A transgender woman trying to flee the UK says she has faced attacks from almost every government and public organisations with whom she has come into contact. As with many trans people in the UK, Alexis Solia has watched with dread as institutions across the country have grown more transphobic. Over the past few years, […]

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A bar-owner is planning to host a festival celebrating heterosexuality, right in the middle of Pride month. Mark Fitzpatrick, the owner of the Old State Saloon, in Idaho’s capital Boise, said the two-day event follows on from his restaurant’s Heterosexual Awesomeness Month promotion last year, during which straight, cisgender men were given free beers every […]

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Jill Sobule, the singer-songwriter famed for her sapphic 1995 track “I Kissed a Girl”, has died in a fire, her publicist has confirmed. Publicist David Elkin confirmed the American singer‘s death on Thursday (1 May) via an email, as per AP News. The outlet reported that Sobule died in a house fire in Woodbury, Minnesota. […]

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