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April 1, 2020

Cher cured her lockdown boredom with an ‘ask me anything’ and it was equal parts hilarious and eye-opening

Cher interrupted her regularly scheduled dragging of Donald Trump to bring us some insights into her legendary career and colourful home life. Having recently devoted her timeline to criticising the White House response to coronavirus, the pop icon announced it was time to switch things up with an “ask me...

April 1, 2020

Just when you thought Tiger King couldn’t get anymore bizarre, now there’s a Michael Jackson twist to the story

Of course, Tiger King star Joe Exotic’s alligators belonged to Michael Jackson. Of course. Bravo, 2020, yet another brilliantly written plot twist. If you, the reader, thought that how Tiger King star Doc Antle being the tiger handler during Britney Spears’ iconic 2001 VMAs performance couldn’t be topped,...

April 1, 2020

YouTuber NikkieTutorials hits out at Ellen DeGeneres, bolstering claims of the star’s ‘mean behaviour’

The transgender YouTuber NikkieTutorials made some barbed comments about Ellen DeGeneres, supporting claims that the star is “one of the meanest people alive”. NikkieTutorials, real name Nikkie de Jager, appeared on The Ellen Show in January to speak about the blackmail attempt that led her to come out as...

April 1, 2020

Uganda charges 20 LGBT+ people with risking the spread of coronavirus after ‘targeted’ police raid

Uganda police charged 20 queer people with defying social distancing rules, but activists said authorities are using the coronavirus pandemic to target LGBT+ minorities. LGBT+ people in Uganda face extreme violence, including from law enforcement. Uganda’s ethics and integrity minister Simon Lokodo announced plans in...

April 1, 2020

Thousands of people sign petition to stop ‘anti-trans’ group LGB Alliance receiving charitable status

Thousands of people are calling on the Charity Commission not to give charitable status to the LGB Alliance for being a “transphobic hate group”. In just three days, more than 13,000 people have signed the petition to stop the LGB Alliance gaining charity status. The group, which launched in 2019 and promptly...

April 1, 2020

Nick Grimshaw pays moving tribute to his friend Caroline Flack and casts blame on ‘relentless’ tabloids

Nick Grimshaw has shared his grief at the loss of his friend and former colleague Caroline Flack, who tragically died by suicide in February. The gay radio 1 DJ opened up in a moving interview for the Guardian, touching on topics of sexuality, mental health, and the events leading up to Flack’s death. Grimshaw met...

April 1, 2020

Someone recreated Joe Exotic, Carole Baskin and the cast of Tiger King on The Sims – and it’s eerily accurate

Someone has created the cast of hit Netflix documentary Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness on The Sims 4 and it’s frighteningly accurate. Kari Nicole Mckendrick has been winning at self-isolation, posting screenshots of her Sims on Facebook, including recreations of Joe Exotic, Carole Baskin, and two of...

April 1, 2020

Stop the clocks, cut off the telephone, because Lindsay Lohan is back to save us all from coronavirus lockdown fatigue

Lindsay Lohan, after her promising career as an actor crumbled a decade ago following a streak of legal dips and substance abuse, is back. “I’m back!” the legendary Mean Girls star wrote Tuesday on Twitter, accompanied by a video compilation of the many ups and the many, many downs of her career blared on...

April 1, 2020

Dolly Parton is reading books to scared children during coronavirus and she must be protected at all costs

Beloved gay icon Dolly Parton will be reading stories to children online to comfort them during the coronavirus pandemic – and grown ups are free to join too. The country music star announced on Facebook yesterday that she is starting a weekly web series, ‘Goodnight with Dolly’, to give kids “a welcomed...

April 1, 2020

A second queer man has died from coronavirus after attending the notorious Miami beach Winter Party

A second queer man has died after contracting coronavirus at the annual LGBT+ fundraiser Winter Party Festival, in Miami, Florida. The event took place from March 4 to 10, packed with more than 10,000 queer attendees. Shortly after the event, organisers took to Instagram to confirm that an attendee was diagnosed with...