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November 28, 2019

Queer justice department employees are ‘afraid their jobs are in jeopardy’ over landmark Supreme Court LGBT rights cases

LGBT+ employees at the Department of Justice are afraid they’ll lose their jobs if the Trump administration arguments win out in three landmark Supreme Court cases about LGBT+ discrimination protections. In a letter to the attorney general, DOJ Pride – which represents LGBT+ DOJ employees – says that the cases have...

November 28, 2019

New Jersey is the latest state to join the fight to let trans people use the right bathroom

The attorney general of New Jersey has announced that the state has filed a brief in support of transgender students being allowed to use the bathroom consistent with their gender identity. Gurbir Grewal, the 61st attorney general of New Jersey, announced the move on November 27. “People have the right to be treated...

November 28, 2019

Being the ‘gay cousin’ at Thanksgiving is a lot of work, the internet says

With countless LGBT+ people headed home for Thanksgiving, the internet is groaning under the weight of America’s “gay cousins” letting off steam. For those who aren’t lucky enough to spend Thanksgiving with chosen family, the holidays can often be a difficult period. Arriving back to your hometown...

November 28, 2019

Andy Warhol museum to be covered in queer blood for World AIDS Day

The Andy Warhol Museum in Pennsylvania will be covered in projected images of real queer blood for World AIDS Day, to protest the FDA’s discriminatory blood donation ban on men who have sex with men. Artist Jordan Eagles will create the light installation Illuminations, projecting panels created with the blood of 59...

November 28, 2019

Tory justice minister defends Boris Johnson’s right to call gay men ‘tank topped bum boys’. Yes, really

Conservative justice minister Chris Philp said he believes in “free speech” while being asked whether it was acceptable for Boris Johnson to call gay men “tank topped bum boys”. Philp was challenged by LBC’s Eddie Mair on Johnson’s history of using homophobic slurs. Reading out a...

November 28, 2019

Trump gives World AIDS day proclamation and fails to mention LGBT people. Again

Donald Trump’s proclamation for World AIDS Day 2019 made no mention of LGBT+ people, despite the fact that the community is one of the most severely affected by the disease. The US president has made similar proclamations on the other two World AIDS Days he has been in office, 2017 and 2018, and he also …...

November 28, 2019

Trump gives World AIDS day proclamation and fails to mention LGBT people. Again

November 28, 2019

Celine Dion and Billy Porter will star in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade – invited by the gay man who runs the show

Today will be the 93rd Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in New York, and stars including Billy Porter and Celine Dion will take part. Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade is masterminded by Wesley Whatley, who’s worked at Macy’s for 16 years and describes the Macy’s Parade as “…the last surviving, long...

November 28, 2019

A town’s Christmas parade was cancelled after threats a ‘love is love’ rainbow float would be pelted with tomatoes

The west Tennessee town of Troy truly got into the festive spirit by demanding that a ‘love everybody’ float in a Christmas parade be torn down and threatened tomato-based violence. Dwight Tittle, 47, came up with the idea of a float based on the Bible verse: ‘Let us love one another, for love is...

November 28, 2019

This Thanksgiving, transgender YouTuber Ryan Cassata gives thanks for his chosen queer family

Ryan Cassata is a transgender YouTuber, singer-songwriter and performer. I was 13 years old and had recently started my coming out process. Members of my extended family would say things to me like: “You don’t have to do this for attention, this whole gay thing.” My romantic relationships were completely ignored and never...