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January 14, 2020

Billie Eilish will sing the new James Bond theme song and we literally have no choice but to stan

This is official, Billie Eilish will be voicing the theme song for the 25th James Bond film, No Time To Die. The movie producers, Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, announced on January 14 that Eilish and her brother, Finneas, have written “an incredibly powerful and moving song for No Time To Die, which has...

January 14, 2020

The ‘gay panic’ murder defence may soon be banned in New Jersey. No, we can’t believe it’s still legal either

A legal defence that justifies the murder of LGBT+ people may soon be banned in New Jersey, making the state one of only eight others to scrap the law. The ‘gay panic defence’, as it is known, justifies violence against LGBT+ people by claiming that finding out a victim’s sexuality or gender identity...

January 14, 2020

Brazil lowers the minimum age for gender confirmation surgery, but bans pre-puberty hormone blockers

Brazil has dropped the minimum age for gender confirmation surgery from 21 to 18, while simultaneously banning the use of hormone blockers in those yet to go through puberty. The new regulations issued by Brazil’s Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) were hailed as “progressive” in a country that had the...

January 14, 2020

Meet the straight man who is genuinely afraid that breastfeeding will make his kid a lesbian

In the latest offering from the internet series “Are the Straights OK?”, a straight man has asked the internet whether breastfeeding will make his baby a lesbian. Yes, really. In a recently unearthed Yahoo! Answers post, the man is genuinely afraid that breastfeeding is “an act of lesbianism” – and...

January 14, 2020

Pet owner suspects cat is a lesbian and has a girlfriend and people were quick to point out the obvious

A post has gone viral on Twitter from someone who suspects that their cat is a lesbian, and the responses will warm your soul. The post reads: “Is my cat a lesbian? I think she is. Before you call me a troll, homosexuality has been found in over 1,500 species and domestic cat (and dog) … Continued The post Pet...

January 14, 2020

Half of cisgender Americans ‘don’t care’ about relentless violence against Black trans women

Only half of cisgender people in the US consider violence against trans women a major problem, despite increasing numbers of fatal attacks on Black trans women in particular. Just 42 per cent of cis men and 59 per cent of cis women see violence against trans women as an issue, according to the Black Futures …...

January 14, 2020

Trans man who paid £10,000 for treatment calls for ‘more funding’ to help people ‘start to live their lives’

A transgender man has called for greater support for the NHS so that people who need to transition can do so sooner, without languishing for years on waiting lists at Gender Identity Clinics. Taylor Jay Burden, a 20-year-old trans man who transitioned privately because of the long waiting times for NHS treatment, said that...

January 14, 2020

Indonesian mayor condemned for ‘hateful raids’ on LGBT people after conviction of serial rapist Reynhard Sinaga

Amnesty International has condemned an Indonesian mayor for ordering LGBT+ raids in the hometown of Reynhard Sinaga, who was recently convicted as Britain’s ‘most prolific rapist’. Sinaga was sentenced to life imprisonment for attacking 48 men, who he would lure from outside of clubs in Manchester to his...

January 14, 2020

Fox News host questions whether Pete Buttigieg is really gay because he ‘doesn’t have the look’

A right-wing author and sometimes Fox News host has questioned whether Pete Buttigieg is actually gay, whether Elizabeth Warren is really a woman and said that Andrew Yang “doesn’t count” as a person of colour. The comments were made by Mark Steyn, a regular guest and guest host of Fox News’ Tucker...

January 14, 2020

Trump adviser told LGBT teenager who ‘seriously contemplated suicide’ to change her sexual orientation

An LGBT+ teenager close to considering suicide came to her minister for guidance only to be advised to “change her sexuality”. That minister, Robert Jeffress, would later become one of US president Donald Trump’s advisers. Figures. Jeffress, an evangelical pastor, is often called upon by the president...