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December 12, 2019

This guy asked Grindr users how they were voting in the election and the results were… eye-opening

In the only poll that matters during the UK’s third general election in five years, 77 per cent of London-based Grindr users intended to vote for the Labour Party today. They might be a dom top in the sheets, but what are they voting in the streets? Polling 788 Grindr users in the capital city, … Continued The...

December 12, 2019

Exit poll suggests Tories will remain in power after divisive UK election. This is what it means for LGBT people

The Conservative Party have secured a victory in the UK general election, the exit poll released after voting has closed suggests. SkyNews reported an exit poll win with 368 seats for the Conservative Party, far beyond the minimum 326 seats needed for a majority. Labour Party suffered a drastic defeat, claiming just 191...

December 12, 2019

Lesbian who started self-harming after being forced through traumatising conversion therapy has been found dead

A lesbian who spoke out against the trauma of conversion therapy has been found dead from a suspected suicide. Alana Chen, 24, was reported missing by her family this week when she didn’t return from a hiking trip. Her car was found next to a reservoir in Chautauqua Park in Colorado, and search parties identified...

December 12, 2019

Judi Dench seems to suggest her Cats character is transgender in bizarre interview

Overall, one of the strangest moments of pop culture in the last decade was the arrival of Cats, and the movie has gotten even weirder after actor Judi Dench revealed her different take on her feline character. The 85-year-old is starring as Old Deuteronomy, a wise and beloved elderly cat who serves as a fatherly figure...

December 12, 2019

LGBT Conservatives tried to shame Stormzy for his past use of homophobic slurs, but it majorly backfired

Rapper and Labour supporter Stormzy hit back at the LGBT Conservatives’ attempt to resurface his previous use of homophobic slurs by pointing out Boris Johnson’s own unapologetic use of anti-gay rhetoric. New voter registration spiked by an incredible 236 per cent the day after the grime artist officially...

December 12, 2019

Pete Buttigieg came face to face with Lizzo and told her emphatically he’s ‘100% that…’

Gay US presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg met Lizzo on on CBS’s This Morning – and it turns out that Mayor Pete is a big fan. Buttigieg, the gay mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was on the show to tease an upcoming segment – as, it turns out, was Lizzo. Host Gayle King asked Buttigieg: “Mr … Continued The...

December 12, 2019

Mural of Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera – the largest trans mural in the world – vandalised with moustaches

A mural commemorating the Stonewall Riots – painted to honour transgender icons Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, who were key figures in the protests – has been defaced by vandals. Police in Texas are looking for people who vandalised the mural, which features LGBT+ activists Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. Dark...

December 12, 2019

Grindr announces new rollout of safety features in countries where bigotry and hate puts users at risk

Dating app Grindr has announced it will roll out a string of new safety features across countries where the LGBT+ community is at risk by extreme homophobic laws and attitudes to better protect them. From unending messages to temporary photos, the security measures will ensure that users in patches of the world where...

December 12, 2019

Man inscribed swastika into door, smashed windows and spat at police in ‘homophobic’ attack on pub landlords

In a string of crimes over four days, a man inscribed a swastika on a pub door, smashed windows and shouted homophobic language at the pub landlords before spitting at police as he was arrested. According to DerbyshireLive, Kierien Harrison, 27, who has Asperger’s syndrome, was arrested in the early hours of October...

December 12, 2019

Blind trans woman brutally beaten by a gang of teenagers as she got off a bus

Police are investigating a suspected hate crime after a blind trans woman was brutally assaulted by a gang of four teenagers as she got off a bus. The incident occurred in Tukwila, a suburb of Seattle in Washington on Tuesday, December 10. The victim told detectives she had an altercation with the teens at the …...