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September 16, 2019

Rwandan gospel singer who came out as gay says reaction has been ‘horrible’

A gospel singer from Rwanda who came out as gay has said the reaction has mostly been “horrible”, highlighting the discrimination experienced by many LGBT+ people in Africa. Albert Nabonibo, 35, was reportedly the first gospel singer to come out in Rwanda when he made the announcement in August. Although gay...

September 16, 2019

Rwandan gospel singer who came out as gay says reaction has been ‘horrible’

September 16, 2019

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Piers Morgan is seriously struggling with Sam Smith’s non-binary identity

Nobody will be surprised to know that Piers Morgan is seriously struggling with Sam Smith coming out as non-binary. On today’s Good Morning Britain, host Morgan said that the singer made the announcement because the “splurge in popularity” would help promote them as an artist. As GMB‘s entertainment...

September 16, 2019

Far-right activists attack first-ever Pride in Ukraine’s second largest city

The second-largest city in Ukraine held its first ever Pride march but it was marred by violence from far-right activists. According to a police statement, around 2,000 people took part in Kharkiv Pride on Sunday, September 15, but they had to be surrounded by around 2,500 police officers, many in riot gear. The anti-gay...

September 16, 2019

Caitlyn Jenner was the butt of several ‘transphobic jokes’ over past support of Donald Trump

Caitlyn Jenner caught flack for her past support of US president Donald Trump at the Comedy Roast of Alec Baldwin, with several comedians also targeting her with anti-trans jokes. Jenner was one of several big names to send up Baldwin on the Comedy Central special, appearing alongside Robert De Niro, Ireland Baldwin (the...

September 16, 2019

The real winner of this year’s Emmys was Jonathan Van Ness and his strapless black minidress

Putting the ‘fab’ in Fab Five, Jonathan Van Ness owned the red carpet at the 2019 Creative Arts Emmys in Los Angeles on Saturday. The Queer Eye star threw on a strapless black minidress adorned with an elaborate mint green satin bow on the back that trailed him as he strutted the carpet. At the …...

September 16, 2019

Eddie Izzard, Sadiq Khan and more urge people to stop engaging with online trolls

September 16, 2019

Ellen DeGeneres claims she dated one of Brad Pitt’s ex-girlfriends

Ellen DeGeneres has revealed that she may have dated one of Brad Pitt’s ex-girlfriends. Pitt was a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday, September 13 to promote his new films Ad Astra and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. They confirmed that they met in the “late 80s, early 90s”, but DeGeneres asked...

September 16, 2019

Gay guy spent a year scaring his best friend and turned it into a hilarious viral video

Jackson Rickun spent an entire year scaring his best friend and turned it into a video that has Twitter in tears. The gay actor, of West Hollywood, California, dropped the video for his fellow actor and friend, Nick Lehmann, last Friday. Around six million people have tuned into the video that sees Lehmann hilariously jump...

September 16, 2019

The UK is making a groundbreaking change to how it competes in Eurovision

The BBC has confirmed that huge changes are in store for Eurovision 2020. The UK’s participation in Eurovision 2020, to be held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, was confirmed on Monday, September 16 – but with an important caveat. While traditionally the British public has chosen its Eurovision entry through a...