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November 8, 2019

The Vivienne speaks her truth about battle with addiction in emotional Drag Race UK confessional

Drag Race UK took a break from the shade, sequins and spunk jokes this week, as The Vivienne spoke her truth about addiction. As the queens prepared for the rainy day runway, Blu Hydrangea sparked a conversation about alcohol and drugs on the drag scene. “There’s no bigger high than going on stage and...

November 8, 2019

13 things you really need to know about the ‘rainbow poppy’

Discourse surrounding the ‘rainbow poppy’ – also known as the LGBT+ poppy – has been dominating Twitter in the last few days, so we thought we’d set the record straight once and for all. 1. OK, first things first, can I buy the LGBT+ or rainbow poppy? No. 2. But wait, doesn’t the LGBT+...

November 8, 2019

Michelle Visage sets the record straight on Drag Race UK drama with Cheryl

Drag Race UK fans called shade during this week’s episode as Michelle Visage and guest judge Cheryl disagreed on the main stage. The artist formerly known as Cheryl Cole joined Visage, RuPaul and Graham Norton on the Drag Race UK judging table to rank the queens on their bottled water adverts. After watching Baga...

November 8, 2019

Researchers believe they’ve found the cure for HIV/AIDS

Within a document that is 1,000 pages long, American researches have outlined what they say could be the cure to HIV/AIDS. Yesterday, the American Gene Technologies (AGT) submitted their study for Phase I retail of its autologous cell therapy for HIV, reported BioBuzz. The therapy involves an individual’s cells –...

November 8, 2019

The Drag Race UK Brit Crew went commando and the internet’s thirst was quenched

Drag Race UK got fans hot under the collar this week with a boxers, briefs or commando mini challenge and a steaming portion of conflama. With casting for season 2 now underway, the time is fast approaching for the inaugural batch of Drag Race UK queens to pack up and leave the werk room for … Continued The post The...

November 7, 2019

Feelings are Blu and the girls are playing games: What trickery is Drag Race UK playing on us?

The Drag Race UK is on as our top five are watered down into a final four. But was watching episode six a drizzle or did it reign? Drag Race UK season 1 episode 6: The verdict. How much Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and Talent was Drag Race UK’s episode six packing? Overall: C.U.N. Well, it … Continued The post...

November 7, 2019

Nearly 100 LGBT candidates win on US election day in continuing ‘rainbow wave’

Almost half of the openly LGBT+ candidates claimed victory in US state and local elections this week, in a sweeping movement that’s been dubbed ‘the rainbow wave’. According to the LGBT+ Victory Fund, a political action committee that supports LGBT+ candidates, 99 out of the 200 LGBT+ candidates on the...

November 7, 2019

Shadow equalities secretary Dawn Butler to stand for vacant Labour deputy leader post

Dawn Butler, Labour’s shadow women and equalities secretary, has announced she will stand to be the party’s deputy leader following Tom Watson’s decision to resign. Butler is the first major candidate to put herself forward for the prominent role, which will be elected by party members. She broke the news in an...

November 7, 2019

If you thought Donald Trump Jr’s transphobia in interviews was bad, his book is even worse

Donald Trump Jr, a man deemed “too stupid to collude with Russia”, has taken aim at trans athletes in his new book, Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us. Trump Jr’s new tome is billed as “the book that the leftist elites don’t want you to read,” a 304-page rant...

November 7, 2019

From guest judges to Snatch Game: 10 things we want to see in Drag Race UK season 2

Drag Race UK will sashay back onto screens next year for a second season, the BBC has confirmed. Here’s everything we want to see. With Drag Race UK‘s inaugural season winning blockbuster ratings and critical acclaim, it was inevitable that RuPaul and Michelle would return for a second bite of the cherry....