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September 25, 2019

Donald Trump used his UN speech to say he stands ‘in solidarity with LGBT people’. There’s just one problem

US president Donald Trump has claimed he “stands in solidarity” with LGBT+ people in countries where being gay is illegal – despite rolling back policies that protect the LGBT+ community at home. Trump made the comments at an address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, September 24,...

September 25, 2019

Israel Folau pocketed a pay rise after his first anti-gay comment, court documents show

Australian rugby player Israel Folau was given a pay rise just six months after he first made anti-gay comments on social media, court documents show. Folau – who has since been fired – signed a new contract in October 2018 which saw him receive an extra $25,000 per year, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The …...

September 24, 2019

Julian Clary says anal warts stopped him from becoming HIV-positive

Comedian Julian Clary has said in a rather candid interview that anal warts stopped him from acquiring HIV. The 60-year-old, who is no stranger to making an offbeat comment, spoke to The Guardian about this three decades-long career. Sandwiched between discussing his marriage to longtime partner, Ian Mackley, and the...

September 24, 2019

Marching band trolls anti-LGBT university in the best possible way

A marching band trolled an anti-LGBT university in the US with a vibrant Pride-flag filled halftime number complete with Village People’s ‘YMCA’ blasting in the background. Baylor University, a private Christian college in Texas, has for eight years refused to recognise a student group for LGBT+ students....

September 24, 2019

Truck driver ‘shot trans woman in the chest’ in transphobic hate crime

A truck driver allegedly pulled up to a trans woman in Dallas, yelled transphobic slurs at her before shooting her multiple times in the chest and arm, city police have reported. The drive-by gun down at around 11:05pm last Friday resulted in the 35-year-old Latina trans woman being hospitalised, according to a police news...

September 24, 2019

The biggest selling single of the noughties was by Will Young

With the world getting hotter, the perils of global warming becoming increasingly clear and catastrophic, hurricanes swirling and droughts lengthening, the noughties seem like a fever dream in comparison to today. But not too long ago, people plugged headphones into MP3 players, rather than iPhones, and one study has found...

September 24, 2019

Activists drown out anti-trans group’s meeting at Labour Party Conference

A crowd of trans rights activists staged a demonstration outside the Labour Party Conference to protest against a ‘transphobic and whorephobic’ group meeting. Activist group Queer AF gathered at the conference centre in Brighton where a meeting of Woman’s Place UK (WPUK) was being held. WPUK campaigns for...

September 24, 2019

Rapper CupcakKe says she’s quitting music in emotional video sparking fears for her safety among fans

Rapper CupcakKe, a long-standing ally of the LGBT+ community, has announced in a tearful Instagram live video that she is retiring from the music industry. The artist revealed she would be canceling the tour she just started, as well as deleting her social media accounts and removing her music from streaming services...

September 24, 2019

This was Karamo Brown’s surprising reaction to his son coming out as pansexual

Queer Eye star Karamo Brown has spoken about his surprising reaction to his son coming out as pansexual. The TV star, 38, is father to 22-year-old Jason, who was born by a previous relationship, and also adopted his son’s half-brother Christian, 19. In a joint interview with The Advocate, the Queer Eye star spoke...

September 24, 2019