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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during a press conference amidst the coronavirus pandemic. (Andressa Anholete / Getty) Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered the release of an expletive-filled video of president and “proud homophobe” Jair Bolsonaro as part of a corruption investigation. When Brazil’s former justice minister Sergio Moro resigned last month, he claimed that Bolsonaro had been
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Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande dropped ‘Rain On Me’ Friday (May 22). (Twitter) Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande dropped their long-awaited “Rain On Me” duet, featured on the upcoming album Chromatica, and the gays… they went well and truly wild. At precisely 12am Friday (May 22), Greta Thunberg, global world leaders and the creators of the
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Cory Wilson testifies at his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in on May 20, 2020. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/ Getty) Republicans have moved a step closer to the lifetime appointment of judicial nominee Cory Wilson, a man who could potentially set LGBT+ rights back decades. Wilson is Donald Trump’s latest nominee to the 5th US Circuit
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Mike Schultz, a gay nurse, saw his life change after attending a circuit party in March. Weeks later, he was hospitalised with coronavirus. (Instagram) Mike Schultz, a gay nurse hospitalised with COVID-19, has shared startling before and after photographs of the impact of the deadly but delicate virus. Smiling in a throng of tattooed, toned
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The ‘genderbread person’ helps children to understand the differences between gender and anatomy (Genderbread.org) A high school has dropped an LGBT+ educational tool after a transphobic mother complained it was targeting “vulnerable children” like her own transgender son. The school in Australia showed 15-year-old students an image of the ‘genderbread person‘, a well-known teaching resource
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President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) The Trump administration has used the guise of religious freedom to critically undermine protections for LGBT+ people, a new report warns. The report, backed by civil rights groups including the ACLU, warns that the Trump administration has “repeatedly undermined important civil rights
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Former Iranian aide Shahindokht Molaverdi was condemned for “promoting” homosexuality (YouTube/AP Archive)/ The former aide for women’s and family affairs in Iran has been forced to apologise for sharing an innocent cartoon that was branded as “homosexual propaganda”. On May 15 Shahindokht Molaverdi shared a poster to mark the International Day of Families on her
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A woman showed she can deadlift more than her boyfriend, and his bruised toxic masculinity lashed out in the worst way. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato) A girlfriend asked the internet whether she’s in the wrong for “emasculating” her boyfriend, who’s clearly suffering from a bad case of toxic masculinity. But what did she do?
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Boris Johnson. (Christopher Furlong – WPA Pool /Getty Images) The UK government has reportedly made no moves to ban conversion therapy almost two years after pledging to “eradicate” the harmful practice. So-called “conversion therapy” refers to the dangerous and discredited practice of trying to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. All efforts to
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A court order was issued for the LGBT+ Ugandans’ immediate release (image supplied) 19 LGBT+ Ugandans who were arrested, whipped and interrogated under “bogus” coronavirus charges have been released following sustained pressure from human rights groups. Their release was ordered by a Ugandan court on Monday (May 18) after public prosecutors were forced to withdraw
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waves to the crowd as he marches in the Pride Parade in Toronto, June 25, 2017. (GEOFF ROBINS/AFP/Getty Images) Canada has just approved a site for a C$8 million (£4.7 million) memorial to thousands of LGBT+ people who were forced out of government and military jobs by a five-decade institutional “purge”.
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Prideland is a PBS series that will debut June 12. (PBS) A right-wing Christian fundamentalist group launched Friday (May 15) an attack against the Public Broadcast Station (PBS) for “promoting homosexuality” with its Pride month content. In other, less homophobic terms, PBS are airing a series of shows on Pride Month titled Prideland. Oh, the
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A transgender service member in the US Navy has been granted a waiver to present as the correct gender for the first time since Trump’s trans military ban became law. Trump’s infamous ban came into force in April 2019, almost two full years after the president first announced his intention to exclude all trans people
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Kaila Methven in West Hollywood, California, in 2018. (Paul Archuleta/Getty Images) Kaila Methven, heiress to a fried chicken fortune and a lingerie designer to the stars, has reportedly pledged to help employ LGBT+ people and raise $1million during the coronavirus pandemic. Methven’s company, PLUR, will hire LGBT+ people, as well as people in alcohol recovery
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Pabllo Vittar strips off for Clavin Klein. (Twitter/Calvin Klein) Pabblo Vittar, Tommy Dorfman and Chella Man are among the stars who’ve stripped off for Pride in Calvin Klein’s latest campaign. Pride month may be cancelled this year, but Calvin Klein is still celebrating the LGBT+ community. Today Calvin Klein released a new campaign, featuring nine
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New York State Senator Brad Hoylman (Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) A gay state senator has spoken out after he was rejected from giving blood, despite meeting the new official guidelines for doing so. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in February that it would “immediately” relax rules imposed during the AIDS
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