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May 23, 2022

Monkeypox outbreaks across Europe linked to gay sauna and fetish festival

Health authorities in Spain have attributed the majority of monkeypox infections in the country to a single outbreak in a now-closed gay sauna in the Madrid region. At least 30 cases of monkeypox have so far been confirmed across Spain – with Britain, Portugal and the US also reporting a surge in cases of the …...

May 23, 2022

Kate McKinnon bids emotional goodbye to SNL by reprising one of her all-time best characters

After a decade on Saturday Night Live (SNL), Kate McKinnon bid farewell to fans and the Earth during a hilarious interstellar sketch. McKinnon reprised her role as Miss Colleen Rafferty – a tough, cigarette-puffing, down-to-earth woman who has had numerous alien encounters. Rafferty pops up after each time she’s...

May 23, 2022

Trixie Mattel and Katya announce 2022 UK and European live tour: dates, presale info and tickets

Trixie Mattel and Katya are bringing their joint tour to the UK and Europe for the first time ever. Fans will get to see the UNHhhh hosts and RuPaul’s Drag Race legends live in a concert-style show. The tour will start in London on 5 November at Wembley’s OVO Arena and stop off across the … Continued The...

May 23, 2022

Benediction director Terence Davies on gay war poet Siegfried Sassoon, bad sex scenes and tragedy

Terence Davies didn’t know where to start when he took on the monumental task of making a film about Siegfried Sassoon. Sassoon rose to fame for his poetry documenting the horrors of the First World War. Today, his work is studied in schools across the world, but a glaring fact that’s often ignored is that...

May 23, 2022

Monkeypox, Jake Daniels and Ellen DeGeneres: 5 essential things you need to know about this week

Monkeypox is continuing to spread across the UK and Europe, while the number of people forcibly displaced by conflict has surpassed 100 million for the first time. Elsewhere, Ellen DeGeneres is preparing to bow out from her world famous talkshow and footballer Jake Daniels continues to be showered with praise after he came...

May 23, 2022

Monkeypox: UN condemns ‘homophobic and racist’ reporting on spread of rare virus

United Nations officials have condemned some reporting on the recent outbreak of rare virus monkeypox as “racist and homophobic”. Since 6 May, there have been at least 20 cases of monkeypox detected in the UK, with the Health Security Agency (UKHSA) noting cases have predominantly been found in gay and bisexual...

May 22, 2022

UK plummets further down ranking of LGBTQ-friendly countries in Europe

The annual Rainbow Map ranking has placed Malta as the best nation for LGBTQ+ rights in Europe for the seventh year in a row, while the UK’s score continues to plummet. ILGA Europe’s Rainbow Map and Index has ranked European countries on the basis of their “legal and policy situation” for LGBTQ+...

May 22, 2022

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks Democrats are going to turn ‘kids gay and transgender’

Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has said she thinks Democrats are trying to “turn kids gay and transgender”, in a confusing celebration of Elon Musk. Musk is currently facing allegations from a former employee at his company SpaceX, who claims that he exposed himself to her on a private jet, groped...

May 22, 2022

Fans ‘ambushed’ by surprise Dave Chappelle appearance at John Mulaney show

John Mulaney is facing searing backlash from fans, who felt “ambushed” when anti-trans comedian Dave Chappelle appeared as a special guest at his show. Chappelle was invited to open Mulaney’s stand-up show in Ohio on Friday (20 May) as a surprise guest, but the 15-minute act did not go down well with attendees....

May 22, 2022

Top Harley Street psychiatrist accused of ‘conversion therapy’ by trans patient

The UK’s General Medical Council (GMC) is investigating a complaint into a Harley Street psychiatrist who has been accused by a trans patient of conversion therapy. According to the i, the complaint was submitted by an anonymous 18-year-old trans man, who attended a psychiatric assessment with Dr Az Hakeem. On his...