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November 10, 2019

Swedish government grants $175,000 to fund drag queen story hours for children

The Swedish government is investing SEK 1.7 million, the equivalent of $175,000, to fund drag queen story hour shows for children and those with disabilities. The investment will come from the Swedish Inheritance Fund, a state body that manages the inheritance money of Swedes who die without a written will and next of kin....

November 10, 2019

Right-wing religious bigot for Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire manages to be both transphobic and racist in just 27 seconds

A Daily Wire host has come under fire for transphobic and racist comments after comparing transgender people to “cultural appropriation”. Matt Walsh, a frequent writer for the religious right, spoke earlier this week at the California State University Los Angeles. The event was hosted by the Young Americans for...

November 10, 2019

Latest gender reveal disaster causes plane crash in Texas

In yet another case of straight madness, an elaborate gender reveal stunt involving 350 gallons of pink water has gone horribly wrong and crashed a plane in Texas. Gender reveal parties – or the concept of celebrating your unborn child’s genitalia with family and friends – are currently having a moment,...

November 9, 2019

Labour MPs accused of antisemitic and homophobic remarks on ‘raucous’ late-night coach trip

A senior Labour politician is accused of changing the lyrics of the Beatles song “Hey Jude” to “Hey Jews” while his MP colleague repeatedly used the slur “poof” during a late-night coach journey last year. Daniel Carden, Labour’s shadow international development secretary, is...

November 9, 2019

Caitlyn Jenner reveals preparing to transition was harder than competing in Olympics

Caitlyn Jenner has revealed that the years of training she went through for the Olympics was nothing compared to the lifetime she spent preparing to transition. The former Olympian and member of the Kardashian clan won the men’s decathlon at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, as well the 1975 French national...

November 9, 2019

Queer activist group release ‘Bum boys against Boris’ T-shirts as part of campaign to get the Tories out

November 9, 2019

Elizabeth Banks: Charlie’s Angels reboot won’t ‘label’ Kristen Stewart as gay

If you were one of the countless people praying for a gay Angel in the new Charlie’s Angels reboot, we’re sorry to disappoint you. Fans had hopefully dubbed the upcoming remake “Charlie’s Gayngels” in celebration of the casting of bisexual actor Kristen Stewart. But the film’s director...

November 9, 2019

Georgian far-right groups attempt to storm cinema at gay romance movie premiere

Hundreds of far-right protesters clashed with filmgoers and police at the Georgian premiere of And Then We Danced, an Oscar-nominated film that celebrates gay love. Set and filmed in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, And Then We Danced is the country’s first LGBT+ film, starring a gay dancer who is coming to terms...

November 9, 2019

This Scottish rock bar’s gender neutral bathroom policy is putting all other bars to shame

A bar in Scotland is winning praise on Twitter after it changed its bathroom policy to make it kinder and more inclusive to trans and non-binary people. The Banshee Labyrinth – which claims to be Scotland’s “most haunted pub” – has had a viral moment after somebody shared the bar’s updated bathroom policy. “One of …...

November 8, 2019

Gay man calls out his high school bully for coming out as bisexual and it’s divided opinion

Sadly, queer people all over the world are bullied at school because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. But what is the right thing to do if your teenage bully later comes out as bisexual? That was exactly the situation that one Reddit user found himself in recently. The 27-year-old gay man asked Reddit...