burns in a parliamentary portrait.

UK
Dec 04 2022

Former Tory minister cleared of ‘inappropriate behaviour with young man at hotel bar’

A member of the Iranian community in Seoul cuts her hair outside the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran

World
Dec 04 2022

Protest-hit Iran abolishes hated ‘morality police’ after months of protests

Love Actually director Richard Curtis

Film
Dec 04 2022

Love Actually director Richard Curtis says ‘lack of diversity makes me feel stupid’

A person holds an LGBTQ+ Pride flag outside the US Supreme Court

US
Dec 03 2022

LGBTQ+ Supreme Court case could ‘inflict irreparable damage’ on anti-discrimination law

Activists protest outside the Embassy of Qatar in London on the eve of the World Cup

World
Dec 03 2022

Trans woman forced to cut hair and ‘remove breast tissue’ by Qatari officials

A participant at Pride in Zurich, Switzerland, holds a sign that reads "human rights are our rights"

News
Dec 03 2022

Switzerland to become ‘refuge for gay healers’ if lawmakers don’t ban so-called conversion therapy

Matty Sheldrick wears headphones and poses with their dog Lola

UK
Dec 03 2022

Family of trans person who died by suicide outside hospital A&E says they were let down by NHS

Nottingham Against Transphobia flag

UK
Dec 03 2022

Police called to protect anti-trans activists from friendly protesters ‘waving and smiling’

the Spice Girls perform together was at the London 2012 Olympics closing ceremony

Music
Dec 03 2022

Mel B teases long-overdue Spice Girls reunion at Glastonbury 2023

An image shows a trans rights advocate holding a sign that reads 'trans kids lives matter'

Trans
Dec 02 2022

Puberty blockers case Bell v Tavistock had ‘major impact’ on trans kids’ mental health, study finds

Activists lie down in Trafalgar Square holding cardboard gravestones with messages saying "cuts = coffins", and "queer people are dying" on World AIDS Day

Activism
Dec 01 2022

World AIDS Day: HIV activists stage powerful ‘die-in’ amid ‘united anger’ over Tory cuts

A woman screams and points at the back of a room of people sitting at tables, who appear very uncomfortable

UK
Dec 01 2022

JK Rowling shares video of woman heckling Nicola Sturgeon over trans rights. There’s just one problem…

side-by-side photos of Enoch Powell at the 1980 Conservative Party Conference and GBNews presenter Calvin Robinson at an anti-abortion march

UK
Dec 01 2022

GB News host Calvin Robinson openly quotes one of most racist speeches in history of UK politics

Sam Brinton wearing a woman's suit jacket with necklace speaks outside the US capitol

US
Nov 30 2022

Gender-fluid Biden official accused of stealing $2,000 of luggage from baggage claim

LGBT Activists wearing rainbow colours and holding a rainbow Pride umbrella attend a rally to mark International Women's Day In Indonesia

Asia
Nov 30 2022

Two Indonesian soldiers jailed for having gay sex

Emily Cullen appears on university challenge against a blue background, next to the team's teddy bear mascot

UK
Nov 29 2022

University Challenge winner celebrated by viewers despite transphobic trolls: ‘A brilliant captain’

The Qatar World Cup pitch invader runs across the pitch, holding a Pride flag like a cape

Sport
Nov 29 2022

World Cup: Pitch invader waving Pride flag and wearing ‘Save Ukraine’ top interrupts match