NBA player LaMelo Ball has landed a $100,000 fine for using an “offensive and derogatory” anti-gay slur during a post-game interview. His coach Charles Lee said on Sunday (17 November) that Ball is “very apologetic” for using the homophobic slur, which the NBA (National Basketball Association) dubbed “an offensive and derogatory comment”.  After his team, […]

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A man in California who was convicted of the hate-crime murder of a gay, Jewish university student has been sentenced to life in prison. Samuel Woodward was convicted of first-degree murder in July for the 2018 murder of 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein, who Woodward apparently stabbed more than 28 times in the face and neck. Woodward’s […]

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San Jose State University’s (SJSU) trans row continues with the volleyball team caption Brooke Slusser demanding that an alleged trans player be declared ineligible for a championship game later this month. Slusser, along with two former SJSU Spartans players and athletes from four other universities, have now filed a lawsuit against SJSU officials and Mountain […]

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Another drag queen has left RuPaul’s Drag Race UK series 6, with the latest episode sending Charra Tea sashaying away from the show. The episode saw the queens “glam the fam”, which translates into giving their family members drag queen makeovers. Charra Tea landed in the bottom two after making over her mother as Mumma […]

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The popular gay club Heaven has been closed by the Metropolitan Police after a rape was reported by one of its patrons. The club’s alcohol license has been suspended for up to 28 days by Westminster Council, until a full hearing can take place, following an application from the police on the grounds of public […]

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Another ridiculous transgender conspiracy theory has cropped up on Elon Musk’s increasingly shambolic social media platform, X, lately – the claim that Donald Trump is getting rid of “trans species child tax credit.” There is, of course, no such thing. But that doesn’t mean Trump isn’t being heaped with praise for ‘axing’ it. Two days […]

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