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September 4, 2019

Police seek three men in connection with a rape investigation in Manchester Gay Village

Three men are being sought by police over a suspected rape in Manchester’s Gay Village. Police are seeking the trio in connection with the incident that took place near Canal Street at around 1:30am on Wednesday, April 3. Man ‘raped and robbed’ in attack. The victim, a 28-year-old man, told police that he...

September 4, 2019

More than 50% of gay men in Hong Kong fear coming out, study finds

Around one in two gay men fear coming out to their loved ones in Hong Kong, a damning study has revealed. Against rapidly climbing HIV diagnoses and political crises in the former British colony, queer men struggle to be open about their sexual identities. Many HIV and healthcare specialists cite the pervasive taboo...

September 4, 2019

It wasn’t just Churchill’s grandson – the first openly lesbian Tory MP also booted out by Johnson

Margot James, the first openly lesbian Tory MP, is among the 21 Conservative politicians who have been expelled from the party after voting against Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans. She defended her decision to Birmingham Live, accusing Boris Johnson of making “erratic and reckless decisions” and of turning the...

September 4, 2019

Now Ruth Davidson has turned on Boris Johnson

Ruth Davidson has joined a growing number of politicians criticising Boris Johnson for expelling 21 Conservative MPs from the party. Johnson removed the whip from the 21 MPs who defied the government on Tuesday, September 3, helping the opposition to take control of the parliamentary agenda and table a bill which could...

September 4, 2019

Tom Holland really wants there to be a gay Spider-Man one day

Spider-Man: Far From Home actor Tom Holland has maintained that he does hope to see a gay version of Spider-Man on screen someday. In a new video with GQ, the cover star for the Fall 2019 issue went undercover on social media to answer fan questions. Logging into Twitter, Holland replied to one fan who …...

September 4, 2019

LGBT Liberal Democrats are quitting the party over the decision to admit ‘homophobic’ Phillip Lee

LGBT+ Lib Dems are revolting over the decision to admit “homophobic” Phillip Lee, saying it proves the party’s commitment to LGBT+ rights “is far too easily discarded”. On Tuesday, September 3, the former Tory MP Phillip Lee dramatically defected to the Lib Dems midway through Boris...

September 4, 2019

An anti-gay Trump appointee has been forced to quit after just 18 days

A freshly appointed Trump official with a history of anti-LGBT+ remarks has been forced to quit after anti-Semitic Facebook posts surfaced last week. Leif Olson joined the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division as a senior policy analyst on 12 August. But on Friday, just four hours after the posts came to light, Olson...

September 4, 2019

This story of a ‘straight’ man who began questioning his sexuality after meeting a new friend will warm your heart

A straight-identifying man turned to the internet for advice after a new friendship made him question his sexuality. The 41-year-old said that he had been happily single for seven years when a chance encounter took place. While playing darts in a pub with a friend, he began talking to a man (who he calls James) …...

September 4, 2019

YouTuber says coming out as bisexual was ‘one of the scariest experiences of my life’

YouTuber Lilly Singh, known on the video-sharing site as Superwoman, has reflected on her coming out journey in a touching Instagram post. The Canadian YouTuber, who has more than 14 million subscribers, came out as bisexual in a tweet on January 2019. But while she came out publicly seven months ago, the star came out...

September 4, 2019

Mark Gatiss didn’t hold back when it came to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s infamous Commons slouch

Writer and actor Mark Gatiss had several words for Jacob Rees-Mogg after the Conservative MP was seen reclining during a historic parliamentary debate on Monday night. As the Commons fought for control of the the parliamentary agenda on 3 September, a decision which could change the course of the Brexit process and trigger...