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January 3, 2020

Teenager allegedly seized trans person by the throat during hate attack in Indian takeaway

An 18-year-old is to stand trial for allegedly seizing a trans person by the arm and throat in a hate attack in a takeaway shop in Scotland. Todd Campbell is facing trial for the alleged hate attack, which happened at House of Singh in Ardrossan, Ayrshire, a town 30 miles south-west of Glasgow. His trial …...

January 3, 2020

Religious bigots – sorry, we mean critics – will be free to attack same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland under new law

An anti-LGBT+ Christian group has reportedly won concessions from the government which will allow for criticism of marriage equality and will give religious groups the power to sack staff who enter into a same-sex marriage. The Christian Institute said that the government’s Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has committed...

January 3, 2020

Trans man shot and killed while driving a taxi is the US’s first known violent trans death of 2020

Dustin Parker, a 25-year-old trans man, was fatally shot in the early hours of New Year’s Day while driving a taxi. It is the first known violent trans death of 2020 in the US. Parker was driving a cab for Rover Taxi, which had been giving out free rides for New Year’s Eve, in McAlester, … Continued The...

January 3, 2020

Andrew Adonis, a politician who came out only three months ago, doesn’t understand why an MP coming out is important

British lawmaker Andrew Adonis, who leapt into headlines late last year after coming out as gay, doesn’t understand why politician Layla Moran coming out as pansexual is important. Liberal Democrat and potential party leader Layla Moran came out as pansexual to PinkNews yesterday, criticising parliament as a...

January 3, 2020

Todrick Hall admits he was initially ‘apprehensive’ about sharing his sexuality with Taylor Swift

Singer and RuPaul’s Drag Race star Todrick Hall has described his friendship with Taylor Swift as one of his “favourite things he’s done”, but admits he hesitated before opening up about his sexuality. Taylor Swift has previously spoken of how a question from Hall convinced her to speak out for...

January 3, 2020

Right-wing radio host insists Hitler’s officers were ‘hardcore homosexuals’ and the Nazi Party started in a gay bar

Evangelical radio host Bryan Fischer has made the baffling claim that all the officers in Hitler’s private army were “hardcore homosexuals” and that the Nazi Party itself began in a gay bar. Bryan Fischer made the comments on the right-wing radio network American Family Radio, which is owned by the...

January 3, 2020

Plot twist! Marvel won’t be getting its first trans character ‘soon’ after all

Marvel won’t be welcoming any trans characters “soon” it appears, after sources close to Kevin Feige reportedly clarified his earlier comments. Feige sparked a flurry of optimistic headlines last week when was asked at a New York Film Academy Q&A event whether Marvel had any plans “on bringing...

January 3, 2020

Straight man won’t call his girlfriend ‘babe’ because he thinks ’emotions are gay’ and we are already over this decade

In today’s episode of Straight Men Say The Darnedest Things, a 24-year-old woman has complained to the internet that her boyfriend won’t show affection because “expressing emotions is gay”. It is the year 2020. Humankind is sending a mission to Mars. Trans people are – slowly, and not without a...

January 3, 2020

Ricky Gervais repeatedly misgenders fictional trans woman in bizarre attempt to defend anti-trans Twitter rant

Comedian and Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais has attempted to address the controversy over his anti-trans Twitter rant in support of Harry Potter author JK Rowling last month. Gervais faced calls to step down as the host of the 2020 Golden Globe Awards after he sided with Rowling as she aligned herself with a woman who...

January 2, 2020

Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran comes out as pansexual: ‘Pan is about the person, not the gender’

Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran has revealed she is in a relationship with a woman and identifies as pansexual, in an interview with PinkNews. The MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, who was first elected to parliament in 2017, revealed for the first time that she is in a relationship with former Lib Dem press …...