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At the beginning of last year, Henry Hendron would have been forgiven for thinking he had it all - a successful career as a barrister, representing high-profile figures and politicians, a flat in the heart of London, and a happy, loving relationship.
After witnessing terror in Barcelona, a gay writer reflects on the reasons we travel, and why we must continue.
Student Noa Jansma has been taking selfies and posting them on Instagram with every man who harasses her in the street.
Why Harvey Weinstein can fall and Donald Trump and Breitbart can rise at the same time.
On academia’s role in legitimising conservative hate speech.
Long read
Food, sex, money, work, family, friends, health, politics: there’s nothing we can’t feel guilty about, including our own feelings of guilt.
News
America
America
70-year-old man who murdered his wife and gay son in "perfect crime" found guilty.
Vile Republican congressman Steve Scalise, whose life was saved by lesbian police officer, is to speak at a national anti-LGBT convention.
Trump-backed Senate candidate Roy Moore praises Russia’s gay propaganda law.
Mitchell Sunderland, editor for Vice's feminist vertical Broadly, leaked stories to proud misogynist Yiannopoulos.
A cache of documents obtained by BuzzFeed News reveals the truth about Steve Bannon’s alt-right “killing machine.”
An exposé on the disgraced gay troll features him singing "America the Beautiful" as his admirers give him the "Sieg Heil" treatment.
Lesbians are confused straight women, Yiannopoulos claims.
14-year-old transgender student brutally attacked at New Jersey school after classmate yells "there’s the tranny!"
Orange County teacher distributes flutes tainted with his semen to students.
The media, illegal immigrants, and NFL protests are all popular now.
Republican senator Bob Corker blasts Trump: "The White House has become an adult day care center."
Why wouldn't the US condemn the death penalty for gays?
The State Department has excuses for voting against a pro-LGBT U.N. measure, but it still belies Trump's pledge to protect "the gays."
The "religious freedom" order means federal agencies and contractors could turn away LGBT people and others without repercussions.
Religious right overjoyed by license to discriminate.
License to discriminate: reaction.
Jeff Sessions reverses policy that protects transgender people from discrimination under Title VII of Civil Rights Act.
Trump administration tries to throw out suit against trans military ban.
The administration says legal challenges to the ban are "premature" because, it claims, trans service members haven't been harmed by it yet.
Puerto Rico is all our worst fears about Trump becoming real.
A real crisis comes and Trump can’t handle it.
Trump’s taste for flattery is a disaster for Puerto Rico — and someday the world.
Trump praises himself again for "great job" in Puerto Rico, slams critics as "politically motivated ingrates".
Here's how you can support Puerto Rico's LGBT community center.
Robert Eardley watched his boyfriend, Cameron Robinson (pictured, right), died after being struck in the neck by a bullet.
Gays Against Guns: it's surprising massacres don't happen more often.
Some wingnuts are pushing the idea that the gunman was with ISIS or wanted to kill Trump supporters, or that the massacre was part of a shadowy plot.
White American men are a bigger domestic terrorist threat than Muslim foreigners.
Since Trump took office, more Americans have been killed by white American men with no connection to Islam than by Muslim terrorists or foreigners.
In the developed world, these levels of gun violence are a uniquely American problem. Here’s why.
How gun control works in America, compared with four other rich countries.
The public and research support gun control. Here's how it could help — and why it doesn't pass.
After the Las Vegas massacre, fury over the gay blood ban.
Utah’s "no promo homo" law now history.
After decades, Utah teachers and students can discuss LGBT issues in school thanks to a settlement finally reached.
LGBT pride flag to fly permanently on federal land for the first time.
Trump voter Caitlyn Jenner is very upset that everything she was warned about is true.
Trump and his "deplorables" wish she'd just go away, but she's too busy providing a moral compass for the flailing administration.
Oprah may have just hinted that she might run for President.
From dropping protections for transgender students to fostering a friendlier climate for for-profit colleges, DeVos has made an immediate mark.
Tim Piazza fought for his life for 12 hours before his Beta Theta Pi brothers called 911. By then, it was too late.
He’s the subject of documentaries, dramas and enduring fascination. But as OJ Simpson walks free, does he still stir a meaningful debate about race?
Canada
News
UK
UK
London train evacuated over man "reading homophobic Bible verses".
26-year-old Daryll Rowe sent a text to one victim reading, “Maybe you have the fever. I came inside you and I have HIV LOL. Oops!”
80% fall in new HIV diagnoses at Europe’s largest sexual health clinic, 56 Dean Street, in central London.
Constructed in nine weeks, Kensington Aldridge academy’s temporary home is helping its young people to move forward.
HIV cases in gay men plunge by 21 percent.
It's PrEP what done it.
Vile Conservative hate rag the Daily Mail outs one of its own - against his will.
Germaine Greer attacks Cambridge University college for welcoming transgender students.
To celebrate the start of Black History Month, the charity is sharing its archive of photographs and poignant testimonials with the Observer, at last giving a voice to the orphans it welcomed into its homes 120 years ago.
Thirty years ago Ikea opened its first store in the UK. It’s had a huge impact on our homes – and us.
News
World
World
Germany
First gay marriages celebrated after decades of struggle.
Karl Kreile and Bodo Mende, the first to take advantage of the country’s new law, walked down the aisle in Berlin.
Russia
Hundreds arrested for anti-Putin protests.
Thousands of protesters celebrated Vladimir Putin's birthday on October 7 by marching through streets calling for his ouster.
Azerbaijan
This country has the worst LGBT equality record in Europe.
Egypt
Dozens of people are said to have been detained in crackdown after rainbow flags were waved at Cairo rock concert.
Men arrested last month for waving a rainbow flag are being subjected to forced anal examinations that amount torture, reports Amnesty International.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Ricans struggle to carry on with no school, little electricity and few indications of when the island will overcome the effects of Hurricane Maria.
It's not just Puerto Rico: Six other Caribbean island nations are in crisis after the hurricanes.
From the uninhabitable Barbuda to widespread power outages in the Virgin Islands, islands are limping toward recovery.
Puerto Rico: the lasting, racist legacy of colonialism on the environment.
Jamaica
Homophobia raises its ugly head once again as three shot.
Colombia
Three quarters of all murders of trans people take place in South and Central America. In Colombia, fear and prejudice force many into sex work. Will the end of the country’s civil war finally bring acceptance?
Gallery
Mexico
A collapsed factory in a working class area, and the lack of information about who died there, is a poignant reminder that in Mexico City not all deaths are equal.
Indonesia
Bali
Australia
Yes vote unbeatable "unless a lot of people are straight out lying", says pollster.
While the yes camp has good cause for optimism, two caveats could make the polling wrong, and voter turnout will be crucial to what happens next.
Marriage equality could bring $1 billion tourism boost to Australia.
Vile Tony Abbott brands 87-year-old Bob Hawke a "silly old bugger" over his support for marriage equality.
Politician warns gay people will create a new country with Same Love as national anthem.
Zoo
Watch
They watchin'.
Gallery
Medicine
Ball
Ball
How doctors save lives after a mass shooting.
Despite data showing a man became HIV-positive while practicing PrEP, researchers have a theory that he became poz after stopping PrEP.
The strain of E. coli was “highly resistant to antibiotics," according to his death certificate. Here's what poz people can learn from it.
The harrowing rise of heroin, in one chart.
Nine lifestyle changes can reduce dementia risk.
Aromatic oils have become big business. But are they medicine or marketing?
Social anxiety can manifest itself mentally and physically. Here are ways you can learn to manage it.
New research argues that just a small glass of wine a day increases the risk and that "responsible drinking" targets are misleading.
And it's not just your liver falling down on the job.
Long read
After thousands of years of failure, some scientists believe a breakthrough might finally be in sight.
Ghetto
Romance
Romance
Adopting and raising a child is easier when you have 5,000 other queer dads by your side.
Word!
Colbert asked Ta-Nehisi Coates if he has hope for America. Coates said no.
Interview
Coates’s eloquent polemics on the black experience in America brought him fame and the admiration of Barack Obama. Here he talks about the rise of white supremacy – and why Trump was a logical conclusion.
Watch
Spoken word with Ta’Leon Goffney.
Watch
Spoken word with Ta’Leon Goffney.
Vile Milo Yiannopoulos wins first legal round against publisher.
Simon & Schuster argued that Yiannopoulos waited too long to sue over cancellation of his book deal, but a judge disagreed, and the suit will proceed.
Salman Rushdie makes gender reassignment warning.
Romance novel publishing has a diversity problem.
At Brixton Library each month a group of black gay men gather to attend "Black Gay Ink"; a writers’ workshop. Since starting in February, they’ve created a safe space where they can discuss, debate and express their issues, challenges, joys, and triumphs unapologetically through writing.
Review
The black lesbian feminist writer and poet, who died 25 years ago, is better known than ever, her words often quoted in books and on social media.
Novel rejected as "too gay" receives flood of crowdfunding support.
The Madonna of Bolton by Matt Cain was turned down by mainstream publishers more than 30 times, but has won keen backing from readers.
Review
The Sparsholt Affair, by Alan Hollinghurst. Passion and folly, beautifully observed.
An assured chronicle that moves from a charmer’s wartime years at Oxford to his son’s experiences in modern-day London.
Read
Shouting
At Night
At Night
Interview
The new artistic director of the Young Vic in London will break the arts glass ceiling for African-Caribbeans. It’s a role he has performed before in Baltimore, making theatre about police violence and experiencing the "rage" gripping the US.
Like Kate Tempest and Inua Ellams, the Nigerian-born performer is breaking new ground with Coat, his tale of two cultures, told while he cooks up a stew on stage.
Interview
Interview
On the subway it’s forbidden but breakdancing has been part of New York life for decades. Now, visitors can see top performers in the streets and parks, for free.
Film
Forever
Forever
Review
How to Survive a Plague director David France explores the heroic life and tragic death of an often forgotten leader of the gay rights movement in this illuminating, if scattershot, film.
Interview
Talking to queer filmmaker Jordan Firstman about his new short, Call Your Father.
Watch
On the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment allegations.
An investigation by The New York Times found previously undisclosed allegations against Mr. Weinstein stretching over nearly three decades, documented through interviews with current and former employees and film industry workers, as well as legal records, emails and internal documents from the businesses he has run, Miramax and the Weinstein Company. During that time, after being confronted with allegations including sexual harassment and unwanted physical contact, Mr. Weinstein has reached at least eight settlements with women, according to two company officials speaking on the condition of anonymity.
For years rumours surrounded the movie mogul behind films such as Shakespeare in Love and Gangs of New York, but now his accusers are going on the record alleging sex assaults.
The movie mogul’s lawyers have dismissed "false" reports of sexual harassment, but industry insiders claim there have long been rumors about his behavior.
What Trump’s Access Hollywood tape reveals about Harvey Weinstein and men in power.
On the anniversary of the tape's release, Trump has faced no consequences. Will it be the same for Weinstein?
Outfest, the nonprofit organisation that produces the Los Angeles LGBT film festival, will no longer be honouring the Weinstein Company at the Outfest Legacy Awards later this month.
The pick-up line Trump used on Brooke Shields is as excruciating as you’d expect.
Roman Polanski is now facing a fourth accusation of sexual assault against a teen.
Audiences may be surprised to discover they’re getting something this odd and potentially alienating.
After across-the-board raves, hopes are riding high for Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner sequel. Is it really as good as everyone seems to think?
The best sci-fi films hold up a mirror to the age in which they are made. So what can we learn from the future – and what it means to be human – in Denis Villeneuve’s film?
In many ways, Ridley Scott’s 1982 film set our expectations of what future urban centers should look like.
There are lots of versions of the 1982 Blade Runner. Here’s how to choose which to watch before seeing the sequel.
What Philip K. Dick really thought of Blade Runner.
"How is this possible? How can this be?"
After Blade Runner 2049, which sci-fi cult classics also deserve a sequel?
The hype around Denis Villeneuve’s follow-up to Ridley Scott’s 1982 opus suggests we have to wait a mere 35 years for critical flops to become classics.
Watch
The
Box
Box
The best and (mostly) worst new autumn TV shows, in one chart.
...“Nah mate. Never did little Charlie Hunnam any harm after QAF did it?” Doctor Who actor Andrew Hayden-Smith Tweeted in response.
Interview
Here’s Anthony Rapp’s debut scene as the first gay character on Star Trek.
Will & Grace replaces an original character and tackles gay millennials.
Six terrible soap storylines saved by brilliant endings.
Sex work and survival in The Deuce.
In George Pelecanos and David Simon’s latest work, sex work unites marginalised people in the unlikeliest of places.
This week's highlights include the return of Harvey, and an acting tour de force by Maggie Gyllenhaal and... Method Man?
Rejoice, all ye lovers of bitch-slaps and all-day evening wear – the Carringtons are back and better than ever.
He made his name with Monster’s Ball and Precious but, as Empire begins a new season, the writer-director-producer insists his work isn’t just for black audiences.
The usually tight-lipped creators of HBO’s hit have suggested a few directions the robot drama could take, but which has the most artificial intelligence?
And you thought TV over-analysis was just for Game of Thrones.
Watch
Here's new black gay superhero webseries X7 Origins; new webseries About Percy; plus the latest episodes of T.R.A.D.E. and The Come Up.
Watch
Here's new black gay superhero webseries X7 Origins; new webseries About Percy; plus the latest episodes of T.R.A.D.E. and The Come Up.
Beats, Rhymes
& Life
& Life
The singer has gone back and forth on the matter for years and now says being gay or transgender is "unnatural."
Twenty-three country stars who faced a backlash from fans.
Great song intros, where a tune builds up before the vocal kicks in, are becoming an endangered species as fickle music fans skip tracks if they don't get immediate gratification.
Interview
It’s impossible not to love the genre-spurning singer with a heavenly falsetto – despite his "obnoxious obsession."
Interview
In 1987, his debut album saw him hailed as a rival to Michael Jackson and Prince – but then his star crashed and burned. He talks about the nervous breakdown that triggered his identity change, living as a recluse and the music industry’s ‘Olympian’ conspiracy to bring him down.
Janet Jackson’s The Velvet Rope is twenty. It’s still dope AF.
Twenty years on, this richly experimental and deeply personal album is still the template for pop rebels.
Arena
Four years after Michael Sam became a household name, asking why we still have no out athlete in the major sports leagues may be the wrong question.
Charlton Invicta have become the first LGBT-friendly team to take a Football League team’s name and their players hope it can encourage others to play the game.
Ticket sales and TV ratings are down after the president attacked player protests. But he also exposed plenty of ugly truths about America.
There is a morally corrupt contract that white fans make with black athletes. We will accept you: but only if you surrender your political voice.
Interview
Max Whitlock heads to the world championships after struggling with glandular fever and has set his sights on a long career and legendary status in gymnastics.
Gallery
Red Light
District
District
Jon Ronson’s new podcast The Butterfly Effect explores how the internet has devastated the porn industry.
Las Vegas-based studio Corbin Fisher shares letter encouraging donations to victims of Las Vegas massacre.
Watch
Kayden Gray on the time he woke up from a drug overdose to find men fucking him.
...Dolf Dietrich responds to Seth Knight’s claim that he wears five pairs of socks: “That is completely false. I only wear two pairs of socks.”
Gallery
The White Heat
of This Revolution
of This Revolution
What was on the Russians' fake LGBT Facebook page?
Google and Wikipedia have a responsibility to see that their content isn’t skewed – and we users should hold them to account.
AOL is shutting down AIM, its iconic instant messaging service.
A small group of programmers wants to change how we code—before catastrophe strikes.
Planes, Trains
& Automobiles
& Automobiles
As managers scrambled to save the firm, there were few clues anything was awry – it was even still holding recruitment days.
Will Geary’s experimental TransitFlow tools help visualise the flow of buses and metros as colourful ant-like particles flowing across world cities.
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