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November 21, 2019

The experiment is over. The results are in. Britain’s first drag superstar is…

The experiment is over. The results are in. The winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season one is… Drag Race UK season one: C.U.N.T. How much Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and Talent was Drag Race UK’s first season packing? All of us. Sum Ting Wong’s stamp. Vinegar Strokes’ underground dress. Divina De Campo’s IKEA collab. Baga...

November 21, 2019

Dad claims he ‘loves his son dearly’ but refuses to accept his sexuality in heartbreaking letter

A dad has written a heartbreaking letter to a New Zealand advice columnist saying he is unable to accept his 16-year-old son’s sexuality. In the letter, published by stuff.co.nz, the man wrote that his son came out as gay three months ago. The boy explained to his father that he knew he was different from …...

November 21, 2019

Restaurant forced to apologise after refusing entry to drag queen and pegging her as a security threat

A United States restaurant chain has been forced to apologise after a drag queen was turned away from an outlet in Austin, Texas. Erika Klash said she was turned away from Whataburger because she was “in drag.” “Manager didn’t want me to enter and security blocked me from entering without citing any company policy. I...

November 21, 2019

Brad Pitt and bisexual actor Alia Shawkat are not dating, which means Brad Pitt is still available

Brad Pitt and Arrested Development bisexual star Alia Shawkat have sparked dating rumours over the past two months. The 55-year-old Once Upon in Hollywood star and the 30-year-old actor have been seen together numerous times. They were last spotted side by side last week. However, a source told People that there is no...

November 21, 2019

Dolly Parton has an unreleased ‘uplifting and fun’ dance song called ‘Just a Wee Bit Gay’, and we need it right now

Country legend Dolly Parton has revealed that she has written a dance song called ‘Just a Wee Bit Gay’, and we need her to drop literally everything and release it right this minute. The country singer-songwriter – who is, quite rightly, a gay icon – made the comments in an interview with NewNowNext. “I’ve been …...

November 21, 2019

Rural stigma surrounding HIV remains the greatest barrier to totally end new transmissions by 2030

HIV awareness activist Philip Baldwin writes about the widening gap between tackling the disease in rural and city areas for HIV Testing Week. Matt Phillips is an HIV consultant working in Cumbria, a large rural area in the North West of England. Although a population of around half a million, the county capital, Carlisle...

November 21, 2019

UK High Court rules marriage between woman and trans man is invalid as both were ‘legally female’

A woman and a trans man have been told by a High Court judge that their ten-year marriage is invalid because both were legally female during the ceremony. The couple, who are referred to in court documents as AP and JP, were married in 2009 when same-sex marriage was not recognised under English law. In …...

November 21, 2019

Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski loved this corgi so much he fed it from his own mouth

There is nothing more pure about Antoni Porowski than his love of corgis, and now he’s taken that love to the next level. The Queer Eye star hosted the event ‘An Evening with Antoni Porowski’ at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada, and one fan decided to surprise him by bringing their corgi up...

November 21, 2019

Senior Anglican priest accuses Salvation Army of lying about commitment to LGBT+ rights

Anglican priest Kelvin Holdsworth has hit out at the Salvation Army and accused the charity of lying when it claims it is no longer anti-LGBT+. Holdsworth, who is provost at St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow, shared a PinkNews story on Twitter titled ‘The Salvation Army really want you to know they’re not...

November 21, 2019

A third judge just blocked Trump’s rule allowing healthcare discrimination against LGBT people: ‘The whole rule must go’

A third US federal judge has blocked Donald Trump’s rule change which would mean healthcare discrimination agains LGBT+ people would be legal. In a rule change announced on Friday, November 1, the Trump administration said that health programmes receiving grants from government Department of Health and Human Services...