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January 26, 2020

Joe Biden says ‘no room for compromise’ on trans equality in swipe at Bernie Sanders for touting anti-trans comedian’s support

US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden attempted a sly jab at fellow contender Bernie Sanders by stressing the importance of trans rights. This week, the Vermont senator faced backlash after touting an endorsement from comedian Joe Rogan, known for his rap sheet of anti-trans statements. “Let’s be...

January 26, 2020

Men are masturbating with banana peels but at least they’re getting their five a day

OK, reader, you clicked this article for a reason. Was it morbid curiosity, perhaps? Was it to see if we’d make a ‘Sexual Peeling’ joke in the introduction? Whatever your reason, there is truly no escape now. Both from reading this article and from being aware that somewhere in our vast cosmos, there is a...

January 26, 2020

BBC will not ‘uphold’ the 300 viewer complaints that thought Strictly same-sex dance was ‘offensive’

A trailblazing performance by two male professional dancers on BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing, the first ever same-sex couple routine on the show, sparked more than 300 complaints and absolutely none of them will be upheld. On November 2019, Johannes Radebe and Graziano Di Prima made TV history when they performed a...

January 25, 2020

‘It’s like saying kids shouldn’t listen to Lady Gaga’: Drag Race queens hit back at drag story time critics

The unstoppable rise of RuPaul’s Drag Race has put the art of drag if not in the mainstream, then right on its fringes. Though Drag Race and nightclub acts are very much aimed at an adult audience, it’s become obvious in the last few years that these bright, colourful performers also have a natural home …...

January 25, 2020

Ewan McGregor and Chris Messina clumsily say their Birds of Prey villains are probably, maybe, sort of gay

Billed as a not-so-typical superhero flick, Birds of Prey has been buzzing praise for its women-led cast, but its two male villains have seen a different kind of response from fans. Actors Ewan McGregor and Chris Messina play the Black Mask and Victor Zsasz respectively in the spin-off from the Academy Award-winning film...

January 25, 2020

Madonna just cancelled the first London show of her Madame X tour

In the latest in a string of delayed shows and cancellations, pop queen Madonna has just cancelled the first London, England, show of her Madame X tour. Furious fans took to Twitter to express their dismay over the concert’s cancellation, due to take place on January 27. With a further 14 nights scheduled at the...

January 25, 2020

Support for LGBT+ rights soaring in the Czech Republic with two-thirds backing marriage equality

Support for marriage equality in the Czech Republic is soaring, with around two-thirds of the public backing same-sex marriage, a new poll published Thursday showed. In results that researchers branded as “encouraging”, a MEDIAN agency survey showed that the majority of Czech citizens support LGBT+ rights. This...

January 25, 2020

Drag Race star Carmen Carrera compares RuPaul to ‘Hitler’ in scathing attack over trans queens

Drag Race star Carmen Carrera burst into a devastating attack against RuPaul, calling him the “Hitler of the LGBTQ community”, yesterday over the lack of openly trans contestants in the latest season of the show. As the new roster for the twelfth season started their engines, fellow queen Detox accused RuPaul...

January 25, 2020

Russian court overturns conviction of trans woman jailed for sharing manga porn

A Russian trans woman who was sentenced to three years in prison for sharing erotic manga drawings on social media has had her guilty verdict overturned by a court. Her conviction for sharing Japanese manga-style drawings featuring nude cartoon characters was denounced by human-rights advocates, who were concerned that she...

January 25, 2020

Jake Gyllenhaal and Rufus Wainwright sang The Everly Brothers and it’s honestly gay rights

In today’s reason that despite living in a swirling vortex of doom, maybe existence isn’t that bad, actor Jake Gyllenhaal and singer Rufus Wainwright sang The Everly Brothers and it said: “Gay rights!” Taking to New York City’s Lincoln Centre on Wednesday, the pair performed “All I Have...