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December 9, 2019

Pete Buttigieg is tied with Donald Trump in Republican stronghold of Arizona as popularity surges

Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg is soaring in popularity in the Republican-dominated state of Arizona, with a new poll putting him neck-and-neck with Donald Trump. Alongside his fellow Democratic hopeful Joe Biden, Buttigieg is in a statistical dead heat with Trump, suggesting that even staunch Republicans in Arizona...

December 9, 2019

Football star Matt Gay backs anti-bullying campaign after years of homophobic taunting over his name

NFL star Matt Gay has spoken out about facing bullying because of his name. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers placekicker will show solidarity with LGBT+ people as part of the NFL My Cause, My Cleats campaign, which sees players decorate their shoes to show support for a particular cause. Speaking to the Tampa Bay Times, Gay...

December 9, 2019

These London boroughs are the worst for homophobic and transphobic hate crimes

As hate crimes continue to rise in London, data from the Home Office and the Met Police reveals the most dangerous boroughs in the capital to be a minority. Homophobic and transphobic hate crimes have more than doubled in England and Wales in the last four years. In London, reports of overall hate crimes have …...

December 9, 2019

Lorraine Kelly comes out as a trans ally, slams media for broadcasting ‘debates’ about trans equality

Daytime television presenter Lorraine Kelly has come out swinging for the trans community in the UK. In an interview for Attitude magazine’s January issue, ‘Activists and Allies’, Kelly took aim at Ann Widdecombe and TV broadcasters for making LGBT+ equality into a “debate”. Kelly also...

December 9, 2019

First-ever Pride held on tiny remote island of South Georgia between South America and Antarctica

On a remote sliver thousands of miles away from South America and Antartica proper, the tiny island of St Georgia held its first Pride and quite literally everyone attended. Antartica’s summer resort, the British territory held its first LGBT+ parade last week. With the island having no permanent residents, it...

December 9, 2019

Pioneering testicle transplant raises hopes of future surgery for transgender men

A groundbreaking testicle transplant operation has taken place, raising hopes of potential future operations for transgender patients. Several of the world’s leading experts in genital surgery performed the pioneering operation for an unnamed cisgender man in Belgrade, Serbia. The man was born without testicles due...

December 9, 2019

TV homophobe and former adviser to Ronald Reagan peddles drinking bleach as a cure for HIV, STIs and disabilities

A homophobic right-wing pundit and former adviser to Ronald Reagan is endorsing a ‘miracle’ drink that can supposedly cure anything from autism to infertility – but it’s actually just bleach. Anti-gay campaigner Alan Keyes, who once compared the right for gay people to marry to that of people’s...

December 9, 2019

The new Wonder Woman 1984 trailer is full of drag queen kicks, bisexual energy… and is that Diana Prince on a date with another woman?

The Wonder Woman 1984 trailer is an instant queer classic and the internet will not hear otherwise. Gal Gadot is back as Diana Prince, immortal demigoddess, Amazon princess and bonafide bisexual icon, for another instalment of the Worlds of DC. Wonder Woman 1984 sees the warrior’s story jump ahead by about 70 years,...

December 9, 2019

Jo Swinson on sharing space with trans women, ‘tank-topped bum boys’ and whether or not gay sex is a sin

In a Q&A with PinkNews Jo Swinson has distanced herself from her former party leader Tim Farron and Lib Dem candidate Dr Phillip Lee over their views on LGBT+ issues. The Liberal Democrat leader told PinkNews that she “disagrees with anyone who thinks being gay somehow equates with sin”, stressing that the...

December 9, 2019

Bette Midler tried to publicly shame three girls for using their phones in an art gallery – and it epically backfired

Problematic actor Bette Midler was read by basically the entire internet after she tried to publicly shame three girls for looking at their phones instead of art in a gallery. Midler shared a photo of the girls nose-deep in their smart phones – seemingly oblivious to the painting hung behind them – and asked Twitter:...