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December 6, 2019

Instagram deleted Jason Derulo’s thirst trap and he’s seriously not happy about it

Singer Jason Derulo has a bone to pick with Instagram after his risqué underwear photograph was removed. The rapper was caught between a rock and a hard place earlier this week after the social media website took down his viral photo form last month because it violated community guidelines. Derulo lashed back against the...

December 6, 2019

These lines from Drag Race can also be said during sex and – with every pun intended – we’re gagging

When Twitter was asked to “name a line from Drag Race that you can also say during sex”, she well and truly delivered. If you’ve been online during the past week, there’s a good chance you’ve come across the “things you can also say during [blank] and sex” meme. It’s a simple...

December 6, 2019

The little-known story of the nationwide queer protest which happened three whole years before the Stonewall uprising

The Stonewall riots of 1969 are often cited as the moment that gave rise to the modern LGBT+ rights movement. It was a seminal moment for LGBT+ people in the United States – but it wasn’t the first time gay people had protested against mistreatment. Three years before the Stonewall riots kicked off, gay people …...

December 6, 2019

The little-known story of the nationwide queer protest which happened three whole years before the Stonewall uprising

December 6, 2019

Queer couples in Israel have found a loophole to have their same-sex marriages recognised despite not being legal

A gay couple from Israel have opened up about their experience of getting married in Portugal because same-sex marriage is not legal in their home country. Liran Buchny and Maor Shtern spoke to CBS This Morning about how they celebrated their wedding despite their country’s laws. The couple – who met almost a decade ago...

December 6, 2019

Transgender cyclist swamped with death threats after Donald Trump Jr ‘Twitter tantrum’

Transgender cyclist Rachel McKinnon has said she is facing death threats and abuse online after being targeted by Donald Trump Jr. McKinnon, an athlete and philosophy professor, was targeted by the president’s son in October after picking up a gold medal in a women’s event at the U.C.I. Masters Track Cycling...

December 6, 2019

Sisters from viral Haim meme literally – not figuratively, literally – don’t know the meaning of homophobia

Homophobia – dislike or prejudice against gay people – is over. Cancelled. Gone. Destroyed. Over. Cancel the parades, take down the LGBT+ Pride flags. None of it is necessary anymore. For we have finally encountered real life human beings who sincerely do not know what it is. “Home of phone”, as Deserie...

December 6, 2019

Gang of teenagers brutally beat gay couple with iron bars leaving one victim with permanent disfigurement

A gay couple in France have been hospitalised after being brutally attacked by a gang of teens armed with iron bars. The couple, aged 19 ad 22, were “ambushed” by the teens while parking their car in the Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis, police say. Gay couple in France were ‘ambushed’ by teens...

December 6, 2019

Donald Trump, the most anti-gay and anti-trans president in recent history, is selling Pride t-shirts

Donald Trump has taken a brief break from infringing upon the rights of LGBT+ people in the United States to release a Pride-themed t-shirt. The president kindly put aside his efforts to roll back LGBT+ rights for a few minutes so his team could release a Pride-themed t-shirt that bears the slogan: “Make America Great...

December 6, 2019

The 1975’s Matt Healy just came out as an ‘aesthete’

The 1975 lead singer Matt Healy has addressed the backlash that followed his decision to kiss a male fan on-stage in Dubai in August. When The 1975 performed in Dubai, lead singer Matt Healy brought a male fan up on stage and kissed him in protest of the country’s archaic anti-homosexuality laws. While the singer …...