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June 2, 2022

Crocs releases unique collection for Pride Month and teams up with Drag Race stars

Crocs has released its unique and colourful ‘Love as you are’ Pride-themed collection. For Pride Month and beyond, fans of Crocs can buy rainbow clogs and customise them with charms that reflect your personality. The collection is now available to shop at crocs.co.uk and crocs.com. This article contains...

June 2, 2022

Monkeypox: Young men in London make up majority of UK cases, new data reveals

Young men living in London are making up the majority of UK monkeypox cases, new data has revealed. The total number of confirmed monkeypox cases in the UK has now passed 200, with 199 cases in England, five in Scotland, two in Northern Ireland and one in Wales, as of Thursday (2 June) On Wednesday … Continued The...

June 2, 2022

M&S accused of ‘overshadowing Queen’s jubilee’ for daring to celebrate Pride Month. Yes, really

M&S is facing backlash from ardent royalists for daring to mark Pride Month during the Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations. M&S added the LGBTQ+ Pride flag to its logo on June 1 to mark the first day of Pride Month. It’s a common move for brands who want to signal (and cash-in on) their support for...

June 2, 2022

Christian university students protest for 200 hours and counting over ‘homophobic’ LGBTQ+ staff ban

Students at the Christian Seattle Pacific University (SPU) in Washington have been staging a sit-in protest for nine days and counting over a ban on LGBTQ+ staff. On 23 May, SPU’s board of trustees voted to uphold a policy on “employee lifestyle expectations” which prohibit “sexual behaviour that is...

June 2, 2022

Frank Ocean in talks to write and direct first film with studio behind Moonlight

Frank Ocean is reportedly set to write and direct his first-ever feature film with indie studio A24. The Channel Orange singer is reportedly in talks with A24 – known for Ladybird, Uncut Gems, Everything Everywhere All At Once and the TV series Euphoria – about making a film, a report from DiscussingFilm says No details...

June 2, 2022

ColourPop’s rainbow Pride palette is raising vital funds for Black AIDS Institute

ColourPop is celebrating Pride Month with a palette that’s raising vital funds for an LGBTQ+ organisation. The Fade Into Hue palette features all the colours of the rainbow, with 30 shades to choose from. The cosmetics brand has confirmed it will donate 100 percent of net profits to Black AIDS Institute on orders...

June 2, 2022

Lil Nas X calls out BET Awards after painful snub: ‘MFs try to pretend we are invisible’

Lil Nas X has vented his frustration after he received an “outstanding zero nominations” at the BET Awards for the second year in a row. The “Industry Baby” rapper voiced his disappointment in a series of now-deleted tweets after he was snubbed in BET Awards nominations, which were announced on Wednesday (1...

June 2, 2022

Founder of notorious anti-trans pressure group named in Queen’s birthday honours list

The founder of notorious anti-trans pressure group Transgender Trend has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen’s birthday honours. Stephanie Davies-Arai is the founder of Transgender Trend, which claims there is no “evidence that children really are trans” and that “gender identity...

June 2, 2022

Monica Lewinsky calls out misogynistic ‘circus’ around Amber Heard: ‘We are all guilty’

Monica Lewinsky has weighed in on the misogyny directed at Amber Heard during her defamation trial with Johnny Depp: “We are all guilty.” On Wednesday (1 June), a jury sided largely with Depp in his defamation lawsuit against Heard over a 2018 op-ed in which she discussed being a victim of abuse, although the...

June 2, 2022

Anti-trans protester wears black morph suit and nappy in bizarre stunt

A white YouTuber has denied he took part in “blackface” after wearing a full-body morph suit and a nappie during an anti-trans protest. So-called “gender-critical” activists rallied in Hyde Park, London, on 29 May for the “Save Our Sex Jubilee campaign”. Kellie-Jay Keen, otherwise known...