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Disaya Monaee poses in front of the camera in a brown room

Crime

Trans woman shot dead in ‘gruesome’ attack is 36th trans person killed in the US in 2021

Josh Milton - September 16, 2021

Non-binary students have to pick 'male' or 'female' on forms at their further education institution.

Tidal wave of homophobic, racist and pornographic emails sent to thousands of children after teacher’s email hacked

Josh Milton - November 16, 2020

Family decorated their yard with Pride flags and ‘love and peace over hate’ signs. Homophobes took it as a challenge

Emma Powys Maurice - October 31, 2020

Latest Posts

A Boystown Chicago banner hangs along Cornelia Avenue in the Boystown Lakeview neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. (Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)

Chicago’s queer neighbourhood Boystown changes its name to be more inclusive to women and non-binary people

Josh Milton - September 24, 2020

Illinois Republican lawmaker Amy Grant 'apologised' to her opponent by reading a one-sentence statement to his voicemail inbox

Republican caught in homophobic, racist rant about gay Black rival. Her apology is so weak she shouldn’t have even bothered

Nick Duffy - September 22, 2020

Hope Presbyterian Church leaders and members were shocked to see the signs had been vandalised within hours of being installed. (Screen captures via NBC Chicago)

Religion

Community left ‘heartbroken’ after thugs wreck church’s Pride and Black Lives Matter signs

Josh Milton - September 6, 2020

Gay couple share hilarious response to thugs who stole their Pride flag

‘Big old homos’ had their Pride flag stolen by ‘fragile’ neighbourhood homophobes. Their response is a lesson in fearlessness

Josh Milton - August 18, 2020

Campaigners demand Chicago rename ‘Boystown’ gay village to be more inclusive amid transphobia, racism and sexism allegations

Josh Milton - July 11, 2020

Trans

Teenager leaves a woman’s apartment after finding out she’s trans. Thirty minutes later, he returns to shoot her in the head

Josh Milton - June 18, 2020

Actor Jussie Smollett returned to Instagram after a nearly yearlong hiatus as he awaits trial. (Screen capture via Instagram)

Jussie Smollett breaks social media silence with bizarre conflation of coronavirus and his hate crime hoax trial

Josh Milton - March 26, 2020

Dating

Teacher and ‘LGBT ally’ loves her boyfriend but is ‘hesitant’ to buy a house with him because he ‘hates gay people’

Lily Wakefield - March 25, 2020

Actor Jussie Smollett Returns To Court After New Grand Jury Indictment

Crime

Jussie Smollett pleads not guilty to faking homophobic hate crime on first day back in court

Lily Wakefield - February 25, 2020

Mashrou’ Leila cancelled by Qatar University

Music

University in Qatar cancels appearance from rock band after fierce homophobic backlash and grave safety concerns

Lily Wakefield - February 5, 2020

One of Chicago’s oldest churches will now become an LGBT homeless youth centre

Emma Powys Maurice - December 6, 2019