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LGBTQ+ News

Big Gay Wedding: LGBTQ+ couples rush to tie the knot before Trump’s inauguration

Graham Robson January 20, 2025

LGBTQ+ couples have rushed to Unitarian churches in New York to tie the knot before Donald Trump’s inauguration. The Big Gay Wedding event was a free opportunity for LGBTQ+ couples, many of whom are fearful that marriage equality will be in jeopardy under the next administration, to get married before Trump is sworn in as […]

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LGBTQ+ News

Knit the Rainbow: Keeping thousands of LGBTQ+ homeless cosy this winter

Graham Robson December 20, 2024

Austin Rivers, who found comfort in knitting during the Covid pandemic, has been helping keep thousands of LGBTQ+ homeless youths cosy this winter. The American knitter, who is based in New York, realised his scarves and hats could also support his city’s queer communities, especially those who are homeless. According to statistics, 40% of those […]

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Television

Danny Will Die Alone, which takes us on a raw and hilarious journey through the chaotic world of gay dating in New York City, to premiere on OUTflix

Graham Robson December 6, 2024

OUTflix will be kicking off the new year with exciting new programming, including the premiere Danny Will Die Alone, which takes us on a raw and hilarious journey through the chaotic world of gay dating in New York City. Follow one man’s desperate, app-fuelled search for love in this unfiltered nine-episode series, with new episodes […]

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International News

Trans woman Robbi Mecus dies after falling 1,000 feet from Alaskan mountain

Graham Robson April 29, 2024

Robbi Mecus, a 52-year-old trans woman from New York, has died after falling 1,000 feet while ice climbing on an Alaskan mountain. The forest ranger died after she and her climbing partner fell while they ascended Mount Johnson, an 8,400ft peak. The other climber, Melissa Orzechowski, 30, from California, survived the fall but suffered “serious […]

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Theatre

I Wish: Le Gateau Chocolat to bring “a new fable for our times” to London, Manchester and New York

Graham Robson February 22, 2024

I Wish, a fantastical one-person show filled with song, is to show at London’s Unicorn Theatre, Manchester’s HOME and New York’s New Victory Theatre. Co-created and performed by Le Gateau Chocolat, I Wish tells a new fable for our times – one of self-discovery, acceptance and joy. In many a fairy-story there are wishes granted […]

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General News

Activists create Marsha P Johnson monument in New York

Rachel Badham August 31, 2021

The first-ever statue of black trans activist and Stonewall trailblazer Marsha P Johnson has been installed in New York City.

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General News

New York proposes bill to simplify the self-ID process for trans people

Rachel Badham June 11, 2021

New York is striving to make the process of changing gender markers on legal documents easier for trans citizens.

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