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February 5, 2020

Nancy Pelosi ripping up Trump’s State of the Union speech is the light we need in this dark, dark world

While the president of the United States was washed in a wave of applause, Donald Trump’s vice president clapping behind him, Nancy Pelosi picked up a piece of paper and ripped it in half. The speaker of the house placed the torn sheets on the polished table, a graceful finale to a hostile series of …...

February 5, 2020

New STI diagnosed every 70 seconds in England as cases of gonorrhoea and syphilis surge

Sexual health organisations are calling on Boris Johnson to urgently address a nationwide STI boom as England experiences the highest rates of syphilis since World War II. An eye-opening new report from the Terrence Higgins Trust and British Association for Sexual Health & HIV (BASHH) warns of shockingly high STI rates...

February 4, 2020

Republican wants to pull funding from Sesame Street because Billy Porter will appear in a glamorous tuxedo gown

A Republican lawmaker has threatened to defund PBS because an episode of Sesame Street features gay actor Billy Porter. The Pose star made a guest appearance on the public broadcaster’s long-running kids’ show this month, dropping by in the iconic tuxedo gown he wore to last year’s Academy Awards. Anti-LGBT...

February 4, 2020

Texas Republicans ban LGBT group from convention yet again, claiming they promote ‘unnatural sex’

The Log Cabin Republicans have once again been barred from the Texas Republican state convention. The Texas GOP has long refused to permit the Log Cabin Republicans, a group of gay Republicans who advocate for LGBT rights, to have any official presence at its convention. The party has now rejected the group’s...

February 4, 2020

Two proposed bills threatening healthcare for trans kids killed off by lawmakers as transphobic attacks continue

Two proposed bills that threatened healthcare for trans minors and civil rights protections for trans communities have been killed off by lawmakers. In Florida, a vote was cancelled on a bill that would have criminalised doctors for giving trans youth medically necessary treatment. The bill is now lying dormant, with...

February 4, 2020

Deborah Batts, America’s first openly gay federal judge, dies aged 72

The first openly gay federal judge in US history, Deborah Batts, has passed away aged 72. Batts made history in 1994, when she was appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve on the District Court for the Southern District of New York – becoming the first out LGBT+ person to hold a federal judgeship. She …...

February 4, 2020

Disgraced rugby star Israel Folau’s grand unveiling quietly cancelled by Catalans Dragons

A planned grand unveiling for rugby star Israel Folau has been shelved by his new team after his signing attracted widespread anger. The France-based Catalans Dragons announced it had signed Folau last week, less than a year after he was sacked from the New South Wales Waratahs and Australia’s national team for...

February 4, 2020

This is the astonishing moment a ‘homophobic’ Pete Buttigieg supporter finds out he’s gay

An Iowa caucus-goer demanded to change her vote after she shockingly realised that Pete Buttigieg is gay and married to a fellow gay man he met on a dating app. Armed with Bible quotes, an unidentified woman desperately tried to withdraw her caucus vote after learning Buttigieg is gay. Yeah. This comes as the Democratic...

February 4, 2020

Obnoxious thief steals church display honouring murdered trans people: ‘God saw you – and so did our cameras’

A reverend in Ohio revealed a thief has stolen part of his church display honouring the trans people who were killed in 2019. St Peter’s United Church of Christ in Cincinnati, Ohio, describes itself as a “100 per cent hate free zone”. According to its website, the church welcomes everyone into its community...

February 4, 2020

Straight guy puts up billboard looking for a date, shocked to find most of the enquiries are from men

A straight man who put up a billboard seeking dates has said he is “flattered” by the flood of enquiries from men. Mark Rofe, 30, put up an ad on the side of a busy road in Manchester, bearing the message: “Date Mark. This could be the sign you’ve been waiting for”. Neither the sign …...