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March 18, 2020

There’s a petition to have Iceland named this year’s Eurovision winners in the wake of coronavirus cancellation

Weeping. Crying. Wailing. Mass orders of comfort food on UberEats. Staring into the abyss. Listening to ABBA. Caterwauling. More crying. These are just some of the symptoms of gay people discovering the news that the Eurovision Song Contest was cancelled Wednesday afternoon, citing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic....

March 18, 2020

Teenage boy rushed to hospital after sickening ‘homophobic’ gang attack outside a McDonald’s

A 15-year-old boy was battered by a gang of hooded teens outside a McDonald’s outlet last Saturday night in what law enforcement are treating as a “homophobic” hate crime. At the fast-food restaurant in Liverpool, England, the teens thronged the street where the victim and his pals were standing. After...

March 18, 2020

This is why it’s vital for businesses to empower their LGBT+ employees as the COVID-19 health crisis takes hold

Simon Blake, CEO of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England is a member of the LGBT+ community and, as such, knows how complex it can be for a queer person to manage their mental health in the workplace. As part of My Whole Self, MHFA’s new campaign for workplace culture change, he writes for PinkNews to …...

March 18, 2020

Trailblazing gay Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle has tested positive for coronavirus

British Labour lawmaker Lloyd Russell-Moyle – the first person publicly known to be living with HIV to be elected to parliament – has tested positive for coronavirus. Since last week, Russell-Moyle explained in a winding Facebook post, the MP has felt ill and self-isolated, before receiving confirmation on March 18 he has...

March 18, 2020

Drag Race stars stream live performances online, cheering up isolated fans with ‘digital drag’

As clubs, bar and theatres have been closing their doors because of the COVID-19 pandemic, drag queens, including some RuPaul’s Drag Race stars, have been taking their performances online. On Sunday, March 15, New York and Los Angeles, home to some of the world’s largest drag communities, ordered performance...

March 18, 2020

Sex toy sales surge during coronavirus pandemic as people learn to appreciate their alone time

Worldwide sex toy sales have surged in recent months, as the huge number of people stuck in coronavirus self-isolation discover the benefits of a little alone time. According to T3, sex toy brand Womanizer found that its sales figures for the period between January 1 and March 6 were 50 per cent higher than predicted....

March 18, 2020

Prison watchdog raises ‘serious concerns’ about trans inmates being inhumanely segregated

An independent watchdog has raised “serious concerns” about the “inhumane” care of trans inmates at a UK women’s prison. The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) found that while HMP Eastwood Park is “well run” and treats prisoners fairly and “with respect”, the cases of...

March 18, 2020

Sam Smith says they’re ‘worried’ about their nan in touching message from coronavirus self-isolation

Sam Smith revealed they have self-isolated and are worried about their grandmother as the world’s elderly suffer heavy toll as the coronavirus spreads. The singer, 27, posted a vlog on their social media accounts wishing their followers the best amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has seen countless countries grapple...

March 18, 2020

Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato bonded as teens over being ‘gay as f**k’

Miley Cyrus has said that she bonded with Demi Lovato as a child star over being “gay as f**k”. The two former Disney stars, who grew up appearing in Hannah Montana and Camp Rock respectively, hosted an Instagram hang-out while both in isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic. Miley Cyrus says she and Demi...

March 18, 2020

One of Uganda’s worst homophobes announces ‘miracle cure’ for coronavirus – but there’s a glaring problem

A leading Ugandan lawmaker and one of the chief architects of the ‘Kill the Gays’ bill has claimed a “miracle cure” to the coronavirus which basically sounds like soap. Yes, soap. Speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga announced Monday that a local pharmaceutical company will start producing a...