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February 18, 2020

Queer solidarity reaches outer space as Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, screams ‘lesbian rights!’

Lesbian aliens have been confirmed by Twitter scientists this week after heart-shaped craters were found on the surface of Mars. Clearly, the craters were lasered by a lesbian alien to express her cosmic love for her inter-galactic girlfriend. Duh. The fourth planet from the sun’s decision to come out as a lesbian...

February 18, 2020

French town severs ties with ‘tainted’ twin city in Poland after it declares itself ‘LGBT free’

The French town of Saint-Jean-de-Braye has broken its partnership with its sister city of Tuchów in Poland after the latter declared itself an “LGBT-free zone”. A recent upswing in anti-LGBT+ sentiment in Poland has resulted in more than 80 municipal or local governments proclaiming themselves to be “free...

February 18, 2020

Queer couples in Peru tie the knot in symbolic Valentine’s Day ceremony to protest ban on equal marriage

Eleven LGBT+ couples exchanged vows in a symbolic Valentine’s Day ceremony to call for marriage equality in Peru. The annual event protests the fact that Peru, a largely Catholic nation, is one of just a handful of Latin American countries that does not at least partially recognise same-sex marriages. Held at a park...

February 18, 2020

Britain’s first and only openly gay professional footballer to be inducted into Hall of Fame

Justin Fashanu, Britain’s first and only openly gay professional footballer, is to be posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame at the National Football Museum in Manchester, England, this week. He will be recognised at a ceremony Wednesday at the museum in the city centre, Sky Sports reported today....

February 18, 2020

Britain’s first and only openly gay professional footballer to be inducted into Hall of Fame

February 18, 2020

Piers Morgan blames trans people for Brit Awards nominations while missing the glaringly obvious

Piers Morgan used his finite time on this hurtling planet to blame the “trans lobby” for fewer women scooping Brit Awards nominations in categories open to men and women. This is despite the fact that your local trans person, in between buying groceries, chugging their morning coffee and trying not to be a victim of...

February 17, 2020

Franklin Graham insists he’s not homophobic, queer people are just ‘truthophobic’, in bizarre rant at UK

Pro-Trump evangelical leader Franklin Graham has said people in the UK are “truthophobic” after his tour there was cancelled due to his anti-LGBT+ comments. Graham hit out at people who campaigned to have him banned from preaching in venues across the UK in a Facebook post. “Opposition to the Gospel...

February 17, 2020

Fox News host thinks it’s fine to judge Pete Buttigieg for being gay but not Donald Trump for cheating on all three of his wives

A Fox News host has come under fire after she told a contributor not to bring up Donald Trump’s alleged past infidelities during a conversation about Pete Buttigieg and his marriage. Fox News’ Sandra Smith interrupted contributor Jessica Tarlov when she mentioned the president’s reported dalliances,...

February 17, 2020

Gay saunas and bathhouses could be about to return to San Francisco for the first time in almost 40 years

Gay saunas and bathhouses could return to San Francisco 36 years after an AIDS-epidemic era law all but banned them from the city. San Francisco filed a lawsuit against gay sauna and bathhouse operators in 1984 which prevented them from having locking rooms and booths. There were between 20 and 30 saunas in the city...

February 17, 2020

The internet wants Cher and Amanda Seyfried to star in Disney’s live-action Rapunzel remake

Disney is said to be developing a live-action Rapunzel, and Twitter wants Amanda Seyfried and Cher to play Tangled characters Rapunzel and Mother Gothel. Rapunzel will reportedly be the latest in Disney’s highly-lucrative series of live-action remakes, following the likes of Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King....