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November 26, 2019

RuPaul discusses his open marriage in rare, candid interview

“What are you afraid of?” the Vanity Fair reporter asked RuPaul, in what may have been the drag icon’s most candid interview yet. “Ignorant people,” Ru calmly replied, “it’s the only thing I’m afraid of.” Asking questions across four categories – identity, family,...

November 26, 2019

Quarter of millennials avoid hugging someone who is HIV-positive, shocking research finds

A quarter of millennials would avoid hugging someone who is living with HIV, according to a new study. The shocking research from Prevention Access Campaign and pharmaceutical giant Merck, released ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1, reveals how prevalent stigmas is. A survey of HIV-negative people aged 23-36 found that...

November 26, 2019

A High Court judge just permanently banned anti-LGBT education protests outside Birmingham school

A High Court judge has ruled to permanently extend an exclusion zone banning anti-LGBT education protests outside a Birmingham primary school. Mr Justice Warby told the court that the defendants had “grossly misinterpreted” the true nature of the educational programme, which teaches tolerance of diverse groups...

November 26, 2019

Thousands of gender-diverse activists storm the streets of India to protest against controversial ‘trans rights bill’

Trans and gender-diverse activists mobilised a fast and fierce campaign against a controversial ‘trans rights bill’ in the capital city of India last weekend. Thousands spilt onto the streets of New Delhi Queer Pride on Sunday, many holding up high damning placards against parliament’s proposed bill that...

November 26, 2019

Republican candidate Roy Moore wants to return to a ‘moral time’ when it was illegal to be gay

Disgraced Republican Roy Moore has called for a return to a time when homosexuality was illegal. Moore, known for his unsuccessful run for the US Senate in Alabama and for facing allegations of sexual misconduct towards teenage girls, called for a return to a better “moral time” in a speech to the Huntsville...

November 26, 2019

Taylor Swift is very emotional about gay fan using her music to come out

Taylor Swift has made a fan’s day, after he came out to students at his conservative Christian university with a lip sync to her music. Last week Reid Arthur, who attends George Fox University in Oregon, received attention online after coming out to a mash-up of Swift’s ‘Ready For It?’ and her...

November 25, 2019

Elizabeth Warren is number one choice for Democrat candidate among LGBT voters, landmark poll finds

Elizabeth Warren is the top choice for LGBT+ voters as the democratic presidential candidate to take on Donald Trump, a landmark poll by YouGov and Out magazine has revealed. The online survey asked 816 LGBT+ people who were likely to vote in the 2020 presidential election, and 31 percent said they would pick Senator...

November 25, 2019

This is why drag star Courtney Act thinks labels are ‘a good thing’

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Courtney Act has said she’s all for putting labels on sexuality if they “help to bring visibility to the LGBT+ community”. The Australian drag queen, real name Shane Gilberto Jenek, opened up on The Independent‘s dating and relationships podcast Millennial Love. Courtney...

November 25, 2019

Student sues school after they expelled her for being in a same-sex marriage

A postgraduate student who was expelled from a US seminary college in California for being in a same-sex marriage when she had just a few classes remaining is suing the school. Joanna Maxon, 53, from Fort Worth, Texas, was expelled from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2018 while she was studying for a masters in theology....

November 25, 2019

Dolly Parton’s new Netflix series is giving the gays everything they want with an emotional same-sex love story

Dolly Parton’s new Netflix series Heartstrings is giving us all the feelings. The country music legend and gay icon is the driving force between Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings, an anthology series which retells “the stories, memories and inspirations behind some of her most beloved songs”. One episode, ‘Two Doors...