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November 16, 2019

Lena Waithe had a secret wedding at a famous gay spot in San Francisco

US actor and screenwriter Lena Waithe has revealed she secretly married her long-term partner Alana Mayo at a famous San Francisco gay monument. Speaking on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday (November 15), Waithe announced that she is officially a married woman. “We snuck and did it, you know,” she told John...

November 16, 2019

Researcher defends ‘trans women aren’t women’ tweets at employment tribunal

A tax-avoidance researcher who claims she lost her job at a think tank for saying that trans women aren’t women has told an employment tribunal “there is one sex or the other”. At the employment tribunal hearing, Maya Forstater, 46, said she agreed that the trans community was vulnerable. She added: “I...

November 16, 2019

Racial discrimination on gay and bi dating apps is rife, new study finds

Racial discrimination on gay and bi dating apps is extremely common and can present itself in a variety of ways, a new study has found. The study – which is published in the American Journal of Community Psychology – takes an in-depth look at prior research into racialised sexual discrimination on dating apps. The...

November 16, 2019

Elizabeth Warren is very excited about Roxane Gay’s engagement

Bestselling bisexual author Roxane Gay and lesbian writer and artist Debbie Millman have announced their engagement. In an Instagram carousel post, Millman said: “I met a girl, who loves to write and is really into Beyoncé.” “We went on some dates, we fell in love… and now she is my fiancé,”...

November 16, 2019

Prince Harry and Gareth Thomas want you to get tested for HIV

Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas speaks to the Duke of Sussex about his HIV diagnosis in a powerful new film released to mark the start of HIV Testing Week. In the film, Thomas says that the virus is not a “death sentence” and he wants more people to know that by taking one pill a … Continued The post...

November 15, 2019

Liberal Democrats vow to ‘end culture of disbelief for LGBT+ asylum seekers’

The Liberal Democrat Party have announced plans to end the ‘culture of disbelief’ pervading the UK Home Office which stonewalls some LGBT+ asylum seekers from the country. Countless testimonies from asylum seekers and their legal aids have detailed a department that “persecutes” LGBT+ asylum...

November 15, 2019

Céline Dion celebrated the release of her new album surrounded by Céline Dion drag queens

Céline Dion celebrated her new album Courage surrounded by several other Céline Dions. Dion, 51, performed an impromptu karaoke set at Lips Drag Queen Show Palace Restaurant and Bar in New York City. But it was a show greatly enhanced by the several other Céline Dions in attendance. As the only thing better than a …...

November 15, 2019

Parliamentary hopeful in Reading is calling for Chick-fil-A to stay despite homophobic legacy

A UK parliamentary hopeful in Reading is calling for the city’s Chick-fil-A to stay open despite the chain’s well-documented anti-LGBT donations. Christian People’s Alliance candidate Yemi Awolola is riding a campaign based on restoring “traditional families” and battling tax-dodging...

November 15, 2019

Gay high school teen who punched his bully in viral video says breaking point came after ‘years and years’ of build up

A gay high school student who went viral this week when he was recorded punching a homophobic bully has said the incident occurred after “years and years” of build-up. Jordan Steffy appeared on the Tamron Hall Show where he and his mother broke down in tears when speaking about the homophobic bullying he has endured....

November 15, 2019

Christian printing company refuses to print college magazine because it features queer people and drag queens

A ‘Christian’ printing company in Alabama, US, has refused to print an issue of a college magazine because it contains content about LGBT+ people. Interstate Printing representatives cite their “First Amendment Right” to refuse to print images of drag queens, queer folk, disabled students and people...