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October 22, 2019

If you ever hear Arlene Foster complaining about same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland, just remind her of this simple fact

LGBT+ people won a historic victory in Northern Ireland today with the legalisation of same-sex marriage, but as predicted, Arlene Foster and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) didn’t let it happen without a fight. Along with a handful of members from the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), DUP leader Arlene Foster led a...

October 22, 2019

Hateful preacher who thinks gay people should be stoned to death has been banned from New Zealand

Anti-gay US pastor Steven Anderson has declared that New Zealand is “in trouble” with God after it became the 34th country he is barred from visiting. The leader of Arizona’s fringe Faithful Word Baptist Church, who supports the death penalty for homosexuality and openly celebrated the massacre at Orlando’s...

October 22, 2019

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is about to get its first-ever non-binary character played by a gender non-conforming star

Netflix’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power will be welcoming its first non-binary character, voiced by the gender non-conforming writer and activist Jacob Tobia. They will be playing the role of shape-shifting, non-binary, reptilian mercenary Double Trouble in the upcoming fourth season of the animated show. The...

October 22, 2019

Ireland’s gay leader Leo Varadkar ‘wants Brexit done’ by October 31 so he can go see Cher

As MPs dive deep into UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s 125 page-long Brexit proposal, all gay Irish leader Leo Varadkar wants to do is see Cher. Relatable, to be honest. The Taoiseach (prime minister) and Fine Gael party leader said he wanted to get “Brexit done” by October 31 so he can see the pop...

October 22, 2019

Donald Trump Jr really wants you to know he doesn’t think trans women are women

Donald Trump Jr said it was “BS” that trans woman and athlete Rachel McKinnon won the Masters Track Cycling World Championships this weekend. The Canadian cyclist defended her sprint title in Manchester on Saturday, October 19, after becoming the first trans person to win the world championship last year, in...

October 22, 2019

This is why Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski doesn’t want to be labelled as ‘gay’

Queer Eye‘s Antoni Porowski does not want to say he is gay because it “dishonours women that I’ve been in love with” and prefers to live without a label. The food and wine expert has previously said he’s dated more women than men in the past and that, since dating men, he’s contended...

October 22, 2019

Call Me By Your Name author reveals what happens to Elio and Oliver in acclaimed gay novel’s sequel

Call Me By Your Name author André Aciman has said that followup novel Find Me “ends the tale” of Elio and Oliver. The long-awaited sequel, published on October 29, revisits the characters years on from the unhappy ending to Call Me By Your Name. In an interview with British Vogue, Aciman opened up the new...

October 22, 2019

Labour mayoral candidate embroiled in ‘homophobia’ row denies saying being gay is a ‘choice of lifestyle’

A row has broken out in the Labour Party after MPs claimed a West Midlands mayoral candidate is “homophobic” – however, the candidate has denied all of the claims. Salma Yaqoob is running as a candidate for the mayoral election in the West Midlands – but a number of MPs are calling for her to … Continued The post...

October 22, 2019

Miley Cyrus immediately backtracks after suggesting people can choose their sexuality

Miley Cyrus has hit out against critics after she made the bizarre comment that she “had gone gay because all guys were evil”. The singer, who came out as pansexual in 2015 and as gender-neutral in 2017, revisited the topic of her sexuality in a surreal Instagram Live video last weekend. “There are good men out...

October 22, 2019

Celebration as Northern Ireland wakes to legalisation of same-sex marriage

There are scenes of celebration across Northern Ireland today as the country wakes to the news that same-sex marriage and abortion have been legalised, joining the rest of the UK. A last ditch attempt to oppose the legislation was led by DUP and UUP members, who on the eve of the deadline tried to reform …...