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October 1, 2019

The Trump administration told a city to remove its Pride rainbow crossings. The city had something else in mind

Locals in the city of Ames, Iowa, are delighted with their new Pride crossings – but the federal government isn’t. The Trump administration told the town that they must remove the rainbow crosswalks, which are painted in different colours to represent different members of the LGBT+ community. The Iowa city’s...

October 1, 2019

This is how you can march with Elizabeth Warren at Pride in matching rainbow feather boas

Elizabeth Warren will be marching in the Las Vegas Pride parade this month, and you could be marching with her in matching rainbow feather boas. The 21st annual Pride parade in downtown Las Vegas will take place on October 11, and Warren has confirmed her attendance. Nevada for Warren is running a competition and the...

October 1, 2019

Jonathan Van Ness has a plan to ‘zhuzh up’ Boris Johnson’s hair

UK prime minister Boris Johnson can breathe a sigh of relief, because Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness knows just what to do to fix his hair. During a quickfire interview on CNN, the Queer Eye grooming expert was asked whose hair he would rather “get in and zhuzh up” – Johnson’s or Donald Trump’s. “Why … Continued The...

October 1, 2019

Mormon couple claim they’re ‘not homophobic’ despite believing gay sex is a sin

An English Mormon teenager clashed with his parents who claim they’re “not homophobic” while also believing gay sex is a sin. Lindsay Preston, from Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, who belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, appears on Wednesday’s episode of Stacey Dooley...

October 1, 2019

Trans sex workers share powerful reasons why sex industry needs to be decriminalised

For the first time, hundreds of sex workers marched through the streets of Stockholm calling for sex workers’ rights and the decriminalisation of the sex industry. The sex workers’ rights protestors demanded that the government end the “harmful”, “unjust” and “stigmatising”...

October 1, 2019

Ruby Rose really doesn’t care if you don’t think she’s queer enough to play Batwoman

Model and actor Ruby Rose doesn’t care that people think she isn’t queer enough to play Batwoman. The Orange Is the New Black star deleted her Twitter account last year after she faced widespread criticism when she was cast as Batwoman in the CW’s superhero show. Rose addressed the controversy this week in an interview...

October 1, 2019

YouTubers claim site is punishing videos for being ‘gay’ or ‘lesbian’

YouTube content creators have conducted their own private study into the streaming platform’s algorithms and found that it demonetises content with “gay” or “lesbian” in its title. The allegations – which have been denied by YouTube – come from Sealow, CEO of research firm Ocelot AI, YouTuber Andrew who runs the...

October 1, 2019

Religious school risks losing Ofsted recognition for refusing to teach pupils about the existence of LGBT people

A Jewish girls’ primary school in Manchester has fallen short of Ofsted standards as it is refusing to teach its pupils about the existence of LGBT+ people. Beis Rochel Mcr Girls’ School wants to register as as an independent school for 200 girls aged from two to 11. But it failed Ofsted’s pre-registration...

October 1, 2019

Dame Helen Mirren really wants you to know that trans women are women

Dame Helen Mirren has said she’s “not a TERF” and trans women are women in an interview with the Radio Times. The 74-year-old actor also said that gender and sexuality are both on a spectrum. “I came to the conclusion an awfully long time ago that there is black and there is white, and we’re …...

October 1, 2019

Uber and Lyft drivers more likely to cancel on LGBT passengers

A new study has proved LGBT+ people routinely face discrimination from Uber and Lyft drivers, who cancel their journeys almost twice as frequently as with straight passengers. The study “When Transparency Fails: Bias and Financial Incentives in Ridesharing Platforms” revealed that LGBT+ people and black people...