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March 17, 2020

Queer, disabled comedian eloquently explains why ‘the idea of perfection is really dangerous’

Award-winning queer comedian, playwright and amputee Jackie Hagan has explained why “the idea of perfection is dangerous”, and it has nothing to do with beauty. Hagan discussed her journey with her mental and physical health as part of a campaign for disability-conscious, adaptive clothing brand Kintsugi. The...

March 17, 2020

This teenager went to a sex party with two gay men and a trans woman. He returned an hour later and murdered all three

Drinks were clinked and music blasted out of the home speaker system. But for three party-goers, two gay men and one trans woman, this would be their final night alive. Timothy Blancher, 20, Alunte Davis, 21, and Paris Cameron, 20, all attended a party with a 19-year-old man they met at a gas station in Detroit. Hours...

March 17, 2020

Homophobic hate group wants Trump to ‘Make the Family Great Again’ by rolling back LGBT+ rights

An anti-LGBT hate group submitted a “Make the Family Great Again” petition to the US state department at its Commission on Unalienable Rights meeting last month. The Commission on Unalienable Rights, supposedly based on “natural law”, was formed by the Trump administration in July, 2019, to undercut...

March 17, 2020

Having a passport or birth certificate with the correct gender can literally save the lives of trans people, study confirms

A study has found that trans people who have ID that correctly recognises their gender have better mental health. Published in The Lancet Public Health on Monday, the study suggests that having a passport, driver’s license, or birth certificate that reflects the gender of a trans person may improve their mental health....

March 17, 2020

Queer pioneer, musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge, who fronted Throbbing Gristle, dies after fight with leukaemia

Queer pioneer Genesis P-Orridge, the founder of industrial music and frontperson of Throbbing Gristle, has died of leukaemia. Genesis P-Orridge was 70 when they passed away on March 14. Known for their pioneering work on gender and self, as well as for founding cult experimental bands Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, the...

March 17, 2020

Trans pastor vows to keep performing same-sex marriages in Hong Kong in open defiance of the law

A transgender pastor has vowed to continue performing same-sex marriages in Hong Kong, even though he risks being arrested. Marrz Balaoro, 62, is a pastor and domestic helper who began socially transitioning at the age of 12, and moved to Hong Kong in 1981. He was arrested in 2017 on suspicion of breaking Hong Kong’s...

March 17, 2020

Nothing is truer than Ezra Miller declaring that queer people are just better at sex than straight people

Our monarch Ezra Miller has declared that LGBT+ people are better at sex than cishets and we have no legal choice but to stan. Miller, 27, made the comments in their March 12 interview for GQ’s Modern Style issue. Rather than talking about queer people struggling for equality, Ezra Miller said that non-binary,...

March 17, 2020

George Takei uses coronavirus to make an unforgivably cringe joke about Donald Trump

George Takei is here to add a touch of humour to the coronavirus pandemic, and resistance is futile. Everyone’s favourite intergalactic helmsman and purveyor of dad jokes just couldn’t miss the opportunity to lighten the global mood while taking a swipe at Donald Trump on Twitter. And he did so by harking back...

March 17, 2020

Eurovision addresses ‘anxious’ fans over future of the song contest in wake of coronavirus pandemic

Contain your panic, but the future of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 is very much in doubt due to the coronavirus pandemic. Not content with cancelling Pride events, closing down gay bars, and wreaking havoc across the West End and Broadway, coronavirus now threatens the very crown jewel of gay culture. The annual...

March 17, 2020

Brother of Manchester bomber found guilty of murdering 22 innocent people in Ariana Grande terror attack

The brother of the Ariana Grande Manchester Arena bomber has been found guilty of 22 charges of murder. Hashem Abedi, 22, was found to have conspired with his brother Salman Abedi, who died by suicide after he detonated a bomb at an Ariana Grande concert in May 2017. The trial at the Old Bailey, London, …...