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January 16, 2020

Republican governor stops HIV prevention campaign because he doesn’t like condom packaging

A free condom campaign in Utah, that was part of an HIV-prevention programme, has been called off because the governor thinks it promoted “sexual innuendo”. The “H is for Human” campaign had planned to hand out 100,000 free condoms to try to lower rates of HIV transmission in the state, as part of a...

January 16, 2020

Swedish crown princess makes history with first-ever visit to an LGBT organisation

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and her husband Prince Daniel have made a historic royal visit to an LGBT+ organisation, sending a clear message of support in the face of growing nationalist politics. The royals were given a tour of RFSL and RFSL Ungdom’s national office in Stockholm to gain an insight into the...

January 16, 2020

Gay Trump supporters tried to hold a rally and it went just about as well as you think

A group of gay Trump supporters attempted to hold a rally in Florida – and it did not exactly go to plan. The Broward County Log Cabin Republicans event in Wilton Manors, Florida on Monday got off to a bad start, when only around 12 people turned up. It then steadily got worse as the … Continued The post Gay...

January 16, 2020

Netflix’s new animated series Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts features a beautiful coming out moment

Netflix’s latest animated series Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts is getting a lot of praise for a beautiful queer moment. The all-ages DreamWorks cartoon, which debuted on Netflix on Tuesday, follows teenager Kipo travelling across a post-apocalyptic world with her band of friends, encountering mutant animals along...

January 16, 2020

Ugandan Muslim leader faces life in prison for accidentally marrying a man

A Ugandan imam is facing life in prison after he accidentally married a man, proving just how homophobic the East African country is. Sheikh Mohammed Mutumba exchanged vows with his ‘bride’, Swabullah Nabukeera, in an Islamic ceremony. He met Nabukeera at a mosque and only ever saw them wearing a hijab or a...

January 16, 2020

Kanye West to headline evangelical mass prayer rally alongside homophobic hate preachers

Kanye West has announced that he will take part in a mass prayer rally starring multiple anti-LGBT+ hate preachers this Saturday, January 18. Awaken2020 will be a huge evangelical prayer rally taking place in a Tempe, Arizona, football stadium which accommodates 50,000 people. The event’s website says it will be...

January 16, 2020

Owen Jones attacker motivated by homophobia or hatred for left-wing views, court hears

A man who attacked the gay left-wing journalist Owen Jones last year was motivated either by Jones’ sexuality or his left-wing views, prosecutors told a court. Three men – James Healy, Charlie Ambrose, and Liam Tracey – pled to a charge of affray over the attack outside an Islington pub on 17 August, and sentencing...

January 16, 2020

‘Unduly lenient’ sentence for serial rapist who attacked 48 men to be reviewed

The sentence for rapist Reynhard Sinaga is to be reviewed, after it was deemed “unduly lenient”. Sinaga was sentenced to serve a minimum of 30 years behind bars after being found guilty of 136 counts of rape, predominantly against straight men who he would target outside bars in Manchester. On Thursday,...

January 16, 2020

Ezra Furman on being a gender nonconforming, bisexual Jew in Donald Trump’s nihilistic world

Ezra Furman released his fifth album Twelve Nudes in the summer of last year. And since then, we haven’t been able to stop listening to it. This is why. First, it is a hymn to humankind. Secondly, and quite, paradoxically, it is also a cry for help and a roar against what this same humankind … Continued The...

January 16, 2020

Ian McKellen warned best friend Patrick Stewart a role on Star Trek would end his career

Patrick Stewart was warned by Ian McKellen about picking up a role in the Star Trek series because it would spell the end of his career. The 79-year-old was famously beamed across TV screens across the world as Jean-Luc Picard from 1987 to 1994, and has since reprised the role for an array of follow-up …...