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March 24, 2020

Netflix’s latest true crime doc Tiger King is about a proud ‘gun-toting gay redneck’ who owns hundreds of tigers

Netflix’s new true crime documentary Tiger King is about a gay Oklahoma tiger breeder called Joe Exotic who may have tried to have an animal rights activist murdered. The streaming giant appears to be taking ‘Be Gay, Do Crime’ as something of a mission statement recently – dropping its third true...

March 24, 2020

This mum is raging because kids in coronavirus isolation are displaying rainbows in their windows. Yes, really

The sight of children creating rainbows amid the coronavirus lockdown has sparked fury in one Mumsnet user, who claims the rainbow flag is a “weapon”. Children’s drawings and paintings of rainbows have been springing up in windows across the UK after a heartwarming trend started online. Hundreds of...

March 24, 2020

Eight men arrested after hosting cocaine-fuelled orgy during coronavirus lockdown

Eight men were arrested on drug-related charges after Spanish law enforcement busted the group for having a cocaine-fuelled orgy in Barcelona during the coronavirus country-wide lockdown. The men in attendance “did not hide” the fact they were participating in group sex, sources told Olive Press, after an...

March 24, 2020

LGBT+ acceptance in Turkey, where a majority of the population is Muslim, is at an all-time high

Almost half of people in Turkey think that LGBT+ people should have equal rights, nine percent more than last year, according to a survey. Kadir Has University in Istanbul has been conducting the survey annually since 2016. The purpose is to be able to compare people’s views over time and create a database for gender...

March 24, 2020

The UK is in lockdown, but this church is suing Edinburgh because the city refused to host a homophobic preacher

A fundamentalist church has launched legal action against the City of Edinburgh after having its booking for a public venue cancelled over a speaker who suggests homosexuality is caused by a demonic spirit. The Glasgow-based Destiny Church had planned to hold a three-day conference at Edinburgh’s publicly-owned Usher...

March 24, 2020

Adorable gay couple gets married in their own apartment as coronavirus lockdown changes our way of life

Mitch and Brian didn’t picture their wedding like this. Reading their vows somewhat drowned out by traffic, the ticking of a wall clock nearby and a ‘home sweet home’ bunting as decoration, the pair were in a studio apartment in New York City last Thursday. With Brian’s coworker performing the...

March 24, 2020

Man found guilty of murder after stabbing teen more than 100 times in a sinister and deadly Grindr hook-up

A man has been convicted of murdering an 18-year-old he lured to a remote location for a Grindr hook-up. At Preston Crown Court on Monday, Brian Healless was found guilty of killing Alex Davies by stabbing him more than 100 times. The court heard that Healless, also 18, had met Davies via gay hook-up app …...

March 24, 2020

Tributes pour in for beloved drag queen Nashom Wooden after death from coronavirus

A beloved staple in downtown bars dotting New York City, often squeezing his muscle into Wonder Woman get-ups, drag queen and performer Nashom Wooden has died of coronavirus complications, friends claim. Wooden, whose alter-ego Mona Foot drew swathes of cocktail-sipping New Yorkers every night, died of COVID-19, loved ones...

March 23, 2020

Gay man says he prefers having sex with straight men because they don’t want romance

A gay man has said he prefers having sex with straight men because there is no risk of romance or commitment. The anonymous man described his unconventional sex life for The Guardian’s weekly column “My Life in Sex”. He wrote: “There have always been men who have sex with other men, but don’t...

March 23, 2020

Homophobic cardinal, exiled by the Pope for opposing condoms to prevent HIV, wants Catholics to keep going to church

An Italian homophobic Catholic cardinal, who blamed the church’s child sex abuse scandal on the “moral depravity” of gays and was exiled by the Pope for opposing condoms to prevent HIV, wants Catholics to keep going to church. Cardinal Raymond Burke is known as one of the most extreme anti-gay figures in...