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August 8, 2019

Gays boycotting Equinox and SoulCycle over investor’s Trump fundraiser

News of a Republican fundraiser to be held by a business mogul in aid of Donald Trump’s reelection campaign has sparked immediate calls for a boycott of two fitness companies. Stephen Ross, a real estate mogul and private investor, is the chairman of Related Companies, the parent company of fitness brands SoulCycle...

August 7, 2019

Activists who fought for same-sex marriage in Ecuador finally get married

Two activists who fought for exactly six years to achieve marriage equality in Ecuador got married on Monday (August 5). Pamela Troy and Gabriela Correa were declared legally married in the Civil Registry of San Blas, according to local news site El Comercio. The couple wed in the capital, Quito, and decided to return to...

August 7, 2019

Donald Trump said he’s going to do ‘something’ about hate groups

Donald Trump told reporters outside the White House today (August 7) that he was “concerned about the rise of any group of hate,” and that he would do “something” about it. The US president was about to leave for Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, to visit first responders and victims of the two mass...

August 7, 2019

Republican mayor claims LGBT education is ‘an affront to almighty God’

The Republican mayor of a New Jersey town has vowed to resist a law requiring schools to teach children that gay people exist. The comments on Tuesday (August 6) come from Alfonso Cirulli, the Mayor of Barnegat Township, which has a population of 22,000. Cirulli hit out at the law signed by the state’s Democratic...

August 7, 2019

Number of same-sex couple families up by more than 50 percent

The number of same-sex couples living as a family, with or without children, has increased by more than half since 2015, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). In 2015, there were 152,000 same-sex couple families living in the UK, and in 2018 there were 232,000, an increase of 53.2 percent. ...

August 7, 2019

Fans are convinced Taylor Swift just came out as bisexual

Taylor Swift fans are going wild with speculation, after she posted a photo of herself wearing a “PROUD” bracelet in the colours of the bi flag. The 10-time Grammy Award-winner posted a picture to Instagram on Monday (August 5) showing off several bracelets on her wrist. The bracelets spell out the names of...

August 7, 2019

Man who burned LGBT library books let off with $65 fine

A man who burned LGBT+ library books has been let off with the minimum possible fine, $65. Paul Dorr, a fundamentalist Christian, streamed himself on Facebook Live in October 2018 as he burned a string of LGBT-inclusive books from the library in Orange City, Iowa, which has a population of 6,004. The evangelical blogger...

August 7, 2019

Lesbian musical The Prom features a real-life wedding on stage

Broadway musical The Prom has made history, by hosting a real-life lesbian wedding on stage. The Tony-nominated Broadway show revolves around a lesbian high school student who is denied permission to bring a female date to prom. Audiences at New York’s Longacre Theatre got to witness a real-life happy ever after...

August 7, 2019

Queer Eye’s Antoni splits from boyfriend Trace Lehnhoff

Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski is now officially single, having split from his boyfriend Trace Lehnhoff after a year of dating. The Netflix star confirmed the break up on Tuesday (August 6) after deleting all photos of Lehnhoff from his Instagram account. In an interview with People, Porowski said: “I’m single now...

August 7, 2019

Anti-gay hate crimes double in Birmingham amid school protests

Reports of homophobic hate crimes have more than doubled around Birmingham, as the city continues to face protests over LGBT+ education. West Midlands Police revealed that reports of anti-gay incidents have surged since protesters began holding pickets against LGBT+ inclusive education at Parkfield Primary School and...