5 THINGS TO KNOW

Anti-LGBT tyrant ‘hospitalized with severe coronavirus.’

Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen tyrant who orchestrated the region’s brutal gay purges, has reportedly been hospitalised with severe coronavirus symptoms. Kadyrov is president of the Chechen republic in Russia, where LGBT+ people have been imprisoned, beaten, tortured and killed in…

5 THINGS TO KNOW

Iraq wants diplomats ousted after embassies fly Pride flag.

Iraqi political leaders have called for the expulsion of foreign diplomats from countries whose embassies flew the rainbow LGBTQ Pride flag on Sunday to mark International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, or Biphobia. The European Union, the World Bank, and the…

5 THINGS TO KNOW

COVID-19 leads to closure of the Stud, SF’s oldest LGBT bar.

The Stud, San Francisco’s oldest continuously-operating LGBT club, will be closing its doors permanently, according to a news release from Honey Mahogany, a co-owner of the South of Market establishment. A news release sent the evening of May 20 states that…

5 THINGS TO KNOW

Gay World War II veteran, 97, attacked and robbed in Ohio.

Police are searching for the attacker of a gay World War II veteran. Rupert “Twink” Starr, 97, was robbed Monday in Columbus, Ohio, during an afternoon stroll. Just beforehand, the former soldier and LGBTQ+ activist had been asked for a…

5 THINGS TO KNOW

Bigot protests gay governor with ‘OPEN OUR GYMS F****T.’

A website has posted images of what appears to be a far-right extremist angrily calling Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) a “f****t” over anti-coronavirus measures taken in the state. The website for Colorado Springs Anti-Fascists posted an image of a…