Updated betting odds ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 suggest that the legendary singing competition could be won by an LGBTQ+ artist this year. We’re now just weeks away from the return of Eurovision, this time in Malmö, Sweden, following on from the historic victory from bisexual pop icon Loreen last year. As ever, this year’s line-up includes a number of incredible LGBTQ+ performers representing their countries on the world’s biggest music stage, including Ireland’s Bambie Thug and Lithuania’s Silvester Belt. And now, according to the betting public, an LGBTQ+ artist looks likely t ..read more

The 2024 Eurovision Song Contest – also known as gay Christmas – is taking place this week, and there are plenty of LGBTQ+ artists taking to the stage. As one of the most popular music competition shows, particularly for queer people, it’s only natural to want to know which artists are representing the LGBTQ+ community. Eurovision is taking place in Malmö, Sweden, this year with 37 countries battling it out for the title and the honour of hosting the next Eurovision Song Contest. Two semi-finals will be taking place on May 7 and May 9 respectively, and the grand finale will take place on May 1 ..read more

A proposed ban on LGBTQ+ conversion therapy in Scotland could frighten therapists away from working with young trans people, the author of the Cass report has said.  Dr Hilary Cass, whose divisive review was published in April and made recommendations for how trans youth clinics should be run by NHS England, claimed banning conversion therapy for transgender men and women could “frighten therapists who are just doing their job”.  The Scottish government consulted on plans to ban conversion practices in January, proposing legislation that would “prevent and respond to harmful acts” th ..read more

Olly Alexander is gearing up for one of the biggest weeks of his career to date as the UK’s 2024 Eurovision Song Contest entrant – and he plans to make it “as gay as possible”. On Tuesday night (7 May) Alexander will take his song, the Danny L Harle produced pop bop “Dizzy”, to the Eurovision stage in Malmö, Sweden, for the first time during the first semi-final. Fans have already had a taste of what’s to come thanks to footage from the rehearsals, and his staging looks, for want of a better term, gay as hell. And that’s exactly what he hoped for. Speaking to PinkNews and other media, Alexande ..read more

The 2024 Eurovision Song Contest is right around the corner, and the world’s most-watched music competition is religiously marked in the calendars of the legions of queer fans who adore the camp, glitzy song contest. The best party of the year is fast approaching in May, tickets are selling like hot cakes and, following Loreen’s victory in Liverpool last year, Eurovision will move to Malmö, in Sweden. As each country hosts their national qualifying contest, we’re slowly learning more about the songs and artists competing for the coveted crown, including Ireland’s non-binary entry and the UK’s ..read more

As Malmö in Sweden prepares to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, the two semi-final line-ups have been decided. The exact running order of each semi-final was announced on 26 March, and an earlier draw has unveiled which countries will be competing in which event, held on 7 and 9 May. You can see all 37 of the official entries (and the associated music videos) for Eurovision 2024 here. In the first semi-final, Cyprus has been selected to go first, while Serbia is second, in a so-called “death slot”, along with Lithuania (third). Eurovision has been around for long enough to generate its f ..read more

Western Carolina University in North Carolina is investigating after a student confronted and filmed a trans woman in toilets on the campus grounds. In the clip, which was filmed on the Western Carolina University (WCU) campus, the person behind the camera can be heard asking the trans woman what she is doing in the female toilets. “Going to the bathroom,” the trans individual responds. “Why are you in the girls’ bathroom?” the camera operator probes, continuing to challenge the trans woman’s presence. In response, the person being questioned replies that she is a trans girl, to which the woma ..read more

The new season of Doctor Who is set to hit our screens in just a few days’ time (and space), and the first reviews are full of praise for Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa’s debut season in charge of the Tardis. With details circulating on everything from plot points for season two, the Doctor’s sexuality under Gatwa and showrunner Russell T Davies, Jinkx Monsoon’s villainous role and even a possible spin-off, early reviews for the season – which currently sits at 100 per cent on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes – are in. Here’s what’s being said. The AV Club “The Doctor and Ruby Sund ..read more

A Bud Light boss has said the brand will “stay in our lane”, following anti-trans backlash over a video with influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Mulvaney found herself on the receiving end of abuse after she collaborated with the beer brand for a single sponsored Instagram post last year. Soon after, right-wingers threatened to boycott the beer, with some seen smashing bottles on supermarket shelves. Musician Kid Rock even made a video of himself shooting several cans.  Following calls for a boycott, parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev reported in August that US sales of the beer had fallen d ..read more

Italian model and Kylie Jenner’s “hot” greeter Eugenio Casnighi has claimed he was let go from a role at this year’s Met Gala just days before the major fashion industry event. Casnighi is perhaps best known for assisting Jenner at the Met Gala in 2023, where he went viral online in countless “hot guy” memes.  But, despite being hired as a model, Casnighi now claims he was dropped from this year’s event, which would have been his third as a model and greeter, for making it “about himself”.  Taking to TikTok, where he has more than 120,000 followers, Casnighi, who is based in New ..read more