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February 11, 2020

This same-sex couple just made history by becoming the first to marry in Northern Ireland

The first same-sex couple to legally tie the knot in Northern Ireland have officially married – after the ban on same-sex marriage was scrapped. Robyn Peoples and Sharni Edwards of Belfast made history by getting married at 2pm on Tuesday, February 11 at the Loughshore Hotel in Carrickfergus. Their historic marriage,...

February 11, 2020

Pete Buttigieg agrees with voter who shouts ‘f**k’ Donald Trump ahead of crucial New Hampshire primary

Pete Buttigieg ripped into Donald Trump during his final rally ahead of the New Hampshire primary Buttigieg took to the stage in New Hampshire on Monday, February 10, hours before polls opened in the crucial primary After being introduced by actor Kevin Costner, Buttigieg began attacking his rivals on both the left (Bernie...

February 11, 2020

Republicans kill bill to criminalise doctors who treat trans kids after fierce backlash

A South Dakota bill that would criminalise doctors who provide treatment to trans kids has been shelved after an outcry from medical experts and LGBT+ campaigners. The Republican-controlled state house had backed the bill, which makes it illegal for doctors to give medically necessary care to trans children and teenagers,...

February 11, 2020

Failed Republican politician and Christian rent-a-mouth says Trump is ‘too masculine’ for gay people

Failed Republican politician E.W Jackson has said that LGBT+ people don’t like Donald Trump because he is “too masculine” for them. According to Jackson, who unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the US Senate in 2018, Donald Trump is just “too much of a man” for the LGBT+ community, Right Wing...

February 11, 2020

Leo Varadkar’s boyfriend is ‘disappointed for Ireland’ after gay leader’s humiliating election defeat

Gay leader Leo Varadkar and his centre-right Fine Gael party have come in third place in the Irish general election behind Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin. Rival centre-right party Fianna Fáil came out with a narrow majority of 38 seats in the 160 seat Dáil. They are closely followed by left-wing Sinn Féin at 37, …...

February 11, 2020

Manchester’s gay village could become a ‘sanitised Disneyland’ if darkrooms are closed, campaigners warn

The Manchester gay village could be pushed “back to the bad old days” under efforts to “crackdown” on fetish nights with darkrooms, campaigners have warned. Council authorities have been investigating a venue which host darkrooms following public complaints, with fetish night organisers complaining...

February 11, 2020

Billy Eichner launches scathing attack on Eminem’s Oscars performance: ‘You can sing the word f****t and still perform?’

The surprise Oscars performance by Eminem didn’t go down well with comedian Billy Eichner, who hasn’t forgotten the rapper’s history of using homophobic slurs. Eminem returned to the Oscars 17 years after he won Best Original Song for 8 Mile‘s “Lose Yourself” to finally perform the song...

February 11, 2020

Irish Green Party candidate celebrates election victory with a defiant kiss on live TV

Irish Green Party candidate Roderic O’Gorman was elected yesterday in Dublin, and immediately pulled his partner Ray Healy in for a kiss. The beautiful moment was caught by RTÉ and broadcast to people across Ireland as counting in the country’s general election continued. O’Gorman was elected on the sixth...

February 11, 2020

Four men arrested over the murder of gay journalist and activist Lyra McKee

Police in Northern Ireland have arrested four men over the murder of gay journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot dead in Derry in April of last year. The four men, aged 20, 27, 29 and 52, were arrested in Derry/Londonderry this morning under the Terrorism Act after the New IRA claimed responsibility for her death. …...

February 11, 2020

Basketball star Dwyane Wade says it was ‘his job’ to educate himself after daughter came out as trans

Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade has spoken about his transgender daughter in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres. The NBA player, who has four children with his wife Gabrielle Union, spoke to Ellen DeGeneres about his 12-year-old Zaya coming out as trans. Dwyane Wade says it was ‘his job’ to educate himself. In an an...