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March 18, 2020

Rush Limbaugh took a day off, and his replacement wasted no time blaming ‘the gays’ for coronavirus

Rush Limbaugh guest host Mark Steyn has made a sickening attempt to blame gay people for the coronavirus lockdown, after presumably arriving 35 years too late for his favourite kind of pandemic. Steyn, a pro-Trump radio pundit, stood in as host of The Rush Limbaugh Show on Tuesday – and wasted no time in bashing …...

March 18, 2020

Have your voice heard in groundbreaking research into the mental health of LGBT+ people in the work place

Have your say in a groundbreaking piece of research into the workplace mental health and mental well-being of LGBT+ employees. PinkNews‘ mission is to inform, inspire change and empower people to be themselves, which is why we are commissioning this mammoth study. This survey will form the basis of a report on the...

March 18, 2020

Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato really want you to stop hoarding and take coronavirus seriously

Since the development of the devastating coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has set up a Solidarity Response Fund to aid with preparedness and response efforts. An organisation titled Global Citizen has stepped up to support this cause, launching a Stand Together to Beat Coronavirus campaign for...

March 18, 2020

Do HIV-positive people need to go into strict self-isolation due to coronavirus? The experts explain

Experts have clarified whether HIV-positive people need to go into strict social isolation due to coronavirus, after people with “weakened immune systems” were urged to do so. On Monday, Public Health England put out guidance calling on over-70s and people with weakened immune systems, including those with HIV,...

March 17, 2020

Coronavirus has just claimed its first major UK Pride festival

Scotland’s Pride calendar suffered a devastating blow after Pride Edinburgh organisers announced Tuesday evening that the celebration will be cancelled, citing the swelling coronavirus pandemic. For the last 24 years, the Pride parade has transformed the dull tones of the city’s cobblestone streets into a...

March 17, 2020

Idaho just banned trans girls from competing in school sports because clearly there’s nothing else for politicians to do right now

For some strange reason amid panic around the coronavirus pandemic, Republican lawmakers in Idaho met Monday to push forward a “mean-spirited” bill banning trans and intersex girls from competing in school athletics. And with that, the coronavirus was cured! Who knew that young trans teens participating in...

March 17, 2020

Gay pro wrestler Mike Parrow marries his boyfriend in a ‘perfect’ ceremony and it’s the kind of news we really need today

Bulging out of his suit, openly gay professional wrestler Mike Parrow married his long-term partner and their “perfect” wedding is the light in this dark, dark world we call 2020. Standing 6’4” and weighing 300lbs, Parrow, from Orlando, Florida, makes for an imposing figure. But he looked plain adorable in a...

March 17, 2020

Non-binary Ugandan asylum seeker viciously attacked by gang of thugs for simply wearing a dress

Wearing a bright blue dress, Stephen Sebuuma, a non-binary asylum seeker, set out on a cool summer evening to grab groceries for their son at the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. Walking down the dusty track on Thursday, they were stopped by 10 Sudanese refugees. Staring them down, armed with stones and sticks. They then...

March 17, 2020

Lesbian police officer was fired by her terrible boss – now she’s running to replace him

A lesbian sheriff who was allegedly fired because of her sexuality is running to replace her boss and become the first female LGBT+ sheriff in her state. Charmaine McGuffey is currently suing Hamilton county sheriff Jim Neil, claiming he fired her from her position as major of the Hamilton county jail and court services...

March 17, 2020

Russia’s Eurovision entry caught using vile homophobic slurs at Pride in resurfaced video

With a music video splashed with the colours of the trans Pride flag and a satirical mocking of a Chechen leader that has overseen the deaths of countless queer people, Eurovision Song Contest fans were raving about Russia’s camp contestants Little Big. But footage of Little Big members at a 2017 Belgian Pride using...