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September 17, 2019

Someone spliced Miley, Ariana and Lana into a Mean Girls clip and it’s absolutely perfect

Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey’s ‘Don’t Call Me Angel’ video was spliced into a Mean Girls clip and a new gay icon was born. Fifteen years(!) after its release, gay Twitter continues to find new meaning in the seminal camp classic Mean Girls. Meme account Saint Hoax gifted us all by...

September 17, 2019

Someone came up with a gender-neutral way to say ‘daddy’ and it’s perfect

A tweet went viral this weekend, providing what everyone has been looking for – a gender-neutral version of the term “daddy”. The tweet, which was posted by Twitter user “chlostrophobic”, now has more 60,000 retweets, 300,000 likes and more than a thousand comments. It read: “Saying...

September 17, 2019

Drag queen makes important point about what happens when women and trans women are excluded

A trans drag queen gave a withering assessment of trans inclusion in RuPaul’s Drag Race, explaining why all women, trans and cis, must be included in the art of drag. RuPaul has recently been forced to defend his infamous remarks about trans women competing in Drag Race, which he said “were taken out of...

September 17, 2019

New Downton Abbey movie shines a light on the ‘horrific’ treatment of gay men in 1920s England

Downton Abbey star Robert James-Collier spoke about his character’s “emotional” journey in the new film adaptation. The actor, who plays butler Thomas Barrow in the ITV series and its big-screen outing, said that his character’s storyline “hammers home what it was like to be a gay man”...

September 17, 2019

Drag Race star Valentina calls out fans for cruel body shaming comments: ‘It really f***ing hurts’

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Valentina hit back at fans who criticised her for looking “too masculine” at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Valentina wowed on the Emmys red carpet in a plunging semi-transparent gown with strategically-placed embroidery. But when an Instagram fan account shared pictures of her...

September 17, 2019

Lib Dem defector Phillip Lee really wants you to know he’s not a homophobe

Phillip Lee, the lawmaker who made shockwaves for defecting from the ruling Conservative Party to the Liberal Democrats, is insisting he is not homophobic. In an interview with The Times, Lee defended his decision to abstain on a House of Commons vote on marriage equality. He argued it was a “liberal” choice...

September 17, 2019

Dr Penny Whetton, the renowned trans climate scientist, ‘dies in her favourite spot’

Dr Penny Whetton, the renowned trans climate scientist, has passed away unexpectedly, her wife Janet Rice has announced. Rice, the senator for Victoria, Australia, announced Whetton’s passing on Sunday, September 15. She paid tribute to a “scientist, artist, nature lover, knowledge seeker [and] all round...

September 17, 2019

Comedian who made seriously vile anti-gay slurs fired from SNL after less than a week

Comedian Shane Gillis has been fired from Saturday Night Live (SNL) over racist, sexist and homophobic comments he made last year. Gillis, 31, made the comments in a 2018 episode of his podcast with Matt McCusker, Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast, in which they ranked minorities in a “hierarchy of stand up...

September 17, 2019

This is what not to say to somebody who is HIV-positive

On Sunday, September 15, the former Welsh rugby captain Gareth Thomas was “forced” to come out as HIV-positive – revealing that the stigma against HIV-positive people is sadly alive and well. The rugby star bravely decided take control of his story and use the opportunity to correct the common...