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  • 24 Nov 2018

    Lea DeLaria was one of the first openly queer stand-up comedians on the US comedy circuit. She now plays ‘Big Boo’ in the Netflix hit, Orange Is the New Black, a show that has consistently broken new ground on gender, sexuality, race and class. As an activist, DeLaria is one of Donald Trump’s biggest and…

  • 29 Oct 2018

    Vowing to “change the destiny of Brazil”, the far-right populist Jair Bolsonaro has become the country’s new President after a deeply divisive election.

  • 19 Oct 2018

    Less than ten days before an election that’s divided Brazil, the populist far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro still holds a commanding lead over his rival. Latest polls show Mr Bolsonaro, a former army officer with extreme views on gay and minority rights and law enforcement, is set to take 59 percent of the vote in the run-off next Sunday.

  • 13 Oct 2018

    An Olympian is swapping his figure skates for the wheels of political campaigning. Adam Rippon, who won a bronze medal in the Winter Olympics in South Korea earlier this year, says being an openly gay sportsman pushed him to join the campaign trail and speak out against President Trump’s administration. Kiran Moodley went to meet…

  • 25 Sep 2018

    It was David Cameron who first tipped her as a future Prime Minister, but the Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson caused shockwaves last weekend, revealing not only that she suffered from depression and self-harm as a young woman, but that partly as a result of that, and also because of personal commitments, she will never…

  • 24 Aug 2018

    As Manchester celebrates Pride, some in the LGBT community are warning the city’s gay scene and culture are under threat.

  • 4 Jun 2018

    Gwent Police say they won’t be re-opening the investigation into the Jeremy Thorpe scandal, after closing down an inquiry last year into allegations of an attempt to murder the former Liberal leader’s ex-gay lover Norman Scott. Officers have now spoken to the alleged hitman Andrew Newton, after discovering that he was not dead, as they…

  • 10 May 2018
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    President Trump has claimed that Iran is the world’s “leading state sponsor of terror”. But is that fair? Before he became president, Trump said the “world’s biggest funder of terrorism” was Saudi Arabia – not Iran. So is his latest claim is just political rhetoric?

  • 6 May 2018

    As lead singer of the multi-million selling band Scissor Sisters, Jake Shears found fame – along with critical success – performing a heady mix of glam-rock and queer transgression. But in his new autobiography ‘Boys Keep Swinging’, the focus is on the more challenging parts of his life: his difficult childhood in suburban Seattle, coming…

  • 21 Apr 2018

    Living with dementia is often isolating – and for LGBT people there can be an extra layer of loneliness. For a community that grew up when homosexuality was still illegal, fear of prejudice can make it harder to access services and support groups. Now the UK’s first dementia cafe aimed specifically at gay, lesbian, bi…

  • 6 Apr 2018

    ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ is the British musical locked in a David versus several Goliaths battle this weekend at the Olivier Awards. Nominated for five awards despite a cast of unknowns and a story about an unknown, it is the real-life tale of a gay teenager who decided one day he wanted to wear a…

  • 26 Mar 2018

    Theresa May has backed her political secretary Stephen Parkinson, despite calls for him to be sacked for allegedly “outing” a whistleblower as gay. Brexit campaigner Shahmir Sanni told this programme that Vote Leave “cheated” during the EU referendum campaign. In response, Mr Parkinson, a political adviser at No 10, as well as denying that he’d…

  • 24 Mar 2018

    A Brexit campaigner has told Channel 4 News that Vote Leave cheated in the 2016 referendum by over-spending. But the prime minister’s political secretary says the allegations are “factually incorrect and misleading”, and outs the accuser as gay.

  • 19 Mar 2018

    Watch all of Channel 4 News’ investigations into both Cambridge Analytica – the British data firm linked to Trump’s win – and the Brexit campaign.

  • 20 Feb 2018

    Forty-two years ago, when the British skater John Curry won his Olympic gold at Innsbruck, he faced a barrage of questions about his “very personal lifestyle”. He had just been outed by a German newspaper, one of the first leading sports people to become openly gay. Curry’s life ended tragically early when he died of…

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