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Judge Rinder said he was flirting up a storm with Bake Off host Noel Fielding. (BBC) Celebrity Bake Off contestant Judge Rinder confessed that much of his time in the tent was spent flirting with host Noel Fielding and getting “wine drunk”. Judge Rinder joins The Great Celebrity Bake Off on Tuesday (April 7) alongside

Lady Gaga raised $35m in a week to fight coronavirus. Jeff Bezos did not end world hunger today, despite being worth $117bn. (Pradeep Gaur/Mint/Kevin Mazur via Getty) In one week, Lady Gaga has raised $35m from corporations and rich people to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The popstar spent seven days calling up corporate leaders

James Charles is coming under fire after he took part in a Tik Tok trend called the Mugshot challenge, where people share photos of themselves with fake injuries. The YouTuber and make-up artist shared photos of himself with fake blood under his nose and fake black eyes as part of the bizarre “challenge”. But people

A South African soap opera actress has been forced to publicly come out as a lesbian after a local newspaper outed her. Letoya Makhene confirmed that she is a lesbian on Twitter after South Africa’s Sunday World newspaper publicly outed her. The newspaper ran a headline that read: “Letoya lesbian lover revealed”. Makhene shared an

The coronavirus lockdown means that many of us have more time on our hands than we’re used to. This is definitely the case for sports commentator Nick Heath. For Heath, the COVID-19 pandemic means that his work as a sports commentator has dried up – but the journalist has decided to use this time to

Tommy Ferris tows his grandmother’s wheelchair on his sit-down lawnmower. (Screen capture via BBC) A gay grandson caring for his 81-year-old grandmother with dementia has documented his time spent in lockdown as Britain comes to grips with the coronavirus. Tommy Ferris, 31, from Yate, Gloucestershire, recorded the tearjerking moments he shared with Nana Jean, from

Lil Nas X at the Tom Ford AW20 Show at Milk Studios on February 7, 2020. (Mike Coppola/FilmMagic/Getty) Lil Nas X has admitted that he planned to remain in the closet for the rest of his life, until ‘Old Town Road’ made him a star at the age of 19. The country rap star was

Mike Schultz tested positive for coronavirus after attending the Winter Party Festival in Florida (Instagram/@thebearded_nurse) Yet another person who attended the the annual LGBT+ fundraiser Winter Party Festival has been hospitalised for coronavirus. The event in Miami, Florida, took place from March 4-10 and was packed with more than 10,000 people. Shortly after the event,

The evangelical hate preacher Franklin Graham has unsurprisingly praised two horrific anti-trans bills that have just passed in Idaho. The first bill, HB509, bans trans people from changing the gender on their birth certificates, flouting a previous a federal court ruling on the issue. The second, HB500, bans schools and colleges from letting trans girls

The artwork for Lady Gaga’s upcoming album ‘Chromatica’ may have been leaked online (YouTube/Lady Gaga) The artwork for Lady Gaga’s feverishly-anticipated new album, Chromatica, appears to have leaked online ahead of its release. Gaga’s sixth studio album was due to be released on April 10 but has now been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Laganja Estranja is one of many queens whose work has dried up overnight. (Getty/Gabriel Olsen) Drag Race star Laganja Estranja is one of countless queer performers who’ve taken a financial hit due to coronavirus. With queer venues closed and Pride events cancelled across the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on drag

A group run by anti-LGBT reverend Franklin Graham constricted a 68-bed jury-rigged hospital to combat the city’s rising coronavirus caseload. (John Lamparski/Getty Images) Anti-gay evangelist Franklin Graham’s promises that his new coronavirus field hospital wouldn’t discriminate against LGBT+ patients have already been broken, according to a gay man who tried to volunteer. The makeshift hospital,

Honey Davenport and Aja collaborated on Draw The Blood. (JJ Images) Drag Race stars Aja and Honey Davenport spoke to PinkNews about their new single, the challenges that come with being a queer performer of colour, and Drag Race’s big diversity issue. It’s well-established that the Drag Race fandom has a race problem. Since RuPaul

If Anne Lister had her way, no one would have known of her lesbian affairs. Of course, that’s not quite how things turned out. Almost two centuries after the Halifax-born landowner passed away, she is known across the nation as Britain’s first modern lesbian: the subject of documentaries, theatre plays and the critically-acclaimed BBC drama,

Dr. Frank Gabrin died in his husband’s arms just a week after showing coronavirus symptoms. He’d been reusing personal protective equipment between patients due to shortages. (Screenshot/YouTube) Two days ago, an emergency-room doctor called Frank Gabrin died in his husband’s arms due to complications from coronavirus – just a week after showing symptoms. Gabrin, 60,

The followup novel introduces an older Elio, who is in (another) relationship with an older man Hollywood’s straight Prince of Twinks Timothée Chalamet and his co-star Armie Hammer have both reportedly signed up for Call Me By Your Name 2. Since Call Me By Your Name, there has been consistent buzz that a film followup

A man in Uganda takes HIV medication. (Jean-Marc Giboux/Getty Images) In Uganda, LGBT+ people who were arrested in a “targeted” raid under the guise of coronavirus prevention are being kept in custody without HIV medication, activists said. Fourteen gay men, two bisexual men and four transgender women were arrested under lockdown measures on March 29

Pastor Tony Spell has refused to close down Life Tabernacle Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana An anti-gay Louisiana pastor who flouted a public lockdown to bus in thousands to his megachurch is facing misdemeanour charges. Pastor Tony Spell has refused to close down Life Tabernacle Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana despite the lockdown, instead bussing

US President Donald Trump speaks while flanked by Vice President Mike Pence (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) The Trump White House has flatly rejected criticism over its ties to anti-LGBT hate groups. A report from anti-extremism watchdog Southern Poverty Law Center revealed a “sharp expansion” in the number of anti-LGBT hate groups operating across the

American DJ Diplo (L) wants to play Joe Exotic in an adaptation of Tiger King. ( David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images/Netflix) Diplo, the American DJ whose resemblance to Joe Exotic is so uncanny even Exotic’s husband can see it, now wants his own Hollywood version of Tiger King. The 41-year-old, real name Thomas Pentz,

A Colorado lawyer who referred to a judge as a “gay fat fag” has been ordered to undertake cultural sensitivity training. According to documents released from an administrative tribunal, Denver lawyer Robert E Abrams was reported by his own clients in a construction dispute after he sent them an email deriding judge Phillip Douglass, who

Sam Smith at the KIIS FM’s iHeartRadio Jingle Ball on December 6, 2019. (JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX/AFP/Getty) Sam Smith was as gracious as you’d expect when a TV presenter messed up their pronouns in a recent interview. The non-binary pop star goes by they/them pronouns, but was entirely forgiving when the Australian talkshow host Carrie Bickmore accidentally

Cardi B (L) vowed to raise funds for jailed Tiger King star Joe Exotic through a GoFundMe page, but the platform refused her plea. (Kevin Mazur via Getty Images/Netflix) Cardi B has pledged to start a GoFundMe to raise funds for jailed Tiger King star Joe Exotic, currently serving 22 years in federal prison for,

Liberty University president Jerry Falwell with Donald Trump. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) An anti-LGBT+ university that told students to return to campus despite coronavirus social distancing guidelines has seen its first confirmed case of COVID-19. Liberty University, which is based in Virginia, found itself in the centre of a media storm last week when it decided to

Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. (HAIDAR HAMDANI/AFP via Getty) Iraqi Shia political leader Muqtada al-Sadr has been widely criticised online for claiming that the coronavirus pandemic was caused by same-sex marriage. Writing on Twitter on Saturday (March 28), al-Sadr – who is the leader of the Sadrist Movement and the Saraya al-Salam militia, said: “One of

In the plot twist nobody saw coming, the tiger wrangler from Britney Spears’ legendary Slave 4 U performance was none other than Doc Antle from Tiger King. (Kevin Kane/WireImage via Getty Images/Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic via Getty Images) Considering that he only hangs with the cool cats and kittens of the world, tiger wrangler Doc Antle from

The former primate of all Nigeria, Nicholas Okoh. (The_ACNA/ Twitter) The recently retired archbishop and primate of all Nigeria Nicholas Okoh has said that the UK and the US are trying to “adulterate” the Bible with same-sex marriage. Throughout his time as primate, or leader, of the Church of Nigeria, Okoh has been relentlessly anti-LGBT+,

A woman in an open relationship has opened up about her husband’s terrible reaction when she got a girlfriend. Writing anonymously on Reddit, the woman said she is “confused and hurt” by her husband’s hostile response to her new partner. She explained that she has been with her husband for seven years. For around six

Tink Fisher and Rachel Rubin got married last September. (tinkfisher/ Instagram) A woman who came out as a lesbian after being married to two men said she never realised she enjoyed sex until now. Same-sex couple Tink Fisher and Rachel Rubin got married last year, but Fisher shared the story of how she came to terms with her sexuality

Pride Sports has produced limited edition Football v Transphobia 2020 football shirts. (Football v Homophobia) This year, the second-ever Football v Transphobia week of action will take place between March 24 and March 31, ending on Transgender Day of Visibility. Football v Transphobia was created by Pride Sports, and aims to take specific action against