Sam Smith, Munroe Bergdorf and Lady Phyll give passionate call to arms for LGBT community in alternative queen’s speech
A queer “Qween’s Speech” from LGBT+ icons including Sam Smith, Munroe Bergdorf and Lady Phyll has been released by Dazed, just in time for Christmas. The cast of Britain’s LGBT+ icons share a message of queer resistance for 2020 in the three-minute film, by filmmakers Zhang & Knight, creative...
People are clamouring for a Cher Christmas album to make the Yuletide even gayer
It is December 23 and across the world one clear question is ringing out: Why has Cher never recorded a Christmas album? Cher has put out an astonishing 26 albums across her decades-spanning career – including an important contribution to gay rights in the form of ABBA covers album Dancing Queen – but not one...
‘Proud homophobe’ Jair Bolsonaro apologises after telling journalist he has the ‘face of a homosexual’
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has apologised for targeting a reporter with an anti-gay outburst. The far-right Brazilian leader, who is a self-proclaimed “proud homophobe”, had lashed out at a press conference on Friday when asked about allegations of corruption levelled against his son. Responding to...
Queen’s former chaplain converts to Catholicism because Church of England is too ‘politically correct’
The Queen’s former Anglican chaplain has said he is converting to Catholicism because the Church of England has ‘swallowed political correctness’ like trans rights. Gavin Ashenden, who also happens to be a climate change denier, personally quit the Church of England in 2017. He resigned from his position...
Lesbian couple asked to ‘prove’ their marriage is real in order to buy a train ticket
The operator of Ireland’s national railway, Irish Rail, has formally apologised to a married lesbian couple who were asked to prove their marriage was real in order to buy a train ticket. Mary McNally and her wife Karen Underwood have been together more than two decades and in a civil partnership since 2012. They...
Irish leader Leo Varadkar says people have the ‘right to offend’ while speaking about homophobic abuse
Ireland’s Leo Varadkar has spoken about facing homophobic abuse. The Irish Taioseach (prime minister), one of just a handful of out world leaders, opened up about his own experience of homophobic abuse. Leo Varadkar says he has experienced ‘name-calling on the street’. He said on Friday: “If...
School official who says being gay is like being a ‘vampire paedophile’ given award for ‘defending children’
A Canadian school official who came under fire last month for comparing being LGBT+ to being a vampire or a paedophile has been given a “prestigious” award for “defending children’s wellbeing”. Michael Del Grande, a school-board representative in Toronto, was given the award for his...
Harry Styles sang Lizzo’s Juice and you need to stop what you’re doing and watch it right now
“Somebody come get your man, I think he got lost in my DMs,” Harry Styles sang, grinning, in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. “I think we’re gonna be way more than friends! Way more than friends.” Dressed in a tee from his own merch line (sold out, sorry), the Fine Line singer absolutely – …...
This lesbian couple adopted three young brothers so they could grow up together
Three young brothers who had been separated from one another have been brought together and adopted by a lesbian couple in Massachusetts. KC and Lena Currie, who got married five years ago, adopted the oldest brother – Joey, now three – in 2018, after meeting him at an event organised by non-profit group Children’s...
