Gay footballer Josh Cavallo has said that he feels “being an openly gay player” in men’s football is a very “toxic place”.  In an interview with BBC Sport, Cavallo, who in July moved from Australia to England to join non-league Peterborough Sports, opened up about the reality of being openly gay in men’s football. The […]

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New York Republican Mike Lawler has broken ranks to declare that the trans community is “not an enemy or a threat”. Republican Lawler, who faced backlash last year after photos of him wearing blackface in 2006 surfaced, has gone against his right-wing party’s usual anti-trans rhetoric.  Lawler, who represents New York’s 17th Congressional District, took […]

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Evangelical preacher Cindy Smock, known as Sister Cindy, who previously went viral for her bizarre campus appearances, has declared herself a “gay icon” – but she is by no means an ally to the community. Smock has spent the last 40 years touring university campuses across the US and preaching against drugs, premarital sex and […]

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