Conference on LGBTQ+ rights to be held in one of the most anti-LGBTQ+ countries

D.C. police announced they have arrested two teenage boys, 14 and 16 years old, in connection with the Oct. 27 robbery of gay DJ and hairstylist Bryan Smith, who died 11 days later on Nov. 7 from fatal head injuries that police have yet to definitively link to the robbery.

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The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Switzerland cannot deport a gay Iranian refugee claimant, finding that the state’s argument that he’d be safe as long as he’s discreet is not reasonable. The decision, whi

Lil Nas X either has a new beau or a bro who’s into PDA and holiday shopping. Over the weekend, the 25-year-old rapper, who dropped his new single “LIGHT AGAIN!” last Friday, was spotted getting close with Brooklyn-based pop singer Cody Jon.According to TMZ, the two were walking through Los Angeles when “LNX leaned over and smooched him on his left cheek.”Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Lil Nas X Kisses Musician Cody Jon in Los Angeles | Click to read more ? https://t.co/T9F66CjyZGLater, Lil Nas X swung “around a pole while CJ [tossed] him a small smile” — Singin’ in the Rain, anyone? — and showed some affection by “touching Cody’s neck and shoulder.”As it turns out, this isn’t the first time that the duo hung out in public either.Earlier this month, Lil Nas X and Jon were spotted together in the front row at Adele’s Las Vegas residency, though the “Easy on Me” singer didn’t appear to recognize them.

Fraudulent payments – where people are tricked into sending money to criminals – cost consumers £460 million in England and Wales last year. To give consumers more protection, the UK government now plans to give banks 72 hours to delay completion of potentially fraudulent transfers.