Category: Editor’s Picks

“I can still hear every one of the 110 rounds that man fired into the crowd.” Later today, Brandon Wolf will become the first Pulse survivor to testify before Congress. On 12 June 2016, 29-year-old security guard Omar Mateen killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in a mass shooting inside Pulse, a gay club in Orlando, Florida. At the time, it was the deadliest mass shooting in US history. Since, Wolf has become the media relations manager for LGBTQ+ advocacy group Equality Florida. He will speak before the Committee on Ways and Means in the House of Representatives…

“We will note that they has been in consistent use as a singular pronoun since the late 1300s.” The Merriam-Webster dictionary has followed in the footsteps of the Oxford English Dictionary and Dictionary.com and recognised ‘they’ as a singular gender-neutral pronoun. It was announced on 17 September with a blog post to educate those who have shown resistance to using ‘they’ as opposed to she/her and he/him to describe non-binary and gender non-conforming people. They said the word has been “in consistent use as a singular pronoun since the late 1300s” and “regardless of…

“We’re bringing together the phenomenal power of both the fashion and queer communities.” Courtney Act is set to host the third annual London Queer Fashion Show. London’s most diverse and inclusive fashion returns this year to the V&A Museum of Childhood to champion gender-fluid fashion and inclusivity. 120 models will sashay, shantay and panther down the runway with the help of 12 LGBTQ designers. Celebrities such as Tess Holiday, Rain Dove and Saara Aalto will be in attendance, as well as London’s queer figures such as Jamie Windust, Stefan Howste,…