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February 23, 2020

Right-wing pundit Glenn Beck says Pete Buttigieg can’t cite the Bible because it supports the ‘stoning of homosexuals’

Former Fox News pundit Glenn Beck claimed Pete Buttigieg cannot say US President Donald Trump’s behaviour goes against Christianity because he is gay, so is “antithetical” to the Bible. The Democratic presidential candidate has long used his Christian faith as a ballast in his campaign, but has recently...

February 23, 2020

Drag Race royalty Bebe Zahara Benet and Peppermint on the fandom’s problem with racism

Drag Race legend Bebe Zahara Benet has assembled an all-star cast of queens for Nubia, a celebration of Black excellence in drag. PinkNews caught up with her and castmate Peppermint to talk representation, racism and queer Black joy. The idea for Nubia came to Bebe because she was “tired of of seeing tours that...

February 23, 2020

Doctor Who’s first transgender companion has plans to be the first transgender Doctor, too

The Doctor Who franchise will soon get its first transgender companion played by the trans actress and comedian Rebecca Root. Root is joining the upcoming series of the Doctor Who audio drama produced by Big Finish, which has been delighting fans for the past two decades with a welcome extension to the Whoniverse. She...

February 23, 2020

British newspaper apologises for ‘dehumanising’ cartoon portraying trans people as ‘predatory’

The Morning Star, a British daily newspaper, was condemned Tuesday after it published a cartoon branded as “dehumanising, facist” and “transphobic” in both its online and paper editions. Illustrating a group of newts bopping in a pond, a crocodile then “slithers” into the scene. One newt...

February 23, 2020

Lisa Nandy had ‘pause for thought’ while reading Labour Party trans rights pledge

British opposition party leader hopeful Lisa Nandy said she was given a “pause for thought” while signing a pledge card from the Labour Campaign for Trans Rights. The 12-point pledge by the independent campaign group aims to challenge and castigate anti-trans rhetoric in the party. It has been backed by Rebecca...

February 23, 2020

Queer as Folk fans share how the show inspired them 21 years on

February 23, 2020

Nine-year-old boy adorably asks Pete Buttigieg advice on coming out as gay

With the sleeves of his green gingham shirt rolled and a voting badge pinned to his chest, a nine-year-old boy hopped onto the Denver, Colorado, stage to shake hands with Democratic presidential candidate, Pete Buttigieg. The boy had a simple question for the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor: “Would you help me tell...

February 22, 2020

Hours after outing a gay man on Facebook, a woman was killed in a fatal shooting and car crash

A woman died Tuesday after being shot before colliding into three cars just hours after taking to Facebook Live to out a man as gay, Indianapolis police said. Jane Waughfield, 40, stumbled onto two men having sex Monday. One of whom, she claimed, was a man she had previously hooked-up with. She then recorded a …...

February 22, 2020

Kenya bans groundbreaking Bollywood gay rom-com and says to ‘go watch it in India’

A boundary-breaking Bollywood rom-com starring a same-sex couple has been banned from being screened in Kenya by the country’s film regulatory body. The Kenya Film Classification Board banned the film Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, which hit Indian theatres Friday to a consultation of five star reviews across the...

February 22, 2020