Actor Noah Schnapp, best known for his role as closeted gay teenager Will Byres on the hit series 'Stranger Things' has come out as gay. Noah shared a video on his TikTok account on Thursday and wrote, "When I finally told my friends and family I was gay after being scared in the closet for 18 years and all they said was ‘we know'” — over Schnapp lip-syncing to an audio clip from a different TikTok of someone saying, “You know what it never was?

'Stranger Things' star Noah Schnapp comes out as gay: More similar to Will than I thought

World number nine American tennis star Taylor Fritz has pointed out that if players on the ATP tour come out as gay, they should be openly accepted. In recent times, a number of tennis players -- both current and former, on the WTA tour -- have not shied away from talking about their homosexuality.

Totally normal: American star Taylor Fritz feels openly gay player 'would be accepted' on ATP Tour

A US journalist covering the FIFA World Cup in Qatar claimed that he was detained for wearing a rainbow shirt supporting the LGBTQ community. Grant Wahl, who runs his own website covering football and formerly worked for Sports Illustrated, tweeted that he was not allowed to enter the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan for Monday’s match between US and Wales because of his shirt, which had a soccer ball surrounded by a rainbow.

FIFA World Cup: US journalist ‘detained’ at Qatar stadium for sporting rainbow shirt

A Qatar World Cup ambassador has told German television broadcaster ZDF that homosexuality was "damage in the mind", as the Gulf state prepares to host the global tournament in less than two weeks.

Qatar World Cup ambassador shares take on homosexuality, says it is 'damage in the mind'

Netflix has upset the Islamic world. It is facing flak from gulf nations for 'promoting homosexuality'. At least 6 gulf nations have slammed the platform for violating Islamic values. Which nations are these? Molly Gambhir tells you.

Gravitas: 6 Arab nations warn Netflix for 'promoting homosexuality'

Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina announced she was a lesbian and revealed she has a girlfriend. In the coming-out video published on Monday (July 18), Kasatkina also slammed Russia for its stance on homosexuality.

Daria Kasatkina comes out as gay, slams Russian stance on homosexuality

Almost 200 pride participants and LGBTQ+ activists have been detained after participating in a banned pride march in Istanbul.

Istanbul: Cops detain hundreds of pride participants & activists

As part of a crackdown on homosexuality, Saudi Arabian officials are taking rainbow-colored toys and clothing from businesses in the capital, according to state television.

'Homosexuality' crackdown in Saudi Arabia: Authorities seize rainbow toys

Authorities in Saudi Arabia are cracking down on homosexuality-related goods in the country. Shops in the national capital of Riyadh were raided by the officials where they seized rainbow-colored toys and articles of clothing.

Saudi officials conduct raid in capital, seizes Rainbow toys

Kuwait's Foreign Ministry on Thursday summoned the United States Embassy's top diplomat over tweets the embassy published that "support homosexuality", the ministry said in a statement.

Kuwait summons US Embassy over pro-homosexuality tweets

Cooma, a small Australian town, has a dark secret: a prison that was used to imprison individuals for "homosexual offences" and supposedly served as a human experimentation ground with the purpose of treating homosexuality.

Australia's dark secret: A gay men's prison that conducted experiments to abolish homosexuality

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei described homosexuality as part of the "moral deprivation" widespread in Western civilisation, during a televised speech on Tuesday.

Iran's Khamenei says homosexuality example of West's immorality

Starring in the buddy stoner comedy 'Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle' is good material for a memoir. One might think that serving as a staffer in Barack Obama’s White House is good material for another memoir, by a different person.

'Maybe I do have a story to tell': Kal Penn on his memoir

North Carolina Lt Gov Mark Robinson is in news as he is facing calls for resignation after a video emerged, where he called transgenderism and homosexuality "filth".

After calling homosexuality 'filth', US leader faces calls for resignation

It is 2021 and some people still find it hard to believe that there can be more than two genders, and a gynaecologist in Spain seems to be one of these people. A woman visited the Reina Sofía hospital in the city of Murcia for a check-up.

Spanish doctor writes 'current illness: homosexual' for a gay woman

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The issue of LGBTQ rights has divided European Union. Hungary is pushing a law that allegedly discriminates against LGBTQ. The Vatican is pushing Italy to drop a new law on gay rights. Even football has become embroiled in the debate. Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: In Europe, a fight for LGBTQ rights

German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised a new law in Hungary banning LGBTQ educational content for children as 'wrong'. The German leader said she saw it as a contradiction that single-sex partnerships are allowed in Hungary but education about them is restricted.

Angela Merkel condemns Hungary's new LGBTQ law as 'wrong'

Two transgender women in Cameroon have been sentenced to five years in prison for “attempted homosexuality”. According to their lawyers, they were also charged for other things including the clothes that they were wearing at a restaurant.

Cameroon sentences 2 transgender women to prison time for 'attempted homosexuality'

Despite being hailed as a reformist Pope, Pope Francis signed off on a Vatican decree that bars priests from blessing same-sex unions. The decree described homosexuality as a sin that cannot be blessed by God. WION's Palki Sharma decodes the Vatican's aversion to reform.

Gravitas: The Vatican shuts the door on same-sex unions

A court in China's eastern Jiangsu province has ruled in favour of a publisher that described homosexuality as a "psychological disorder" in a university textbook.

Chinese court backs publisher of textbook calling homosexuality 'psychological disorder'

An Iranian cleric Ayatollah Abbas Tabrizian has issued a homophobic rant against people vaccinated for COVID-19, claiming that they become gay after receiving the vaccine.

Iranian cleric claims COVID-19 vaccine turns people gay

Bhutan has become the latest country to roll back archaic anti-homosexuality laws. A joint sitting of country's parliament has decided to decriminalise homosexuality.

Bhutan Parliament scraps anti-gay laws, change awaits Bhutanese king's assent

Is there any role Ayushmann Khurrana can't do? Perhaps not. After being a part of films that have tackled various societal issues like castism, erectile dysfunction, body shaming- the actor's new film 'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan' takes on a homophobic society and tries to break the taboo around same sex love stories.

'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan' trailer: Ayushman Khurrana now takes on a homophobic society

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