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December 3, 2019

Laura Dern says she struggled to find work after starring in Ellen’s landmark coming out episode

Laura Dern has revealed that she couldn’t get work for a year after starring in an episode of Ellen DeGeneres’ sitcom where the star came out as gay. Dern appeared in the 1997 episode of Ellen called ‘The Puppy Episode’ as Susan, an out lesbian who helps Ellen’s character come to terms with her sexuality....

December 3, 2019

To the surprise of literally nobody, Nigel Farage just defended Boris Johnson calling gay men ‘bum boys’

The Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage defended British prime minister Boris Johnson’s use of homophobic, racist, sexist and Islamophobic terms during a radio interview today. During a question and answer segment on BBC Radio Five Live this morning, the lawmaker excused comments made by Johnson during his stint as a...

December 3, 2019

Elizabeth Warren shares tearful moment with queer teen when asked about acceptance

Elizabeth Warren was asked by a tearful young queer person about acceptance during an Iowa campaign event, and she responded by telling a moving, personal story and giving the teen a big hug. 17-year-old Raelyn, who only wants to be identified by her first name, teared up as she asked Warren: “I was wondering if...

December 3, 2019

Pastor who said Pride is ‘harmful to children’ is suing primary school he worked at because his ‘religious freedom’ was violated

A UK pastor who said that Pride events were “harmful to children” is suing the primary school he also worked at as a caretaker because he said it left him with no option but to resign. Keith Waters from Ely, Cambridgeshire, made the comments on Twitter during the first-ever Cambridge Pride festival and was...

December 3, 2019

Harry Styles teases new song with magical under-the-sea video and we have so many questions

Harry Styles has released a video trailer for ‘Adore You’ – set on the whimsical, magical, fictional island of Eroda. ‘Adore You’ will be released on Friday. It’s the third song on Fine Line, his much-anticipated second album, which will be released on 13 December. Styles announced Fine Line...

December 3, 2019

Woman smashes car with baseball bat over her girlfriend’s affair with her own mother

Armed with a baseball bat, a 22-year-old woman bust the windows of a car after she found out her girlfriend was in a relationship with her mother. Courts in Toowoomba, Australia, heard that the woman, who cannot be named, went to her estranged partner’s home with the bat on 10 October. Then, she smashed a …...

December 3, 2019

This is what gay swimmer Michael Gunning learned about life after surviving Manchester Arena terrorist attack

Gay swimmer Michael Gunning has revealed that surviving the Manchester Arena terrorist attack made him realise that life is “so short”. Gunning – who is currently hoping to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games – opened up to the BBC about the terrifying moment a bomb went off at the Ariana Grande concert in …...

December 3, 2019

Jonathan Van Ness makes history as Cosmo’s ‘first non-female cover star’

Can you believe? Non-binary Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness has become Cosmopolitan‘s first-ever ‘non-female cover star’. Van Ness will grace the cover of the January 2020 issue of Cosmopolitan UK in a Christian Siriano peach gown paired with tube socks and trainers, and according to the magazine he will...

December 2, 2019

Kim Petras trolling the Westboro Baptist Church while they protest her gig is the energy we want to take into 2020

Trans pop star Kim Petras single-handedly ended all homophobia after she trolled notoriously anti-LGBT Christian protesters at her US gig last weekend. Standing in the cold in beanies and puffer jackets, holding signs saying ‘God hates F**s’ up high, members of the ultra-conservative Westboro Church tried to...

December 2, 2019

Evian has the best response to a homophobe who claimed water bottle design was ‘gay propaganda’

Fellas, is it gay to drink bottled water? That’s the question Twitter users asked after a user dumped a bottle of Evian with an LGBT-inclusive design in the bin. The French company released a design of the bottle featuring a chic queer couple holding hand-in-hand as part of their ‘Prestige’ range last...