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February 14, 2020

Disgraced rugby star Israel Folau, who thinks ‘hell awaits’ gay people, would’ve retired if it wasn’t for Catalans Dragons

Disgraced Australian rugby star Israel Folau has revealed he was considering retirement from the sport when he was handed a lucrative new deal with a European team. The France-based Catalans Dragons announced it had signed Folau last month, less than a year after he was sacked from the New South Wales Waratahs and...

February 14, 2020

Wendy Williams makes tearful apology after saying gay men shouldn’t wear skirts and heels

Wendy Williams promised LGBT+ fans that she would do better after she offended both gay men and trans women by suggesting skirts and heels were only for people who menstruate. The outspoken chat show host said she “did not mean to offend my LGBTQ+ community” with her remarks on the Thursday, February 13 edition...

February 14, 2020

Gay Twitter has taken over the London Underground with dozens of queer Valentine’s Day tweets

Commuters chugging down their filter coffee or blankly scrolling on their iPhones may look up and see something a little… different on the London Underground today. Gay tweets. Gigantic gay tweets. From people off of Gay Twitter. Twitter took over the London Underground today for Valentine’s Day, splashing some...

February 14, 2020

Time and Tide is a bittersweet LGBT+ coming-of-age comedy that’s already raking in stellar reviews

If you’re after a wholesome and heartwarming experience this February, look no further than Time and Tide, an LGBT+ coming-of-age comedy from London’s Park Theatre. With a script written by the East Anglia-based performance poet James McDermott, this painfully-relatable new play opened to stellar reviews and...

February 14, 2020

Rachel Bloom’s Drag Race guest judge stint got very emotional for a really beautiful reason

Drag Race season 12 guest judge Rachel Bloom revealed the special reason why she got “really emotional” while filming the show. The Crazy Ex-Girlfriend creator was one of a raft of guest judges announced for Drag Race season 12, along with Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Whoopi Goldberg, Jeff Goldblum, Robyn...

February 14, 2020

Anti-LGBT Republican Lindsey Graham emerges as unlikely voice of reason and defends Pete Buttigieg

Anti-LGBT Republican senator Lindsey Graham has called out right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh over his attacks on Pete Buttigieg. The South Carolina senator spoke out after Limbaugh, who Trump personally awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom last week, claimed on Tuesday that Pete Buttigieg kissing his husband causes...

February 14, 2020

Two thirds of male rugby players have heard their teammates use homophobic slurs, eye-opening study finds

Two thirds of male rugby players have heard their teammates use homophobic slurs in the past fortnight, while nearly half admitted to using the language themselves, according to a new study. The study asked male players if they had heard teammates use the slurs ‘fag’ and ‘dyke’ within the last two...

February 14, 2020

World-renowned hairstylist violently beaten to death by a man he met on a dating app, police say

Local law enforcement arrested 24-year-old suspect Thursday in the murder of internationally-known hairstylist, Bashar Kallabat. The 56-year-old victim was found dead by motel staff at the JZ hotel in Detroit, US, Tuesday evening. He died of blunt force trauma, according to police. Detroit police chief James Craig said at...

February 14, 2020

Queer people are being forced off social media by trolling and online abuse, searingly obvious report confirms

Queer people are being forced off social media by trolling and online abuse, a report by LGBT+ anti-violence charity Galop has confirmed. The charity’s 2020 Online Hate Crime Report surveyed 700 LGBT+ people from across the UK and found that eight out of ten had experienced online abuse. Among those targeted, six...

February 14, 2020

Transgender man joins historic Valentine’s Day lawsuit to bring same-sex marriage to Japan

A transgender man and his female partner have joined 13 other LGBT+ couples in filing the first lawsuit in Japan to challenge the country’s laws against same-sex marriage. The case has been dubbed ‘the Valentine’s Day lawsuit‘ as it was filed on February 14 last year. The plaintiffs argue that current...