World War 3 may be imminent but this queer reimagining of Coachella should take your mind off impending doom
What does Baby Yoda’s mug, Babadook, Fat Thor and Nancy Pelosi clapping all have in common? They’re all set to perform at this year’s Coachella. In anticipation of both everyone in human existence being exhausted about Coachella by February and the impending threat of World War 3, queer folk on Twitter...
Jonathan Van Ness joining Elizabeth Warren on the campaign trail is an early contender for crossover of the decade
Jonathan Van Ness will join Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren for a gorgeous campaign moment ahead of the Iowa caucuses. The non-binary Queer Eye star sent an email to Warren supporters announcing his plans to hit the campaign trail in the lead-up to the February 3 caucuses. “I don’t know about...
Pakistan takes serious steps towards ending discrimination by extending free healthcare to trans people
Pakistan has extended free healthcare to transgender citizens for the first time, in a move that will help lessen discrimination against trans people. All trans people in Pakistan will now be eligible for free medical treatment, including transition-related care. The government is giving trans people a special health card...
Pose star Indya Moore is playing a non-binary character in Steven Universe and we have no moral choice but to stan
Indya Moore, the non-binary Pose actor, has joined the cast of Steven Universe: Future. Having made their name playing ballroom star turned model Angel Evangelista in Pose, Moore is now lending their considerable talents to Steven Universe: Future. Moore plays Shep, Sadie Miller’s non-binary partner who helps Steven...
Staunch LGBT+ ally Julián Castro announces his exit from race to be next US president
Julian Castro, the only Latino in the presidential race and a longtime LGBT+ ally, has announced he’s ending his run for the Democratic nomination. The former housing secretary and mayor of San Antonio, Texas, said on January 2 that he was ending his campaign to become the next president of the US. In a video …...
Boris Johnson adviser Dominic Cummings says Westminster doesn’t need any more ‘drivel’ about gender identity
Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s top adviser, has written a rambling blog post about jobs at Number 10 – but says Westminster doesn’t need any more “drivel” about gender identity. Vowing to eliminate “blah blah” gender-identity diversity targets from Number 10, Cummings said that people...
RuPaul’s daytime talkshow has been told to sashay away (sorry, we couldn’t help it) after just three weeks
The new talk show hosted by RuPaul was more Noprah than Oprah, it appears, as TV bosses have decided not to continue it past an initial three-week trial run. RuPaul was hoping for another Drag Race-sized hit with his self-titled talk show, a sequel of sorts to his 1990s hit, The RuPaul Show. Billed as …...
It’s three days into 2020 and the internet has declared its first gay icon, Casualty star Amanda Henderson
We’re now three days into 2020, and not only is World War III on the horizon, but the internet has officially welcomed its first LGBT+ icon, actor Amanda Henderson. The roaring 20s have kicked off after the Casualty star unwittingly caused mass hysteria and face palms after she provided Greta Thunberg with a birthday...
UN torture expert accuses United States of torturing trans whistleblower Chelsea Manning
A top UN official has accused the US of torturing Chelsea Manning, the transgender whistleblower who is being held in prison over her refusal to testify against WikiLeaks. Manning, a former army intelligence officer, has been subjected to “an open-ended, progressively severe measure of coercion fulfilling all the...
