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March 3, 2020

Joe Biden will invite Pete Buttigieg to join his cabinet if he becomes the next president of the United States

Joe Biden has said that there would be a place for Pete Buttigieg in his cabinet if he becomes the next president of the United States. Biden is now the only centrist candidate left in the race for the Democratic nomination after Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar pulled out. Buttigieg announced on Sunday night that he …...

March 3, 2020

A gay couple are in the fight of their lives to become foster parents in Croatia, where 1,000 children desperately need homes

A gay couple in Croatia have faced fierce opposition as they attempt to foster one of the hundreds of children waiting for a loving home. Ivo Segota, molecular biologist, and Mladen Kozic, a sociologist, are registered life partners as Croatian law does not allow them to marry. Longing to build a family, they applied to...

March 3, 2020

Angry about transphobia today? Here are some things you can do with that rage

I’m sick and tired of being told that trans people are a threat to women, girls and feminism. And I’m sick and tired of not being able to call this out for what it is: transphobia. And after yet another newspaper article about how the struggle for transgender rights is “silencing women” – published,...

March 3, 2020

Why do we need LGBT leadership in science, technology, engineering and mathematics?

This February, PinkNews, Amazon and glamazon partnered up for the LGBT Leaders: STEM 2020 conference. The event addressed the under-representation of LGBT+ people in science, technology, engineering and mathematical roles, where guests took part in panel discussions and networking opportunities with LGBT leaders in their...

March 3, 2020

Donald Trump wants Pete Buttigieg to be ‘impeached’ after endorsing Joe Biden. There’s just one major problem

Donald Trump has called for Pete Buttigieg to be “impeached” after he endorsed Joe Biden following his own exit from the Democratic race. In a bizarre tirade at a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, Trump hit out at Buttigieg and senator Amy Klobuchar, who has also pulled out of the race, and said they...

March 3, 2020

Non-binary person epically schools supermarket customer who says they’re ‘confusing’ him

A non-binary queer person had the best response to a man who thought he had the right to an explanation regarding their gender identity. Thomas Hudson from Pennsylvania was minding their own business in the supermarket when a man approached them with a question. Gesturing at their outfit, a fabulous red skirt paired with a...

March 3, 2020

Saturday Night Live’s prediction about the future of Pete Buttigieg’s campaign was eerily accurate

Few people seriously believed Pete Buttigieg would secure the Democratic nomination for the presidency, but Saturday Night Live clearly had even less faith than most. In a February 29 episode where cast members parodied people in the Democratic field, Colin Jost starred as Buttigieg, and delivered what turned out to be a...

March 3, 2020

Ex-marine who was released from custody after stabbing gay man to death now wanted for murder

Police have issued a murder charge warrant for an ex-marine who stabbed a gay barista to death, despite releasing him from custody last week after he claimed he acted in self-defence. According to the Chicago Tribune, police said Kenneth Paterimos, 23, was involved in an argument with a 30-year-old man inside...

March 3, 2020

Lady Gaga’s ‘Stupid Love’ interrupts a crucial press conference about the coronavirus

The row of councillors looked tired. iPhone cable chargers scattered on the desk in front of them, tranches of papers stacked high as a councillor drew her pen to make annotations. Regione Liguria council, who helm the crescent-shaped chunk of northwest Italy, had called a press conference Sunday for panicked members of...

March 3, 2020

Woman used fake Grindr account to harass a gay man and sent his nudes to his family and friends

A woman who initiated a campaign of harassment against a man she met on Grindr has been jailed for 13 months. Yannick Glaudin was accused of stalking the man and his boyfriend and of sending intimate photos and videos of him to family, friends and colleagues. She was also accused of making false assault reports …...