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March 10, 2020

Malaysian rock band’s defence of song encouraging the death of gay people is the most pathetic thing we’ve seen this week

Malaysian rock band Bunkface has defended its decision to release a song featuring the lyric “go die LGBT+” and insisted they do not “promote hate” against queer people. The band have come under fire from fans and from LGBT+ people from the discriminatory song, titled “Akhir Zaman”,...

March 10, 2020

Tory MP Jackie Doyle-Price wants to ‘devise a law’ to keep trans women out of women-only spaces

Anti-gay marriage Tory MP Jackie Doyle-Price has called for a law to keep trans women out of women-only spaces. Speaking in parliament to mark International Women’s Day, the former health minister suggested that new legislation is needed to revise the current provisions for single-sex spaces under the Equality Act...

March 10, 2020

Bisexual singer Halsey just endorsed Bernie Sanders for president in a moving video

Bisexual singer-songwriter Halsey has endorsed Bernie Sanders for the presidency, saying he has been fighting for her rights since before she was born. In a video shared by the Bernie Sanders campaign on Twitter, Halsey said: “I am officially endorsing Bernie Sanders for president. “Bernie has been fighting for...

March 10, 2020

Campaign calling for sex work to be decriminalised goes viral after being plastered over London tube

An adhacking campaign advocating sex work decriminalisation has appeared on the London Undergound – to viral results. The new posters, which appeared during the London-wide sex worker’s strike on International Women’s Day, call for sex work to be decriminalised on the basis of safety for women. “Why is...

March 10, 2020

Ugandan lesbian granted asylum in Germany, but judge insists it will not set a precedent for LGBT asylum seekers

A lesbian from Uganda has been granted asylum in Germany, but the judge said that it will not set a precedent for future LGBT+ asylum seekers from the country. The 41-year-old woman, who remains anonymous, suffered repeated violence, death threats and an arson attack on her home in Uganda. She applied for asylum in Germany...

March 10, 2020

Christian hate group demands Marvel turns gay superheroes straight in upcoming epic The Eternals

Conservative Christian hate group One Million Moms is crying out in disgust over a gay superhero couple in the upcoming Marvel film The Eternals. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed that there would be an openly gay superhero in the movie at the D23 Expo in California in August, 2019. In December it was revealed...

March 10, 2020

This astrophysicist could become the first non-binary person to lead a major political party in Canada

A non-binary astrophysicist named Amita Kuttner has announced they’re running to be the next leader of Canada’s Green Party. Kuttner, who’s from North Vancouver, is the latest candidate to jump into the race to replace the party’s longtime leader, Elizabeth May. Speaking to Burnaby Now, the...

March 10, 2020

Angela Stanton-King, ‘car thief’ who conflates LGBT+ rights with paedophilia, to run for Congress as a Republican

Anti-LGBT+ Republican Angela Stanton-King, who was pardoned by Trump for her involvement in a car theft ring, is running for Congress. Stanton-King announced last week she will challenge Georgia Democratic congressman and civil rights hero John Lewis for his seat in the House of Representatives. Stanton-King has previously...

March 10, 2020

Angela Stanton-King, ‘car thief’ who conflates LGBT+ rights with paedophilia, to run for Congress as a Republican

March 10, 2020

Trump official Ben Carson says it’s fine for shelters to turn away trans women because of other people’s ‘feelings’

Senior Trump official Ben Carson has suggested that it would be acceptable to deny services to trans people because “we have to take everybody’s feelings into consideration”. At a hearing on Wednesday, the housing and urban development secretary was pressed by Democrat Mike Quigley of Illinois on whether...