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Gay Congressional candidate Ritchie Torres has branded the head of a police union as “racist, misogynistic and homophobic” after the group called him a “first class w***e”. Torres, who is expected to win a seat in the United States House after he won his Democratic primary, made the comment after the Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA)
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South African 800 metre Olympic champion Caster Semenya. (PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images) Caster Semenya lost her final appeal to compete in the 800 metres race at the postponed Toyko 2020 Olympics in a ruling by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court Tuesday (8 September). After a lengthy battle, Semenya has been told that in order
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A call for institutionalised conversion therapy in Poland has been roundly condemned by therapeutic and psychological experts in the country. Earlier this month, the Polish Episcopal Conference of Catholic bishops said that it was “necessary to create [conversion therapy] clinics… to help people regain their sexual health and natural sexual orientation”. The call for a
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Jake Gyllenhaal starred in Brokeback Mountain with the late Heath Ledger. (Focus Features) Just two per cent of big budget films released in the last decade have had meaningful LGBT+ representation, according to an academic. Dr Ellie Lockhart, who has a PhD in communications, has been analysing recent films to figure out what kind of
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Steps singer Ian H Watkins with Dancing on Ice skater Matt Evers. (ITV) Steps star Ian ‘H’ Watkins has called on Dancing on Ice to break new ground by introducing a trans contestant during its next season. Dancing on Ice made history in January when Watkins and professional skater Matt Evers became the show’s first ever same-sex
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A proposed new law would legally erase the existence of trans people in Vladimir Putin’s Russia (Getty) Russia could be set to follow in the footsteps of Hungary with a proposed law that would legally erase transgender people. Proposed amendments to Russia’s Family Code, put forward by anti-LGBT+ lawmaker Yelena Mizulinam, would legally bar transgender
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Pennsylvania state representative Malcolm Kenyatta (YouTube/Pa. House Video) Pennsylvania representative Malcolm Kenyatta has shamed Republican lawmakers for backing legislation that he says will “intimate” people from exercising their right to vote. The Black gay Democrat tore into Republicans in an impassioned address on the House floor on September 2, drawing attention to a bill that
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A trans teen was refused alcohol at a pub in Glasgow, Scotland. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato) A trans teen was left in tears after bartenders in Glasgow, Scotland, refused to serve for because she “did not look like her ID”. Savanna Galloway, 19, swung by Wetherspoons-owned Counting House on George Square Tuesday (September 1)
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Hope Presbyterian Church leaders and members were shocked to see the signs had been vandalised within hours of being installed. (Screen captures via NBC Chicago) A church community in a northern Illinois town was left devastated after signs signalling support of the LGBT+ community, as well as the Black Lives Matter movement, were burned down,
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Simon Lokodo, Uganda’s minister of ethics, has long positioned himself as a moral crusader. (Facebook) Simon Lokodo, Uganda’s Minister of State for Ethics and Integrity who vehemently lobbied for the death penalty for gay sex for years, was unseated Saturday (September 5) and is no longer a member of the Parliament of Uganda. In the heated
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Daniel Newman. (Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images) Daniel Newman was slammed Friday evening (September 4) after tweeting that he was at a “private island” with tens of other muscular, maskless men. The since-deleted social media post came only hours after the bisexual Walking Dead star said that if “you have depth, your ‘clique’ or ‘tribe’ will almost
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Pillsbury Company, which owns Toaster Strudel, announced the Mean Girls-inspired product on Twitter. (Twitter) 2020 is the year that finally, “fetch” happened. In a marketing ploy that, to be frank, we’re surprised took 16 years to do, foodstuffs company Pilsbury has launched a Mean Girls-inspired Toaster Strudel and it’s honestly a work of art. After
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Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has secured the role of UK trade adviser (Stefan Postles/Getty) Downing Street has confirmed Tony Abbott as UK trade envoy, dismissing concerns over his many homophobic and misogynist comments. The former Australian prime minister was named as an unpaid trade adviser to the UK on Friday (September 4) after
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Harpies, billed as Britain’s only LGBT+ strip night. (harpiesstripclub/ Instagram) The founder of a queer-inclusive strip night is rallying to raise funds for two Black dancers who, in the throes of an economy cratered by the coronavirus, are facing eviction and homelessness. Held at Metropolis, an east London strip club that regularly hosts queer nights,
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A man applies drag makeup. (cottonbro/ Pexels) Aberystwyth University has been forced to ban drag socials because cisgender men were using them as “an opportunity to ridicule trans people”. According to The Tab, Aberystwyth Students’ Union made the decision in consultation with the university’s LGBT+ society AberPride. The SU said the socials had become “about
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This grandmother came out to her granddaughter in a touching video (Twitter/@jackremmington) It’s never too late to live your truth, as one adorable grandmother proved when she came out to her granddaughter on camera. When the woman began speaking about her attraction to other women, her granddaughter promptly whipped out her phone to capture the
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A Polish bishop dismissed fears that the Catholic church wants to force LGBT+ people into conversion therapy (Artur Widak/NurPhoto/ Getty) A Polish bishop has insisted it’s a “misconception” that the church wants to force LGBT+ people into conversion therapy, despite calling for the creation of conversion therapy clinics just days earlier. After a three-day Polish
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Jennifer Laude, who was strangled to death by the US marine. A former United States marine who brutally choked a trans woman to death will remain in prison in the Philippines after a last-minute U-turn. Joseph Scott Pemberton was convicted of killing Jennifer Laude in 2015, and was handed a sentence of between six and
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Tiger King‘s Carole Baskin, Selling Sunset‘s Chrishell Stause and a whole host of other famous faces have been confirmed for the next season of Dancing with the Stars. The long-running ABC series will return on September 14, with both Stause and Baskin set to capitalise on their newfound fame by taking to the dancefloor. The reality stars
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Mayor Alex Morse of Holyoke campaigns ahead of the September 1 primaries (Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Gay progressive Alex Morse has failed in his primary challenge against a high-profile Democratic lawmaker, after a murky campaign that saw him allegedly targeted with homophobic smears. Richard Neal, chair of the House of Representatives Ways
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Ryan Murphy has given a glimpse of the star-studded cast for his Netflix adaptation of the hit lesbian musical The Prom — revealing it’s coming a lot sooner than expected. The prolific film and TV creator behind Pose and American Horror Story shows no sign of slowing down, with 2020 already seeing the launch of
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Civil servants in Northern Ireland are now required to refer to trans and non-binary people by their correct pronouns. Last year, the civil service re-wrote a policy document which now requires all staff to use the correct pronouns of trans and non-binary employees. While the document was re-written last year, the decision has only come
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The Middle Ages conjure an image of darkness, stagnation and regressive attitudes – but a resurfaced queer medieval story has proved this is far from the full picture. A recently resurfaced tale from 12th century Ireland is forcing many people to re-evaluate their perception of the Middle Ages as being a time of stagnation after
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