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February 27, 2020

Animal Crossing: New Horizons will include gender-neutral character options for the very first time

We didn’t think it was possible, but our excitement for Animal Crossing: New Horizons has just grown exponentially. The latest instalment in Nintendo‘s adorable animal world simulation is out on March 20 with a whole host of new features – and it includes gender-free character customisation options. In previous...

February 27, 2020

The Pussycat Dolls’ appearance on The One Show is so excruciatingly awkward it’s impossible to look away

The Pussycat Dolls, who reunited to be our saviours in music, suffered an aggressively awkward technical blunder that left Nicole Scherzinger and her four singers standing on stage as backing music played. During the live broadcast, the five-piece appeared on evening talkshow The One Show to perform their new single...

February 27, 2020

Eduardo Bolsonaro, homophobic son of Brazil’s homophobic president, to speak alongside Trump and Pence

Eduardo Bolsonaro, who is almost as homophobic as his father Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, has been invited by US conservatives to speak at one Washington DC’s biggest political events. The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) describes itself as “the largest and most influential gathering of...

February 27, 2020

‘Ex-gay’ man claims to have been ‘cured’ of same-sex attraction in terrifying newspaper article

An article in Belfast newspaper the News Letter has suggested that the widely discredited practice of conversion therapy can successfully change a person’s sexual orientation. In the article, which was published yesterday, Mike Davidson said he was “thankful” to the “professionals” who helped...

February 27, 2020

Tory campaign launches to counter rise in ‘orthodox’ voices denying existence of trans people

A Tory Trans Campaign has launched this week, to challenge the “emboldened rise” in anti-trans views within the ruling Conservative Party. Hot on the heels of the Labour Campaign for Trans Rights, the Tory Trans Campaign is not affiliated with the Conservative Party but has been founded by a party member who...

February 27, 2020

Pete Buttigieg blasted the ‘revolutionary politics of the 1960s’ and people were quick to point out the obvious

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg blasted the “revolutionary politics of the 1960s” and countless people were quick to give him a short history lesson. In a barb aimed at rival Bernie Sanders, the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor decried the Vermont senator for his politics that go against...

February 27, 2020

Lesbian sisters temporarily saved from deportation after asylum judge said their sexuality wasn’t ‘credible’

Two lesbian sisters who fled Pakistan have narrowly escaped deportation after an asylum judge initially rejected their case because he believed it was not “credible” that they are gay. Samina, 52, and Nazia Iqbal, 48, have been living in Stockport in Manchester since 2010, but are originally from Sahiwal in...

February 27, 2020

Drag Race royalty Alaska makes impassioned plea for RuPaul to let more trans queens bring it to the runway

Drag Race royalty Alaska has delivered an impassioned plea demanding RuPaul bring trans drag queens into the mix. Speaking earlier this week at the Queerty awards, Alaska and fellow Drag Race alumnus Willam read out the names of the trans people who have competed on the show over the years. They read out the names …...

February 27, 2020

Man who stabbed gay barista to death while shouting homophobic slurs claims he was acting in self defence

A man who has been accused of yelling homophobic slurs before stabbing a young gay man to death has been released after claiming self-defence. Kenneth Paterimos, 23, was killed outside a Chicago bar on Friday, February 21, after being stabbed multiple times. According to the Chicago Tribune, police said Paterimos was...

February 27, 2020

Netflix star Connor Jessup was inspired to come out after falling in love with boyfriend Miles Heizer

Professional twink Connor Jessup revealed the adorable journey of self-acceptance and how his boyfriend Miles Heizer sparked his decision to come out as gay. The star of Netflix’s fantasy show Locke & Key and budding 25-year-old heartthrob told Attitude that he has been dating 13 Reasons Why actor Miles Heizer...