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July 4, 2022

Laurence Fox once again compares Pride flag to Nazi Party swastika just days after Twitter ban

Laurence Fox has once again compared the LGBTQ+ Pride flag to the Nazi Party’s swastika – an act that saw him temporarily banned from Twitter only days ago. On Saturday (2 July), the same day as Pride in London, the actor and right-wing Reclaim Party founder tweeted a collage of a street in Munich, Germany, …...

July 4, 2022

Hateful bigot nearly sets himself ablaze trying to set fire to town’s Pride flag

Police are on the lookout for a hateful bigot who set fire to a town’s Pride flag and nearly got caught in the ensuing ball of flames. Security cameras recorded a man, who was wearing a ball cap and short sleeve t-shirt, approaching the LGBTQ+ display in Lansing, Michigan on 28 June. The Pride flag was …...

July 4, 2022

Pride-goers ‘hack’ anti-LGBTQ+ protesters’ sound-system with camp disco anthem ‘It’s Raining Men’

Revellers from Pride in London have claimed that a group of anti-LGBTQ+ protesters had their sound-system “hacked” with an iconic rendition of “It’s Raining Men” by The Weather Girls. In a TikTok from London’s Pride parade on Saturday (2 July), a social media user claimed “somebody...

July 4, 2022

Tory attorney general won’t rule out changing Equality Act to attack trans rights

Tory MP and attorney general for England and Wales Suella Braverman has suggested that Westminster could block Scotland’s vital reform of Gender Recognition Act. While long-promised and life-saving reforms to gender recognition law have basically been scrapped by Downing Street, the Scottish government is pushing...

July 4, 2022

Drag queen dubbed a ‘British icon’ after sniffing poppers live on Channel 4: ‘F**king legend!’

Drag queen Fatt Butcher has been hailed as a “British icon” after they were seen sniffing poppers live on a Channel 4 Pride special. The truly amazing moment happened during British comedian Joe Lycett’s Big Pride Party, which aired on Channel 4 on Sunday (3 July). Lycett marked the 50th anniversary of Pride in the...

July 4, 2022

Green Party sparks searing backlash after local branch says ‘gender-critical views are welcome’

Pitchforks have been raised after a local arm of the Green Party released a statement that welcomed both “gender-critical” and pro-trans views. The statement was posted on the Brent Green Party Twitter page on Wednesday (29 June) professing the acceptance that the party has for “a range of...

July 4, 2022

Cara Delevingne insists it’s ‘all of our jobs’ to fight for women’s and trans rights

Model Cara Delevingne has posed topless for British Vogue, stating it is “all of our jobs” to stand up for women’s and trans rights. The 29-year-old model posed for Vogue‘s Pride issue alongside 11 other LGBTQ+ creatives including trans activist Munroe Bergdorf and Oscar-winning actress Ariana...

July 4, 2022

Basketball star Brittney Griner only played in Russia due to gender pay gap: ‘It’s a sad situation’

Basketball superstar Brittney Griner was only playing in Russia because of the low wages paid to female athletes in the US, according to teammates. Griner is currently on trial in Russia on drug smuggling charges after being arrested at a Moscow airport in February. Russian authorities have claimed the two-time Olympic...

July 4, 2022

Chris Pincher row proves ‘Boris Johnson is unfit to be prime minister’, says Tory MP

Boris Johnson’s handling of groping allegations against Tory MP Chris Pincher could help Conservative Party rebels finally “get rid of him”. Pincher, MP for Tamworth, resigned as deputy chief whip on Thursday (30 June), following allegations that he groped two men at the Carlton Club in London. In a...

July 4, 2022

Spain’s first trans footballer Alba Palacios says she’s so much happier since coming out

Alba Palacios is making history as Spain’s first transgender football player and can’t contain her joy at finally being her true self. Palacios began her transition and hormone therapy in 2017 and at the time played for the male team Torrelodones CF. Her teammates didn’t know – and she says they didn’t suspect anything....