RuPaul‘s Allstora, an online book marketplace promising fair compensation for authors, is facing backlash for listing titles by authors known for anti-LGBTQ+ views. Users criticized the platform, co-founded by RuPaul, for featuring works from conservative
Bree and Jean Woodrum, an endearing lesbian couple, decided to send wedding invitations on a whim to famous figures, including Michelle and Barack Obama. To their delight, the Obamas responded, turning this spontaneous idea into
Members of Ethiopia’s LGBTQ+ community say they face a wave of online harassment and physical attacks and blame much of it on the social media platform TikTok, which they say is failing to take down
Lil Nas X wowed the Glastonbury crowds – and the critics – at the weekend, with probably the queerest show the festival has ever seen. He is arguably the world’s most prominent, queer Black artist, and has taught the TikTok generation that it’s OK to be too much.
In a shocking and disturbing incident that recently came to light, a 25-year-old man named Andrew Hartzler from Kansas City, Missouri, shared a video on TikTok documenting a horrifying exorcism performed on him by an evangelist.
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) could dock Anheuser-Busch’s 100 percent rating, awarded for the support it offers LGBTQ+ employees, because of the company’s response to the backlash to TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney’s Bud Light advert.
According to former employees who spoke to The Wall Street Journal, TikTok users who watched LGBTQ+ content were included on a list that could be viewed by authorized staff. Users were identifiable by their ID number, which TikTok gives each user when they start watching videos on the popular app.
Social media app TikTok is under scrutiny once again, as former employees claim that the app monitored users who watched gay content. According to The Wall Street Journal, the video-sharing platform compiled a list of users who frequently viewed clips that were tagged under the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) category.
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