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September 8, 2019

Cabinet shifts against LGBT rights as Therese Coffey replaces Amber Rudd

Boris Johnson has promoted Thérèse Coffey, an MP with an anti-LGBT record, to serve in his Cabinet – meaning a majority of his top team are now MPs who opposed equal marriage. The PM was forced to make changes to his Cabinet after Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Minister for Women and …...

September 8, 2019

Queer Eye’s Karamo Brown ‘got threats’ for defending Dancing With The Stars co-star Sean Spicer

Queer Eye star Karamo Brown has said that his family received “threats” after he defended his Dancing with the Stars co-star Sean Spicer. The Fab Five member came under fire after it was revealed that he would be taking part in the ABC reality show alongside Donald Trump’s former Press Secretary, who has...

September 8, 2019

Brazil’s biggest newspaper prints Avengers kiss on front page after censorship attempts

The largest newspaper in Brazil has published a gay kiss from an Avengers comic book on its front page, after the mayor of Rio de Janeiro tried to stop the comic from being sold. Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Marcelo Crivella has faced ridicule after trying to ban sales of books with LGBT+ themes at … Continued The post...

September 8, 2019

Los Angeles becomes first jurisdiction in US to record LGBT suicides and hate crime murders

Los Angeles County is believed to have become the first jurisdiction in the US to monitor the unnatural deaths of LGBT+ people in the area. Campaigners said the move will help them to track where the LGBT+ community are disproportionately affected by certain causes of death, including suicide and hate-motivated murders,...

September 8, 2019

French football boss tells referees to ignore homophobic chants because they’re stopping ‘too many’ matches

The head of the French Football Federation has encouraged referees to ignore homophobic chants and continue playing. Noël Le Graët, president of the French Football Federation (FFF), made the claim in an interview with Ouest-France, after three games in two weeks were interrupted over anti-gay chants and banners. French...

September 8, 2019

Pose star Indya Moore wears earrings with portraits of murdered trans women

Pose star Indya Moore made a splash at Daily Front Row’s annual Fashion Media Awards, dedicating their outfit to murdered trans women. Alongside their Oscar de la Renta gown, Moore donned earrings comprised of portraits of the 16 black transgender women who have been murdered in the US so far in 2019. Speaking at the...

September 7, 2019

The UK loses its fifth Equalities Minister in three years as Amber Rudd resigns

The Work and Pensions Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities Amber Rudd has sensationally quit both as a cabinet minister and as a Conservative in protest of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s handling of Brexit. Since the UK voted to leave the European Union, and David Cameron resigned, five Equalities...

September 7, 2019

RuPaul’s Drag Race Live Las Vegas residency: Who is taking part and where to buy tickets

RuPaul has revealed that some of the most popular Drag Race queens will be taking up an official Las Vegas residency for RuPaul’s Drag Race Live. The RuPaul’s Drag Race residency will begin in January 2020, taking over the Flamingo in Las Vegas for an eight-month run, with five shows a week. Directed by RuPaul...

September 7, 2019

Brazilian YouTuber Felipe Neto gives away 14,000 LGBT+ books, after attempt to censor them

Brazilian YouTube star Felipe Neto responded to a politician’s attempts to censor LGBT+ books by giving thousands away for free. Neto, who is one of Brazil’s most popular YouTubers with 34 million subscribers, made the grand gesture after Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Marcelo Crivella tried to ban sales of books with...

September 7, 2019

Las Vegas LGBT centre vandalised with ‘FAG’ graffiti, in second attack in just months

An LGBT+ community centre in Las Vegas was vandalised in the early hours of Thursday, with a vandal spraying an anti-gay slur across the front door. The LGBTQ Center of Southern Nevada shared a photo of the graffiti, which features the message “FAG” written in black spray paint. The centre confirmed that an...