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July 26, 2019

Muslim LGBT refugees more likely to get asylum if they conform to ‘gay lifestyle’

Muslim LGBT+ refugees in Germany are more likely to be granted asylum if they conform to Western stereotypes of what it means to be queer, according to a new study. The latest research carried out by Mengia Tschalaer, a research fellow at the University of Bristol, focused on queer Muslim migrants in Germany and found...

July 26, 2019

Pete Buttigieg would be banned from teaching at his own high school

Gay Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg would not be welcome to teach at the high school he attended, under a policy banning staff who are in same-sex relationships. The Catholic Saint Joseph High School in South Bend, Indiana, which Buttigieg attended from age 14, abides by a church policy that rejects gay teachers who...

July 26, 2019

Peppa Pig has achieved gay icon status with debut album, says Twitter

Twitter fans of the animated children’s series Peppa Pig are claiming that the titular character has achieved gay icon status. The queer pandemonium comes following the release of Peppa Pig’s debut album on Friday (July 19)—a 16-track, feel-good record crammed with uplifting bangers. It all kicked off when...

July 26, 2019

Trump administration ‘taking kids away’ from HIV-positive parents at border

The Trump administration is taking kids away from parents who are living with HIV, a high-ranking official has confirmed. Brian Hastings, chief law enforcement officer at Customs and Border Protection, made the extraordinary admission while being grilled by Congress on Thursday (July 25). Democratic lawmaker Rep. Jamie...

July 26, 2019

Parkfield school boss: Government ‘pressured’ for end of LGBT lessons

The boss of Birmingham’s Parkfield Primary School has accused the Department of Education of pressing for an LGBT+ inclusive anti-bullying programme to be dropped after protests. Parkfield agreed to suspend the No Outsiders programme in March after weeks of angry anti-LGBT protests outside the school, which has...

July 25, 2019

Tennessee pastor refuses to host man’s funeral because his son is gay

A dying man in Sweetwater, Tennessee has been turned away by a pastor who has refused to host his funeral because his son is gay. Jessie Goodman said his father has very few dying wishes, but one thing he does want is to have his funeral at the first church he ever attended. While the … Continued The post Tennessee...

July 25, 2019

Louis Tomlinson brands One Direction gay sex rumours ‘venom’

Louis Tomlinson has slammed a British newspaper for claiming that One Direction’s split was in part caused by gay sex rumours, and called the speculation “unprovoked venom.” The article was published in The Mirror with the headline: “Drugs, meltdowns and ‘gay sex’ rumours – how ‘rivalry and hatred’ tore One Direction...

July 25, 2019

Man found guilty of ‘corrective rape’ of lesbian loses court appeal

A man in South Africa who was found guilty of two counts of “corrective rape” of a lesbian in 2015 has lost his appeal to have his life sentence reduced. Zabathini Jonas was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2015 for the violent sexual assault of a 24-year-old lesbian. He threatened her with a knife and …...

July 25, 2019

Lesbian night bus attack: Police charge four teens over homophobic hate crime

The Metropolitan Police has charged four teenage boys for brutally attacking two women who were returning from a date on a north London night bus in May. Melania Geymonat and her date Chris were left with facial injuries that needed hospital treatment after the pair were assaulted on the top deck of the N31 bus …...

July 25, 2019

North Carolina settles ‘bathroom bill’: Trans people can use loos matching gender identity

A federal judge has ruled that trans and non-binary people in North Carolina must be allowed to use the public bathrooms of their choice. The settlement approved by the judge on Tuesday (July 23) prohibits the government of North Carolina from banning trans people from using their preferred bathrooms in state buildings. It...