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February 4, 2020

Cher is the new face of fashion brand Dsquared2 and it’s quite literally iconic

Cher is fronting a new campaign for menswear brand DSquared2. The brand has launched ads across the US for its Spring/Summer campaign, revealing a shot of Cher in denim jeans and a sweater emblazoned with the word ‘ICON’. DSquared2 said on Instagram: “The ICONIC: @cher stars in the new #Dsquared2 Spring...

February 4, 2020

Poland’s right-wing president says he can’t be homophobic because gay people visit him at his palace

In an unexpected move, Poland’s right-wing and historically anti-LGBT+ president has indicated that he would be willing to legalise same-sex civil partnerships in the country. But according to Notes From Poland, president Andrzej Duda said in an interview with Wprost that he would “seriously consider signing a...

February 4, 2020

Elizabeth Warren staffer secretly recorded claiming ‘no one gives a f**k about a goddamn pronoun’

An Elizabeth Warren field organiser has been secretly recorded by an undercover right-wing journalist saying: “No one gives a f**k about a goddamn pronoun.” Warren has been a vocal supporter of the LGBT+ community, especially trans people, during her presidential campaign, in stark contrast with the current...

February 4, 2020

Back to the drawing board for scientists as yet another experimental HIV vaccine has failed to pass clinical trials

The latest attempt at a HIV vaccine has failed, as researchers announced Monday that they have halted a major $104 million trial in South Africa. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health, of the US Department of Health and Human Services, stopped the NVTN 702 trial, which enrolled more than 5,400 people across...

February 4, 2020

Lesbian boxer risks jail and kisses her girlfriend in a defiant stand against Maldives’ homophobic laws

Lesbian boxer April Hunter has taken a stand for gay rights by sharing a photo of herself publicly kissing her girlfriend in the Maldives, where homosexuality is against the law. Same-sex sexual activity is strictly prohibited in the island nation and is punishable by up to eight years in prison for non-Muslims. Under...

February 4, 2020

Franklin Graham says J-Lo and Shakira’s Super Bowl show was ‘sexual exploitation’ of women (but Trump is totally fine)

Unsurprisingly, the homophobic hate preacher Franklin Graham has some very important thoughts on the “moral decency” of J-Lo and Shakira’s Super Bowl halftime show. On Saturday the two pop goddesses delivered an incredible pole dancing, hip shaking, gay-pleasing halftime show that was high in Latina...

February 4, 2020

Derry Girls star Nicola Coughlan shares her one simple tip for clear skin: Don’t be transphobic

Golly, do you ever wake up simply covered in acne? Blackheads dotting your forehead, pools of oil in your t-zone? Well, the easiest way to clear your skin is simple: Don’t be transphobic. Put that jade face roller down and pick up and support your trans and non-binary siblings. This is the top skincare tip …...

February 4, 2020

Graham Linehan is compiling a horrifying database of therapists ‘willing to abuse young trans people’

‘King of the transphobes‘ and sometime comedy writer Graham Linehan is trying to create a database of ‘gender-critical’ therapists for parents of trans kids. In a tweet that was immediately labelled as supporting conversion therapy, Linehan said he wanted to help the “extremely awesome”...

February 4, 2020

Baga Chipz, Shea Couleé and queens galore on the Drag Race UK vs US showdown you’ve been dreaming of

As dozens of queens stormed London for the first-ever DragCon UK, PinkNews took the opportunity to stir the pot and find out who the queens would want to face-off against in a Drag Race UK vs US showdown. Since Drag Race UK sashayed onto screens last October, fans have been clamouring for the UK and … Continued The...

February 4, 2020

Michael Barrymore must ‘come clean’, says dad of raped man found dead in presenter’s pool

British law enforcement are urging TV presenter Michael Barrymore to “come clean” about what led to the body of a raped and murdered man to be in his swimming pool. In March 2001, Stuart Lubbock was found dead in the media personality’s mansion in Essex, England, after a night with eight other guests. His...