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January 23, 2020

Possible Tory leadership candidate swiftly condemned for claiming being LGBT is a ‘choice’

A potential candidate for leadership of the Canadian Conservative party has said he believes that being LGBT+ is a “choice”. Richard Décarie is a little-known Tory politician who served as deputy chief of staff to Stephen Harper when he was leader of the opposition in the 2000s. He is now planning a bid for...

January 23, 2020

LGB Alliance founder says there shouldn’t be LGBT clubs in schools because of ‘predatory gay teachers’

Malcolm Clark, co-founder of controversial anti-trans group the LGB Alliance, has denounced LGBT+ clubs in schools. Clark said LGBT+ clubs – a safe space for many LGBT+ schoolchildren to accept their sexuality – shouldn’t exist because of “predatory gay teachers”. Clark’s inflammatory...

January 23, 2020

Sister of anti-trans Republican ‘implores’ him to stop: ‘These families know their children and what is best for them’

A Utah lawmaker who wrote an anti-trans bill that would ban gender-related treatment for minors is facing calls to reconsider from his LGBT+ advocate sister, transgender brother-in-law and transgender niece. Republican representative Brad Daw is one of several lawmakers who have introduced harmful anti-trans bills in a...

January 23, 2020

Puberty blockers can literally save the lives of transgender teens, new study confirms

Puberty blockers can be “life-saving” drugs for trans teenagers, according to a landmark study that is the first to examine access to puberty blockers and suicide risk. The study, published in medical journal Pediatrics, found that if trans teenagers have access to the medication their chance of suicide and...

January 23, 2020

Family of gay, Black teen who was shot to death say police are too biased to investigate possible hate crime

The family of a gay, Black teenager who was shot dead last week have claimed their local sheriff has a “conflict of interest” that prevents him from investigating the death as a hate crime. An attorney told Eyewitness News that the family of Ja’Quarius Taylor has engaged the services of a legal team as...

January 23, 2020

Hallmark Channel CEO steps down after backlash over a lesbian kiss that lasted literally two seconds

The CEO and president of the Hallmark Channel’s parent company has stepped down after a botched attempt to handle backlash over a fleeting lesbian kiss in an advert. Bill Abbott worked with Crown Media for 11 years, and the company did not give a reason for his departure. The Hallmark Channel was originally slammed...

January 23, 2020

Man dies after falling from tenth floor of a gay cruise ship while docked in Puerto Rico

A 46-year-old man from Naples, Florida has died after he fell from the tenth floor of a gay cruise ship when it was docked in Old San Juan in Puerto Rico. The man fell from the tenth floor of Royal Caribbean’s ‘Oasis of the Seas’ ship. Divers from Puerto Rico police and San Juan municipal …...

January 23, 2020

Family of trailblazing Israeli trans model Maya Haddad refuse to be a part of her funeral

Disowned by her family aged 15, trans Israeli model Maya Haddad was terrified of her future. More than a decade later, and Haddad was in the running to represent her country in the Miss Trans International Beauty Pageant. But this week, loved ones came to lay flower reefs and give eulogies to Haddad, 27, who …...

January 23, 2020

Me Too founder Tarana Burke tells Rihanna her biggest failure was not supporting her non-binary child

Tarana Burke has told Rihanna that her biggest failure in life was not supporting her non-binary child when they came out to her. Burke, a civil rights activist, community organiser and founder of the #MeToo movement, made the confession in an interview for a special issue of Dazed magazine co-curated by Rihanna. Asked...

January 23, 2020

‘Vile’ politician who thinks two women kissing is ‘pornography’ issues grovelling public apology

A “homophobic” politician has issued a grovelling public apology after saying in a council meeting that two women kissing was “pornography”. Glenn Williams, a pro-Trump, pro-Brexit, anti-abortion, “xenophobic”, religious independent Coventry councillor, spoke out against LGBT-inclusive...