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September 26, 2019

The top ten same-sex wedding songs for 2019 have been revealed

The top ten same-sex wedding songs in 2019 have been revealed by analysing Spotify playlists and they’re as fabulous and you’d expect. The top spot was taken by Whitney Houston’s ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)’, which has been streamed on Spotify 371 million times. Eventopedia...

September 26, 2019

A gay adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, set on Fire Island, is coming. Yes, you read that correctly

Queer people have waited more than 200 years, but their moment has finally come: a gay adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride and Prejudice is in the works. Trip is a modern-day romantic comedy set on New York’s Fire Island and is written by comedian and actor Joel Kim Booster. It follows two best …...

September 26, 2019

Jonathan Van Ness is endorsing presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren for an important reason

Queer Eye grooming expert Jonathan Van Ness has endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren. Van Ness, who publicly revealed he is living with HIV over the weekend, has backed the 70-year-old politician in her bid to become America’s first female president. The hair stylist said he decided to support...

September 26, 2019

Troye Sivan plays venue named after ‘homophobic’ pastor: ‘This is literally the gay agenda’

Troye Sivan played at Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena, named after the homophobic pastor and former tennis player, and said the concert was “literally the gay agenda”. Court won the award for homophobic comment of the year at the 2018 GLORIAs (Gay & Lesbian Outrageous, Ridiculous and Ignorant comment...

September 26, 2019

Boy George doesn’t care if a queer actor plays him in his upcoming biopic

Boy George has revealed that he doesn’t care if a queer actor is cast to play him in an upcoming biopic. When asked by TMZ if he cared if an LGBT+ actor is cast to play him in the film, the Culture Club frontman replied: “Not really, no.” “It would be about the right person … Continued The post Boy...

September 26, 2019

Houses in Britain targeted with vile, homophobic and hateful leaflets just days before Pride

Houses in Worcester were targeted with homophobic, hate-filled leaflet just days before the Worcestershire Pride parade at the weekend, September 21. The leaflet, titled “Pride Points to Ponder”, listed 45 insults against the LGBT+ community. Some of the “points” included were “bisexuals...

September 26, 2019

Original Strictly Come Dancing judge wants same-sex couples on the show

Original Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips has called for the show to allow same-sex partners to take part. Phillips, who stepped down as a judge in 2008, said that same-sex couples are common in the contemporary dance world – but this isn’t reflected on mainstream television. “It’s happening in the...

September 25, 2019

Gay man has the absolute best response to a ‘homophobic’ church that rejected him

A man was expelled from the baptist church he attended for six years after religious leaders found out he was gay and told him so in a letter, but he knew exactly how to clap back. Dylan Settles had been a member of the Woods Chapel General Baptists Church in Brookland, Arkansas, until he received … Continued The...

September 25, 2019

Meet the first black trans man in a regular TV role

Brian Michael Smith made TV history yesterday as the first black trans man to be cast in a regular TV role. The actor will feature in Fox’s 9-1-1 spin-off, Lone Star, which will debut in January. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Smith will play a “transgender male firefighter with a gift for observation worthy of...

September 25, 2019

LGBT Twitter responded to Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment inquiry with so many hilarious memes

Democrats deciding to move forward with impeachment proceedings against US President Donald Trump has sent the political world haywire but sent LGBT+ Twitter wild with memes and gifs. Things are strained for lawmakers in the states after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi formally declared an impeachment inquiry will be made,...