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October 28, 2019

LGBT rights activists fighting back after a second Chick-fil-A quietly opened in Scotland

Disappointment is on the menu for LGBT+ activists after news broke that a Chick-fil-A opened in the Scottish Highlands to near muted fanfare. An array of Scottish campaigners have called for the closure of the American eatery, which has a detailed and lengthy history of donating to anti-LGBT+ causes and charities....

October 28, 2019

More than 1,100 people, including 900 children, have tested positive for HIV after a doctor ‘reused syringes’

Nearly 900 children in Ratodero, Pakistan, have acquired HIV after a doctor allegedly reused syringes that had been exposed to the virus. A paediatrician was arrested and charged with negligence and manslaughter after parents accused him of reusing syringes on their children. Imtiaz Jalbani told The New York Times that he...

October 28, 2019

Facebook and Instagram are censoring the peach, aubergine and other ‘horny’ emojis

Facebook and Instagram are now prohibiting the use of peach and aubergine emojis in sex-related posts and nude images, reports indicate. The new rules form part of the platforms’ new Community Standards which were implemented at some stage between 7 September and now, according to adult industry website XBIZ.com. The new...

October 28, 2019

The human rights commissioner who called gay people an ‘abomination to the human race’ is finally going to resign

A human rights commissioner in the United States is set to resign after he called gay people an “abomination to the human race.” LaKendrick Coburn El – also known as Kenick El – is a human rights commissioner in Virginia, but found himself embroiled in controversy last week when he hit out at LGBT+ people …...

October 28, 2019

Rachel Weisz to play Elizabeth Taylor in new biopic shedding light on her AIDS activism

Rachel Weisz is set to play Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor in a new biopic that will shed light on her HIV/AIDS activism. Fresh from her Oscar-nominated role in The Favourite, Weisz will step into the shoes of gay icon and champion Elizabeth Taylor for A Special Relationship. According to The Wrap, the film will largely...

October 28, 2019

A rainbow walk was vandalised with homophobic ‘Jesus loves you’ graffiti

A man was confronted by onlookers as he spray painted “Jesus loves you” over a rainbow walk in Light Square, in Adelaide, Australia. The 28-year-old was stopped by a witness named only as Tom as he vandalised the walkway. “My boyfriend and I saw as we drove past,” Tom told Australia’s ABC...

October 28, 2019

Jennifer Aniston just gave Ellen DeGeneres a kiss on her ‘soft lips’

On Sunday night on The Ellen Show, Friends‘ alum Jennifer Aniston shared a kiss with her friend Ellen DeGeneres. As they were discussing the kiss the host of the show shared with radio anchor Howard Stern, Jennifer Aniston started asking questions about it, acting somewhat jealous of the on-air PDA. She first started...

October 28, 2019

Graham Norton says being stabbed was ‘the most formative thing that ever happened’ to him

Graham Norton has revealed that being stabbed in 1989 was “the most formative thing that ever happened” to him. The popular talk show host made the comments in an interview with The Guardian. “It gave me real perspective on life and what mattered,” he revealed. “Before that I was at drama school, caught up in …...

October 28, 2019

EastEnders star quit show after writers wanted to turn his infamous killer character gay

EastEnders star John Altman has confirmed that he refused to play a gay romance. Altman played Nick Cotton on the BBC soap, and was one of its longest-serving characters from its inception in 1985 until 2015. In an interview with BANG Showbiz, the actor revealed that he was written out of the show at one …...

October 28, 2019

Senior Labour figures reportedly embroiled in row over whether giraffes are gay

A “gay giraffe row” has reportedly split senior Labour figures, after Dawn Butler MP defended LGBT+ inclusive education in schools by using the example of gay giraffes. Butler, Labour’s shadow women and equalities secretary, said that people think children can be “taught to be gay” but that...