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February 18, 2020

Stephen Fry calls for intersex people to be treated with ‘common politeness and decency’

The actor and broadcaster Stephen Fry has joined intersex advocates in urging people to treat the community with “common politeness and decency”. Fry appeared on the BBC regional investigations show Inside Out as it followed intersex activists who are campaigning for an end to the shame, secrecy and unnecessary...

February 18, 2020

YouTuber scores a date with James Charles after sliding into his mentions on Valentine’s Day

On February 14, while couples got ready to spend a very romantic evening, James Charles took a shot and asked Twitter if someone would like to spend the day with him. And in a plot twist nobody saw coming, far from all the drama that has been following him – romantically speaking – his proposal … Continued The post...

February 18, 2020

LGBT acceptance in rugby just had its best and worst weekend, with two different games being played 1,000km apart

On the same day that disgraced homophobic rugby star Israel Folau made his debut for Catalns Dragons, English rugby union team Harlequins held a Pride day to celebrate LGBT+ folk in sports. Jack Duncan, a long-term fan of the game and co-founder of Blank Canvas, wrote for PinkNews about what it means to be a …...

February 18, 2020

Queer solidarity reaches outer space as Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, screams ‘lesbian rights!’

Lesbian aliens have been confirmed by Twitter scientists this week after heart-shaped craters were found on the surface of Mars. Clearly, the craters were lasered by a lesbian alien to express her cosmic love for her inter-galactic girlfriend. Duh. The fourth planet from the sun’s decision to come out as a lesbian...

February 18, 2020

French town severs ties with ‘tainted’ twin city in Poland after it declares itself ‘LGBT free’

The French town of Saint-Jean-de-Braye has broken its partnership with its sister city of Tuchów in Poland after the latter declared itself an “LGBT-free zone”. A recent upswing in anti-LGBT+ sentiment in Poland has resulted in more than 80 municipal or local governments proclaiming themselves to be “free...

February 18, 2020

Queer couples in Peru tie the knot in symbolic Valentine’s Day ceremony to protest ban on equal marriage

Eleven LGBT+ couples exchanged vows in a symbolic Valentine’s Day ceremony to call for marriage equality in Peru. The annual event protests the fact that Peru, a largely Catholic nation, is one of just a handful of Latin American countries that does not at least partially recognise same-sex marriages. Held at a park...

February 18, 2020

Britain’s first and only openly gay professional footballer to be inducted into Hall of Fame

Justin Fashanu, Britain’s first and only openly gay professional footballer, is to be posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame at the National Football Museum in Manchester, England, this week. He will be recognised at a ceremony Wednesday at the museum in the city centre, Sky Sports reported today....

February 18, 2020

Britain’s first and only openly gay professional footballer to be inducted into Hall of Fame

February 18, 2020

Piers Morgan blames trans people for Brit Awards nominations while missing the glaringly obvious

Piers Morgan used his finite time on this hurtling planet to blame the “trans lobby” for fewer women scooping Brit Awards nominations in categories open to men and women. This is despite the fact that your local trans person, in between buying groceries, chugging their morning coffee and trying not to be a victim of...

February 17, 2020

Franklin Graham insists he’s not homophobic, queer people are just ‘truthophobic’, in bizarre rant at UK

Pro-Trump evangelical leader Franklin Graham has said people in the UK are “truthophobic” after his tour there was cancelled due to his anti-LGBT+ comments. Graham hit out at people who campaigned to have him banned from preaching in venues across the UK in a Facebook post. “Opposition to the Gospel...