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November 13, 2019

Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski named ‘sexiest reality star’ because judging people’s worth on their appearance is still a thing

Queer Eye star Antoni Porowski, who earlier this week Instagrammed a photo of himself shirtless and drinking from a shower head, has been voted People magazine’s ‘sexiest reality star’. The Canadian chef topped the likes on Vanderpump Rules‘ Tom Sandoval, Dancing with the Stars‘ Val...

November 13, 2019

School chaplain quits after saying LGBT people should remain ‘single and celibate’

A chaplain of a top UK school created by the founder of the Methodist church has stepped down after saying that LGBT+ people should stay “single and celibate.” Reverend David Hull, who had been chaplain for Kingswood School in Bath since 2015, is said to have created “unhelpful tensions” by...

November 12, 2019

Piers Morgan thinks he knows more about gender identity than renowned trans activist Munroe Bergdorf. Yes, really

In the Piers Morgan playbook, dealing with people who know a resounding amount more than you do is simple. Call the totally valid point they just said “gobbledygook”. After suffering a stinging defeat when thousands of Good Morning Britain viewers called for the host to resign due to his anti-LGBT+ comments,...

November 12, 2019

Piers Morgan thinks he knows more about gender identity than renowned trans activist Munroe Bergdorf. Yes, really

November 12, 2019

Gay Olympic hero Adam Rippon celebrates his 30th with a breathtaking birthday skate to ‘River’ by Ben Platt

Some people celebrate their 30th birthday with a cake and existentialist dread, others, like gay figure skater Adam Rippon, do a “birthday joy skate”. The awe-inspiring routine was done to Ben Platt’s cover of the Joni Mitchell Song, ‘River’. In a touching Instagram post, the Olympic medallist...

November 12, 2019

Ricky Martin calls out Puerto Rican lawmakers over bill which could strip LGBT people of legal protections

Ricky Martin has called out the Puerto Rican Senate over a bill which could strip LGBT+ people of legal protections. The San Juan-born singer criticised lawmakers over plans to block people from correcting the gender marker on their birth certificates. Trans people in Puerto Rico have been able to apply for a new birth...

November 12, 2019

Singapore’s colonial-era gay sex ban to face first of three high court legal challenges

Tomorrow the high court in Singapore will hear the first arguments to overturn Section 377A, a colonial-era law that criminalises gay sex. Singapore’s strict penal code classes sex between men as an act of “gross indecency” punishable by up to two years in prison, although prosecutions are rare. The law...

November 12, 2019

Homophobic Belgian football fans will receive an immediate ban under firm new guidelines

Racist and homophobic fans will be banned from football games in Belgium, according to a new action plan by the country’s top football competition. The Jupiler Pro League will ban fans who make racist or homophobic comments or chants, or who sing discriminatory songs, and they will not be allowed to return until they...

November 12, 2019

Straight man writes to beloved queer bar in London’s Soho to complain they’ve turned it into a ‘gay street’

November 12, 2019