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April 1, 2020

Coronavirus forces would-be queens to hold their own drag balls at home – and the category is social distancing

There are two kinds of people in the world, when it comes to social distancing; those who wear pyjamas, and those who wear real clothes. Now, a new TikTok trend has combined the best of both worlds, with would-be drag queens creating coronavirus quarantine looks and holding their own socially distanced drag balls. Looks by...

April 1, 2020

New York mayor Bill de Blasio faces intense scrutiny over anti-gay group running city’s coronavirus hospital

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has spoken out against “very troubling” anti-LGBT+ discrimination from the evangelical group he has invited to run a makeshift hospital in Central Park. Anti-LGBT+ evangelist Franklin Graham, who is known for blaming gay people for a “moral 9/11”, gained permission...

April 1, 2020

This trans doctor is leading the fight back against coronavirus and saving lives

A transgender doctor has become the public face of Pennsylvania’s response to the coronavirus crisis, and she’s doing brilliantly. A graduate of Harvard College and a specialist in paediatrics and adolescent medicine, Dr Rachel Levine is a trusted national speaker who’s advised on issues ranging from the...

April 1, 2020

Newspaper uses April Fool’s Day to make a powerful point about LGBT+ folk trapped with abusive families

A university newspaper has used April Fool’s Day to make a powerful point about LGBT+ students who have been forced to return to their homophobic and transphobic families. As schools and universities close their doors because of the coronavirus pandemic, and lockdowns are enforced around the world, young LGBT+ people...

April 1, 2020

Comedian reveals what having a ‘gay best friend’ is really like: ‘They’re mean and obsessed with squatting’

Does anyone remember that cursed film GBF, the one about how high school is a snake pit and the gay best friend trope is simply to be a must-have mean-girl accessory? Or have we all considered that a cultural black hole and psychologically repressed it? The “gay best friend” cliché has been a completely...

April 1, 2020

Ben Platt continues to be a shining light in the darkness with at-home ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ reprise

Ben Platt has reprised his Tony-winning Dear Evan Hansen role to get us through these trying times. The actor got together with the cast of the currently-suspended Broadway musical to help those who are struggling by raising funds for Feed The Children and The CDC Foundation In the clip aired via a special at-home edition...

April 1, 2020

Hungary’s far-right leader Viktor Orban immediately moves to strip away trans rights after being granted absolute power

Hungary’s far-right prime minister Viktor Orban has moved to strip away trans rights as one of his very first acts after his pandemic power grab. On Monday, the Hungarian parliament agreed to extend Orban’s already strong powers by granting him the right to rule by decree indefinitely, meaning he no longer...

April 1, 2020

Lil Nas X bravely comes out as heterosexual… on April Fool’s Day

The CEO of the gay yeehaw agenda is no more, after Lil Nas X came out as heterosexual on Twitter Wednesday morning. Lil Nas X just sad, at the very top of his lungs: “Straight rights!” “I was never gay,” the “Old Town Road” rapper wrote, “I said it to build up fuel for April...

April 1, 2020

Diplo cast his own Tiger King movie starring Amanda Seyfried and Prince Charles, and we would like to see it

Diplo, the American DJ whose resemblance to Joe Exotic is so uncanny even Exotic’s husband can see it, now wants his own Hollywood version of Tiger King. The 41-year-old, real name Thomas Pentz, has a talent for somehow being all of us during the coronavirus pandemic. He no longer has a comprehension of time, is...