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March 31, 2020

Sam Smith’s response to a TV presenter panicking about their pronouns is a lesson in grace for all of us

Sam Smith was as gracious as you’d expect when a TV presenter messed up their pronouns in a recent interview. The non-binary pop star goes by they/them pronouns, but was entirely forgiving when the Australian talkshow host Carrie Bickmore accidentally misgendered them as male. She wrote in her Daily Telegraph column...

March 31, 2020

Lawyer who called judge a ‘gay fat f*g’ says he’s not homophobic and controversy is just ‘political correctness’

A Colorado lawyer who referred to a judge as a “gay fat fag” has been ordered to undertake cultural sensitivity training. According to documents released from an administrative tribunal, Denver lawyer Robert E Abrams was reported by his own clients in a construction dispute after he sent them an email deriding...

March 31, 2020

This ‘mostly straight’ guy is falling for his bisexual roommate while they’re trapped together in coronavirus lockdown

A “mostly straight” guy is falling for his roommate during coronavirus lockdown, who kisses him on the forehead and tucks him in while he’s sleeping. He posted his dilemma on a relationship advice subReddit, and said he would refer to his roommate with the pseudonym “Jake”. He wrote:...

March 31, 2020

Meet the transgender identical twins who were brought closer together by transitioning together

Two identical transgender twins who transitioned at the same time have spoken of how the experience strengthened the bond between them. Mississippi-born twins Fabian and Angel Griffin were raised as sisters, but their gender never felt right to them. They both had a normal upbringing aside from the fact that they were each...

March 31, 2020

What’s a gay to do? Two rival Eurovision Song Contest replacement specials set to air on the same night

Eurovision Song Contest replacement specials are like buses: you spend weeks wallowing in self-isolation, and then eventually two come along at once. We’re still in mourning for the 2020 edition of the pan-European song contest, which was cancelled for the first time in its 65-year history due to the coronavirus...

March 31, 2020

Joe Exotic’s husband Dillon is spending life post-Tiger King drinking beer and thirsting over Diplo

If you invented a time machine and went back to December 31, 2019, and told yourself that in three months’ time you would be trapped in your home during a viral pandemic and your sole source of entertainment would be Tiger King, a Netflix docu-series about a gay redneck roadside petting zoo owner’s demise,...

March 31, 2020

Trans journalist reveals why his bottom surgery, which may be cancelled due to coronavirus, is lifesaving

Trans and non-binary people are seeing gender-affirming surgeries, like bottom surgery, cancelled because of coronavirus. As hospitals prepare for an influx of COVID-19 patients, trans and non-binary healthcare has been deemed “non-essential”. Now, a male, non-binary Business Insider journalist, who is awaiting...

March 31, 2020

Gay couple asked to leave apartment building because ‘homosexuals are the first to be contaminated’ by coronavirus

A gay couple were given a “warning” to leave their apartment building because “homosexuals are the first to be contaminated” by the coronavirus. 33-year-old caregiver David lives with his partner, an Uber Eats driver, in a quiet neighbourhood of the French city of Marseille. Like the rest of the...

March 31, 2020

Franklin Graham is forcing coronavirus relief volunteers to agree that gays face ‘eternal damnation’

Anti-gay evangelist Franklin Graham is making all volunteers offering to work as part of his New York coronavirus relief effort sign an anti-LGBT+ belief statement. Graham, known for praising Vladimir Putin’s anti-gay laws and blaming gay people for a “moral 9/11”, has been granted permission by NYC Mayor Bill...

March 31, 2020

Andy Cohen has recovered from coronavirus and has a ‘pro-tip’ for all those suffering from symptoms

American talkshow host Andy Cohen has revealed that he has made a recovery from his bout of coronavirus. The TV host, 51, announced on a sombre Instagram post earlier this month he tested positive for COVID-19. After nearly two weeks in self-isolation – during which his show, Watch What Happens Next was suspended – Cohen...