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#undistanced: GAY TIMES launch a digital festival of LGBTQ+ activities during social distancing

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We need positive stories, connection and creativity – now more than ever – to support our community. Queer people know the power of unity better than most, so in this time of social distancing, we’re keeping things…#undistanced We’re responding to COVID-19 by launching #undistanced, a brand new online content initiative platforming, celebrating and connecting ideas and creative projects during this period of social distancing.  #undistanced includes a programme of curated virtual activities and digital events including Q&As, acoustic performances, tutorials, workshops, fitness sessions and live DJ sets. Global queer communities…

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Rock M. Sakura responds to criticism over her Drag Race season 12 storyline

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“Comments like that make people believe that their feelings were never real.” Surely with the coronavirus pandemic plaguing the world right now, RuPaul’s Drag Race fans would have something better to do than hurl unnecessary hurtful comments at our new crop of queens? Apparently… not. Rock M. Sakura has become the latest victim of online abuse, with a select few criticising her storyline on the current season. The San Francisco-based performer has provided viewers with some hilarious moments throughout her two episodes, such as her entrance in the werkroom, her…

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UK’s biggest LGBTQ film festival to bring hundreds of titles online

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You’ll be able to view hundreds of incredible LGBTQ films from your living room. Ahead of its cancellation on Monday due to the coronavirus pandemic, the BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival have announced they will be screening a plethora of features and shorts on their upcoming new digital service. BFI Flare at Home will include Levan Akin’s critically-acclaimed drama And Then We Danced, Daniel Karslake’s documentary For They Know Not What They Do and Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau’s revenge story Don’t Look Down. It will also host favourites from past…

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RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season 2 halted due to coronavirus concerns

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RuPaul’s Drag Race UK has become the latest casualty of the coronavirus. The second season of the British spin-off has been put on pause due to growing concerns of the global pandemic. A spokesperson for the series told Digital Spy: “In light of the spread of Covid-19, after much consideration, production on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK will be temporarily pausing filming both in consultation with and supported by the BBC. “We will continue to review all productions on a case by case basis and will continue to follow the latest news and…

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Teenager found guilty of killing two gay men and a trans woman

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A teenager from Detroit has been convicted of murdering two gay men and a transgender woman. 19-year-old Devon Kareem Robinson has been found guilty by a jury of first-degree premeditated murder, assault with intent to murder and felony firearm, and will be sentenced on 13 April. He faces a maximum penalty of life in prison with possibility of no parole. The victims, 20-year-olds Paris Cameron and Timothy Blanchard, and 21-year-old Alunte Davis, were shot to death by Robinson on 25 May 2019 at a house party in Detroit, which was…

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Sarah Michelle Gellar declares war on the coronavirus, Buffy-style

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“Hi, I’m Buffy the Corona Slayer, and you are?” Into every generation, there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons… and the coronavirus. She is: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (played by Daytime Emmy-winning icon, Sarah Michelle Gellar). The legendary actress, who played the demon-hunting badass for seven seasons on the titular show, has taken matters into her own hands and declared war on the coronavirus. “She saved the world a lot” – why not again? After posting one of Buffy’s most iconic memes –…

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Lil Yachty tells homophobes to “relax” after donning drag in latest video

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“It’s just supposed to be entertaining… it ain’t even that deep.” Lil Yachty has been forced to defend himself from homophobic haters. In the rapper’s nine-minute video for Oprah’s Bank Account, which features Drake and DaBaby, the star impersonates Oprah – in makeup, heels, a wig, a skirt, all of it – for The Boprah Show, a parody of her iconic talk show. The video is hilarious, and Lil Yachy’s impersonation of Oprah is worthy of winning Snatch Game on RuPaul’s Drag Race. But (because there’s always a ‘but’ isn’t…

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The Wendy Williams Show criticised for mocking victims of Drag Race star Sherry Pie

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Wendy Williams has come under fire (again). On 9 March, the television host invited comedian and personality Michael Yo to discuss the Sherry Pie catfishing scandal. Earlier this month, it was announced that Sherry – birth name Joey Gugliemelli – had been disqualified from RuPaul’s Drag Race season 12 following allegations from five aspiring actors that they’d been catfished by the performer. Sherry reportedly posed as a fake casting director called Alison Mossey from HBO, and tricked several men into performing sexual acts on camera for high profile acting opportunities, such…

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Here’s when you can watch the sixth and final season of Schitt’s Creek in the UK

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The UK finally has a premiere date for Schitt’s Creek. Although the sixth – and final – season of the critically-acclaimed comedy first aired in the United States in January, British fans have been forced to watch Moira saying “Bebé” and Alexis exclaiming “Eww David!” through re-runs. However, Netflix have just announced when the season will drop on the streaming service and (sigh) it’s going to be a while. UK viewers won’t be able to catch up with the Rose family and their wild endeavours until – brace yourselves –…

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Straight footballer calls for homophobic fan to be banned from matches

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Now this is an ally. A footballer for Tavistock has called for a ‘fan’ to be banned after being hurled with homophobic insults on the pitch. Tom Annear, who is due to get married to his girlfriend later this year, was reportedly playing for the club in their Toolstation Western League match at Odd Down in Somerset, when the fan started exchanging “banter” with him on the sidelines. However, the fan went too far when he said to Annear, whilst laughing, “I bet your boyfriend is happy at home.” Annear…

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