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March 10, 2020

Gay couple told they will ‘burn in hell’ while being brutally beaten by teenage thugs for holding hands

Two teenagers have been locked up for a vicious homophobic attack on two gay men whom they told to “burn in hell” for holding hands. David Bailey, 18, and Ashley Roberts, 19, targeted the couple as they walked towards Piccadilly Station in Manchester during the early hours of August 3. One of the victims had...

March 10, 2020

Madonna forced to end Madame X tour early after coronavirus outbreak

Madonna has been forced to cancel the final dates of her Madame X tour due to coronavirus restrictions. The two remaining dates of her tour, March 10 and 11 in Paris, have been scrapped after French authorities barred gatherings of more than 1,000 people as part of their response to the outbreak. “Following official...

March 10, 2020

LGBT+ people are far more likely to smoke than straight people, landmark study finds. Here’s why

While smoking rates plummet in Britain, around seven in 10 LGBT+ people are a regular, casual or former smoker, a first-of-its-kind study found. The study, released Tuesday by market researchers and content creation specialists Queer Voices Heard, found that while being queer does not start LGBT+ people on the road to...

March 10, 2020

Lesbian sisters fear death in Pakistan after new asylum application is rejected

Two lesbian sisters who fled Pakistan are now in fear for their lives after their latest asylum application was rejected by the UK Home Office. Samina Iqbal, 52, and Nazia Iqbal, 48, had been living in Stockport in Manchester since 2010, but are originally from Sahiwal in north-eastern Pakistan. They have both been...

March 9, 2020

Sasha Velour’s Smoke & Mirrors is her own important piece of queer history

Exactly three weeks after Madonna stopped by with her Madame X show, Sasha Velour stormed the London Palladium armed with magic tricks, dazzling costumes and bundles of heart. Going into to Smoke & Mirrors – Sasha Velour’s first-ever one-woman tour – it’s safe to say that many aren’t sure just what...

March 9, 2020

Queer beauty influencer is using the coronavirus to send a powerful message about racism

Beauty influencer Ethan Peters created a striking mask look to send a message about the racist response to coronavirus. Gay make-up artist and social media personality Ethan Peters spoke out after reading reports of racism against Chinese people being targeted because of the coronavirus crisis. The teenager shared a video...

March 9, 2020

HIV medication was just used to ‘cure’ a man of the coronavirus, giving scientists ‘hope’

As the coronavirus death toll continues to surge, a Spanish drug typically used to manage HIV was successfully used to ‘cure’ a man with COVID-19, giving health experts “hope”. Scientists across the world have scrambled to source a vaccine for the deadly virus which started in the Wuhan province of...

March 9, 2020

Protests against Mormon university ban on ‘same-sex romantic behaviour’ reach New York, more than 1,000 miles away

Protests against a ban on “same-sex romantic behaviour” at a university run by the Mormon church have reached New York, 1,000 miles away from the university itself. Last week, Brigham Young University (BYU), in Utah, backtracked on removing a ban “homosexual behaviour”, announcing that...

March 9, 2020

Caitlyn Jenner accepted thousands of pounds to promote a fake charity

Caitlyn Jenner accepted thousands of pounds to promote a fake charity with an Instagram post after being set up by Channel 4 Dispatches. The reality star was one of a number of celebrities targeted by Dispatches‘ latest investigation: “Celebs For Sale: The Great Charity Scandal”. The Channel 4 programme...

March 9, 2020

Scottish church to launch legal action over cancellation of homophobic Christian hate preacher

A local church is planning legal action against Glasgow city council over its decision to cancel a speech by pastor Larry Stockstill, who has called gay people “repulsive” and homosexuality “demonic”. Destiny Church organised the conference that Stockstill was supposed to speak at, but after...