A gay man has said he prefers having sex with straight men because there is no risk of romance or commitment. The anonymous man described his unconventional sex life for The Guardian’s weekly column “My Life in Sex”. He wrote: “There have always been men who have sex with other men, but don’t consider themselves
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Catholic Cardinal Raymond Burke. (Stefano Montesi – Corbis/Getty) An Italian homophobic Catholic cardinal, who blamed the church’s child sex abuse scandal on the “moral depravity” of gays and was exiled by the Pope for opposing condoms to prevent HIV, wants Catholics to keep going to church. Cardinal Raymond Burke is known as one of the
A gay man who contracted the coronavirus at a Miami beach party earlier this month has said that it is “the most incredible pain” he has ever experienced. David Anzarouth told CBC News that he was unable to put into words what having COVID-19 felt like. The 25-year-old contracted COVID-19 after travelling with friends to
Diana Zurco made her debut on Televisión Pública in Argentina on Monday (YouTube/Televisión Pública Noticias) Argentina just reached a major milestone for equality with its first ever transgender news anchor Diana Zurco. This week, the 40-year-old journalist became co-anchor for the primetime news programme Televisión Pública, on the national public broadcasting station. She hopes her
Barack Obama talks with performer Justin Timberlake. (Pete Souza) In some much-needed news to keep our minds of this cursed timeline we live in, a woman is stumped as to why her boyfriend has a group chat with his male friends to swap and critique d*ck pics. On what can only come from a reddit
Tavoy Malcom, charged with conning several elderly women of their savings, is suing the federal federal government for housing her, a trans woman, with male inmates. (Instagram) After her pleas were repeatedly ignored, a trans woman is suing the American federal government after she was raped by two inmates after being housed with men. Tavoy
Amid dire shortages of surgical masks – vital for frontline medics – designer Christian Siriano has vowed to manufacture them for New York state. (John Lamparski/Getty Images/Screen capture via Instagram) In today’s edition of celebrity activism that does a lot more good than singing “Imagine” for no ungodly reason, designer Christian Siriano has vowed to
Writer Roxane Gay attends the Feminist AF Panel at Vulture Festival in Los Angeles, California.(TARA ZIEMBA/AFP/Getty) Roxane Gay has restored everyone’s faith in humanity by offering to buy groceries for people in financial trouble because of the coronavirus pandemic. The bisexual feminist writer, professor and commentator wrote on Twitter: “If you are broke and need
Hilary Duff has offered some stern and important advice to young people everywhere as the coronavirus continues to spread across the world. Amid reports that some young people are ignoring social distancing guidelines and going out partying, the Lizzie McGuire star – who is easily the voice of a generation for her famous Disney Channel
A queer costume designer has shared his experience with the coronavirus and has urged people everywhere to take the pandemic seriously. Writing on Instagram, Tarek Soliman, who designed Sasha Velour’s headpiece for the season 10 finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race, shared his experience with COVID-19. He said he wanted “young people who think this virus
You might have thought that the coronavirus would put an end to drag queen storytime events for a while, but one former Drag Race contestant is making sure it keeps going. Drag queen Nina West has relieved the pressure on parents everywhere to entertain their children by doing a drag queen storytime event on Instagram
Angelica Ross found out her new boyfriend was already engaged thanks to Twitter. (Twitter/FX) Angelica Ross’ romantic misfortunes deserve their own Pose subplot. The Pose star and activist took to Twitter on Wednesday, March 18, to announce that she had met someone special in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. “Finally found him and have
Pete Buttigieg is growing a beard and we almost forgot about the coronavirus pandemic for a bit. (Screen capture via Instagram) In news that you simply had to read as you clicked this link and are now using your finite time on this Earth to read this sentence, Pete Buttigieg is growing a beard. From
A lawsuit states that the Trump administration haw ‘unlawful’ plans to strip LGBT+ Americans of vital discrimination protections, threatening access to federally-funded services. (Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images) A lawsuit states that the Trump administration has ‘unlawful’ plans to strip LGBT+ Americans of vital discrimination protections, threatening access to federally-funded services. The suit centres on a “notice
In an effort not to succumb to the despair of the current coronavirus pandemic, fans are debating cancelling Timothée Chalamet. (David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) Do you remember 2016? Brangelina divorced, #KimExposedTaylorParty was a thing, people annoyed teens named Daniel over their white Vans and top-tier twink Timothée Chalamet did a live reading of Tennessee.
Iceland’s Daði og Gagnamagnið had been tipped to win Eurovision 2020. (Screen capture via YouTube) Weeping. Crying. Wailing. Mass orders of comfort food on UberEats. Staring into the abyss. Listening to ABBA. Caterwauling. More crying. These are just some of the symptoms of gay people discovering the news that the Eurovision Song Contest was cancelled
A 15-year-old boy was brutally battered in a suspected ‘homophobic’ hate crime in Britain. (PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images) A 15-year-old boy was battered by a gang of hooded teens outside a McDonald’s outlet last Saturday night in what law enforcement are treating as a “homophobic” hate crime. At the fast-food restaurant in Liverpool, England,
The 2020 Eurovision Song Contest has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The future of the pan-European contest, which was set to take place in Rotterdam in May, was confirmed after the Netherlands joined other countries in placing restrictions on concerts and mass gatherings. Despite hopes that the show might be able to go
Idaho legislators are blazing a bill that will ban trans girls from participating in school athletics. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato) For some strange reason amid panic around the coronavirus pandemic, Republican lawmakers in Idaho met Monday to push forward a “mean-spirited” bill banning trans and intersex girls from competing in school athletics. And with
Pride Edinburgh – the stalwart of Scotland’s LGBT+ celebrations – has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Stewart Kirby/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Scotland’s Pride calendar suffered a devastating blow after Pride Edinburgh organisers announced Tuesday evening that the celebration will be cancelled, citing the swelling coronavirus pandemic. For the last 24 years, the Pride
Thousands of people spell out the word “Love” in lights at Singapore’s annual Pink Dot rally in 2015. (FYROL/AFP/Getty) Singapore’s epic Pink Dot Pride rally has been cancelled and replaced with a livestream as the coronavirus sweeps across the globe. The huge event usually attracts thousands of spectators to Singapore’s Hong Lim Park, but for the
Rachel Platten (R) poses backstage with Jeremy Joseph and Jacob the dog before her performance on stage at G-A-Y Club Night at Heaven. (Jo Hale/Redferns) Facing mounting pressure, British prime minister Boris Johnson delivered Monday a stringent set of guidelines to curb the surge of coronavirus cases in the UK, but a leading LGBT+ club
US president Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak was, well, trumped by fetish underwear brand Nasty Pig. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) A CEO of a fetish gear and underwear brand has become a pacesetter for, well, actually delivering advice on navigating the coronavirus crisis snarling the US that is both informative and accurate. In other
BFI FLARE Film Festival at BFI Southbank on March 23, 2019 in London, England. (Tim Francis/Getty) Organisers of the LGBT+ international film festival BFI Flare have cancelled the 2020 event because of the “rapid evolution” of coronavirus. BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival, which was supposed to take place between March 18 and March 29,
Ben Hodges, 20, said his Catholic college had been ‘brilliant’ when he came out as trans. (Liverpool Echo/Screenshot) A trans man who came out while attending a Catholic college received “brilliant” support, despite what many see as a conflict between religion and transgender identities. Ben Hodge, 20, didn’t feel able to come out as a
Katy Perry was the first to fall for the fake video. (Daniel Pockett/Getty Images) Katy Perry, Madonna and Cheryl have all fallen victim to the same fake. Katy Perry was first when, at 12.07am this morning, she shared a viral tweet of a video of people standing on balconies with the caption: “A whole neighbourhood
One of the anti-LGBT+ stickers plastered on the centre, which has been holding Drag Queen Story Hour events since last June. (ABC11/Screenshot) An LGBT+ community centre has filed a police report after white supremacists plastered it with anti-LGBT+ stickers, apparently to protest Drag Queen Story Hour events. One sticker put on the North Carolina centre
LGBT+ leaders launch a hunger strike in Santa Ana demanding an end to ICE jail contracts. They say transgender women face abuse while in detention (Mindy Schauer/Digital First Media/Orange County Register/Getty) A trans woman seeking asylum in the US has been sexually assaulted while locked up in immigration detention and must be released, advocates say.
Losing everything led Dr William powers to open his queer-inclusive clinic. (Dr William Powers – Powers Family Medicine/ Facebook) William Powers, a cisgender doctor who specialises in treating trans people, accidentally gave himself gender dysphoria for two days, giving him a major insight into the experiences of his patients. Dr William Powers made headlines last
A peach. (Charles Deluvio/Unsplash) The coronavirus pandemic has taken an unexpected turn as Chinese scientists warn the disease could be spread by rimming. Researchers studying COVID-19 among infected patients in a hospital in China are thought to be the first to test stool samples for the disease, and are now warning that coronavirus can be