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October 23, 2019

Actor Alex Diaz confirms he’s bisexual in emotional Instagram post after being outed online

Filipino-Scottish actor Alex Diaz has confirmed he is bisexual in an emotional Instagram post after being outed online. The Instagram post – a picture of a street with a moody sky and the caption, “What will people say? This sentence has killed more dreams than anything else in the world” – followed a...

October 23, 2019

Meet the lesbian who grew up in a religious cult run by a polyamorous throuple

Lesbian singer-songwriter Katey Brooks had a more than an unusual upbringing – she grew up in a religious cult run by a polyamorous throuple that labelled her “sick” for dressing in boys’ clothes. The cult, which still exists today but Katey wishes not to be named for her own safety, taught that...

October 23, 2019

Pride in London looking into major shake-ups, such as banning fossil fuel companies and moving the parade

Pride in London is consulting on whether to ban LGBT+ groups from arms manufacturers and fossil fuel companies from the parade, whether to ban vehicles to cut down on emissions, and whether to relocate the parade out of the city centre. A wide-ranging consultation was launched by Pride in London on Wednesday into the...

October 23, 2019

Pete Buttigieg focus group finds his sexuality may be a ‘barrier’ for black voters

An internal focus group for Pete Buttigieg and his 2020 presidential campaign found that the candidate’s sexuality could be “a barrier” for many black voters. A focus group in July questioned 24 uncommitted black Democratic voters in Columbia, South Carolina, and found that several were unhappy with Pete...

October 23, 2019

Trans woman claims she was violently attacked while a police officer watched on and did nothing

A 20-year-old trans woman was attacked by three men and her body left bleeding and covered in bruises, all the while a police officer stood by and allegedly did nothing. Anna Foster claimed she was walking alone in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, in the early morning last week when the group approached her, tossed...

October 23, 2019

An outraged Trump supporter’s ignorant comment about a gay bar is now a hilarious meme

There’s a new hilarious gay meme in town after a Trump supporter got very offended and threatened to boycott a gay bar. Gay nightclub Saloon, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, had attracted flack from conservatives after it began flying a “Trump baby” balloon from its rooftop ahead of a Trump rally in the city....

October 23, 2019

Trump official Ben Carson refuses to apologise for anti-trans comments, claiming it would ‘destroy our nation’

United States secretary of housing and urban development Ben Carson has refused to apologise for anti-transgender comments while facing a grilling before Congress. Carson faced anger after embarking on an anti-trans tirade during an internal department meeting in September, with at least one staffer walking out in protest...

October 23, 2019

The DUP wants religious protections written into law now same-sex marriage has been legalised

The DUP has stated that it remains opposed to same-sex marriage and will be seeking legal protections for churches who don’t want to perform the ceremonies. Same-sex marriage and abortion became legal in Northern Ireland at midnight on 21 October after the country’s devolved government was unable to reform in...

October 23, 2019

Viral video asking if guys prefer masc men has broken gay Twitter

This is the way gay Twitter ends, not with a bang, but with a viral video about masc men in which certain pockets of the community’s internalised homophobia and misogyny leap out. A clip showing six gay men sounding out on whether they prefer to date ‘masculine’ men has divided Twitter and incited...

October 23, 2019

R&B singer Tank says sucking d**k doesn’t make you gay and points have been made

R&B singer Tank has argued that performing oral sex on other men does not make you gay. The singer made the claim while appearing on podcast Lip Service to promote new album Elevation. Host Angela Yee had asked: “Let’s say he sucked a d**k one time… say twice… does that make him gay?”...