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November 21, 2019

Labour manifesto vows to put LGBT rights ‘at the heart of government’ – but there’s a catch

Labour has launched its new manifesto with a pledge to put LGBT+ equality “at the heart of government”, starting with a dedicated LGBT+ ambassador in the Foreign Office. This new government role would allow the UK to “respond fast and firmly wherever LGBT+ people face violence or persecution...

November 21, 2019

Comedian’s hilarious viral video imagines what it’d be like to date Shawn Mendes

A video of a comedian impersonating Shawn Mendes has gone viral and there’s a chance he’s actually the singer but from a parallel universe. In short, it involves a lot of vests, Starbucks lattes, snickerdoodle Yankee candles, Harry Potter-themed Moleskin books and the word ‘fabulous’. Social media...

November 21, 2019

Australian Mardi Gras considering banning prime minister Scott Morrison for having ‘backwards’ stance on LGBT rights

The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is set to vote on whether to ban prime minister Scott Morrison from attending. Blossoming from LGBT+ rights protests in the late 70s, the festival has become a major tourist drawcard for the Australian city. But this year, organisers’ unease over the country’s conservative...

November 21, 2019

Photographer is suing city so she doesn’t have to photograph same-sex weddings, even though no one asked her

A photographer is suing her city because she doesn’t want to photograph same-sex weddings, even though not a single same-sex couple has ever asked her to. Chelsey Nelson, of Chelsey Nelson Photography, describes herself on her website as “a Louisville, Kentucky photographer and private photo editor with a heart...

November 21, 2019

Google claims the controller for its new Stadia console is ‘gender neutral’ in bizarre marketing campaign

Google is apparently trying to market its new games console Stadia to women by choosing “gender neutral” colours for its controllers. Google vice president and head of Stadia Phil Harrison bragged about their “gender neutral” design in an interview with CNN Business. “Some of our historical competitors in the console space...

November 21, 2019

50 Cent marked his return to Instagram with a transphobic meme and he really needs to delete his account

Following his disappearance from Instagram, rapper 50 Cent has flooded followers’ feeds with content, including a transphobic meme. Fans clocked that the artist’s account was deactivated last week, but 50 Cent is back and he’s taken aim at former G-Unit rapper, Young Buck. The 44-year-old hip hop artist...

November 21, 2019

A large number of LGBT people in China are being forced through traumatising conversion ‘therapy’

LGBT+ people in China are being forced to undergo so-called ‘conversion therapy’ in at least 96 public hospitals and unlicensed centres, according to a new human rights report. The widely-discredited practise of conversion therapy is considered by medical experts to be pseudo-scientific and ineffective. It is...

November 21, 2019

Ariana Grande announces collaboration with Bernie Sanders, and capitalism was found rotting

Marx and Engels who? Ariana Grande and Bernie Sanders are out to demolish capitalism, help the workers lose their chains and introduce fully-automated luxury gay communism by next Tuesday. OK, maybe not exactly that, but the ‘thank u, next’ singer appeared to endorse the US presidential candidate yesterday....

November 21, 2019

Policeman’s anti-trans views can’t be hate speech because they form ‘legitimate public debate’, court told

Official police guidance on recording incidents of “non-crime” hate speech against trans people is “contrary to freedom of expression”, an English court heard yesterday. In January, Humberside law enforcement reached out to former police officer Harry Miller following a complaint over alleged...

November 21, 2019

Strictly’s history-making same-sex dance routine sparked nearly 200 complaints because apparently we’re still in the dark ages

Strictly Come Dancing made history with a beautiful same-sex dance routine this month, bringing fans and judges to tears, yet almost 200 people still found the time to complain about it. Best friends Johannes Radebe and Graziano di Prima danced to Emeli Sande’s ‘Shine’ on November 3, becoming the first same-sex...