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February 19, 2020

Homophobic NHS patients to be turned away from non-emergency care under new rules

Homophobic, racist and sexist patients could be barred from receiving non-critical treatment under new guidelines for the British National British Health Service (NHS). Current measures cover physically violent or aggressive patients, in which NHS trust staff can refuse to treat them. But from April, these protections will...

February 19, 2020

Harry Styles was robbed at knifepoint on Valentine’s Day

Lesbian icon Harry Styles was reportedly left shaken after being robbed at knifepoint on Valentine’s Day. The 26-year-old queer ally and pop star was on a night out in North London when he was confronted by a man who threatened him and then pulled out a knife. According to The Mirror, Harry acted quickly – …...

February 18, 2020

The Catholic Church’s reasons for opposing trans rights show why every last queer person should support trans equality

The Catholic Church has vowed to defeat gender recognition reform in Scotland to reassert the “natural instinct” of marriage between one man and one woman. The church restated its long-standing anti-gay beliefs in a briefing paper on transgender issues, after Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon...

February 18, 2020

Man jailed for setting fire to a trans woman’s home in hate-fuelled arson attack

A man has been jailed for setting fire to a woman’s home in a transphobic attack. Lee Harrison, 43, was sentenced to five years and eight months behind bars over the arson attack on the woman’s flat on the outskirts of Sheffield, according to the BBC. Victim faced transphobic abuse before fire attack, court...

February 18, 2020

Dwyane Wade’s daughter has known she was trans since she was three years old

Dwyane Wade has said that his daughter has known she is trans since age three. The ex-NBA player, who has four children with his wife Gabrielle Union, revealed that his 12-year-old Zaya is transgender in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres last week, ahead of the release of a documentary about their family life. The story...

February 18, 2020

Sydney Mardi Gras scraps event because of backlash over transphobic YouTuber Arielle Scarcella

The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG) has scrapped a panel featuring the lesbian YouTuber Arielle Scarcella after backlash over her self-identified transphobia. Arielle Scarcella runs an LGBT-centred YouTube channel with over 630,000 subscribers. She has long been criticised for her anti-trans views, which are...

February 18, 2020

Wendy Williams is facing another backlash, days after apology for ‘gay men stop wearing skirts’ rant

Wendy Williams is under fire for insensitive comments again, just days after issuing an apology for a rant about gay men. The host faced a backlash after making light of the death of sex and relationship therapist Amie Harwick, who died after falling from a third-story balcony at her Hollywood home on Saturday....

February 18, 2020

Students revolt against Catholic school that ‘forced out’ two gay teachers

Students at a private Catholic school in Washington state have vowed to hold protests after two teachers were allegedly forced to quit because they are gay. Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien, Washington, has been accused of forcing out English teacher Paul Danforth and football coach Michelle Beattie because they are...

February 18, 2020

Everyone’s least-favourite anti-gay gun activist receives the university welcome she deserves

Hundreds of Ohio University students had flocked to see Kaitlin Bennett, raising their iPhones up high and scrambling in the crowds to get a clear look of her. But this was not quite the reaction that Bennett, a pro-gun, Trump-supporting, right-wing activist, had pictured. Throngs of teens packed the college in Athens,...

February 18, 2020

Rose McGowan furiously back-peddles from scathing criticism of Natalie Portman

Charmed actor Rose McGowan has backtracked after labelling Natalie Portman a “fraud” for wearing an Oscar dress calling attention to overlooked female directors. Portman’s custom outfit featured the names of female filmmakers, such as Greta Gerwig and Lulu Wang, who haven’t been considered for the...