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March 11, 2020

Coronation Street is doing more for homophobia in football than actual footballers

LGBT+ rights campaigners have praised Coronation Street for a storyline following a young, gay footballer who is outed online. The character of rising football star James Bailey, played by Nathan Graham, was introduced to the soap opera last summer. His storyline sees him balancing his football career with his sexuality,...

March 11, 2020

Real estate agent sexually harassed trans woman and told her she couldn’t live near ‘people or children’

A trans woman who was told she couldn’t live near “people or children” and was sexually harassed by a real estate broker has been awarded significant damages. Giana Desir, from Brooklyn, New York, will received $50,000 in compensation from the real estate broker due to the discrimination she faced, the...

March 11, 2020

Anti-LGBT+ priest tells MPs that sex education leads to sex abuse and anal cancer, and no one stopped her

An Anglican priest recently spoke in the House of Commons to say that LGBT-inclusive relationships and sex education leads to “child-on-child sex abuse” and “oral and anal cancers”. Lynda Rose, who has previously said that LGBT-inclusive education is “state-sponsored abuse” and...

March 11, 2020

Ghanaian man narrowly escapes being burned alive by violent ‘vigilante’ gang who suspected him of being gay

A man in Ghana is said to have narrowly escaped death after he was violently beaten by a “vigilante” group of 10 men who suspected him of being gay. The incident occurred in Accra, Ghana on February 11, where homosexuality is illegal and anti-LGBT+ sentiment is common. Ebenezer Okang was in his own home when...

March 11, 2020

Little Britain star Matt Lucas will replace Sandi Toksvig as new host of the Great British Bake Off

Little Britain star Matt Lucas is set to join Noel Fielding as the new host of The Great British Bake Off after Sandi Toksvig stepped down earlier this year. The news was confirmed today (March 11) on the show’s social media channels. In a video posted to Twitter, Lucas appears alongside Fielding and spoke about his...

March 11, 2020

Lyra McKee’s mother tragically dies before her daughter’s murderer could be brought to justice

The mother of murdered gay journalist Lyra McKee has tragically died “of a broken heart”, her family say. Joan Lawrie passed away in a Belfast hospital on Tuesday night, just weeks before the first anniversary of her youngest daughter’s death. According to the Belfast Telegraph, she never recovered from...

March 11, 2020

RuPaul’s DragCon has been cancelled due to growing coronavirus fears

RuPaul is sashaying away from DragCon LA, citing “an abundance of caution” over the coronavirus outbreak. The annual expo of drag attracts thousands to Los Angeles for a celebration of self-expression, queer culture and the art of drag. It was originally set for May 1-3, but organisers have now pulled out in a...

March 10, 2020

New York will allow trans kids to change legal gender, after lawsuit from a brave 14-year-old

One brave 14-year-old has helped secure gender recognition reform in New York state. On Tuesday, it was announced New York will will no longer require medical evidence for gender recognition, and will recognise the legal gender of young transgender people for the first time. The decision comes after Lambda Legal sued the...

March 10, 2020

Former assistant dean of Mormon university is an out and proud lesbian who thinks anti-gay policy is a ‘dumpster fire’

The former dean of a Mormon university has come out, and condemned a policy that bans same-sex relationships. The Mormon-run Brigham Young University has faced weeks of controversy over LGBT+ issues, after lifting and then re-imposing the part of its code of conduct that bans “same-sex romantic behaviour.” The...

March 10, 2020

Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams gets a beautiful same-sex love story in superhero film The New Mutants

Long-delayed X-Men spin-off The New Mutants has a beautiful same-sex love story at its core, for a character played by Maisie Williams. The film, which was shot in 2017 but had its release stalled by Disney’s acquisition of Fox, adds some long-needed visible queerness to the X-Men film universe – which, aside...