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October 25, 2019

Cartoon Network animator fought for years to include lesbian wedding in Steven Universe

The creator of Cartoon Network’s Steven Universe has said that she fought for years to include a lesbian wedding in the show because networks bow to pressure from “bigoted countries”. Steven Universe follows a half-human boy called Steven and his upbringing with three alien parents. Last year, the show broke new...

October 25, 2019

Eye-opening new report reveals vile transphobic hate speech is being fuelled by race and politics

A new study that investigated transphobic abuse online has found that much of the hatred is motivated by race and politics. Anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label and Brandwatch investigated 10 million public posts over the course of three and a half years online to better understand transphobic hate speech. Of those 10...

October 25, 2019

Drag Race UK’s Northern Irish queen Blu Hydrangea announced her wedding plans in true gay fashion

Drag Race UK queen Blu Hydrangea has announced plans to tie the knot now that same-sex marriage is finally legal in Northern Ireland – but with one important caveat. Drag Race UK fans watched this week as Blu spoke about her frustration at not being able to get married in her native Northern Ireland. The …...

October 25, 2019

Lizzo formally credits Twitter user on hit song ‘Truth Hurts’ because she’s 100% that b***h

Pop sensation Lizzo has formally credited a little-known British singer on her hit track ‘Truth Hurts’. We all know Lizzo is “100% that b***h” as the song acknowledges, but now Mina Lioness will also take credit for the iconic line. The singer took to Twitter to say: “I just took a DNA Test, turns out …...

October 25, 2019

Everyone’s making the same joke about Lorraine Kelly’s Snatch Game appearance

The Drag Race UK queens weren’t the only ones flexing their acting muscles during this week’s Snatch Game episode, as actor Lorraine Kelly made an appearance on the show. In 2019, Kelly won a £1.2m tax battle by arguing that she is a “theatrical artist” who performs “a persona of...

October 25, 2019

George Michael ‘didn’t want to live’ any longer, Elton John claims

Elton John has claimed that gay singer George Michael “didn’t want” to live any longer when he died of a heart attack on Christmas Day in 2016. The Wham! singer, who came out as gay in in 1998, never sought help for his addictions, according to John who appeared on Sharon Osbourne’s TV show The...

October 25, 2019

Diana Ross is going on tour and all of your gay Christmases just came at once

Diana Ross has announced a six-date tour of the UK to follow her Glastonbury ‘legends slot’ performance. The Mowtown legend said that the Top of the World Tour will feel like a homecoming. “I look forward to coming to the UK to be with all my fans, friends and family,” she said in a statement....

October 25, 2019

Brandon T Jackson was on ‘thin ice’ with God for playing gay character in Tropic Thunder

Brandon T Jackson has said he was on “thin ice” with God when he played a gay character in Tropic Thunder. “I think I was on thin ice then with the Father, but he had his mercy and his grace was there,” the actor and comedian told TMZ. He continued: “But I don’t regret anything … Continued The post Brandon T Jackson...

October 25, 2019

Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci to play gay couple in upcoming love story about dementia

Gay filmgoers, brace yourselves: Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci are set to play a couple in an upcoming film – and it sounds like a tearjerker. Supernova follows gay couple Sam (played by Colin Firth) and Tusker (played by Tucci) as they journey around England in an RV visiting friends, family and places from their …...

October 25, 2019

Drag Race UK played the Snatch Game and the internet seriously can’t handle it

The Drag Race UK queens tightened their tucks this week for the Snatch Game, and the internet was blown away. Since RuPaul first announced he was bringing Drag Race to UK shores, fans have been clamouring at the bit for a British version of the legendary game show challenge. Snatch Game is the challenge that …...