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1 week ago | 
gaystarnews.co.uk | Conor Clark |Jack Guinness |Helen Meriel Thomas |Daniel Harding
The UK Supreme Court today (16 April) delivered its landmark verdict that a woman should be defined by “biological sex” in the Equality Act, leaving LGBTQ+ rights campaigners deeply concerned over the ramifications this could have for Trans people.
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3 weeks ago | 
gaystarnews.co.uk | Helen Meriel Thomas |Jack Guinness |Daniel Harding |Conor Clark
Concern is growing for two LGBTQ+ activists who have reportedly been imprisoned by the Taliban in Afghanistan. According to the Afghan LGBTQ+ nonprofit Roshaniya, Lesbian woman Maryam Ravish, 19, and Trans woman Maeve Alcina Pieescu, 23, were arrested while trying to board a Mahan Airlines flight to Tehran from Kabul on March 20th, with Maryam’s partner Parwen Hussaini.
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3 weeks ago | 
gaystarnews.co.uk | Conor Clark |Jack Guinness |Helen Meriel Thomas |Daniel Harding
Almost two years have passed since news broke that one of the world’s most famous drag queens had passed away, yet major questions about what happened to her remain unanswered. Heklina (Steven Grygelko), was found dead by close friend Peaches Christ on 3 April 2023 at the flat the two of them were renting in Soho, London – though a cause of death is yet to be confirmed, and the Met Police took until January 2025 to release CCTV of potential suspects.
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3 weeks ago | 
gaystarnews.co.uk | Helen Meriel Thomas |Jack Guinness |Daniel Harding |Conor Clark
Edward II is a play which considers the question: what would happen if the King of England was in love with a demon twunk? The RSC’s new adaptation of Christopher Marlowe’s classic historical play tells the tragic true story of King Edward II, whose love of “favourite” Piers Gaveston led to a political breakdown between himself and his magnates.
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3 weeks ago | 
gaystarnews.co.uk | Conor Clark |Jack Guinness |Helen Meriel Thomas |Daniel Harding
Up to 10.8 million more people could be infected with HIV globally by 2030 as a result of aid cuts made by Donald Trump and Keir Starmer. Modelling published in the Lancet HIV medical journal on 26 March says that a decade of progress in the fight against HIV and AIDS could be lost, unless the funding can be found elsewhere.
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4 weeks ago | 
gaystarnews.co.uk | Helen Meriel Thomas |Jack Guinness |Daniel Harding |Conor Clark
“Not to toot my own horn, but I actually did those pictures before Paris is Burning came out,” says the woman I’m speaking to over Zoom. She has thick-rimmed green glasses and straightened dark pink hair, framed by baby pink money pieces. It’s been 24 years since Catherine McGann left The Village Voice newspaper, but you can tell she’s still a punk-rock art school kid at heart.
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1 month ago | 
gaystarnews.co.uk | Orlagh Doherty |Jack Guinness |Helen Meriel Thomas |Daniel Harding
A new daily pill for endometriosis has been approved in the UK. The pill combines multiple hormones and works quickly to target symptoms. Only 1,000 people will be able to access it each year but at least it’s a step in the right direction. I remember the first time I got my period. I grew up in a very … liberal household. Periods, tampons and the birds and the bees were explained to me from a young age, so I wasn’t overly surprised when I noticed the first signs of menstruation at the age of twelve.
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1 month ago | 
gaystarnews.co.uk | Jack Guinness |Helen Meriel Thomas |Daniel Harding |Conor Clark
When I first moved to London in 2009, Time Out’s LGBTQ+ section was explicitly centered around nightlife. There was literally nothing else for us to do than to go out and fuel our relationships with alcohol and drugs. Our culture was boxed into a life of addiction. 16 years later, just this month in fact, a news segment aired on ITV about chemsex drugs, highlighting the heartbreaking death of 27-year-old ‘Tahir’ who was found dead after several days of heavy drug abuse.
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1 month ago | 
gaystarnews.co.uk | Orlagh Doherty |Jack Guinness |Helen Meriel Thomas |Daniel Harding
I’ve never been ashamed when it came to my body hair. Between growing up in a naked house and the media I chose to consume (usually The L Word during my teenage years), the idea of pubic hair never seemed as much of a shock to me. This meant I felt that I had choices when it came to my body hair. The choices I’ve made have been heavily influenced by the time of the year, the confidence I’ve had in my body, and what I was seeing around me, and even sometimes my mood.
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1 month ago | 
gaystarnews.co.uk | Helen Meriel Thomas |Jack Guinness |Daniel Harding |Conor Clark
Luxury LGBTQ+ event organisers Joyeux Bordel are launching a new supper club in London, and the inaugural theme is “guilty pleasures.”The first Joyeux Bordel supper club will take place on March 26 at The Table Cafe in Southwark St.Masterchef finalist Gaston Savina has designed the three course “guilty pleasures” dinner, which will be served up with bottomless wine, interactive entertainment and a “make your own dessert” competition.
