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Israel Folau. (Matt King/Getty) The outgoing Rugby Australia chief was reportedly targeted with “vicious bullying” after she sacked homophobic rugby star Israel Folau. Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle resigned on Wednesday, April 23, as the board had lost confidence in her ability to “take the game forward”, according to the BBC. She spent a

Roddy Alves gave an emotional interview in which she opened up about childhood bullying. (Screenshot/Truly) Celebrity Big Brother star Roddy Alves, who became famous as a lover of plastic surgery and later came out as transgender, has opened up about her transition in an emotional interview. Roddy Alves found fame after spending half a million

HIV-positive former police officer Liam Pierce applied for a job with the Iberia parish sheriff’s office in New Iberia, Louisiana, in 2012.  (Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor) A former police officer in Louisiana will get a $90,000 settlement after he was denied a job as a sheriff’s deputy when he revealed that he was

The face masks come in various LGBT-themed patterns. (The Baltimore Eagle) A gay leather bar in Baltimore, Maryland, has found new ways to keep the business afloat after shutting its doors because of the coronavirus pandemic. Maryland is currently under strict stay at home orders, meaning that residents can only leave their homes for essential

Donald Trump holds a rainbow flag given by a supporter during a 2016 campaign rally in Colorado. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) Pockets of leaders around the world have used the coronavirus crisis to consolidate power and strike against vulnerable communities within their borders. Joining the governments of Poland, Britain and Hungary, whose leaders have launched attacks against

A gay guy’s mother stumbled onto his OnlyFans, but her reaction isn’t quite what you’d first expect. (Twitter) Picture it: You’ve just uploaded a new nude to your OnlyFans page that you charge $9.99 per month for. You’re proud of it. That’s when your iPhone flashes and a ding echoes across the room. It’s your

Lambeth’s new mayor, Philip Normal, has represented Lambeth’s Oval ward since the May 2018 local government elections. (Supplied) The UK’s first-ever openly HIV positive mayor, Philip Normal, has been elected in Lambeth, South London. He has pledged to support LGBT+ rights and de-stigmatise living with HIV. Philip Normal, 38, is an artist who has a

Former Angel star J August Richards said Tuesday evening that the day he came out as gay was “one of the best days” of his life. The actor, best known for his roles as Charles Gunn on Angel and Deathlok on Agents of Shield, came out Monday during a chat with actor Sarah Callies shared to

Tiger King stars Joe Exotic (R) and Dillon Passage. (Instagram) Dillon Passage, husband to Tiger King star Joe Exotic, has found himself in a rather specific situation, one that can only be described as peak 2020. Passage revealed Thursday night to FUBAR Radio’s Access All Areas that while his husband is carrying out his 22-yearslong

Liz Truss, Secretary of State for International Trade leaving 10 Downing Street on February 13, 2020. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) Conservative equalities minister Liz Truss set out her plan for reforms to the Gender Recognition Act yesterday, alarming LGBT+ rights organisations and the parents of vulnerable trans children. Truss, who dislikes “identity politics” and wants to

Kenyan gay and lesbian organisations demonstrate outside the Nigerian High Commission in Nairobi after former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan signed the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act into law. (SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty) All the police constable did was allegedly have anal sex with his male partner in Nigeria, yet, Chibuike Ukazu and his partner were brutally beaten

Drag Race royalty Alaska. (Screen capture via Entertainment Weekly) In a plot twist we both absolutely did not see coming, yet, are we surprised, is that RuPaul’s Drag Race star Alaska worked as a shopkeeper at the gay porn star featured in Circus of Books. Circus of Books tells the story of Karen and Barry

The prospective father gearing up to knock out his knocked up wife (Screenshot: Daily Mail) As straight people find yet more ways to tell the world about their child’s genitals, the latest excruciating ‘gender reveal’ shows a pregnant mother being struck in the face with a baseball bat. The clip, which was shared on social

Jameela Jamil is set to appear alongside MC Dashaun Lanvin and fellow panelists Amazon Leiomy, Law Roach and Megan Thee Stallion. (Screen capture via YouTube) A trailer for the glittery, sequinned and feather boa-filled show Legendary dropped Tuesday, and it is the dictionary definition of glamour. It comes after the show suffered early criticism after

Ansel Elgort and his nipples (pictured) claimed to have started an “OnlyFans”, kind of. (Instagram) Thousands of laptops, tablets and mobile phone screens spontaneously combusted into a plume of hormonal flames after professional pseudo-twink actor Ansel Elgort uploaded a near-naked photograph of to promote his ‘OnlyFans’. After images of his bulge broke the internet in

The 700 Club host Pat Robertson has suggested that America needs to “confess and forsake” the sin of gay weddings for God to cure coronavirus. The 90-year-old Christian TV host, who has anchored the reliably-homophobic daily show for 54 years, nodded along on Monday as a viewer, John, called in to ask whether coronavirus is

CJ (L) and Flick (R) are simply “roommates and business partners”, according to an Animal Crossing: New Horizons companion guide. (Nintendo) Animal Crossing: New Horizons, a cartoony life-simulator by gaming giant Nintendo, has given countless housebound fans the opportunity to pretend that they are chatting to friends in person, hanging out in e fresh air,

British television channel Channel 5 has become the hero we need but truly did not deserve after it confirmed it will air The Golden Girls from beginning to end. Let me tell you a story. Picture it, Sicily… OK, not quite that. The US show kept fans entertained for nearly a decade across 180 episodes,

Jakub and David created 300 rainbow masks. (jakubidawid/ Instagram) A gay couple in Poland have been distributing rainbow face masks in “LGBT-free” zones, to fight both homophobia and the coronavirus. More than a third of Poland is pledging to become an ‘LGBT-free’ zone, pledging to refrain from acts that encourage tolerance and avoiding providing financial

Rachel Brosnahan (pictured) coughing on her golden arm, complying with World Health Organization guidelines concerning coronavirus, before demanding to be buried with it. (Screen captures via Twitter) It’s safe to say that Quibi, the platform aimed at providing viewers with “quick bites” of content, launched last week at the exact right time, but one show

Lady Gaga and Boris Johnson. (Getty/Global Citizen/Ray Tang/Anadolu Agency) An explosive article in today’s Sunday Times revealed that UK prime minister Boris Johnson skipped the first five crisis meetings about coronavirus – meanwhile, Lady Gaga raised $127m for the COVID-19 relief effort and curated a global star-studded concert. Johnson, whose poor handling of the pandemic

#WanksAsThanks has grown fast, from a one-woman gesture of solidarity to a full-blown fundraising campaign. (Supplied) Workers in the UK’s adult industry are raising money for the NHS COVID-19 solidarity fund on OnlyFans in a new campaign called #WanksAsThanks. The way it works is simple. To support the NHS, people can sign up to #WanksAsThanks

Sam Smith and John Legend joined forces for a rousing rendition of “Stand By Me”. (Screen captures via Periscope) British singer Sam Smith duetted with American musician John Legend for an emotional performance of “Stand By Me” for Lady Gaga’s One World: Together global concert Saturday night. Legend, the singer behind an array of briefly

Naofal Moussas Instagram Live video where she instructed her followers to make fake accounts on gay dating apps. Screenshot/Supplied) Gay men in Morocco are living in terror after a beauty influencer instructed her hundreds of thousands of followers to use gay dating apps to identify them, in a country where homosexuality is illegal and violent

Queen Latifah on January 18, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (David Livingston/Getty Images) Queen Latifah has opened up about having a massive crush on Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima. Speaking on an episode of Facebook Watch’s Red Table Talk on Wednesday (April 15), the actress got candid and opened up about her celebrity crush. Queen Latifah and

A leading medical chief has offered important advice to any LGBT+ people considering hooking up on Grindr during the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Anthony Fauci, who is part of the White House coronavirus taskforce, explained in an interview with Vanity Fair that it’s all about “relative risk”. “If you really feel that you don’t want to

Former One Direction member Liam Payne has issued a somewhat half-hearted apology for a “harmful” song about bisexuality he released last year. “Both Sides”, a track on Payne’s latest album LP1, was widely criticised by bisexual activists and fans on Twitter when it landed last December. In the song, Payne sings: “My girl, she like

YouTube star NikkieTutorials spoke to Ellen DeGeneres on The Ellen Show. (EllenTube/ YouTube) YouTube NikkieTutorials has given more details about her experience of appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to discuss coming out as trans, and it’s not good. NikkieTutorials, real name Nikkie de Jager, appeared on Ellen DeGeneres’s talkshow in January to speak about the blackmail attempt

Boys and men are feeling vulnerable during the coronavirus pandemic but are disguising it through risk-taking behaviour, a researcher has said. In an article for TES, criminology professor Ross Deuchar and former police chief inspector in the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit Graham Goulden wrote of their fears for boys and men in COVID-19 lockdown. Deuchar

Armie Hammer has unveiled his new look, and his Call Me By Your Name co-star Timothée Chalamet has had quite the reaction. Hammer revealed his makeover in an Instagram post, showing what appears to be a mohawk along with some very 80s-style facial hair. The reactions ranged from confusion to thirst, but Chalamet summed up