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January 11, 2020

Dancing on Ice stars Ian ‘H’ Watkins and Matt Evers want to ‘add romance’ and make their routines ‘steamier’

Dancing on Ice stars Ian ‘H’ Watkins and Matt Evers have asked producers to “add some romance” to their dance routines to make them “a little steamier.” Steps singer Watkins made history with his dance partner Evers last weekend when they performed a same-sex dance routine on ITV’s Dancing on Ice....

January 11, 2020

Cate Blanchett plays anti-LGBT conservative Phyllis Schlafly in star-studded Mrs. America trailer

Cate Blanchett is beloved by queer audiences for her iconic lesbian role in Carol, but one of her biggest roles of 2020 will be very different. Blanchett is set to star as conservative Phyllis Schlafly in upcoming FX series Mrs. America. Schlafly was one of the most vocal female opponents to the 1970s Women’s...

January 11, 2020

Israel education minister says his kids can’t be gay because they grew up in a ‘healthy, natural way’

The education minister in Israel has said his kids couldn’t be gay because they grew up in “a healthy and natural way.” Minister Rafi Peretz – who is also head of the Jewish Home party and a former chief rabbi in Israel’s Defence Forces – has been widely criticised for the remarks, which he made …...

January 11, 2020

Politician from a town called Snowflake quietly drops bid to ban the word ‘homosexuality’ from schools

A Republican senator from the town of Snowflake in Arizona has backtracked on a bill banning the word ‘homosexuality’ from schools after facing widespread ridicule. Snowflake senator Sylvia Allen attacked the state’s sex education laws with a proposal to remove all mention of LGBT+ matters from public...

January 11, 2020

Trump’s attempt to fire HIV-positive airmen was just blocked a second time

The Trump administration’s latest bid to have two HIV-positive airmen discharged from service has been blocked by courts for a second time. The two men, referred to by the pseudonyms Roe and Voe, were given discharge orders in 2017 on the basis that they couldn’t be deployed to the Middle East due to their...

January 11, 2020

Shawn Mendes tops list of most-searched names on gay porn site in 2019

Singer Shawn Mendes has been classified as the most searched name on gay porn site Men.com. The gay porn site analysed all the data from their website searches in 2019 and released a top-ten list of the most searched names. Mendes tops the list, with Justin Bieber coming in at number three. They are the …...

January 11, 2020

Janelle Monáe just appeared to come out as non-binary

The American singer, actress and producer Janelle Monáe has seemingly come out as non-binary using the hashtag #IAmNonBinary. The hashtag was trending on Twitter on Friday as many non-binary people used it to come out. Others used it as an educational tool, or to simply boost visibility of gender non-conforming identities....

January 11, 2020

Mafia heir defies her traditional family upbringing to become a powerful transgender activist

The oldest child of a Mafia boss has overcome her strict family upbringing to become a transgender woman and one of Italy’s leading LGBT+ activists. When Daniela Lourdes Falanga was born she was believed to be the first male heir of the Camorra clan and expected to take over the ‘family business’. But at...

January 10, 2020

Cartons of eggs, toy binoculars and Jenga – yes, Jenga – among available products which are ‘unnecessarily gendered’

Pink for girls and blue boys is, for some reason, a colour coding rule that we all indirectly sign up for when assigned a gender at birth. But these are terms and conditions that, of course, nobody reads. As societies gradually move away from the binary approach to gender identity and expression, we’re increasingly...

January 10, 2020

Donald Trump’s favourite ‘hate preacher Franklin Graham will preach in Sheffield despite fierce opposition

Christian preacher Franklin Graham, who once claimed gay people existing are causing a “moral 9/11”, is set to preach at an English town and people are not happy about it. Delivering a speech around 35 years to the day of his father, Billy Graham, spoke in the city of Sheffield, England, Franklin will speak at...