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February 7, 2020

Trans woman called ‘pig in a wig’ in campaign of online abuse faces her alleged harasser in court

Stephanie Hayden, a trans woman who was called a “racist” and a “pig in a wig” during a campaign of online abuse, appeared in court on February 6 to give evidence against her alleged harasser. Hayden told St Albans Magistrates Court about the protracted online abuse she suffered, starting around...

February 7, 2020

Nearly 150 companies, including Nike and Amazon, oppose law banning LGBT couples adopting children

Amazon, Nike, American Airlines and nearly 150 other companies are opposing a Tennessee law that prevents LGBT+ couples adopting children. The law, which was signed by Tennessee governor Bill Lee in January 2020, means adoption agencies can deny service to LGBT+ couples. The controversial measure enshrines adoption...

February 7, 2020

Teen boy arrested over ‘homophobic’ assault that saw gay couple brutally beaten and stabbed

Irish police arrested a teenage boy in connection to a ‘homophobic attack’ that took place last week against a gay couple. A gang assaulted the gay couple – brutally beating one and stabbing the other – in an incident that rippled through the County Kildare community. One half of the couple posted on Facebook...

February 7, 2020

Murderer finally convicted for shooting trans woman and her boyfriend, seven years after he killed them

A man in Louisiana has been convicted for murdering trans woman Milan Boudreaux and her boyfriend, seven years after he killed them. Milan and Akeem Boudreaux died on February 5, 2013 from gunshot wounds to the head. They were discovered in their apartment in a New Orleans suburb, nine days after they died, when concerned...

February 7, 2020

Men and women who ‘sound’ gay viewed as less competent and less suitable for jobs, study finds

Men and women who “sound” gay are viewed as less competent and less suitable for jobs, a recent study has found. The study, which was published in Psychology of Women Quarterly in December 2019, found that gay men and lesbians face discrimination based on the sound of their voices. Notably, researchers...

February 7, 2020

Hate preacher Franklin Graham claims he doesn’t even know what ‘homophobia’ means. Yes, really

Franklin Graham, the anti-LGBT+ hate preacher whose UK tour has been left in tatters, said he doesn’t even know what “homophobic” means. The preacher, who has praised Vladimir Putin’s anti-gay laws, blamed gay people for a “moral 9/11” and declared that gay people are “the enemy”...

February 7, 2020

Dancer gets a lesson in tolerance after saying she feels ‘weird’ changing near her friend’s lesbian mothers

A 13-year-old dancer has been given an important lesson on tolerance after she wrote to an advice columnist over her discomfort with a friend’s lesbian parents. The teenage girl wrote to Jeanne Phillips of The Mercury News after she had a dance recital where mothers helped their daughters change in the dressing room....

February 7, 2020

Gay Jonas Brothers fan humiliated after security guards told him he’s ‘not a man’ for wearing make-up

An 18-year-old gay Jonas Brothers fan has claimed that security guards at a Dublin concert venue told him he is “not a man” because he had make-up in his bag. Secondary school student David Tynan was going to see the Jonas Brothers at Dublin’s 3Arena on 31 January when the alleged incident occurred, he...

February 7, 2020

Drag Race judge reads homophobe who tried to take back Pete Buttigieg vote – and he doesn’t hold back

Drag Race judge Ross Matthews called the Iowa caucus-goer who tried to change her vote for Pete Buttigieg after learning he is gay ignorant and “gross”. Matthews spoke of his surprise at learning an Iowa voter wasn’t aware of Buttigieg’s sexuality before casting her vote. Appearing on MSNBC’s...

February 7, 2020

A queer bar hosted a Pokemon drag battle and it was super effective

Drag queens and kings dressed as Pokemon for a one-of-a-kind battle. It’s an established fact that Pokemon is the team sport of the gays, so it makes complete and perfect sense that a troupe of drag queens would see fit to stage their own PokeBattle. Crowds at Troupe 429 in Norwalk, Connecticut, cheered on as …...