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November 8, 2019

That bizarre gay Robert Dyas advert is back and we can officially confirm Christmas season has begun

Four years ago, how the world celebrated Christmas changed one faithful day when Robert Dyas aired its holiday advert to UK audiences. The hardware seller had an idea. A groundbreaking concept, a fresh approach to advertising that not even Don Draper would have thought of; one that would resonate with viewers for years to...

November 8, 2019

Catholic high school threatened to out gay student to her parents if she didn’t go to counselling

A gay teenager at a Catholic high school was left “anxious” and “afraid” after she was forced by the school to attend counselling under the threat of being outed by her teachers. Magali Rodriguez attended Bishop Amat Memorial High School, the biggest Catholic high school in Los Angeles, and she and...

November 8, 2019

The first-ever same-sex couple in Denmark’s version of Strictly is blowing the competition away

Denmark’s version of Strictly Come Dancing has broken new ground by featuring a same-sex couple on the show – and they’re now one of the favourites to win the contest. Gay actor Jakob Fauerby and dancer Silas Holst have been blowing viewers away for weeks while also making history on the hit show, which is …...

November 8, 2019

There are now more LGBT characters on TV than ever before

Pose, Euphoria and The L Word: Generation Q are contributing to a record number of queer characters on TV. GLAAD has revealed that LGBT+ representation on TV is better than ever in its annual Where We Are On TV report. The LGBT+ media monitoring organisation found that in the 2019-20 season, LGBT+ characters make up...

November 8, 2019

Academic ‘ridiculed’ students by taking on a non-binary alter ego for years as a research project

A lecturer at the university of Goldsmiths in London has come under fire for allegedly pretending to be non-binary as part of a research project. Dawn Mellor, a lecturer in Fine Arts, adopted a non-binary persona called ‘Tippy Rampage’ both online, on various social-media accounts, and while teaching students...

November 8, 2019

Sense8 star Brian J Smith comes out as gay and makes a moving point about sexuality

Sense8 star Brian J Smith has publicly spoken about his sexuality for the first time and revealed that he didn’t come out as gay to his family until he was 30. The 38-year-old actor, who played Will in the Netflix original, explained to Attitude magazine how his Texan upbringing meant he had to refrain from …...

November 8, 2019

‘I’m always in some kind of drag – maybe we all are’: Roisin Murphy on drag and how it’s shaped who she is today

With her eccentric style and naturally camp sensibilities, singer Roisin Murphy has always had an affinity with the LGBT+ community. It’s reflected in her kaleidoscopic costumes and even more kaleidoscopic music. Far from appropriating or mimicking the culture, she’s more of an honorary member of it, despite the fact that...

November 8, 2019

A queer MP shut down a fellow politician using ‘OK boomer’ and, honestly, we have no choice but to stan

A boomer MP was left shaken after his boomer remarks were shut down in the most boomer-ending way. “OK boomer” has become a rallying cry for millennials and Gen Zs who are fed up with older people speaking down to them. Ignoring the climate crisis? OK boomer. Not acknowledging generational inequality? OK...

November 8, 2019

Divina De Campo just explained perfectly why AFAB queens need to be included in drag

Drag Race UK‘s Divina De Campo summed up why there’s absolutely no reason not to include AFAB queens in drag. Over 11 seasons of Drag Race, four All Stars and a single run of Drag Race UK, RuPaul has yet to say “hello, hello, hello” to a single AFAB (assigned female at birth) queen. The …...

November 8, 2019

A queer woman fought back against a homophobe in a way that’s tearing LGBT Twitter apart

Picture it: You’re going about your day, shopping for groceries, when you become the victim of a hate crime from a homophobe. What would you do? This hypothetical scenario became a reality for Toronto-based Alyssa, and her way of dealing with it has divided Twitter. In the wild tale which has amazed as much as...