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August 14, 2020

Fiercely ‘protective’ trans sex worker murdered in cold blood, all because a client didn’t want to pay her. She was 20 years old

Vanessa Solórzano, a 20-year-old trans sex worker, was stabbed to death by a taxi driver in northwest Argentina Tuesday morning (August 11) all because he didn’t want to pay. Close friends described Solórzano as a fiercely loyal person who dreamed of becoming a makeup artist. She had began sex work to help her family...

August 14, 2020

Bigot admits to hurling ‘disgusting’ transphobic abuse at a trans woman who had the audacity to exist

A 23-year-old woman has admitted in court to spewing “disgusting” transphobic abuse at another woman as she walked along an English seafront. Annabel Forbes was accused of hurling anti-trans insults at a woman on the Eastern Esplanade in Southend, Essex, at around 10pm on Friday, 7 August. The following Monday...

August 14, 2020

Bob the Drag Queen, Shangela and Eureka on leaving Drag Race behind to road-trip around Trump’s America

Bob the Drag Queen, Shangela and Eureka are leaving the Drag Race werk room well and truly behind for We’re Here, their new docuseries which has finally landed in the UK. The trio of queens traverse small-town America in the new six-part series, at each stop giving locals – most of whom are members of …...

August 14, 2020

Distraught man who called for ‘torture’ and ‘death curses’ against judges who upheld anti-gay laws faces prison

After the Singapore High Court upheld a law criminalising homosexuality, a man has been charged with inciting violence for an Instagram message threatening to make the judiciary “pay the ultimate price”. Muhammad Hanif Mohamed Huzairi, 30, is accused of inciting violence against the High Court judges using his...

August 14, 2020

Lady Phyll reflects on the powerful moment she rejected her MBE: ‘It’s based on the toxic legacy of empire’

Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, also known as Lady Phyll, has reflected on the moment she turned down a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) award because of its “toxic legacy of empire”. The LGBT+ activist and UK Black Pride founder made headlines when she turned down the award in 2016 as part of the …...

August 14, 2020

Trans model and activist Munroe Bergdorf reveals what’s keeping her hopeful in the waking nightmare that is 2020

Reflecting on the “rabbit hole” that is 2020, model Munroe Bergdorf has reminded us all that “there is still hope”. The year 2020 has been quite the ride for the trans activist, not just because of a major pandemic and a global reckoning with race. In June she was hired as a diversity consultant by...

August 14, 2020

Two trans women were marching for liberation. They were put in jail, misgendered and interrogated about their genitals

Two trans women have described the “dehumanising” treatment they faced at the hands of police after being arrested at a Black trans lives matter demonstration. Gabriela Amaya Cruz and Jae Bucci were among more than 30 people taken into custody and charged with “obstructing the roadway” after a...

August 14, 2020

Ellen DeGeneres under fire yet again as damning video shows the beleaguered host mocking Sofia Vergara’s English

A supercut of Ellen DeGeneres mocking Sofia Vergara’s Colombia accent has gone viral, prompting yet more criticism of the embattled talk show host. Vergara has been a regular guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show over the years, and a 30-second edit showcases how many of her appearances have had one thing in common:...

August 14, 2020

Dolly Parton is giving the gays everything they want – a new Christmas album with Miley Cyrus and, urm, Michael Bublé

Dolly Parton is gifting a 12-track Christmas album to the gays this festive season, made up of original songs as well as her own spin on several classics. A Holly Dolly Christmas will be released on 2 October and will include duets with Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jimmy Fallon, Willie Nelson, her brother Randy …...

August 14, 2020

Homophobic troll asked a lesbian baker to make him a ‘gays are evil’ cake. She baked for him, and he cried discrimination anyway

A rightwing troll ordered a cake with a homophobic message on it from a lesbian baker hoping she would refuse – and then cried discrimination when she graciously made it anyway. April Anderson, who runs Good Cakes and Bakes in Detroit with her wife Michelle and has previously baked for Oprah Winfrey, told the Detroit...