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March 19, 2020

People are so bored they’re trying to cancel Timothée Chalamet for using a homophobic slur in a play back in 2016

Do you remember 2016? Brangelina divorced, #KimExposedTaylorParty was a thing, people annoyed teens named Daniel over their white Vans and top-tier twink Timothée Chalamet did a live reading of Tennessee. Well, do you miss 2016? Are you bored out of your mind working from home and trying desperately to avoid your mental...

March 19, 2020

Lord Fowler, health secretary during the AIDS crisis, has some sage advice for fighting coronavirus

House of Lords speaker Lord Norman Fowler has announced he will be withdrawing from the chamber due to coronavirus – as he spoke about lessons learned from the AIDS crisis. Three decades before taking up his role overseeing the House of Lords, Norman Fowler served as health secretary under Margaret Thatcher – and oversaw...

March 19, 2020

HIV activist murdered in stabbing rampage used his dying moments to describe his attacker

Chris Polden, a “hero” HIV activist who was killed in a stabbing rampage in Australia last week, used his final moments to alert police to the attacker. Polden, 59, was one of two people murdered when 34-year-old Mohammed Ibrahim went on a stabbing spree with two kitchen knives and a switchblade on March 11 in...

March 19, 2020

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK halts season two filming due to… you guessed it, coronavirus

Filming has been halted on the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK due to coronavirus. Having already cancelled Pride events, closed down gay bars, axed Eurovision and wreaked havoc across the West End and Broadway, coronavirus is now coming for Drag Race. Drag Race UK season two will face a delay. The BBC...

March 19, 2020

Killer stabbed a gay teen more than 100 times after a Grindr hook-up went horribly, horribly wrong

A gay teenager was stabbed more than 100 times after meeting his killer Brian Healless on Grindr, a court heard this week. According to the Liverpool Echo, Healless, 18, is currently on trial at Preston Crown Court, Lancashire, for the murder of 18-year-old Alex Davies. Davies, from Skelmersdale, was declared a missing...

March 19, 2020

Coronavirus lockdown is trapping queer people with abusive families in the Middle East

Coronavirus lockdowns in the Middle East are trapping LGBT+ people with abusive families, advocacy groups have warned. Coronavirus is hitting the Middle East hard, and as the death toll passes 1,000 in Iran alone, governments in Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq and Algeria have all...

March 19, 2020

The town where Call Me by Your Name was filmed is on lockdown, and Timothée Chalamet is ‘heartbroken’

Timothée Chalamet is sending love to the town in Italy where Call Me by Your Name was filmed. The actor spoke out after reports that Crema, known as the picturesque real-world setting for the acclaimed gay film, has been impacted by coronavirus. Timothée Chalamet is ‘heartbroken’ for Crema. Taking to Twitter,...

March 19, 2020

Preacher claims coronavirus is God’s punishment for same-sex marriage – despite it being banned in China and Italy

An evangelical preacher has insisted that coronavirus is actually God’s punishment for same-sex marriage. In a church sermon, Tennessee preacher Perry Stone suggested that the spread of COVID-19 was a response to the legalisation of the “abomination” of equal marriage and abortion. Coronavirus is...

March 19, 2020

Jonathan Ross now claims he ‘supports’ trans women after blistering backlash from Graham Linehan endorsement

Jonathan Ross appears to have admitted he “supports” trans women in the face of fierce criticism from the British public. Yesterday the former TV host tweeted in praise of Graham Linehan and his anti-trans crusade, referring to those who support trans rights as “tragically ill-informed”. He wrote:...

March 19, 2020

Polish actor comes out as gay, aged 100, in emotional interview celebrating his birthday

Witold Sadowy, a Polish actor who is 100 years oldm has come out as gay. The renowned former theatre actor and columnist spoke publicly about his sexuality for the first time in an interview with TVP Kultura to mark turning 100. Polish actor: ‘I was born different.’ At the end of the interview devoted to...