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January 2, 2020

This guy’s family tried to have a ‘meeting’ about him being gay and his mum hit back with great vengeance and furious anger

In today’s edition of ‘People We Have No Choice But To Stan’, the mother of a gay man gloriously cleared the room after their family held a “meeting” over her son’s sexuality. Cydney Presccott took to Twitter on December 26 to explain how his family gathered on Christmas to discuss him...

January 2, 2020

Drag Race fans think All Stars 5 is ‘being held hostage’ after complaints of ‘burnout’

RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 5 is yet to rear its head two full days into the new decade, and the internet would like answers. So far this year (all two days of it), the Drag Race fandom is bereft of new content to consume. As the series’ popularity soared throughout the 2010s, RuPaul’s response …...

January 2, 2020

A German trans man underwent mandatory sterilisation to legally transition. Now he wants justice

A trans man from Germany who was sterilised in order to obtain the correct gender marker on his legal documents is demanding compensation and a government apology. Tsepo Bollwinkel said he was “eager to follow the rules, even if they sounded insane” when authorities insisted he be sterilised to be legally...

January 2, 2020

Anti-LGBT Christian group threatens legal action over equal marriage in Northern Ireland

An anti-LGBT+ Christian group has threatened to take legal action over the extension of same-sex marriage to Northern Ireland. Gay weddings are set to begin in the region on Valentine’s Day, after Westminster moved to extend equal marriage to the region in the absence of a devolved parliament. However, London-based...

January 2, 2020

Dundee man charged with ‘making homophobic and racist remarks before hitting woman with a bin’

A Dundee man has been accused of making homophobic and racist comments towards a woman and man, before throwing a bin at a second woman. Robbie Lynch, 20, appeared in court after an alleged incident on December 29. He has been accused of shouting, swearing and acting aggressively towards a woman and man, who he …...

January 2, 2020

Fleabag’s ‘hot priest’ Andrew Scott wants you to stop using the term ‘casual sex’

Andrew Scott has said that he dislikes the “judgement” that the term “casual sex” invokes because it can make people feel shameful about their sex lives. The Fleabag star unpacked what the phrase means and argued that the judgement it provokes is “really dangerous”. Speaking on the How...

January 2, 2020

Handbag shop employee wins payout after boss told him to ‘pretend to be gay’ to keep his job

A man has won a discrimination payout, after he was told to pretend to be gay in order to keep his job in a handbag shop. Daniel Hart, 31, was awarded £7,840 in damages after taking action against his former employer, the Amon boutique in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. Handbag shop worker was told only … Continued The...

January 1, 2020

The biggest wins for LGBT+ rights in the 2010s – and all the battles yet to be won

As the decade ends, we take a look back at the rights won by LGBT+ people across the UK in the 2010s, and the fights that continue on. 1. Legal protections against transphobic discrimination At the start of the decade, on October 1, 2010, the Equality Act came into force, giving trans people explicit protection …...

January 1, 2020

Jazz Jennings shares photos of her scars from gender confirmation surgery

I Am Jazz star Jazz Jennings has spoken about scarring from her gender confirmation surgery. The transgender activist, now 19, shared photos on Instagram of the scarring she was left with after undergoing surgery in 2018. She wrote: “These are my scars on full display in #2019. I’m proud of my scars and love my...

January 1, 2020

Straight couples get first civil partnerships

The first mixed-sex civil partnerships have taken place, after they were opened up to straight people. Civil partnerships were initially introduced in 2004 as a segregated form of union available only to same-sex couples, and continued to exist after equal marriage became law in 2014. Straight couples enter civil...