Pose star MJ Rodriguez has introduced the world to her boyfriend in a Valentine’s Day message. The actress, best known for playing Bianca Evangelista in the Ryan Murphy drama, shared a cute Instagram slideshow of herself with boyfriend Stephen. MJ Rodriguez: ‘You have shown me what love truly looks like.’ She wrote: “They’ll try to
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Pro-Trump evangelical leader Franklin Graham has said people in the UK are “truthophobic” after his tour there was cancelled due to his anti-LGBT+ comments. Graham hit out at people who campaigned to have him banned from preaching in venues across the UK in a Facebook post. “Opposition to the Gospel shouldn’t really surprise us,” Graham
A Fox News host has come under fire after she told a contributor not to bring up Donald Trump’s alleged past infidelities during a conversation about Pete Buttigieg and his marriage. Fox News’ Sandra Smith interrupted contributor Jessica Tarlov when she mentioned the president’s reported dalliances, telling her: “Let’s not bring in personal relationships.” But
Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks during a rally (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Queers Against Pete activists shouted down Pete Buttigieg at an event at an LGBT+ centre, while he was taking about his husband. The left-wing activist group launched a protest while the gay Democratic Presidential hopeful was speaking
Sir Elton John is escorted off stage mid-way through a February 16 gig in New Zealand after being diagnosed with walking pneumonia. (Twitter/EltonJohnOfficial) Sir Elton John has broken down in tears and cut short a New Zealand gig to be escorted off stage by medics. The singer, 72, revealed that he had been diagnosed the
Lisa Nandy speaking at a hustings event for Labour Leader on February 16, 2020 in London, England. (Hollie Adams/Getty Images) Labour leadership hopeful Lisa Nandy has dismissed claims that she’s anti-gay as “daft and offensive”, pointing to her record of supporting LGBT+ rights. This includes her signing, this week, 12 pledges in support of transgender
Kemi Badenoch, junior minister for equalities and Saffron Walden MP. (Chris McAndrew/Official portrait of Kemi Badenoch) Boris Johnson’s new junior minister for equalities, Kemi Badenoch, abstained on the extension of same-sex marriage to Northern Ireland. Badenoch has also criticised young people for having a “puritanical” approach to sexual harassment. Johnson handed Badenoch, 40, the role
Rev Richard Coles and his late civil partner Rev David Coles. Reverend Richard Coles has revealed that he received a touching Valentine’s Day card from his late partner, two months after he died. Appearing on Radio 2 Breakfast Show‘s “Pause For Thought” segment, Coles told host Zoe Ball that he had been surprised to receive
Kim Petras poses in the winners room at the NME Awards 2020. (Dave J Hogan/Getty Images) Queer icons Kim Petras and Sam Smith both released anti-Valentine’s Day sad bangers, and we are here for it. Pop princess Petras has perfected the art of sad bangers, but her new track ‘Reminds Me’ tops them all. The
As we all impatiently await the release of ‘Stupid Love’, Lady Gaga has proposed to herself. (Klarna) While the world is still waiting for her unreleased single “Stupid Love”, Lady Gaga has proposed to herself on Valentine’s Day. 2020 is a leap year and on February 29, otherwise known as “Bachelor’s Day”, outdated tradition dictates
Catalans Dragons’ Israel Folau takes part in his first training session at the Gilbert Brutus stadium in Perpignan on February 12, 2020. (RAYMOND ROIG/AFP via Getty Images) Disgraced Australian rugby star Israel Folau has revealed he was considering retirement from the sport when he was handed a lucrative new deal with a European team. The
London Underground users may experience second-hand embarrassment as mortifying date stories are splashed on the platform. (Twitter) Commuters chugging down their filter coffee or blankly scrolling on their iPhones may look up and see something a little… different on the London Underground today. Gay tweets. Gigantic gay tweets. From people off of Gay Twitter. Twitter
Former judge and Alabama senate hopeful Roy Moore. (Joe Raedle/Getty) Anti-LGBT+ former judge Roy Moore, who thinks gay sex should be illegal, has thrown a party to unveil a Ten Commandments monument and said that the LGBT+ “movement” is attacking religious freedom. Moore is known for his anti-LGBT+ views, his unsuccessful run for the US
The complaint states that “no corrective action” was taken against the Burger King manager (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/ Getty) A lesbian Burger King employee has filed a complaint with the DC Office of Human Rights alleging that her manager continually harassed her because of her sexual orientation. Nineteen-year-old Ingrid Contreras began working at Burger King near the
Kaitlin Bennett (L), a conservative pundit popular known as ‘the Kent State gun girl’, called a student (R) ‘obviously gay’ in Ohio, US. (Screen capture via Twitter) Far-right gun activist Kaitlin Bennett has been embroiled in controversy after appearing to call a college student “obviously gay” in a viral video. Josh, 19, posted the exchange
Chasten Glezman Buttigieg (L) kisses his husband, South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, after he delivered a keynote. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Anti-LGBT+ radio host Rush Limbaugh, who was recently awarded the Medal of Freedom by Donald Trump, has said Pete Buttigieg kissing his husband causes “problems” for parents. “So I saw a political ad, where
The Australian has dedicated an entire section of its website to “gender issues” (Recep Sakar/Anadolu Agency/Getty) National newspaper The Australian has sparked fury with an article that draws comparisons between the coronavirus and the “contagion” of transgender people. The newspaper is well known for its its “appalling” coverage of transgender issues, which includes articles such
RuPaul’s roused fear in The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon over him being called a ‘drag queen’. (Screen capture vids YouTube/NBC) The moment TV talkshow shot Jimmy Fallon called RuPaul a “drag queen”, he thought his career would come crashing down. Cancelled. Terminated. Last week, while interviewing the, well, drag queen on The Tonight Show,
Trans lawyer and Vietnam veteran Mia Yamamoto has slammed Donald Trump’s trans military ban as a “policy of exclusion, oppression and marginalisation by the government”. The Japanese-American lawyer made the comments in an address to a room of aspiring lawyers at NYU Law on February 10, student newspaper Washington Square News reports. The trans lawyer,
Labour Leadership Contender Emily Thornberry gestures as she speaks on stage during her Leadership Campaign Launch at Guildford Waterside Centre on January 17, 2020. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) Ask any Twitter user with a red rose and a rainbow flag in their bio and they’ll tell you that Labour shadow foreign secretary and leadership hopeful Emily
The gay lobby’s latest attempt to pressure pop queen Lady Gaga to drop her new song, “Stupid Love”, has officially hit the catwalk. Stylish New Yorkers who braved the metro and the cold to make Christian Cowan’s Fall/Winter 2020/21 show on Monday were truly blessed to hear the song in its closing. After a leak
Baroness Ruth Hunt – the fourth lesbian, ever, to join the House of Lords – has used her first major interview since taking up the role to advocate for trans rights. The UK’s laws, she said, are still failing the LGBT+ community. And their biggest failure is to the transgender community. Her comments come after
Bishop Thomas Paprocki said that gender dysphoria could be “reasonably compared” to anorexia. (Diocese of Springfield in Illinois) A Catholic bishop in Illinois, who performed an exorcism when same-sex marriage was legalised, has moved on to attacking trans people. Thomas Paprocki, bishop of Springfield, Illinois, previously held a mass “exorcism” following the legalisation of same-sex
Democratic lawmakers filed out during the anti-LGBT+, anti-abortion sermon by Robert Grant (right). (Virginia Political Memes/ YouTube) Democrats staged a dramatic walk-out of the Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday, February 11, after a Republican-invited pastor began attacking same-sex marriage and abortion while leading a prayer. Reverend Robert Grant, senior pastor at The Father’s Way
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren reacts during a town hall event at Weeks Middle School on January 19, 2020 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Spencer Platt/Getty) Elizabeth Warren has completely obliterated Republican vice president Mike Pence at a campaign event in New Hampshire, and honestly, we love to see it. Warren made the comment when