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Lil Nas X burst onto the scene with the smash-hit Old Town Road and since then has carefully crafted himself into the ultimate Gen Z superstar. A child of the internet, Lil Nas X has managed to maintain his level of stardom through his incredibly impressive marketing campaigns and his frequent use of memes. The […]

 Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé. This book was an unexpected buy, but the premise of the book had me hooked. A Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars-type thriller but with two black leads who are LGBTQ? Sign me up! In fact, the plot is so much more than I could’ve hoped for. I can see […]

In 1988, the Local Government Act brought in by Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government introduced Section 28 to Britain. It is one of the most controversial and deeply harmful pieces of legislation ever seen in Parliament because of what it meant for the lives of LGBTQ+ people. Section 28 prevented schools from “promoting the teaching of […]

The story of It’s a Sin follows the lives of Colin, Ritchie and Roscoe who have left their homes for a new start in 1981 London. It was here where they found life to be promising and full of optimism – a world away from their previous lives ‘back home’.  Everything seems to be going […]

5/5 As co-creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuck and Ian Brennan say in the very first episode of Glee, the literal definition of the word is: “open delight or pleasure”. Glee – the show and the word itself – is all about sheer happiness and joy. To be gleeful is to watch Glee – that is […]

The Bank of England has announced that wartime codebreaker Alan Turing is to be featured on the new £50 note. Turing, who was famously portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game, cracked the German Enigma code which was key to the Allies’ victory in World War Two. The mathematician was chosen from a list […]

Pride Month is officially here, and we’re supporting it as always here at b**p. However, as always, there are some who question the relevance and need for a Pride Month. After all, they say, there isn’t any pride for straight people. Regardless of that issue, though, there is a relevance for Pride Month, and there […]

There was yet another squabble about Ariana Grande’s sexuality on the Internet this week. The reemergence of this ancient debate came after the release of Victoria Monet’s new song MONOPOLY. The song, in which the world of dating and romance is compared to the board game Monopoly, features Ariana Grande singing about liking ‘men and […]

The southeast Asian kingdom of Brunei has brought in a new law against gay sex that makes it punishable by stoning to death. Brunei has had very strict views on homosexual relations for many years as part of their devout Islamic culture. The latest move to use such barbaric punishment comes as Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah […]