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January 17, 2020

Iranian militia declares Iraq is ‘not a country for filthy homosexuals’ in chilling rant

A ‘pro-Iranian enforcer’ in Iraq has declared that Iraq is not a country for “filthy” homosexuals, in a move that LGBT+ activist Peter Tatchell says is leveraging homophobia to “eliminate anti-government protesters”. In a video posted on Thursday, Ali Al-Husseini of the Iranian-sponsored...

January 17, 2020

Owen Jones attacker had collection of ‘white supremacist, far-right and homophobic’ memorabilia, court hears

A man who attacked gay Guardian columnist Owen Jones had a collection of memorabilia associated with “white supremacist, far-right and homophobic” groups, a court heard on Thursday, January 16. Jones was attacked on August 17, 2019, by three men outside an Islington pub, throwing him to the ground and kicking...

January 17, 2020

Dua Lipa dancing in a gay club to her own song needs to be played in the Louvre on repeat

In what can only be described as breaking news, singer Dua Lipa danced in a New York City, US, gay club and it was as iconic as you could have imagined. Oh, and she was dancing to her recently dropped song, “Don’t Start Now”. Life imitated art, considering the music video is of her dancing …...

January 17, 2020

Politician who says two women kissing is pornography gives absolute worst reason for why he can’t be homophobic

A Coventry councillor who said that two women kissing is “pornography” actually believes that he can’t be homophobic because he has a gay friend. At a council meeting earlier this week, the pro-Trump, pro-Brexit, anti-abortion, “xenophobic“, religious independent councillor Glenn Williams...

January 17, 2020

Eminem’s new album includes shockingly distasteful lyric about Ariana Grande terror attack

Rapper Eminem is facing a chorus of criticism for a lyric in a new song that makes light of a horrific terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert. Panic and mayhem seized crowds of Grande fans during a gig in 2017 after a suicide bombing killed 22 people and wounded 59 others. For some reason, … Continued The post...

January 17, 2020

Teens caught on camera screaming ‘fk the f**ts’ outside gay couple’s home

A gay couple have spoken out after a group of teens were caught on camera screaming vile homophobia outside their home. Colin Tomblin, who lives with his partner in Madison, Alabama, shared the clip of the incident caught on his security camera on January 10, at 11pm. In the clip, a car goes past as … Continued The...

January 17, 2020

Labour’s Jess Phillips on transgender rights and why she’ll never throw minorities ‘under the bus’

My name is Juno Dawson and I’m an author, journalist – and I’m a transgender woman. I’d admired Jess Phillips MP from afar for a couple of years on Twitter. She was staunchly feminist, outspoken and unguarded. She was rare – a normal, working-class, human who’d somehow wound up in the rarified world...

January 17, 2020

Lesbian left bloody and bruised after being jumped by thugs in brutal homophobic attack

A 20-year-old lesbian was jumped last week in a brutal attack that left her covered in blood and bruises. Charlie Graham was left shaken after two men battered her in the head from behind and threw her to the ground in an incident that has rippled the Sunderland, England, community she calls home. Violence against …...

January 16, 2020

Health secretary Matt Hancock says there’s ‘more to do’ to end HIV transmissions and people have some suggestions

Health secretary Matt Hancock is facing calls to roll out PrEP across England, after celebrating a fall in HIV transmissions. The Tory minister had celebrated new data published on Thursday that reveals new HIV infections have fallen by an estimated 73 per cent in four years. In a video, Hancock said the new figures were...

January 16, 2020

Republican politicians somehow manage to file four anti-LGBT bills on the same day

Seven Republican lawmakers filed four anti-LGBT+ bills on the same day in Florida, just hours before the cut-off on submissions for the upcoming legislative session. The bills were filed on Monday, January 13, by representatives Anthony Sabatini, Bob Rommel, Michael Grant and Byron Donalds, and state senators Dennis...