5 THINGS TO KNOW

Cluck off! UK’s only remaining Chick-fil-A has closed.

The only Chick-fil-A in Scotland has shut its doors after facing a fierce public boycott. The US chicken chain’s attempts at a UK expansion have been hindered by protests against its funding of anti-LGBT+ causes, which forced the closure of…

5 THINGS TO KNOW

Are Instagram and Facebook blocking LGBT ads again?

Instagram and Facebook have been reportedly blocking ads from accounts that publish queer content. MTV News released an investigation detailing several queer companies that have had their ads blocked, accounts deleted, and content hidden–even when they followed community guidelines…

5 THINGS TO KNOW

Grindr is sharing users’ sexual orientation and location data.

The LGBTQ dating app Grindr has been caught sharing users’ sensitive data with thousands of ad partners, reports Bloomberg. That’s according to a study from the Norwegian Consumer Council. The NCC’s report says Grindr uses Twitter’s ad subsidiary MoPub to…

5 THINGS TO KNOW

Alibaba releases Chinese New Year ad featuring gay couple.

An ad by e-commerce and tech multinational conglomerate Alibaba has been praised by gay communities in China for depicting, and supporting, same-sex couples. The Chinese company’s ad was circulated on Chinese social media and showed two men returning to…

5 THINGS TO KNOW

Shop worker forced to fake being gay to keep his job.

A SHOP worker who was left “humiliated” after being forced to fake being gay to keep his job has won a £7,800 payout. Daniel Hart, 31, was ordered to keep his real sexuality quiet or face the boot from a posh handbag boutique…

5 THINGS TO KNOW

Facebook disables some misleading ads on HIV drugs. (finally)

Facebook has reversed course and quietly started removing some misleading ads about HIV prevention medication, responding to a deluge of activists, health experts and government regulators who said the tech giant had created the conditions for a public-health crisis…

5 THINGS TO KNOW

Anti-gay church leader caught trying to buy sex on Grindr.

Another day, another antigay church leader busted for trying to buy sex on Grindr. 57-year-old Barry Cole Poyner of Kirksville, Missouri is an elder at the Kirksville Church of Christ, as well as a professor of communications at Truman State University…