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March 25, 2020

London’s G-A-Y broken into during coronavirus lockdown as most of Soho remains boarded up

London’s G-A-Y Late venue suffered a break-in during the coronavirus lockdown, as venues across Soho are boarded up. The venue’s owner Jeremy Joseph revealed the incident took place in the early hours of Tuesday, just days after the city’s nightlife was shut down due to coronavirus. Burglars...

March 25, 2020

Man finds out his husband-to-be is cheating after being placed into quarantine with his lover. Yes, really

A heartbroken British man found out his fiancé cheated on him after his husband-to-be admitted that he was placed in quarantine with his lover over fears they had coronavirus. Matt Hillier, from Warrington in Cheshire, was set to marry Brazilian doctor Octavio Santos, in only week’s time, on April 1. But their...

March 25, 2020

Tributes pour in for award-winning gay playwright Terrence McNally after death from coronavirus

Playwright Terrence McNally is being mourned by the theatre community after his death from coronavirus at the age of 81. The Tony-winning playwright dedicated much of his career to depicting gay lives on stage, and was known for works including Andre’s Mother, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Love! Valour! Compassion!. His...

March 25, 2020

Gay Brexiteer Darren Grimes uses coronavirus to make an appalling point about ‘trendy’ pansexuality

Right-wing pundit Darren Grimes has claimed that the coronavirus pandemic proves that it’s “narcissism” to care about “trendy pansexuality”. Grimes, a former fashion student who appears regularly on the BBC and ran the controversial BeLeave campaign during the EU referendum, decided to put out...

March 25, 2020

‘Comrade’ Britney Spears rallies for wealth redistribution and for general strike

March 24, 2020

Drag Race royalty Nina West is snatching wigs as the star of a hilarious new Pantene shampoo ad

RuPaul’s Drag Race royalty Nina West is the star of a hilarious new shampoo commercial for Pantene, making her a “Pantene queen”. West is best known for starring on RuPaul’s Drag Race season 11, in which she placed sixth but won Miss Congeniality. The commercial begins with West posing as wind blows...

March 24, 2020

MNEK is pumping out solid coronavirus bops from home, meanwhile the rest of us didn’t even put trousers on today

Gay recording artist, songwriter and record producer MNEK has been brightening everyone’s days with some solid coronavirus bops. While many of us are struggling to even get dressed as we work from home the artist, who has written and produced for Beyoncé, Dua Lipa, Little Mix, Madonna, Diplo, MØ and Stormzy to a few,...

March 24, 2020

‘Cold blooded’ murderer who brutally executed his teen Grindr hook-up jailed for life

“Cold blooded” killer Brian Healless, who brutally murdered a teenager he met on Grindr by stabbing him more than 100 times, has been sentenced to life in prison. On Monday, March 23, Healless was found guilty at Preston Crown Court of killing 18-year-old Alex Davies by stabbing him 128 times in the back, neck,...

March 24, 2020

India’s first trans pilot banned from flying for six months after gender dysphoria diagnosis

The first transgender person in India known to become a pilot has been banned from flying for six months because of his gender dysphoria diagnosis. Adam Harry, 21, who gained his private pilots license at Skylark Aviation Academy in Johannesburg, shot to fame as India’s first known trans pilot. But he’s now...

March 24, 2020

Pose gives away AIDS crisis hospital props to help real hospitals fight coronavirus

From one pandemic to another, parts of the Pose set depicting a hospital during the AIDS crisis have been given away to help the present-day battle against coronavirus. The acclaimed drama, which features a diverse queer cast, has put the 1980s AIDS crisis front-and-centre – with multiple episodes revolving around...