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October 31, 2019

Drag queen treks for seven days to make history and dance as Beyoncé on Mount Everest

Aaron Carty, otherwise known as drag queen and Queen Bey impersonator Beyoncé Experience, walked for seven days and climbed 5,364 metres to reach Everest Base Camp and perform as his idol. With no running water or heating in freezing temperatures and relentless snow, carrying a Beyoncé costume while suffering from altitude...

October 31, 2019

Drag Race UK queens Sum Ting Wong and Vinegar Strokes spill the tea on the show’s diversity

Drag Race UK is left without a single queen of colour after Sum Ting Wong and Vinegar Strokes were eliminated. The lack of diversity among the cast was the main cause of complaints when the Drag Race UK line-up was unveiled back in August. Of 10 queens who entered the werk room, just two were … Continued The post...

October 31, 2019

Teen in foster care since 2010 dreams of being adopted by two gay dads

Bradley loves to play Minecraft and is pretty proud of the fort he made, he enjoys swimming and is a bit of a motor-mouth – he just loves to talk. The 16-year-old from Michigan has been in foster care since 2010, and all he wants is to be adopted – by two gay dads. He … Continued The post Teen in foster care since...

October 31, 2019

Dawn Butler has absolutely no regrets about starting gay giraffe row and wants you to know being gay is natural

Labour MP Dawn Butler, who inadvertently started a gay giraffe row among senior figures in the party – and indeed, the world – has “no regrets” about making the comments. On ITV’s Peston on October 30, the shadow women and equalities secretary said she “stands by” the point she was...

October 31, 2019

This is why Halloween is so important to trans and gender non-conforming kids

For trans kids, or children who are gender non-conforming, Halloween provides a unique opportunity to explore and play with gender expression. It’s the one night of the year that a child can dress up in a way that doesn’t traditionally “match” their assigned gender and no one blinks twice. Darren...

October 31, 2019

Airline has stripped Elton John biopic Rocketman of ‘almost every gay reference’, including a simple same-sex kiss

An American airline allegedly stripped “almost every gay reference” from the Elton John biopic Rocketman during an on-board flight. Delta Air Lines, according to a passenger’s online testimony, screened an edited version of the music movie about the life of the gay singer. John, 72, as well as LGBT+...

October 30, 2019

Popeyes announces permanent return of fried chicken sandwich while taking shot at Chick-fil-A

Popeyes has announced the return of its much-loved chicken sandwich, while also throwing serious shade at anti-gay Chick-fil-A. The sandwich was originally released by Popeyes during the summer, but was in such high demand that the chain ran out of stock by August. The chicken chain released a video to announce the...

October 30, 2019

We regret to inform you Karamo Brown is at it again, this time saying he’s ‘proud’ of his ‘friend’ Sean Spicer

Karamo Brown is at it again, saying that he’s “proud” of his “friend” Sean Spicer, Trump’s former press secretary. Brown has previously come under fire for his relationship with Spicer, and there was so much backlash when he called Spicer a “good guy” that the Queer Eye...

October 30, 2019

Charli XCX addresses ‘controversial’ meet and greets and whether fans are being ‘abusive’

Singer Charli XCX has spoken out about the “controversial” meet and greets that have sparked debate online, saying that her fans are in no way “abusive”. The statement came after a series of meet and greets which saw Charli dot her name on douche and pose with the cremated ashes of a fan’s...

October 30, 2019

Fox News host and right-wing guest blame California wildfires on hiring gay people

Fox News host Tucker Carlson and his gay conservative guest agreed that the current California wildfires were probably down to utility company PG&E being too focused on hiring gay and black people. Investigators believe that the fires began when a tree fell onto a power line operated by PG&E. But Carlson said:...