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February 4, 2020

Bernie Sanders supporters are flooding the internet with thirst traps ahead of Iowa Caucus results

An online campaign of thirsty photos of topless men who support Bernie Sanders is flooding the internet. #HotBoysForBernie was started on January 31, hot on the heels of the #HotGirlsForBernie campaign run by a Twitter account of the same name. Proclaiming all Sanders supporters to be “hot”, regardless of their...

February 4, 2020

LGBT people make up more than a fifth of the gaming industry, landmark new study reveals

LGBT+ people make up 21 per cent of the UK gaming industry, according to an eye-opening new diversity census. This figure is disproportionately high considering that LGBT+ people make up between three and seven per cent of the UK population – which begs the question of why LGBT+ characters are so poorly represented when it...

February 4, 2020

This 72-year-old trans woman perfectly explains why LGBT education is not ‘confusing’ to children

A 72-year-old trans woman called in to radio station LBC to perfectly explain LGBT+ education will not “confuse” children. Speaking to host Maajid Nawaz, Kerry began her call by stating “I am trans, I exist”, and then added that she had had gender-affirmation surgery last month, three days before...

February 4, 2020

Coca-Cola buys covers of all of Switzerland’s newspapers in a defiant display of solidarity with queer people

Swiss commuters grabbing their morning newspaper on their way to work may have noticed the colours of the rainbow splashed on the front page after Coca-Cola launched a pro-equality campaign. With Swiss citizens set to vote on discrimination protections for LGB+ folk on Sunday, the American soft drink company sent a...

February 4, 2020

Scotland just cancelled yet another homophobic, anti-abortion, anti-women Christian hate preacher

Scotland has just cancelled another event by an anti-LGBT+, anti-abortion, anti-women evangelist, days after cancelling hate preacher Franklin Graham, who once said gay people caused a “moral 9/11”. Larry Stockstill, a Louisiana-based preacher, was supposed to give a speech at a religious conference in...

February 4, 2020

Labour leadership hopeful Keir Starmer went on Mumsnet to declare trans rights are human rights

Labour leadership frontrunner Sir Keir Starmer has insisted that “trans rights are human rights” in a Q&A on notorious web forum Mumsnet. On Monday, Starmer became the latest leadership hopeful to take part in a live chat on the website, which is popular with parents and anti-transgender activists, and...

February 4, 2020

London’s gay village evacuated for second time in two days after unexploded World War II bomb found

Another part of a World War II bomb has been discovered in the gay village of London, England, prompting road closures and evacuations for the second day in a row. Metropolitan Police confirmed today on Twitter that a further part of the ordnance, uncovered yesterday afternoon, was discovered today. “Another part of...

February 4, 2020

Norway could send a song called ‘I Am Gay’ to Eurovision and it’s truly something magnificent to behold

A straight singer is hoping to represent Norway at Eurovision by literally – and this time we do mean literally – saying “gay rights”. Russia-born singer-songwriter Liza Vassilieva has entered the track “I Am Gay” for Melodi Grand Prix, Norway’s hotly-contested TV contest to select its...

February 4, 2020

Most LGBT youth hide their identity to protect themselves from bullying, glaringly obvious study finds

February 4, 2020

West Ham becomes first football club to threaten homophobes with a lifetime ban and seriously why isn’t every team doing this

West Ham has become the first ever UK football club to threaten homophobic fans with a lifetime ban, PinkNews understands. The London club made the announcement after two male supporters were arrested for making homophobic gestures at a match against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday. The Metropolitan Police confirmed...