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October 21, 2019

Man sues gay porn site for selling his private information

A man is suing a gay porn site after he received “a barrage” of junk mail because he said it sold his information without written consent and violated his privacy rights. Dennis Chiamulera is also seeking class action status on behalf of other subscribers to the site who he thinks are in a similar situation....

October 21, 2019

Pakistan police arrest five after rape and torture of trans person at gunpoint

Five men have been arrested in Pakistan after a transgender person was allegedly tortured and raped at gunpoint on the night of September 20. The alleged attack occurred in the north eastern district of Sahiwal. According to local news outlet Dawn, a district police officer had to order a first information report because...

October 21, 2019

Around 1 in 5 trans patients are denied proper care by their GPs, according to this senior nurse

A senior nurse at a private Gender Identity Clinic (GIC) has said that around 20 percent of the trans people she treats have been denied care and support by their GPs. Mary Burke, senior clinical nurse at The London Transgender Clinic and specialist in hormone therapy, said that GPs refusing to provide adequate care to...

October 21, 2019

Next time someone says gays threaten the sanctity of marriage, show them this straight couple

We’ve all heard the same tired old arguments about same-sex marriage over the years. One of the most basic – and most exhausting – of these ideas is the one that suggests same-sex marriage will ruin the sanctity of marriage. Well, that would rely on marriage ever having sanctity to begin with. But straight people …...

October 21, 2019

A heavy metal icon just came out as a Drag Race fan, says he wants to be a guest judge

Judas Priest frontperson Rob Halford said that he loves RuPaul’s Drag Race and issued an open plea for a place on the judging table. “Get all the drag queens in full-on metal. Let’s do it, Ru,” Halford said in an interview with Yahoo. “I am a RuPaul’s Drag Race fan,” he added. “I...

October 21, 2019

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern explains decision not to ban traumatising ‘conversion therapy’

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has explained her government’s decision to delay a ban on traumatising gay conversion therapy, acknowledging a need for “religious freedom”. The controversial practice of so-called gay ‘conversion therapy’ was raised after more than 20,000 people...

October 21, 2019

Archbishop receives standing ovation for telling supporters of same-sex marriage to ‘leave’ church

An archbishop in Australia received a standing ovation after he asked same-sex marriage supporters to “leave us” in a speech last week. Archbishop Glenn Davies made the comments during his annual address to the Anglican Church’s Sydney synod, The Guardian reports. “My own view is that if people wish to change the doctrine...

October 21, 2019

David Bowie was ‘out of his mind on coke’ during infamous takedown of Elton John

David Bowie was allegedly “out of his mind on coke” when he called Elton John “the token queen of rock and roll”. Elton John made the comments in a section of his new autobiography Me where he opened up about his tumultuous friendship with the late singer-songwriter. Bowie famously called John “rock ‘n’ roll’s token...

October 21, 2019

A ‘bisexual’ Clueless reboot filled with Lizzo references is in the works

Hollywood’s reboot culture might finally be about to produce something interesting: a bisexual Clueless reboot described as “Mean Girls meets Riverdale meets a Lizzo music video”. Two decades after its first TV spin-off ended, Clueless is reportedly being revived for the small screen. The new series will...

October 21, 2019