Homophobia is alive and well.

Elton John and his partner David Furnish had their first child a few days ago -  baby Zachary was born to a surrogate mother on Christmas Day. A new baby who is wanted, provided for and loved is always something to celebrate, and the congratulations from Elton’s celebrity and media pals have been flooding in. [...]

Privilege Denying Dude Is Privileged

This great new meme tumblr illustrates the concept of privilege in a highlarious and clever way. Stuff like this is really good cause there are plenty of people out there who regularly display similar examples of white/male/straight/middle class etc privilege without understanding either where this comes from or why it’s offensive. Not many people take [...]

Have you heard? There's no such thing as gay people.

This week The Office of National Statistics released the figures from a new survey, which claimed that only 1.5% or 1 in 100 British citizens identity as Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual. After interviewing only a small percentage of the population the ONS have come to the ‘concrete’ conclusion that only “480,000 adults describe themselves as [...]

Homophobes who are actually gay

Have you ever wondered what motivates people who are rampant homophobes? What lies behind the desperate attempts of some people to prove their heterosexuality by denying freedom to others based on their sexual orientation? It’s actually supported by scientific evidence that a major cause of homophobia is the desire to repress unacknowledged or unwanted homosexual [...]

Buju Banton comes out of the closet

Not really, but who needs to tell the truth when you can make funny videos! Buju Banton is one of the biggest names in dancehall music. He’s been making records for over 20 years, some of his undeniably great music has made him one of the biggest stars in Jamaica, and regarded by many as [...]

Millionaire homphobe is getting MORE of your cash

Brian Souter, one of the richest arseholes in Scotland, has just won a court battle to get more taxpayers money for his Stagecoach travel empire. Shares in Stagecoach have surged in value after it was announced the UK Department for Transport will be forced to pay him subsidies this year rather than next for operating [...]

Tory candidate in homophobia shocker

A wannabe Conservative MP for North Ayrshire and Arran, Philip Lardner, was today suspended from his party for expressing extreme right-wing views for the SECOND time in less than two years. Lardner, a primary school teacher in Erskine, Renfrewshire, was thrown out of his party today by embarrassed Tory party chiefs after homophobic comments published [...]

In defence of funny memos.

Over the weekend it emerged that a government adviser had circulated a memo about the Pope’s upcoming visit to the UK that they have been forced to apologise for. The document was apparently the result of a “brainstorming” session, where staff tried to come up with a scenario for an ideal visit by the Pope. [...]

American General: "Ur soldiers are all gay lol".

In an absolutely bizarre move, retired senior US General and former NATO commander John Sheehan has attempted to blame gay soldiers for what has been called the worst massacre in Europe since World War 2. In 1995 a small force of 400 Dutch peacekeepers guarding the Bosnian town of Srebrenica was overwhelmed by Serb forces [...]

Flogging a dead horse: Stephen Purcell's dodgy pals+bonus competition

(With additional reporting by Sarah, Liam T, and Neevvy.) Regular readers will know that Leftfield has carried the best coverage of Purcellgate in the Scottish media. Leftfield favourite Purcell is now reported to have fled Scotland. In his absence he’s left behind a high powered and expensive team of lawyers and PR men to make [...]

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