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February 12, 2020

Woman escorted off tram by police after launching into homophobic rant in broad daylight

A woman was caught on camera launching into a homophobic tirade, claiming that the “gay community run the police” before being escorted off a delayed tram. Commuters boarding a tram in Melbourne, carrying groceries and idly scrolling on their phones, had their journeys rattled by a woman who hurled homophobic...

February 12, 2020

Gay teenagers aren’t being being tested enough for HIV, study finds. But there’s a glaringly obvious solution

A study of gay, bisexual and questioning teenage boys in the United States has revealed that the majority have never had a HIV test. Researchers surveyed nearly 700 boys aged between 13 and 18 and found that less than one in four had ever had a HIV test, Healthday reports. They also asked the boys … Continued The...

February 12, 2020

Rush Limbaugh, who was just awarded the Medal of Freedom, claims Pete Buttigieg kissing his husband is a ‘problem’

Anti-LGBT+ radio host Rush Limbaugh, who was recently awarded the Medal of Freedom by Donald Trump, has said Pete Buttigieg kissing his husband causes “problems” for parents. “So I saw a political ad, where Mayor Pete, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, going on and on and on and on and on, about how parents in...

February 12, 2020

This national newspaper shockingly compares the ‘epidemic’ of trans people to the coronavirus

National newspaper The Australian has sparked fury with an article that draws comparisons between the coronavirus and the “contagion” of transgender people. The newspaper is well known for its its “appalling” coverage of transgender issues, which includes articles such as “They’re...

February 12, 2020

Jimmy Fallon genuinely thought he’d been cancelled for calling RuPaul a ‘drag queen’

The moment TV talkshow shot Jimmy Fallon called RuPaul a “drag queen”, he thought his career would come crashing down. Cancelled. Terminated. Last week, while interviewing the, well, drag queen on The Tonight Show, Fallon plunged the world into second-hand awkwardness He quizzed RuPaul about his recent Vanity...

February 12, 2020

Trans lawyer and Vietnam veteran launches scathing attack on Donald Trump over his military ban

Trans lawyer and Vietnam veteran Mia Yamamoto has slammed Donald Trump’s trans military ban as a “policy of exclusion, oppression and marginalisation by the government”. The Japanese-American lawyer made the comments in an address to a room of aspiring lawyers at NYU Law on February 10, student newspaper...

February 12, 2020

Labour’s Emily Thornberry on a career spent fighting for queer rights, Minogue vs Minogue and her gay icon Queen Elizabeth I

February 12, 2020

Designer uses Lady Gaga’s Stupid Love at the end of New York Fashion Week show

The gay lobby’s latest attempt to pressure pop queen Lady Gaga to drop her new song, “Stupid Love”, has officially hit the catwalk. Stylish New Yorkers who braved the metro and the cold to make Christian Cowan’s Fall/Winter 2020/21 show on Monday were truly blessed to hear the song in its closing....

February 12, 2020

Ruth Hunt, baroness of our hearts, wants you to know the law is failing transgender people

Baroness Ruth Hunt – the fourth lesbian, ever, to join the House of Lords – has used her first major interview since taking up the role to advocate for trans rights. The UK’s laws, she said, are still failing the LGBT+ community. And their biggest failure is to the transgender community. Her comments come after...

February 12, 2020

Bishop who held mass exorcism over same-sex marriage is now attacking trans people, to the surprise of no one

A Catholic bishop in Illinois, who performed an exorcism when same-sex marriage was legalised, has moved on to attacking trans people. Thomas Paprocki, bishop of Springfield, Illinois, previously held a mass “exorcism” following the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the state. He held the exorcism, he said,...