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October 28, 2019

Gay Twitter came to life this Halloween weekend with Wagatha Christie, Jasmine Masters and ‘woman yelling at a cat’

Wagatha Christie, Jasmine Masters and the “woman yelling at a cat” meme came to life this Halloween weekend. With October 31 falling on a Thursday this year, the spooky gods have blessed us with two weekends to, in the immortal words of Jessica Lange, “do what gays do”. Many decided to kick off...

October 28, 2019

DUP politician Jim Wells will receive no punishment for criticism of party’s first gay councillor

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician Jim Wells was not sanctioned over comments he made about the party’s first gay councillor – despite Arlene Foster’s claims that he could be. Last May, Wells – who is Northern Ireland’s former health minister – made headlines when he hit out at his own party over the candidacy of...

October 28, 2019

LGBT Muslims need your urgent help to make dream of first-ever Pride festival a reality

A new LGBT+ Muslim Pride festival is just £400 away from reaching its crowdfunding goal. Imaan, Europe’s biggest charity sporting LGBT+ Muslims, is trying to raise £10,000 to put on an event which will “provide a space for LGBTQI Muslims from across the UK to be empowered, engaged and to make no apologies for...

October 28, 2019

Sum Ting Wong on coming out to her parents, Chick-fil-A and being a ‘k**bhead in a stamp’

Sum Ting Wong became the fourth queen to sashay away from RuPaul’s Drag Race UK after one of the tightest Snatch Game’s in herstory. We caught up with her to see whether she thought she’d been robbed, how her parents reacted to watching the show and why you shouldn’t eat at Chick-fil-A. What’s the...

October 28, 2019

Elton John is retweeting pictures of young fans dressed up as him for Halloween and it’s everything

British superstar Elton John spent the weekend retweeting pictures of people dressed up as him for Halloween. The singer has been in the news recently with revelations contained in his recently released autobiography, like calling Madonna “ungracious and nasty“. But over Halloween weekend, Elton John pursued...

October 28, 2019

Completely legitimate, rational and not at all offensive study says 85% of queer people are possessed by ghosts

Stumped on an outfit this spooky season? Why not go as one of the scariest things known to human comprehension – rampant, irrational homophobia. According to a totally official study by the Spiritual Science Research Foundation, 85 per cent of LGBT+ people are possessed by ghosts. Yes, you read that right. It might explain...

October 28, 2019

Katie Hill, the trailblazing bisexual congresswoman, resigns amid affair allegations

Democrat Katie Hill has resigned from the US House of Representatives following allegations she had an affair with a member of staff. Hill tendered her resignation days after the House Ethics Committee launched an inquiry into the alleged relationship with a male congressional staffer. The Californian lawmaker has denied...

October 28, 2019

Strictly Come Dancing star recalls being beaten with a baseball bat and called a ‘faggot’ during vile homophobic attack

Strictly Come Dancing star Johannes Radebe has revealed that he was assaulted with a baseball bat in a homophobic attack as a teenager in South Africa. Radebe – who was voted off the show on Sunday – told The Sun about his traumatic experience of being attacked because he is gay. The dance star revealed …...

October 28, 2019

The new Stereophonics single is inspired by frontman Kelly Jones’ gay daughter and her coming out story

Stereophonics front-person Kelly Jones has revealed that his daughter is gay and the band’s new track ‘Fly Like an Eagle’ was inspired by her coming out. The 45-year-old’s eldest daughter Bootsy coming out to her father was adapted into the new song and accompanying music video, part of the...

October 28, 2019