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October 24, 2021

Ghana president calls for ‘tolerance’ as horrifyingly anti-LGBT+ bill gains steam

The president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has urged for “tolerance” as parliament considers a backbitingly anti-LGBT+ law. The “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021” has fuelled fear among queer Ghanaians, wary of how a country that already sees their existence...

October 24, 2021

Snowflake Superman colourist quits over bisexual Man of Steel’s new motto

A Superman colourist has sensationally quit over changes to the new bisexual Man of Steel’s motto. DC Comics announced earlier this month that Jonathan Kent will be a different kind of Superman to his famous father. He combats climate change disasters, protests against the deportation of refugees and is going to be...

October 24, 2021

Republican wants Texas to allow people to ‘respectfully’ oppose marriage equality

A lawmaker has paved the way for Texas’ Attorney General to decide whether people should have the option to no longer recognise marriage equality. Republican Representative James White sent a letter to Ken Paxton on 19 October openly challenging Obergfell v. Hodges, the long-sought landmark 2015 decision that...

October 24, 2021

‘Selfish, cowardly’ man who beat up and robbed man for ‘gay advance’ jailed

A “cowardly” Australian man who knocked out another man, robbed him and left him unconscious on a road for making a “gay advance” has been jailed. Along a laneway in Adelaide, the state of South Australia’s cosmopolitan coastal capital, Adam Thomas Warren smoked cannabis with a man on 26...

October 24, 2021

Boosie Badazz goes on horrifyingly homophobic rant after Lil Nas X jokes pair collaborated

Deeply homophobic rapper Boosie Badazz has openly called for Lil Nas X to commit suicide. Badazz, 38, spewed vicious homophobia in a violent outburst on Twitter after Nas, 22, joked that he had a song out with the rapper. “STOP TROLLING ME, F****T LOL!!” Badazz said in a tweet since deleted by the social media...

October 24, 2021

Boosie Badazz goes on horrifyingly homophobic rant after Lil Nas X jokes pair collaborated

October 24, 2021

This fearsome, ancient army was made up entirely of gay lovers and endorsed by Plato

In the fourth century BC, a fearsome army named the Sacred Band of Thebes was formed, and it was made up entirely of gay couples. Lawmakers in countries across the world have been banning LGBT+ people from their militaries for more than a century, from America’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and...

October 24, 2021

Queer icons and their BFFs that are giving us major friendship goals

There’s no doubt that there’s a lot of drama in Hollywood, but there are equally some amazing friendships – especially with LGBT+ stars and their BFFs. Everyone has that one friend that they can call on when things get tough, and what could be tougher than constantly being in the spotlight? Celebrity friendships are...

October 24, 2021

Hong Kong puts UK to shame with ‘extraordinary’ new gay dating show

Hong Kong is getting its first-ever gay dating TV show, to be hosted by out actor Vinci Wong. Boyscation will air on TVs in early November with Wong as both the producer and host of the new series, which is set to debut on Hong Kong broadcaster TVB’s J2 Channel. As well as hosting the … Continued The post Hong Kong...

October 24, 2021

A shameful history of Tory dither and delay on banning conversion therapy

In July 2018, the Conservative government promised the UK’s LGBT+ community that they would ban the traumatising, dehumanising practice known as conversion therapy. That month, Theresa May’s government released its LGBT Action Plan – a comprehensive document that laid out how the Tories would work to improve...