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Frank Ocean surprise releases new single In My Room

Frank Ocean has released his second single of 2019, In My Room. The explicit R&B number was released without prior warning, making it his second surprise drop within the last month after his critically-acclaimed single DHL, which premiered on his Beats 1 radio show Blonded. “Pretty still, it ain’t no pretty pill, it’s either real or real, real easy on the eyes, green like a soccer field,” he sings on the track. “Skin hot when they tried me like them poppers feel hands shaking, norepinephrine levels skyrocket, fuel.” In My…

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Harry Styles reveals title, cover and release date of second album

Just in time for Christmas… Harry Styles has unveiled the title, cover and release date of his second studio album. The highly-anticipated album will be called Fine Line and is landing 13 December. The album will include Harry’s critically-acclaimed comeback single, Lights Up, which debuted in the top ten in 10 countries and set streaming records. In a previous interview, Harry said Fine Line will be different from his debut and will be “all about having sex and feeling sad”. It comes two years after his self-titled debut, which includes…

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Strictly Come Dancing makes history with first ever same-sex dance

“For the first time in my life, I feel accepted for who I am,” said Johannes Radebe. Strictly Come Dancing moved viewers to tears with the show’s first ever same-sex dance. On Sunday night (3 November), professional dancers Johannes Radebe and Graziano di Prima made history when they performed to Emeli Sande’s 2019 romantic pop anthem, Shine. It was broadcast to millions of British households. Speaking to Hello Magazine, Radebe – who made his debut this year alongside Catherine Tyldesley – said: “I’ve never felt so liberated. For the first time…

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Finnish hockey player Janne Puhakka comes out as gay ahead of Pride-themed match

He came out ahead of Pride-themed match held yesterday (2 November). Finnish hockey player Janne Puhakka has come out as gay, feeling that hockey is lagging behind other sports when it comes to LGBTQ representation. Puhakka came out in an interview with the Finnish news website Helsingin Sanomat. “It would be ideal if I didn’t have to talk about this,” he told the website. “But as long as people are silent on the subject, we must speak up.” He went on to explain how he wished that he could have…

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Fox News host and guest blame Californian wildfires on utility company being too focused on hiring gay people

Fox News is at it again. Fox News host Tucker Carlson and his conservative gay guest Dave Rubin have agreed that the cause of the Californian wildfires is down to utility company PG&E being too focused on having a diverse workforce. Investigators currently believe the wildfires were caused when a tree fell onto a power line that was operated by PG&E. Speaking about the wildfires on Tucker Carlson Tonight, Carlson said: “PG&E strikes me as almost a metaphor for the destruction of the state. “Here’s the utility which doesn’t really…

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Michelle Visage delivered a powerful paso doble on sensational Strictly night

Although the night featured a bit too much Mike and not enough Johannes. Halloween Week for Strictly is now behind us, and we still have a few weeks until Blackpool Week, so what usually happens during this time is that the rest of the celebs who aren’t great dancers are eliminated. And while that would usually be the case, it might not be this week as both of the celebs usually at the lower end of the leaderboard both turned out high marks, although one was the case of overmarking.…

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Homeless LGBTQ youths are at a high risk of being victims of human trafficking

The survey was looking at people who lived in Atlanta, Georgia. A new study conducted by the Georgia State University professor Eric Wright, and called the Atlanta Youth Count, has found that LGBTQ homeless youths are at a higher risk of becoming a victim of human trafficking in comparison to their straight, cis-gendered peers. The study looked at 736 homeless youths in the city, aged between 14 and 25, although only 441 were “eligible” to take part in the study. More than half of the people surveyed (56%) were black…

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Trump administration proposes to allow adoption agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ couples

And it will also allow them to continue to receive taxpayer’s money. The Tr*mp administration has proposed a new rule which will allow faith-based foster care and adoption agencies refuse LGBTQ couples if it goes against their religious beliefs. And on top of this, the agencies will still be allowed access to taxpayer-funded money. The move will repeal an Obama-era rule that included sexual orientation as a protected characteristic. The Associated Press reports that the White House has defended the plan, claiming it will remove barriers and allow non-profit organisations…

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Delta Airlines to restore same-sex scenes in Booksmart and Rocketman after backlash

The airline had come under fire for censoring the scenes. Delta Airlines has said that it will restore same-sex scenes in films like Booksmart and Rocketman after they faced a backlash for censoring them. Lesbian scenes, and even the word vagina were among scenes censored from Booksmart, while gay scenes from Rocketman were cut. Stars from Booksmart, like director Olivia Wilde slammed the original censorship, saying: “I don’t understand it, if it’s not X rated, surely it’s acceptable on an airplane. There’s insane violence of bodies being ripped in half…

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New study finds that Russian schoolchildren are actually tolerant of the LGBTQ community

Although the schoolchildren were tolerant, they weren’t trusting of the LGBTQ community. Following anti-government protests against the Russian government during the Summer, in which several youth activists attended, authorities have moved to try and counter this. Among the methods are patriotic teachings in schools, and a ban on minors attending protests. In the wake of this, Mikhailov & Partners conducted a study to look at patriotism in Russian youths. The study polled 1,057 respondents aged 10-18 during September. The survey polled respondents on things like whether they were patriots, political…

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