Tag Archives: Scotland

Daily Juice: Kristen Stewart Confirms New Relationship, Scotland Is Now The Most LGBT Friendly Parliament In The World

In a short, but sweet interaction at Coachella Kristen Stewart was asked “Aren’t you Soko’s girlfriend?”. Her response “Yeah, dude” – wicked. Need we say any more.

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Viola Davis has a message to LGBT Families – “I’m fighting for you,”. She shared the message at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of her new film Custody, a movie about a mother’s struggle to keep legal guardianship of her child.

Mel B and Duncan James have been announced as the hosts of this year’s British LGBT Awards.

Scotland is now the most LGBT Parliament in the World.

Portia de Rossi and Ellen Degeneres were in attendance at George and Amal Clooney’s fundraiser for Hillary Clinton this weekend.

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Aza Comics is hoping to buck the trend by creating lesbian superheroes that won’t die so quickly.

In its upcoming book series two lesbian superheroes, Genie and Jase, cooperate to overcome various challenges and develop a lasting romance together.

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Creator, Jazmin Truesdale told Gay Star News.

Their storylines are based on how they work together as an action duo to fight villains and overcome obstacles.”

And finally, out bisexual boxer Nicola Adams will be competing in Rio 2016.

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Commonwealth Games Opens with a Gay Kiss

Glasgow Commonwealth Games opening ceremony made sure to drawing attention to the nation’s support for gay marriage, with the opening ceremony featuring a gay kiss between actor John Barrowman and a male dancer, to celebrate equality in Scotland.

The kiss was accompanied by shouts of “here’s to equality in Scotland”, and other backing dancers pulling party poppers.

It’s also no surprise, that just seconds after the reference appeared on screen, Twitter erupted.

Campaigners have called for statements in support of LGBT rights, given the number of Commonwealth countries which still currently criminalise homosexuality.