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April 10, 2020

This 10 second video somehow manages to read every single gay couple in coronavirus lockdown to absolute filth

This 10-second TikTok video parodying gay couples in coronavirus lockdown has made us feel both seen and attacked at the same time. The video was uploaded to the short-form video platform by Darren and Michael and is captioned: “Gays in quarantine.” In the 10-second long clip, the couple bakes, cleans, pots...

April 10, 2020

Homophobic tensions halt plans for a second Franklin Graham coronavirus hospital in a cathedral

New York’s coronavirus field hospital, which is run by anti-LGBT+ preacher Franklin Graham, was set to open up a second location but plans have been ditched because of his homophobic views. The anti-LGBT+ evangelical preacher runs the charity Samaritan’s Purse, which was commissioned last month to build a makeshift tent...

April 10, 2020

Thugs who poured petrol on a trans woman and burned her alive charged only with aggravated assault after ‘lacklustre’ investigation

A group of six men who beat up a trans woman, splashed her with petrol, dropped a lighter on her and watched as she burned have been charged with aggravated assault in Indonesia. Usman Hamid, director of Amnesty International Indonesia, said he was disappointed in the authorities’ “lacklustre” investigation...

April 10, 2020

New book shines a light on the incredible role queer women played in the Easter Uprising

Women who lived radical, unflinchingly queer lifestyles played an essential role in Ireland’s Easter Rising of 1916, but most later had their commitment to independence erased. A new book tries to change that. These women’s identities are explored in a new book by Niall O’Dowd. A New Ireland looks at how...

April 10, 2020

5 reasons Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is destined for the Drag Race guest judge hall of fame

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is making a landmark appearance as a guest judge on this weekend’s RuPaul’s Drag Race and we truly aren’t ready. Season 12 continues its knockout run of guest judge spots (Leslie Jones muttering dramatic lighting? Hang it in the Louvre) by welcoming the house representative for...

April 10, 2020

Billy Porter is spending lockdown doing what he does best – turning looks, stunting pretty and throwing down the ultimate fashion challenge

Billy Porter has urged would-be queens the world over to take part in his quarantine fashion challenge, and the category is: “Couch potato realness.” The Pose star and queer icon asked his fans last month to recreate his famous Met Gala look while self-isolating using items they had at home, and the results...

April 10, 2020

As you might expect, Tiger King star Joe Exotic is ‘happier than he has ever been’ with his newfound fame

Joe Exotic may be serving 22 years in federal prison, but he couldn’t be happier after finding fame with the Netflix series Tiger King. The mulleted, gun-toting gay polygamist was convicted of a litany of crimes including the illegal trade of wildlife, violations of the Endangered Species Act, and a murder-for-hire...

April 10, 2020

The government’s newly-relaxed blood donation rules for gay and bi men are already facing fierce opposition

Eighteen high ranking political figures in the United States have slammed the government’s new blood donation rules for queer men as “antiquated and discriminatory”. The group consists of 17 lieutenant governors and Arizona’s secretary of state, who have hit out at the new rules in a strongly-worded...

April 10, 2020

Emergency services operator repeatedly misgenders activist and assumes all trans women are sex workers in horrific call

An activist who called emergency services has taken legal action against a police department after the 911 operator repeatedly misgendered her and assumed that all trans women are sex workers. Marni Panas, from Edmonton, Canada, is a well-known local LGBT+ activist, and she filed a complaint with the Alberta Human Rights...