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March 6, 2020

Jameela Jamil tells actor who made tasteless joke about her getting coronavirus to go ‘to the bad place’

Jameela Jamil hit back at a comedian who joked she’d be the first celebrity to acquire coronavirus. The Good Place actor called out radio host Michelle Collins after she tweeted: “Place your bets on who will be the first famous person to get corona. Jameela doesn’t count.” Jamil, who suffers from...

March 6, 2020

Sponsors ditch pro golfer Scott Piercy after his alt-right homophobic jibe at Pete Buttigieg

Former US open-runner Scott Piercy lost several major endorsement deals Thursday for sharing a homophobic meme targeting former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and referencing far-right conspiracy theory QAnon. Golf apparel brands Titleist and FootJoy, both owned up retailer Acushnet Holdings Co, alongside...

March 6, 2020

Joe Biden finally releases his LGBT+ action plan and receives crucial backing from Dustin Lance Black

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, bolstered by a bulky Super Tuesday win, is hoping to net LGBT+ voters loyal to Bernie Sanders by launching a 17-page action plan. While the former vice president has found himself fending off questions about his decades-long track record on LGBT+ rights in the past – often...

March 6, 2020

Thousands more sign letter to The Guardian protesting ‘pattern of abusive articles about trans people’

More than two thousand people have signed a letter to The Guardian protesting the British newspaper’s “pattern of abusive articles about trans people”. In just three days, 2,236 people signed the letter – which was sent to The Guardian today. This comes just a day after another letter, signed by more than...

March 6, 2020

Number of people identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual is at a record high in the UK

The UK has a higher proportion of lesbian, gay and bisexual people than ever before, according to new figures released by the government. In the 2018 study by the Office for National Statistics released Friday, around one in 50 identify as LGB. It’s an increase from the year prior that activists are calling...

March 6, 2020

Drag Race’s Brita issues vehement denial after being accused of sexually assaulting her ‘drag daughter’

Drag Race season 12 queen Brita gave a strenuous denial after being accused of sexual assault. Brita, real name Jesse Havea, shared a statement on Facebook after an allegation made against her in 2018 reemerged on social media. In the resurfaced post, Havea was accused of assaulting an anonymous man while he slept. The...

March 6, 2020

Straight people are making coronavirus porn to help them feel ‘alive’ and imagine how tired we are

As the global panic ramps up over COVID-19, straight people have been dealing with it the best way they know how – by making coronavirus porn. Links in this article are NSFW. A PornHub search for “coronavirus” currently yields 150 results, and the number of coronavirus porn videos is growing by the day....

March 6, 2020

This is the heartbreaking reality of being queer and living inside one of Poland’s ‘LGBT-free zones’

A 19-year-old queer woman from Poland has revealed the heartbreaking reality of living in the heart of one of the country’s ‘LGBT-free zones’. A third of Poland has declared itself to be an official LGBT-free zone as local municipalities sign a pledge adopting resolutions against “LGBT+...

March 6, 2020

Grindr cannibal who ‘mutilated and ate the testicles’ of Kevin Bacon found too incompetent to stand trial

The Michigan man accused of killing 25-year-old Kevin Bacon – slain in a grisly Grindr date-turned cannibalistic murder – has failed his competency test. Mark Latunski has been accused of murdering and mutilating the hairstylist on Christmas Eve in a chilling case that sent seismic shakes across the LGBT+ community. In the...

March 6, 2020

Drag Race’s Sherry Pie makes grovelling apology after being accused of catfishing men for explicit videos

Drag Race season 12 queen Sherry Pie apologised after five actors accused her of posing as a casting agent and coaxing them into filming videos of themselves in compromising positions. Sherry Pie, real name Joey Gugliemelli, said he was “sorry, embarrassed and disgusted” with himself after five actors accused...