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December 4, 2019

Charli XCX really, really wants you to vote for a party that ‘supports LGBTQ rights’ in upcoming election

Charli XCX has urged British fans to vote for progressive pro-LGBT parties on December 12. The ‘Boys’ singer joined a number of celebrities making their voices heard ahead of the general election. In a Twitter post, she wrote: “Uk angels, please make sure you use your voice and vote in this months general...

December 4, 2019

Queer former Google employees give damning indictment of tech giant after being fired at Thanksgiving

Three LGBT+ workers who were fired by Google during Thanksgiving week are alleging that they were dismissed by the tech giant because of their employee activism, and plan to file federal charges. Laurence Berland, Sophie Waldman and Rebecca Rivers, who all identify as LGBT+, were fired duing the same week, along with...

December 4, 2019

Queer former Google employees give damning indictment of tech giant after being fired at Thanksgiving

December 4, 2019

Police hunting suspect over homophobic hammer attack that saw victim thrown onto train tracks

Police in New York City have released a sketch of a suspect in an alleged homophobic hate crime. The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the November 22 attack, after a 21-year-old was reportedly attacked with a hammer and thrown onto the tracks of the NYC subway. New York police seek suspect over hammer...

December 4, 2019

Woman refuses to invite her brother’s boyfriend to her wedding, asks him to pretend to be straight

A gay man’s sister refused to invite his partner of five years to her wedding because her soon-to-be husband comes from a religious family, and the internet has thoughts. The man posted on the subreddit “Am I the A**hole”, a community on the social media platform Reddit which describes itself as: “A...

December 4, 2019

Republican Christian fired for coming out as transgender has powerful message for bigots hiding behind religion

A lifelong Republican voter and conservative Christian has written a powerful piece about why the fight for transgender rights must cut across religious and political divides. Trans woman Erin Dotten, who was fired six months after coming out as trans at work and was told she was fired because of her transition, wrote for...

December 4, 2019

Gay man and trans woman brutally attacked and robbed in Palestine in distressing viral video

A trans woman, a gay man and their friend were brutally battered in Palestine by a group of men – kicked and shoved into a car – before being robbed yesterday. Sammy, a trans woman, was in the West Bank to attend a doctor’s appointment in the northwestern neighbourhood of Kafr ‘Aqab on Tuesday with …...

December 4, 2019

13 of the biggest and most influential celebrity coming out stories of 2019

As the end of 2019 looms and the season of reflection and nostalgia begins, we’ve rounded up the boldest coming out stories from celebrities who have proudly and publicly told the world they’re part of the LGBT+ community. It feels like 2019 permanently has a rainbow over it because this year has been full of...

December 4, 2019

TikTok admits it censored LGBT users in ‘wrong’ attempt to tackle online bullying

TikTok has admitted that in its early days it censored posts by users it deemed “vulnerable” in a misguided attempt to prevent online bullying. Documents obtained by the German site netzpolitik.org from an anonymous source at the Chinese-owned company showed that accounts and posts from LGBT+ people, body...

December 4, 2019

Star Wars director JJ Abrams teases LGBT representation in The Rise of Skywalker and it’s queerbaiting 101

Star Wars director JJ Abrams has used a press junket for a spot of queerbaiting, teasing that there will be LGBT+ representation in his upcoming film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. A queer romance between characters Finn and Poe has long been hoped for by fans. “That relationship to me is a far deeper one …...