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September 24, 2019

Judge rules anti-LGBT church can legally be called a ‘hate group’

A judge has rejected an anti-LGBT hate group’s lawsuit against an extremism watchdog. The Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors extremism across the US, had faced action from the Florida-based D James Kennedy Ministries, which it designates as a hate group. The Christian group opposed the decriminalisation of...

September 24, 2019

Queer dance troupe shut down traffic at climate change protest by twerking in amazing viral video

A group of queer dance activists at a climate change protest shut down traffic by twerking. Dance-based queer activist group Werk for Peace, which was set up in in the aftermath to the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting, took to the streets of Washington DC as part of wider climate protests coinciding with the UN Climate Action...

September 24, 2019

Marc Almond wants you to know he’s not transphobic after deleting ‘anti-trans’ tweets

Singer Marc Almond is insisting he is not transphobic after posting a series ‘anti-trans’ tweets where he said he “draws the line after LGBT” and anything after that is “alienating, not inclusive”. The gay Soft Cell musician explained he’s “not transphobic and to even suggest...

September 24, 2019

Gareth Thomas says there’s ‘no way’ he could make it through HIV blackmail without loving husband

Gareth Thomas said there was “no way” that he could have made it through being blackmailed over his HIV status without his husband in a moving interview. The embattled former Welsh rugby captain bravely told the world that he lives with HIV after a publication threatened to reveal it, and was met with national...

September 24, 2019

From ze and zir to they/them: Here’s why you should respect gender pronouns

You’re probably familiar with gender pronouns she, he and them, but what do ze and zir mean? There’s a long list of gender pronouns and it can be hard adjusting to using different ways of referring to people. We asked transgender man Jackson Bird to explain what different pronouns mean, and share tips on how …...

September 24, 2019

France may not have enough sperm to allow lesbian and bisexual couples access to IVF

French lawmakers have begun debating a bioethics bill which would allow single women and women in same-sex couples to access IVF treatment, but clinicians have said that it could lead to a sperm shortage. Current French law allows state-funded Medically Assisted Procreation (PMA) only to heterosexual couples who are...

September 24, 2019

Twitter has decided to stan Supreme Court president Lady Hale and her spider brooch

Britain has once again been thrown into a Brexit-induced chaos after Lady Hale delivered the Supreme Court ruling that Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament was unlawful. The court found there was no “reasonable justification” for the prorogation of parliament, and that it had the effect of...

September 24, 2019

Billy Porter praises Jonathan Van Ness for opening up about HIV status

Billy Porter has praised Jonathan Van Ness for opening up about living with HIV and helping to reduce stigma. Porter made history at the Emmys on Monday, September 23, by becoming the first openly gay black man to win the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. According to Fox News, he told …...

September 24, 2019

Trump official Ben Carson doubles down on anti-trans comments by quoting the Bible

Donald Trump’s housing and urban development secretary Ben Carson has refused to apologise for describing transgender women as “hairy men”, responding to criticism by quoting Bible verses. Carson has faced scrutiny after embarking on an anti-trans tirade during an internal department meeting, with at least one...

September 24, 2019

Family’s rainbow flag burned down days before Pride

Authorities are investigating a suspected hate crime after a Kansas family’s rainbow flag was set on fire just days before Pride. The Gingrich-Gaylord family hung a Pride flag outside their house in Wichita, Kansas, to show their support for the LGBT+ community. But on Saturday, September 21, the family awoke to find...