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January 30, 2020

Gay man refused asylum because he ‘didn’t have a boyfriend’ wants to give others like him hope

A gay Malaysian man seeking asylum because of homophobic persecution was refused eight times by Home Office officials. Their explanation? He didn’t have a boyfriend. Yew Fook Sam (known as Sam), 68, claimed asylum on the basis of his sexual orientation after being arrested in 2015. He had entered the UK 10 years...

January 30, 2020

Madame X’s London debut proves this is Madonna’s world, and we’re all just living in it

Madonna doesn’t have to say gay rights – she is gay rights. Little surprise then that opening night of the Madame X tour’s UK leg had a largely male audience – with quite a few in Madame X-related costume – as the queen of pop made her return to the West End in London. The … Continued The post Madame X’s...

January 30, 2020

Dear Matt Hancock. No more grandiose gestures, we demand action on PrEP in the UK

Natasha Dhumma, head of policy and campaigns at the National AIDS Trust, explains for PinkNews why the British government’s sluggish approach to PrEP must be held accountable. Today marks exactly one year since the health secretary Matt Hancock proudly announced that the government had set itself the goal of ending...

January 30, 2020

Lil Nas X shut down a rapper’s bizarre ‘homophobic’ rant about his dominatrix cowboy look with just six words

A rapper went on a bizarre ‘homophobic’ rant about Lil Nas X and his hot pink Grammys look, but the “Old Town Road” singer responded in the best way and even turned it into promo. Lil Nas X wore an incredible head-to-toe pink Versace look to the awards, where he won two Grammys for his viral …...

January 30, 2020

Kelly Clarkson and Annie Murphy duetting ‘A Little Bit Alexis’ will ‘cure your dandruff, sort your mail and vacuum under your bed’

Schitt’s Creek star Annie Murphy remixed her critical reviewed single “A Little Bit Alexis” with Kelly Clarkson. Are you ready? Let’s do it. Since Alexis Rose (Murphy) premiered “A Little Bit Alexis” – an early-00s pop banger inspired by the ouvres of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton –...

January 30, 2020

The long-awaited trans Pride flag emoji is finally coming to phones in 2020

Finally, after years of tenacious work by the Powerful Trans Lobby, Unicode has announced that it’s bringing in two new emojis for trans people. The pink, white and blue trans Pride flag emoji and the trans symbol emoji are two of the 117 new emojis that the Unicode Consortium will release in 2020. The trans …...

January 30, 2020

These are the most inclusive employers for LGBT people in the country

Newcastle City Council has been revealed as the UK’s most inclusive place to work in the Stonewall 2020 Top 100 Employers list. More than 500 organisations vied for a spot on Stonewall’s Top 100, the UK’s leading ranking of LGBT+ inclusivity in employers from public, private and third sectors. Newcastle...

January 29, 2020

Teenager must pay trans PCSO damages after shouting ‘is it a boy or a girl’ at him while he was on duty

A teenager who verbally abused a trans PCSO while he was on duty has been ordered to pay him £200 in compensation. Declan Armstrong, 19, repeatedly shouted “Is it a boy or is it a girl?” at police community support officer Connor Freel as he was patrolling the streets of Mold, North Wales, in October. …...

January 29, 2020

Two more UK arenas cancel ‘repulsive’ hate preacher Franklin Graham’s events. Only four to go

Two further venues have cancelled rallies by US hate preacher Franklin Graham, as a backlash grows to his planned UK tour. The Trump-supporting preacher, who is known for praising Vladimir Putin’s anti-gay laws and blaming gay people for a “moral 9/11”, is set to visit the UK at the start of Pride Month in June...

January 29, 2020

Gay man who ‘put the weight of the world on his shoulders’ after Pulse massacre loses battle with cancer

Terry DeCarlo, who helped guide Florida’s LGBT+ community through the aftermath of the Pulse nightclub shooting, has died ahed 57. On June 12, 2016, a man laid siege to an Orlando gay club nestled between a Dunkin’ Doughnuts and a Wendy’s, killing 49 and wounding dozens. It became the deadliest attack on the LGBT+...