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April 7, 2020

This pastor thinks homosexuality is a sin. He also thinks he can cure coronavirus by blowing through your TV

Anti-LGBT+ pastor and televangelist Kenneth Copeland has tried to channel the “wind of God” and cure coronavirus by blowing through TV screens. Copeland, who believes that homosexuality is “unnatural”, already tried to heal people who have contracted COVID-19 through their televisions last month,...

April 7, 2020

Lady Gaga has raised $35m in a week for coronavirus. Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos still hasn’t decided to end world hunger

In one week, Lady Gaga has raised $35m from corporations and rich people to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The popstar spent seven days calling up corporate leaders and wealthy philanthropists to ask for donations to the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. The money will go towards...

April 7, 2020

Northern Ireland’s ban on same-sex marriage was ‘unjustified discrimination’, top court finally rules

A top court in Northern Ireland has reconsidered a former judgement against two couples who argued that the ban on same-sex marriage breached their human rights. The two same-sex couples launched a landmark legal challenge against the government in 2015 as they sought to have their civil partnerships recognised as...

April 7, 2020

Carole Baskin says she definitely won’t be in the new Tiger King episode

Carole Baskin will not appear in any future episodes of Tiger King, the Netflix docu-series that has captivated a world on lockdown. Tiger King will, according to zoo owner Jeff Lowe, return to Netflix for an eighth and final episode “Netflix is adding one more episode, [it] will be on next week,” he said in a...

April 7, 2020

Disney cartoon DuckTales – that’s right, Disney – just introduced two gay dads

Disney’s DuckTales reboot has revealed that a major character has two gay dads. The third season premiere of the revived DisneyXD show dropped the quiet reveal about the family of Violet, a classmate of Huey, Dewey and Lewey played by Libe Barer. The episode sees Huey and Violet facing off at their scouting group for...

April 7, 2020

‘Abusive drunk’ launches vile homophobic tirade at police while being arrested for headbutting his own mum

A man who subjected a police officer to homophobic abuse and assaulted another has been jailed for seven months. Mahabeer Bahia, from Gravesend, was jailed at Maidstone Crown Court on Friday after physically and verbally abusing two police officers as they arrested him for headbutting his mother while drunk. Man caught on...

April 7, 2020

New documentary investigates shocking murder-suicide of lesbian couple and their six children

A new documentary will investigate the shocking murder-suicide of a lesbian couple and their six children, after one mother intentionally drove their car off a cliff. A Thread of Deceit: The Hart Family Tragedy, released on streaming platforms on Tuesday (April 7), will explore the case of Jennifer Hart, who in 2018 drove...

April 7, 2020

PinkNews launches Pride for All, a digital extravaganza to help every LGBT+ person feel proud of who they are, wherever they are

As PinkNews launches its brand new digital extravaganza Pride for All, it’s important to reflect on how the coronavirus pandemic is pelting down on the world. LGBT+ people have been left shaken as their lives are upended and redefined. Queer spaces have shuttered doors, LGBT+ youth trapped within family homes that...

April 7, 2020

Birmingham teacher at the centre of school protests says if people can’t ‘celebrate’ LGBT+ folk, they should at least ‘accept’ them

April 7, 2020

Despite praise from gay Republicans, Donald Trump admits he ‘didn’t know anything’ about FDA reducing blood ban for gay men

Donald Trump has admitted he doesn’t have a clue about the FDA’s decision to change the rules on men who have sex with men donating blood — despite effusive praise from gay Republicans. The Log Cabin Republicans fell over themselves hailing Trump for his supposed role in the FDA rule change, which permits gay...