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April 10, 2022

Government LGBT+ adviser blasted for blaming ‘LGBT lobby’ for Safe To Be Me cancellation

The British government’s LGBT+ adviser has condemned the “LGBT lobby” for the cancellation of a landmark queer rights conference. In what he described as an “act of self-harm”, LGBT+ special envoy Nick Herbert criticised the “crocodile tears” shed by LGBT+ groups amid the...

April 10, 2022

Donald Trump compares ‘far-left gender theories’ to ‘child abuse’ in hate-filled rant

Former US president Donald Trump has claimed only a Republican-clogged Congress can end the “woke war on women and children”. As usual, Trump sought to regain relevancy by dealing out potshots against the trans community, saying that trans women should not compete in women’s sports. At a “Save...

April 10, 2022

Thousands of people sign petition urging the government to outlaw ‘horrific’ trans conversion therapy

Thousands of furious and frustrated Britons have signed a damning petition urging the government to ban gay and trans conversion therapy. The British government backpedalled last month on a long-promised conversion therapy ban only to U-turn once more and commit to excluding trans people from the legislation. But to LGBT+...

April 9, 2022

Sadiq Khan says trans people shouldn’t be ‘simply tolerated’ but ‘respected and celebrated’

London mayor Sadiq Khan has come out swinging for trans rights amid Boris Johnson’s repeated potshots against them. On Saturday afternoon (9 April), the Labour politician joined local council candidates in Higham Hill, a suburb in the northeast borough of Waltham Forest. He joined the likes of Kira Lewis, a...

April 9, 2022

Moon Knight’s Oscar Isaac wants you to call him ‘daddy’

Stars Wars actor Oscar Isaac has a simple request for his most thirsty of fans: Call him “daddy”. The salt and pepper haired 43-year-old, who once famously asked whether “eight inches is enough“, made his Marvel debut last month as the Egyptian god-serving Moon Knight. In an interview with...

April 9, 2022

Zimbabwe repeals barbaric law punishing people for transmitting HIV

People in Zimbabwe will no longer face prison for transmitting HIV. Section 79 of Zimbabwe’s criminal code made it illegal to transmit HIV to a partner, either knowingly or unknowingly. Those convicted could be punished with up to 20 years in prison. According to aidsmap, 16 people were arrested or prosecuted under...

April 9, 2022

Leo Varadkar warns Ireland can’t take LGBT+ progress ‘for granted’ as Britain backslides

April 9, 2022

Holly Valance posed with Donald Trump and Nigel Farage and people have a lot of thoughts

April 9, 2022

LGBT+ protesters get ready to unite and tell the government: Ban trans conversion therapy now

Protesters will descend on Westminster on Sunday (10 April) after the government announced that it will exclude trans people from its ban on conversion therapy. The group Ban Conversion Therapy has organised the protest in London, stating in a Twitter post: “There must be no exemptions to ending abhorrent conversion...

April 9, 2022

Lady Gaga’s dog walker ‘deeply concerned’ after one of his shooters accidentally released from jail

Lady Gaga’s dog walker has urged one of his shooters to turn himself in after the police “inadvertently” released him. James Howard Jackson, 19, was being held by the Los Angeles Police Department on an attempted murder charge for shooting Ryan Fischer and making off with Gaga’s dogs, Gustav and...