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March 9, 2020

Janelle Monáe will headline New York City Pride and it’s the very definition of queer rights

Janelle Monáe will perform at New York City Pride Island on June 26, marking her first time performing at a Pride event since she came out as queer in 2018. Monáe said that performing at Pride “has always been a dream” as she announced her headline slot. “Pride means so much to so many of …...

March 9, 2020

Reward money doubles to $2 million for information on the death of a gay man found naked at the bottom of a cliff in 1988

The reward money for any information in the suspected gay hate murder of American mathematician Scott Johnson has now doubled to $2 million. Last year, Australian authorities in New South Wales offered a $1 million reward to anyone who came forward with information that led to a prosecution in the 1988 killing of Johnson....

March 9, 2020

London’s only specialist HIV/AIDS hospital, famously visited by Princess Diana, faces imminent closure

Countless people living with HIV are worried about their future as Mildmay Hospital, London’s only specialist hospital for supporting them, is threatened with closure. Mildmay Hospital, in the trendy East London neighbourhood of Shoreditch, has treated people living with HIV for decades. But its closure has raised...

March 9, 2020

London’s only specialist HIV/AIDS hospital, famously visited by Princess Diana, faces imminent closure

March 9, 2020

Local councils are asking young people kicked out of their homes for being LGBT+ for ‘proof’ of their homelessness

Local councils in England are asking LGBT+ homeless youth who have been kicked out by their families for letters from their parents as “proof” of homelessness, according to an investigation by The Next Episode podcast and BBC Three. Young LGBT+ people are disproportionately at risk of family abandonment,...

March 9, 2020

This gay couple stopped a man sexually harassing women. He paid them back with a vicious homophobic attack

A gay couple visiting a French carnival saw their day devastated after they stopped a man harassing women who then proceeded to beat them brutally. Lucas and Noël hit the annual Carnival Biarnés in Pau on Saturday, where colourful floats roll down the cobblestone and participants do a mock bear hunt, only to encounter a...

March 9, 2020

Mart Crowley, trailblazing Tony-winning playwright of The Boys in the Band, dies at 84

The trailblazing gay playwright of The Boys in the Band Mart Crowley has died at the age of 84. Crowley’s death was confirmed on Twitter by critic Michael Musto. He said Crowley had undergone open heart surgery following a heart attack and passed away several days after the procedure. The playwright, who was from...

March 9, 2020

Dwyane Wade gushes with pride after trans daughter Zaya re-introduces herself to the world

In an antidote to the terrors of living in the year 2020, Dwyane Wade took to Instagram Sunday to nominate himself as president of the ‘We Stan Zaya Wade Society’. Posting photo after photo of his family, Wade set the standard of how parents of trans children can express their love and affection. It comes...

March 9, 2020

AJ and the Queen fans are begging Netflix to save the show after it was unceremoniously cancelled

Fans of RuPaul’s comedy-drama AJ and the Queen are begging Netflix to revive the show, which was axed last week after just one season. AJ and the Queen followed drag queen Ruby Red, played by RuPaul, who goes on a tour of the United States with an 11-year-old called AJ in an RV after being … Continued The post...

March 9, 2020

Britain’s ‘first gay dad’ is now expecting triplets with his daughter’s ex-boyfriend

Britain’s “first gay dad” has revealed that he and his new boyfriend – who also happens to be his daughter’s ex-boyfriend – are expecting triplets. Barrie Drewitt-Barlow made headlines with his then-partner Tony Drewitt-Barlow when, in 1999, they had twins through a surrogate, becoming the first...