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July 23, 2019

US ‘death to gays’ preacher Steven Anderson banned from Australia

US-based ‘death to gays’ preacher Steven Anderson has been banned from Australia, marking the 33rd country he is barred from entering. The leader of Arizona’s fringe Faithful Word Baptist Church, who has called for the execution of gay people by stoning and openly celebrated the massacre at...

July 23, 2019

Country music station refuses to air interview with Pete Buttigieg

A Nashville country music host has revealed he was banned from airing an interview with gay Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg. Nash FM country host Blair Garner, whose show is syndicated to more than 150 Cumulus Media stations across the US, had interviewed Buttigieg after the gay Democrat directly reached out and...

July 22, 2019

Cara Delevingne says she’s a ‘pansexual faerie’ in new Amazon series Carnival Row

Cara Delevingne says that her character on the new Amazon Prime series Carnival Row is pansexual despite having an on-screen romance with a man. The series takes place in a Victorian fantasy world that unites humans and creatures after the war. The show stars Orlando Bloom as a human detective who falls in love with...

July 22, 2019

Trans woman shot dead was misgendered by police

A transgender woman shot and killed in North Charleston, South Carolina has been identified after initially being misgendered by police, according to reports. Denali Berries Stuckey, 29, is one of at least 12 trans women to have been killed in the US this year alone. Officers were said to have responded to the scene in...

July 22, 2019

In her last week as PM, half of Brits think Theresa May did a bad job

On her penultimate day as Prime Minister Theresa May has been labelled bad at her job by half of Brits. According to polling by YouGov, 49 percent of the public believe that May has been a bad Prime Minister. Just 21 percent think she performed well. At the beginning of her premiership May’s favourability figures …...

July 22, 2019

Beauty queen: ‘Coming out as conservative is harder than coming out as gay’

A beauty pageant contestant who was stripped of her Miss Michigan title over a series of “racist” tweets has said that “coming out as conservative is harder than coming out as gay.” In a statement released to the media following her dismissal Kathy Zhu said: “I stand by each and every one of...

July 22, 2019

Gay-owned club to host ‘$35,000 ticketed fundraiser for Mike Pence’

A gay-owned private club in Aspen Colorado will reportedly host a fundraiser for Mike Pence on Monday (July 22) and tickets cost $35,000 a couple. According to local reports, the Caribou Club is owned by two gay men. Vice chair of Pitkin County Republicans, Bob Jenkins, said Friday that he expects about 25 couples to...

July 22, 2019

Seahorse review: Trans dad’s birth story is a moving account of love and family

Freddy McConnell is a gay trans man and Guardian journalist who chose to suspend his hormone treatment to carry his own baby. He is a “seahorse dad.” The new documentary Seahorse, by the BBC in association with the Guardian and directed by Jeanie Finlay, follows McConnell over three years, from trying to conceive to...

July 22, 2019

Figure skating power couple Eric Radford and Luis Fenero marry in beautiful Spanish wedding

Gay figure skating power couple Eric Radford and Luis Fenero tied the knot on July 11 in a beautiful Spanish wedding. Fenero was born in Spain and represented the country as a skater, and so the couple decided to hold their wedding there. Canadian figure skater Radford, who is a two time world champion and …...

July 22, 2019

Jo Swinson announced as new leader of the Liberal Democrats

Jo Swinson has been announced as leader of the Liberal Democrats, taking over from Vince Cable. Swinson, 39, is the first woman to lead the Lib Dems. Party members voted overwhelmingly for her to take over from outgoing leader Cable. Swinson won 47,900 votes while her only rival for the top job, Ed Davey, won …...