A Florida appeals court has ditched vital LGBT+ discrimination protections in the middle of a global pandemic. Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeals struck down the law, which protected LGBT+ people’s right to public accommodation, employment and housing, in a ruling last Friday (May 1). Plaintiffs in the case argued that the LGBT+ protections, which
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Why let the fact that you don’t cook and a Pandemic stop you from launching a cooking show? Wendy Stuart certainly didn’t….as the creator and star of “Pandemic Cooking with Wendy,” she will be featured in Chef Joe Zaso’s latest cookbook “Café Himbo’s Quarantine Cuisine” with the recipe “Nurse Jed Ryan’s Truffle Potato Chip Encrusted
Lady Gaga (Stuart C. Wilson/Getty) Lady Gaga is taking some time out of her day to help students who have been robbed of a proper graduation to celebrate their achievements. The coronavirus pandemic has seen many major events cancelled and postponed in an effort to curb the spread of the virus – and among those
Franklin Graham has claimed the media and “liberal politicians” are using the coronavirus pandemic to “destroy” Donald Trump. Graham, the notorious anti-LGBT+ evangelist, made the comments in a Facebook post shortly after he was told to close a New York tent hospital set up by his charity Samaritan’s Purse. The Central Park tent hospital was
Black, gay former police officer Kevin Maxwell has said that homophobia and racism are “too ingrained” in the police force for any change to take place. Maxwell, who has recently written a book called Forced Out about the homophobic and racist abuse he endured while working as a police officer, told The Guardian he does
Former intergalactic helmsman and all-round nice guy George Takei has a genius solution to keep right-wing bigots at home: just convince them coronavirus turns you gay. Takei, 83, makes no secret of his hatred for Donald Trump, and for the past few years he’s been using his platform of 2.9 million followers to highlight the
Circus of Books director Rachel Mason has said she had a very emotional reaction to hearing her brother open up about coming out. Mason’s documentary, which debuted on Netflix earlier this month, tells the story of her conservative, religious parents Karen and Barry Mason – who ran a minor gay porn empire in Los Angeles.
Michael Brown urges people not to “rejoice” over the birth of Anderson Cooper’s son (YouTube/ASKDrBrown_ On Thursday evening CNN’s Anderson Cooper celebrated becoming a first-time father, announcing that he had welcomed a healthy baby boy into the world. The joyful news brought some much-needed positivity in the midst of a global pandemic, but predictably it
A new EP from Super Drama will be the label’s first release on June 1 (Facebook/Super Drama) A new, independent, LGBT-focused record label is set to launch next month to increase visibility of queer artists in the music industry. Named ‘51-53‘ after the address of the Stonewall Inn in New York, the label hopes to
Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage. (Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty) More than 3,500 same-sex couples have tied the knot in Taiwan since marriage equality was legalised almost a year ago. Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage on May 17, 2019, which also happened to be International Day
Scientists in the United States have developed a new potential treatment for HIV which would allow people with the virus to have a yearly injection instead of daily medication. The group of researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Centre published their findings this week in Nature Materials, a peer-reviewed research journal. They developed the first
Megan Rapinoe interviewed Joe and Jill Biden. (Megan Rapinoe/ Instagram) Lesbian icon and football star Megan Rapinoe has offered to be Joe Biden’s vice president, and we’d really love to see it. Rapinoe interviewed 2020 democratic nominee Joe Biden in an Instagram live on Thursday, April 30, alongside his wife Jill who was sporting a
Charmaine McGuffey wants to become her state’s first out female LGBT+ person to be elected sheriff (Twitter/@CharmMcGuffey) A lesbian deputy sheriff has just won the Democratic primary for her state, beating the boss who allegedly fired her because of her sexuality. Charmaine McGuffey is currently suing Hamilton county sheriff Jim Neil, claiming he fired her from
There have been more than a million coronavirus cases in the US and more than 60,000 deaths, with LGBT+ people disproportionately affected, but the White House gift shop is busy selling commemorative COVID-19 coins. No, really. The coin, which costs $125 to pre-order, has a graphic of coronavirus on one side and on the other
A trans police officer in Utah is suing his former employer after alleged discrimination at work drove him to alcohol and suicidal thoughts. Taylor Scruggs had worked for the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake (UPD) for ten years without issue, but when he came out as trans in 2015 he started to experience
What is the difference between sex and gender identity, exactly? Whether you want to brush up on your knowledge or you’re questioning your gender identity yourself, you’ll find the answers here. Sex and gender have historically been used interchangeably, but that doesn’t mean that they’re the same thing. “We don’t know how to measure gender,”
Dr Rachel Levine giving a live update on the coronavirus crisis in Pennsylvania (Facebook/Pennsylvania Department of Health) Pennsylvanians have united in support of Dr Rachel Levine, the transgender secretary of health who’s leading the state through the coronavirus crisis. A graduate of Harvard College and a specialist in paediatrics and adolescent medicine, Dr Rachel Levine
A trailer for road trip film Braking for Whales has given the world a glimpse at Draco Malfoy kissing Taylor Swift’s brother. The upcoming dark comedy stars Harry Potter alum Tom Felton as Brandon, a closeted gay man who is on a road trip with his sex addict sister in order to honour their dead mother’s
Zendaya and Hunter Schafer stars in Euphoria. (Euphoria/HBO) Euphoria season 2 has been delayed due to coronavirus, meaning its eventual release date will likely be at the tail end of 2020 – if not later. HBO confirmed Euphoria would return for another season back in December, telling Teen Vogue that it planned to premiere new
The new findings by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County could be revolutionary for HIV research (Envato Elements) Researchers have made an exciting HIV breakthrough that’s been described as a “paradigm shift” in understanding and treating the disease. The new findings by UMBC published in Science refer to the virus’s RNA, where its genetic information
Placard at a sex workers’ rights march in Stockholm. (Twitter/SWARM) Trans sex workers in Greece who don’t have legal gender recognition are being excluded from government support in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. In Greece, where sex work is legalised but heavily regulated, only Greek nationals with a female gender marker in their documents
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
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
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
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is pictured during a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on February 10, 2020. (Photo by Emmanuele Contini/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Ivett Ördögg is a trans woman who lives in Budapest, Hungary. She has a boyfriend, a new job she really enjoys as a software developer, and she likes
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
The president of a major Roman Catholic advocacy organisation has published a bizarre warning about the “mass production” of LGBT+ people in America. Bill Donohue is an anti-LGBT+ extremist who heads the Catholic League, an American Catholic anti-defamation and civil rights organisation. His previous claims to fame include telling gay people they can’t celebrate Christmas, and stating that
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 UK’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has denied rumours that it is behind a campaign of bot Twitter accounts imitating NHS staff “posting for herd mentality and support of the government”. The speculation traces back to John O’Connell, the founder and editor of Far Right Watch, which “reports on bigotry and corruption
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
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