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January 15, 2020

Anti-trans group LGB Alliance just released a pop single and we honestly don’t know where to start

Trans-exclusive pressure group LGB Alliance has followed in the footsteps of groups everywhere that are definitely not cults by releasing their own theme tune. The group opted for a stripped-back, white-people-singing-gospel energy for the Bekka Bright track “Stand Up”, released on Monday to universal acclaim....

January 15, 2020

Pete Buttigieg attends Black gay fundraiser amidst criticism he’s ‘anti-Black and anti-poor’

US presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg this week attended a Black gay fundraiser, co-hosted by Empire writer/director Lee Daniels. In the same week, Black Lives Matter activists protested a Buttigieg campaign rally and questioned the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, over his record on race. During the fundraiser, which...

January 15, 2020

Pete Buttigieg inadvertently unites everywhere stoners after claiming ‘the J stands for joint’

Pete Buttigieg made a comment at the Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa, and inadvertently united stoners everywhere. The South Bend Indiana mayor and gay presidential hopeful was asked by CNN White House correspondent Abby Philip how he would face the threat of nuclear weapons if elected....

January 15, 2020

This bizarre story about a straight man and a cauliflower will make you feel better about your romantic life

Dating can be hard, and no one has it harder than those whose dates include the straight man. A perfect example of this surfaced on the internet this week, when a writer and editor at Funny Or Die called Sloane Hughes posted about having a straight man over for dinner a few years ago. Sloane … Continued The post...

January 15, 2020

Teen boy charged with murder of gay man ‘beaten to death’ in front of his husband on Christmas Eve

A third teenage boy has been arrested over the death of a man who was fatally attacked in front of his husband in New York City on Christmas Eve. A 14-year-old and a 15-year-old boy – both charged as minors – are facing face murder charges alongside 18-year-old Abu Conteh over the killing of Juan … Continued The...

January 15, 2020

Trailblazing actor Haaz Sleiman reveals ‘debilitating and crippling fear’ over growing up gay and Arab

Lebanese-American actor Haaz Sleiman has opened up about his experience of growing up gay and Arab, saying the fear was “debilitating and crippling”. Sleiman is set to star in upcoming Apple TV+ anthology series Little America, which tells stories of immigrant experiences. He will appear in an episode called “The Son” as a...

January 15, 2020

Tennessee just passed a bill to stop same-sex parents from adopting

The Tennessee state senate has started out the year by signing a bill that will allow faith-based adoption and foster agencies the ability to discriminate against LGBT+ people. The bill declares that no licensed adoption agency would be required to participate in a child placement with an LGBT+ family if doing so would...

January 15, 2020

New queer community space for London rises from the ashes of XXL closure

After the closure of nightclub XXL left a gap in London’s gay scene, local councillors have secured a new LGBT+ space with aims to open by 2022. XXL was a fixture in London’s after-hours since 2000, being hosted in Pulse, a club in Southbank, since 2012. But a dizzying and drawn-out battle with developers...

January 15, 2020

Friend of student who died by suicide after viral drag queen protest condemns online abuse

A friend of Wilson Gavin, the conservative student who died by suicide after a video of him leading a drag queen story time protest went viral, has spoken out to condemn online abuse and vitriol. Around 15 to 20 students from the University of Queensland Liberal National Club protested at Brisbane Square Library,...

January 15, 2020

Will & Grace exec denies feud between Debra Messing and Megan Mullally led to show’s end

An NBC exec has denied that rumours of a feud between Will & Grace stars Debra Messing and Megan Mullally led to the show’s end. The beloved gay comedy show is set to come to an end at the end of its current eleventh season, just three years after making a return to screens. Rumours … Continued The post...