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September 18, 2019

Mormon church doubles down on opposition to same-sex marriage

The Mormon church has doubled down on its stance that marriage is “between a man and a woman”, despite adjusting one of its anti-LGBT+ policies. President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Russell M Nelson, addressed students at Mormon institution Brigham Young University (BYU) on Tuesday,...

September 18, 2019

Woman wins court battle after same-sex partner had affair with their sperm donor

A court has awarded damages for infidelity to a Japanese woman whose same-sex partner left her after having an affair with their sperm donor. According to The Mainichi, the Mooka branch of the Utsunomiya District Court in Tochigi Prefecture made the ruling Wednesday, September 18. The ruling is groundbreaking as it legally...

September 18, 2019

Democratic donor Ed Buck arrested for running ‘drug house’ after meth overdose of gay man

Big-money Democratic donor Ed Buck has been arrested after men overdosed on meth in his home. The political donor, 65, was detained after a 37-year-old man overdosed at his home in West Hollywood on September 11, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. He has been charged with one felony count each...

September 18, 2019

Milo Yiannopoulos is threatening to gatecrash the furry convention he’s been banned from

Milo Yiannopoulos, a gay alt-right writer, has threatened to gatecrash the word’s largest furry convention after it banned him from attending. The disgraced former Breitbart editor attempted to win fans in the furry community by attending Midwest FurFest in Chicago and announcing his ‘fursona’ as a snow leopard....

September 18, 2019

Travis Alabanza: ‘I’m young, black, common, trans, grew up on an estate and suddenly I’m taking up space’

‘Resolutions for the Common, Black, Young, Queer Kid (And Anyone Else Who Needs It…)’ by Travis Alabanza. At the time of writing this I’m 23-years-old. I was going to say, ‘I’m at the young age of 23’, because everyone always places ‘young’ before my age in introductions. I never get to hear just my age,...

September 18, 2019

How a drag queen challenge among friends changed their lives

September 18, 2019

A journalist told Gareth Thomas’ parents about his HIV status before he did: ‘I can never take that moment back’

Gareth Thomas has revealed the pain he felt finding out a journalist had told his own parents about his HIV status before he did. The former Wales captain candidly told BBC Radio 5 Live today that opening up about living with HIV to his family is a moment he can have back. “That person came … Continued The...

September 18, 2019

The Bachelor franchise gets its first-ever same-sex proposal after 17 years

Demi Burnett and Kristian Haggerty made history when they got engaged on the Bachelor in Paradise season six finale, becoming the first same-sex couple to do so in the franchise’s 17-year history. Bachelor in Paradise is a spinoff of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette which brings together previous contestants, this...

September 18, 2019

Elton John is writing music for The Devil Wears Prada musical… That’s all

Sir Elton John has penned the music for an upcoming musical adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada. The 2006 camp cult comedy classic is the latest film to get a stage musical reboot, and it’s coming surprisingly soon. The show is set to have its first public try-outs in Chicago from July 2020, with tickets set to...

September 18, 2019

Trans woman says she was ‘on the ground bleeding’ after suspected transphobic attack

A trans woman and her friend were brutally attacked and left bleeding on the ground in Portland, Oregon, in what police say is a potential hate crime. The woman, identified by local channel KATU as Atlas, says she was set upon by a group of men last Thursday, September 12, at around 2:30am. Trans woman …...