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March 21, 2020

Gay emergency room nurse pleads for queer people to stay indoors amid coronavirus pandemic

As premiers and presidents across the world lockdown their countries amid the spiralling coronavirus pandemic, gay men are faced with a question like no other. To hook-up, or not hook-up? Top scientists, health authorities, epidemiologists and advocates are urging people to practise social distancing measures in an effort...

March 21, 2020

Trans woman shot to death inside an ambulance as medics fought to save her life

As she was rushed to the hospital to treat shortness of breath, a trans woman Wednesday was brutally shot to death after a man burst into the ambulance in Charlotte, North Carolina. About to celebrate 10 years since she cofounded an event promotion company, Monika Diamond, 34, was shot inside the ambulance parked at a...

March 20, 2020

Queer costume designer shares his experiences with coronavirus symptoms, and urges everyone to start taking it seriously

A queer costume designer has shared his experience with the coronavirus and has urged people everywhere to take the pandemic seriously. Writing on Instagram, Tarek Soliman, who designed Sasha Velour’s headpiece for the season 10 finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race, shared his experience with COVID-19. He said he...

March 20, 2020

If you thought coronavirus would stop drag queen story time, think again. Drag Race royalty is taking it online

You might have thought that the coronavirus would put an end to drag queen storytime events for a while, but one former Drag Race contestant is making sure it keeps going. Drag queen Nina West has relieved the pressure on parents everywhere to entertain their children by doing a drag queen storytime event on Instagram...

March 20, 2020

Porn studio behind such greats as Missionary Boys and Family D**k ceases production due to coronavirus

Many organisations and businesses have been forced to close for the foreseeable future due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the gay porn industry is no exception. Gay porn studio Charged Media – which produces the Say Uncle network of films including Family D**k, Brother Crush, Latin Leche, Young Perps, Missionary...

March 20, 2020

Adam Lambert wants to play George Michael in a film about his life

American singer and actor Adam Lambert has said he wants to play George Michael in a film about the late singer’s life, saying we “don’t know that much about him”. Lambert, who rose to fame on American Idol and later toured with Queen, told Metro that he would like to see George Michael’s life...

March 20, 2020

Miss Hitler beauty queen convicted of membership to a homophobic neo-Nazi terrorist organisation

A former contestant in a Miss Hitler beauty pageant has been convicted of membership of banned neo-Nazi racist, homophobic, anti-semitic terrorist group National Action. National Action was founded in 2013, and in 2016 the group was banned under the Terrorism Act 2000, making it the first far right group to be proscribed...

March 20, 2020

Scotland’s plans to reform gender-recognition laws could be ‘kicked into the long grass’ because of coronavirus

Scotland could put plans to reform gender recognition laws on hold because of the coronavirus crisis, according to The National. The reforms, which have been in the works since 2017, would make it simpler for transgender people to update the gender on their birth certificate in Scotland. A public consultation on the draft...

March 20, 2020

Derry Girls star has spent his coronavirus self-isolation perfecting his Summer Heights High Mr G impression

Derry Girls star Dylan Llewellyn has spent his coronavirus isolation in the best way possible: perfecting his impression of Mr G from Summer Heights High. Llewellyn, who plays “wee English fella” James on the Channel 4 show, recreated on TikTok a performance by Summer Heights High drama teacher Mr G. Mr G gave...

March 20, 2020

Do you need to take PrEP every day if you’re self-isolating because of coronavirus?

If coronavirus-related self-isolation means you won’t be getting any for a while, the advice is that it’s safe to alter your PrEP routine. Here’s how. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, government advice in the UK and many other countries is to practice social distancing for the foreseeable future. One of the...