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January 17, 2020

Pro-Trump Republican wants to jail librarians who promote LGBT equality and it all sounds eerily familiar

A Republican lawmaker in Missouri has proposed a bill that would jail librarians who allow children to access LGBT+ content. Missouri state representative Ben Baker, a Trump supporter, filed HB 2044 – which would ban libraries from allowing minors to access “any description or representation” of sexuality....

January 17, 2020

Drag legend Jonny Woo on queer theatre, injecting comedy into murder and his intense play Sex/Crime

String up in a dank basement, a leather mask clamped to his face, a man known only as ‘B’ waits for his orders. He has paid ‘A’ to play the role of a ‘gay serial killer’. With the right money, A will push a client to the brink of their borderlines. But B proves to … Continued The...

January 17, 2020

Drag legend Jonny Woo on queer theatre, injecting comedy into murder and his intense play Sex/Crime

January 17, 2020

Republican defends traumatising conversion therapy by claiming sexual assault turns people gay

A Republican leader in Minnesota has claimed that gay ‘cure’ therapy shouldn’t be banned because homosexuality can be caused by sexual assault. Paul Gazelka, the majority leader in the Minnesota state senate, made the inflammatory remarks during a resurfaced interview with the fringe evangelical Truth and...

January 17, 2020

Woman boos loudly at gender reveal party with a twist because she isn’t happy with the outcome

Buckle up, dear reader, because our first gender reveal party story of 2020 is one truly plump with plot twists; a tale of deceit and anger. The last few years have seen the canny celebration of announcing what genitals a foetus has in front of friends and family really take off. Sometimes literally, as the …...

January 17, 2020

Everyone’s least-favourite far-right gun activist gets epically shut down by cop at Pride parade

A clip of the conservative pundit popularly known as ‘the Kent State gun girl’ being schooled by a police officer has gone viral on Twitter. Kaitlin Bennett, who is on your Twitter timeline so much you may have to start charging her rent, covered an LGBT+ Pride in Des Moines last year for Info Wars. …...

January 17, 2020

Sheffield’s queer community makes last-ditch attempt to cancel ‘hate monger’ Franklin Graham visit

The LGBT+ community in Sheffield has shared an open letter in protest against the impending visit of anti-gay American hate preacher Franklin Graham, son of preacher Billy Graham. Graham preached at Donald Trump’s inauguration, has said gay people caused a “moral 9/11” in America and has declared that gay...

January 17, 2020

Wife finds out her husband is gay after 20 years of marriage – and her reaction is eye-opening

An Irish woman has opened up about the pain of discovering that her husband of 20 years was gay. Speaking on RTÉ Radio One’s Liveline, the woman – who only gave her first name, Mary – said she thought she was “happily married” until she discovered her husband’s sexuality. “He was a good, decent, kind...

January 17, 2020

Kanye West’s new evangelical BFF is leading a ‘gay cure’ march, so that’s a thing

An evangelical pastor set to rally alongside Kanye West will lead a gay cure march. Kanye West has faced anger from fans over his plans to appear alongside a plethora of anti-LGBT+ hate preachers at a prayer rally in Tempe, Arizona, this weekend. One of the key organisers of the event, the preacher Lou Engle, …...

January 17, 2020

Trump-appointed judge rules trans people do not have the right to be referred to by correct pronouns

A Trump-appointed judge has denied a trans woman the right to have her legal name and correct pronouns used in her incarceration records, and for prison guards to refer to her with she/her pronouns. Kathrine Nicole Jett pleaded guilty to attempted receipt of child pornography in 2012 and was sentenced to 15 years in...