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June 14, 2022

Ad agency responsible for ‘straight hell’ Burger King Pride Whopper apologises

An ad agency has apologised after Burger King Austria’s confusing “Pride Whopper” revealed a fundamental misunderstanding about how gay sex works. On the first day of Pride Month, Burger King Austria revealed its Pride Whopper – literally just a regular Whopper, but served with either two sesame...

June 14, 2022

National Lottery defends handing thousands in funding to anti-trans LGB Alliance

The National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF) has defended handing thousands of pounds in funding to the anti-trans pressure group LGB Alliance. On Friday (10 June), LGB Alliance announced that it had “been successful in its application for a grant from the National Lottery Community Fund to plan and scope a helpline...

June 14, 2022

Whoopi Goldberg blasts journalist who tried to ‘out’ Rebel Wilson: ‘You knew what you were doing’

Acclaimed actor and outright icon Whoopi Goldberg has joined the blistering backlash against a journalist who tried to go public with details of Rebel Wilson’s new same-sex relationship. Actor and comedian Rebel Wilson came out on 9 June when she announced that she was dating fashion designer Ramona Agruma. In a...

June 14, 2022

Whoopi Goldberg blasts journalist who tried to ‘out’ Rebel Wilson: ‘You knew what you were doing’

June 14, 2022

Men make up 99 per cent of UK monkeypox cases as total reaches 470

UK monkeypox cases have now reached 470, with men making up 99 per cent of all confirmed cases. On Sunday (12 June), UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced that a further 104 cases of monkeypox had been confirmed in England, bringing the UK total to 470. There are currently 452 confirmed cases of the virus …...

June 14, 2022

Lady Gaga ‘in talks to play Harley Quinn’ in Joker 2 with Joaquin Phoenix

Lady Gaga is reportedly in talks to join the upcoming Joker 2 – which is rumoured to be a musical. Following the success of 2019’s Oscar-winning Joker, director Todd Phillips has been co-writing a sequel with Scott Silver. On 7 June, Phillips confirmed that the upcoming project is named Joker: Folie à Deux. The title...

June 14, 2022

MP praises Heartstopper for ‘saving lives’ in trans conversion therapy ban debate

Heartstopper’s Yasmin Finney got a shoutout for inspiring “young trans people across the world” during the parliamentary debate on the conversion therapy ban. The House of Commons debated a petition signed by more than 145,000 people calling for a trans-inclusive conversion therapy ban on Monday (13 June). The petition...

June 14, 2022

Ian McKellen explains why William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is bisexual

June 13, 2022

Labour and Tory MPs unite to demand trans conversion therapy ban in impassioned debate

Tory and Labour MPs urged the government to legislate a trans-inclusive conversion therapy ban in an impassioned parliamentary debate. On Monday afternoon (13 June), MPs debated a petition signed by more than 145,000 people calling for trans people to be included in the proposed ban on conversion therapy. MPs from across...

June 13, 2022

Kevin Spacey to appear in UK court on sexual assault charges this week

Actor Kevin Spacey is due to appear in court on Thursday (16 June) after being charged with sexual assault against three men. Spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault and one count of causing penetrative sexual activity without consent. The charges were announced on 26 May by the Crown Prosecution Service...