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January 2, 2020

Dancing on Ice judge John Barrowman tells Strictly Come Dancing to ‘get with the times’ over same-sex pairings

Dancing on Ice judge John Barrowman has hit out at Strictly Come Dancing for refusing to introduce same-sex pairings. Barrowman told OK! Online that he was proud to serve as a judge on the new season of Dancing on Ice, which will feature a same-sex pairing for the first time in its history. Ian H … Continued The...

January 2, 2020

Pete Buttigieg is now neck-and-neck with Donald Trump in key battleground state Florida

Openly gay Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg is now neck-and-neck with President Donald Trump in the key battleground state of Florida, according to a new poll. The Mason-Dixon poll of 625 Florida voters scored Buttigieg at 45 compared to Trump’s 49, Politico reports. When the margin of error of four points is...

January 2, 2020

Former Disney actor embroiled in teenage sex scandal accuses judge of anti-gay bias

A former actor on Disney Channel’s Andi Mack, who was fired after he became embroiled in a teenage sex scandal, has accused the judge in his case of anti-gay bias. Stoney Westmoreland played the grandfather on Disney’s groundbreaking kids’ show Andi Mack, which featured the studio’s first character to come out...

January 2, 2020

Gay man beaten to death in front of husband by gang on Christmas Day morning

A gay Latinx man was violently beaten to death in front of his husband in the Bronx, New York in the early hours of Christmas Day. Juan Fresnada – who was known to friends as Cuba – was attacked alongside his husband Byron Caceres as they left a Bronx McDonald’s restaurant. The attackers stole just … Continued The...

January 2, 2020

The ‘Netflix of queer content’ launches across Asia despite gay sex bans

A rom-com about a lesbian flight attendant and a steamy romance set in a gay spa are just some of the shows to be found on GagaOOLala, Asia’s first queer-focused steaming service. The wonderfully-named platform is aiming to become the Netflix of queer Asian content, having recently expanded from a Taiwan-only service...

January 2, 2020

Two men were kicked out of a straight bar for dancing together after being told ‘only heterosexuals can dance’

A gay man and his straight friend were reportedly kicked out of a bar in Puerto Rico for dancing together, with staff telling them: “Heterosexuals can dance, not men with men.” Trey May shared two videos on Twitter which show him dancing with his boyfriend’s straight male friend in the Puerto Rican bar. At the …...

January 2, 2020

Munroe Bergdorf reveals she became ‘extremely self-destructive’ before transitioning

Trans model and activist Munroe Bergdorf shared a defiant message of solidarity with young trans people, admitting that she was in a “very dark” place before transitioning. Bergdorf was one of many to mark the turn of the decade by tweeting photographs of herself now and at the end of 2009. Unlike the many who...

January 2, 2020

Liam Paye’s ‘biphobic’ Both Ways and Kanye West’s ode to Chick-fil-A among worst songs of 2019

While 2019 can only be described as a truly cursed year, some good things did happen. Namely, Liam Payne’s’ biphobic’ and Kanye West’s tribute to Chick-fil-A both being named as the worst songs of 2019. Forbes rounded up their top ten worst songs of 2019, and Payne’s ‘Both Ways’...

January 2, 2020

Sorry about it homophobes, but Belize’s appeal courts just unanimously ruled that gay sex is definitely legal

A battle against an outdated colonial law has finally come to an end, after the court of appeals in Belize unanimously upheld a 2016 ruling that a ban on gay sex is unconditional. Section 53 of the country’s criminal code, which dubbed same-sex desire as “against the order of nature”, was found to go...

January 2, 2020

Columbia’s first lesbian mayor promises to end racism and xenophobia as she makes history by taking office

Columbian capital Bogotá’s first lesbian mayor has promised to eradicate racism and xenophobia in her city as she takes office. Claudia Lopez was elected mayor of the city late last year and assumed office in a ceremony on Wednesday, January 1. The 49-year-old was inaugurated in Simon Bolivar Park at an event that was...