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November 23, 2019

Despite being twice as likely to suffer from addiction, there are only two LGBT sober houses in the US

There are reportedly only two LGBT+ sober houses in the whole of the US, despite LGBT+ people being at a higher risk of addiction. Sober houses are facilities that provides safe and supported housing to those transitioning out of rehab programmes, encouraging them and keeping them accountable before rejoining the...

November 23, 2019

A 20-year-old trans woman was shot dead in the head near a school during an alleged drug deal in Brazil

A 20-year-old trans woman was shot in the head in a fatal injury by a school in Brazil during an alleged drug deal. Pedrita dos Santos Silva was shot in uptown São Miguel dos Campos, Alagoas, earlier this week. According to family, she participated in recreational drug use and was allegedly on her way to …...

November 23, 2019

Battered with bricks and stabbed: Two trans women brutally killed in Colombia in two days

In just two days, two trans women were found dead by Colombian authorities in a spree of anti-LGBT violence that has battered the country. Jerrika Rivas Ruíz was found allegedly murdered in the Los Mártires neighbourhood Bogotá, the capital, on November 16. It comes as the capital city has become a battleground of protests...

November 23, 2019

Bisexual people who are fully out are having worse sex, and researchers think it’s due to bi-erasure

Bisexual people in mixed-gender relationships who are fully out to family, friends and their partner experience less sexual satisfaction, new research has found. The research – which was presented at the Scientific Study of Sexuality annual conference last week – also found that bi people’s partners report greater...

November 22, 2019

Boris Johnson refuses to apologise for ‘tank-topped bum boys’ jibe. Again.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has once again refused to apologise for referring to gay people as “tank-topped bum boys.” The leader was challenged during a BBC Question Time Leaders’ special on Friday evening about his use of racist and homophobic slurs during his work as a newspaper columnist. Johnson has...

November 22, 2019

New York man attacked with hammer and thrown onto subway tracks in anti-gay hate crime attack

A man has been hospitalised after he was attacked with a hammer and thrown onto the tracks of the New York City subway in a suspected anti-gay hate crime attack. The NYPD have opened a hate crime probe after the incident at a subway station in the Bronx in the early hours of Friday. Suspect … Continued The post New...

November 22, 2019

University won’t sack professor who claimed ‘promiscuous’ gay teachers abuse students

Indiana University has ruled out sacking a university professor who said that gay people should be banned from teaching to stop them from abusing students. The university is under pressure to sack Professor Eric Rasmusen, a professor of business economics and public policy, after homophobic, sexist and racist posts emerged...

November 22, 2019

University won’t sack professor who claimed ‘promiscuous’ gay teachers abuse students

November 22, 2019

Star Wars actor Oscar Isaac teases ‘potential’ of Finn/Poe romance: ‘These guys love each other’

Star Wars actor Oscar Isaac is single-handedly keeping the Finn/Poe ‘Stormpilot’ ship afloat, revealing his hopes for a romance. Upcoming film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is set to bring to a conclusion the trilogy centred on Rey, Finn and Poe – the three characters introduced in 2015’s The...