The Happenings
Celebrities Urge World To Speak Up Over Chechnya’s Persecution Of Gay Men
LGBT stars including Troye Sivan and Ellen DeGeneres have urged the world to speak up and take action over reports that gay men in Chechnya are being systematically persecuted by
Caitlyn Jenner Reveals She’s Had Gender Reassignment Surgery in New Memoir
Much of Caitlyn Jenner’s transition has been up for public consumption, but the Olympian managed the seemingly impossible: She underwent gender reassignment surgery in January of this year, and nobody
Ghanaian police arrest blackmailers who used Grindr to target gay men
In an unexpected move, police in Ghana have arrested two men who targeted gay men they found on Grindr. The men, Torsu Stephen, 23, and Aikins Atitsogbe, 21, were arrested
George W Bush warns Trump over plans to slash funding for AIDS programmes
Former US President, George W Bush has issued a public warning to Donald Trump over proposals that would slash the budget for the US government’s HIV/AIDS programmes. White House budget
Ricky Martin to Play Gianni Versace’s Lover in ‘American Crime Story’
American Crime Story creator, Ryan Murphy has tapped Grammy-winning singer, Ricky Martin, for an acting gig. Martin will co-star opposite Édgar Rarmirez, Penélope Cruz and Darren Criss in Versace: American
LGBT equality threatened with confirmation of Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Justice
President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has been approved by the Senate after Republicans changed the rules to railroad through a vote. President Trump has picked appeals court judge
Writer defends ‘The Assignment’, the film about forced sex change
The writer of The Assignment, a film that features Sigourney Weaver as a psychopathic gender reassignment surgeon, has strongly defended its content. Recently released, the film, which was previously titled
Facebook cracks down on the vice of ‘revenge porn’ with photo matching tools
Facebook has launched a new photo matching tool to clamp down on the spread of sexual pictures without consent. The social media giant’s founder Mark Zuckerberg has previously vowed to
Breakthrough puts scientists ‘one step closer’ to HIV vaccine
Researchers have said humanity is “one step closer” to a vaccine for HIV after the latest breakthrough. Scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have engineered an on/off switch on to
Soccer player Gerard Piqué distracted by opponent’s huge something-something
In the below video, soccer player Gerard Piqué — who plays for Barcelona and just so happens to be Shakira’s husband — is clearly preoccupied with what’s going on inside
