While the scene lasted for just a few seconds, it nonetheless trigged an entirely-predictable wave of homophobic anger online. (Cadbury’s) One Million Moms are urging people to boycott Cadbury’s because of an advert that features a real-life gay couple sharing a Creme Egg. The Cadbury’s Creme Egg advert upset all the right people when it
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A trans student was warned not to return to school until she cut her hair and wore boys’ uniform A coalition of 60 Singaporean LGBT+ groups are standing in solidarity with a trans student who was banned from school unless she cut her hair and wore boys’ uniform. Ashlee, 18, attended the Millenia Institute school
A lesbian mother published a poignant open letter in Between the Lines this week urging president Joe Biden to support LGBT+ families during his administration. Writing to Biden ahead of his historic inauguration Wednesday (20 January), Dana Rudolph, founder and publisher of Mombian, painted a troubling picture of an America where four years of Trump have
Graham Norton with Kristian Seeber, AKA Tina Burner from RuPaul’s Drag Race. (Dave M. Benett/Getty) Graham Norton once described his on-again off-again relationship with RuPaul’s Drag Race star Tina Burner as a “disaster”. Burner is among the queens battling it out to become America’s next drag superstar on RuPaul’s contest – but before she became a star
The man was handed a fully suspended sentence after he attacked a transgender sex worker with a knife in 2017. (Envato Elements) A man who attacked a transgender sex worker with a knife and demanded “free” sex has been handed a fully suspended sentence. Liam Vickers, 23, pleaded guilty to assaulting the transgender sex worker
Russell T Davies thinks Olly Alexander would make a “marvellous” Time Lord (Dave J Hogan/Getty Images) Former Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies has backed It’s A Sin star Olly Alexander to be the next Time Lord in the TARDIS. With Jodie Whittaker rumoured to be stepping away from the show in the coming months,
Dublin Bus denied that anti-gay slurs were used by the driver (Artur Widak/NurPhoto/ Getty) Dublin Bus has been ordered to pay €7,500 in compensation after a driver allegedly hurled homophobic slurs at a gay passenger. The passenger, who is an Instagram influencer with 75,000 followers, claimed that the driver called him a “faggot” and a
Bimini Bon Boulash reveals what was supposed to happen on Drag Race UK episode 2. (Twitter/BiminiBabes) Bimini Bon Boulash tried and failed to cover their white corset in paint on this week’s RuPaul’s Drag Race UK (21 January) – but they’ve now revealed they intended to coat themselves in the colour of the trans Pride
Franklin Graham speaks at the Republican National Convention on August 27, 2020 (Drew Angerer/Getty) Thousands of Christians have signed a petition calling for the resignation of anti-LGBT+ hate preacher Franklin Graham over his unshaken “idolatry” of Donald Trump. Launched by the Christian group Faithful America and backed by over 22,000 people, the petition condemns Graham
Soleil ‘Sol’ Brotin. (Supplied) When Soleil Brotin, a straight construction worker, heard someone call his gay friend a “fag”, he agreed. “You are a fag,” Brotin told his pal, “you are fabulous and gay.” As his friend beamed with pride back at him and the homophobe who hurled the slur fled, Brotin told PinkNews that
The PS5 is currently in high demand. (Photo by Phil Barker/Future Publishing via Getty Images via Getty Images) The new PS5 console was one of the most popular items ahead of Christmas and it looks like demand hasn’t slowed down in the New Year. Sony’s latest PlayStation is pretty much sold out everywhere and when
The White House lit with the Pride flag. (Getty Images/Molly Riley) For the first time in history, the White House website is asking visitors for their pronouns and offering gender-neutral options to choose from. President Joe Biden wasted absolutely no time in making his pro-trans stance clear, with the website updated mere hours after his
Just days before Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, the Trump administration launched an eleventh-hour push to entrench anti-LGBT+ discrimination in law. (Getty/Michael Reaves) Former president Donald Trump made a final desperate and futile attempt to undermine LGBT+ rights, shortly before Joe Biden took office. Just days before Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, the Trump administration launched an
Controversial former gay Trump official Richard Grenell claims he discussed ‘gay conservatives’ with Donald Trump (Twitter/Getty) Controversial gay ex-Trump official Richard Grenell has claimed that Donald Trump spent some of his last hours in office discussing “gay conservatives” with him. The Republican operative, who formerly served as Trump’s ambassador to Germany and briefly as acting
Public toilets have become a focal point for gender-critical feminism (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty) A butch lesbian has reflected on the many times she’s been confronted and harassed in public toilets as anti-trans hostility spills over in the UK. Eloise Stonborough, 32, is a cis woman who presents as butch – and she estimates she is challenged
The European Court of Human Rights, pictured in 2017, has ruled against Romania for its treatment of trans people (Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty) The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against Romania for refusing to recognise the gender identity of two transgender men unless they had surgery. On Tuesday (19 January) the ECHR found Romania guilty
Elliot Page. (Instagram) Elliot Page is urging lawmakers in Montana to vote against two bills attacking transgender youth. The Umbrella Academy star, who came out as trans in December, said the anti-trans bills “harm trans youth and hurt all of us”. “Join the fight to protect trans youth,” Elliot Page added, sharing a link to
Production begins this week for RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under. (Instagram/ michellevisage) RuPaul’s Drag Race is officially going Down Under, and RuPaul and Michelle Visage have already been confirmed as judges. An Australian spin-off was first announced in August 2019, when ITV’s Australian production arm confirmed that it has secured the local rights for the show. Rumours
Gay drag queen TikTok stars the Coyle twins. (Instagram/ coopercoyle) Gay TikTok stars Cooper and Luca Coyle, known as the Coyle Twins, have given a simple explanation to their followers who don’t understand the difference between drag and being trans. The TikTok stars started out on YouTube, where they currently have 180,000 subscribers, and made
Kimberly Hart-Simpson. (Instagram/@kimberly_h_s) Coronation Street star Kimberly Hart-Simpson has come out as pansexual, describing gender as “irrelevant” to her. Ahead of her stint on the E4 dating show Celebs Go Dating, the 33-year-old Welsh actor gushed that she “fancies everybody”. In an interview with The Mirror, she explained: “I have dated people who are male, female,
Star Trek: Discovery‘s LGBT+ crew just grew a little bigger as actor Mary Wiseman confirms she is “queer and proud”. Wiseman, a powerhouse actor who plays fan-favourite Ensign Tilly, revealed that she has loved “people of all genders” in a recent interview with StarTrek.com. That small detail almost wasn’t published as the Zoom call’s audio
Podcaster, screenwriter, queer lifestyle writer and loud, proud lesbian Jennifer Lynae Lee has been getting off to male gay porn since her teenage years – and she’s convinced other lesbians do the same for a number of very important reasons. For PinkNews, she explains why. I hold my breath. I listen with my left ear
The Tenacious Unicorn Ranch was officially founded in 2018. (Instagram/ Tenacious Unicorn Ranch) The desperate need for safe housing has led a group of trans people to form the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch, a community of armed, anti-fascist alpaca farmers in rural Colorado. Fearful for her safety and the safety of other trans people after Donald
Surprise surprise, traits of toxic masculinity are more likely to be found in Trump fans (Envato) An entirely predictable study has found that Americans who support traditional stereotypes of toxic masculinity are more likely to back Donald Trump. A team from Penn State University found a correlation between belief in “hegemonic masculinity” – the notion
Yoweri Museveni, president of Uganda, branded LGBT+ people as “deviants”. (Jack Taylor/Getty) The incumbent president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, has won his sixth consecutive term after an election campaign marred by aggressive homophobic rhetoric. On Saturday (16 January) Museveni was once again declared the winner of the presidential election with 58.64 percent of the vote.
Justin Thomas at the Sentry Tournament Of Champions on 10 January (Cliff Hawkins/Getty) Ralph Lauren has terminated its sponsorship deal with disgraced golfer Justin Thomas after he blurted out a homophobic slur at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. The world number three golf star had worn the company’s clothing since he turned pro, reaching number
Dominque Jackson plays Elektra in Pose. (FX) The number of queer characters on television dropped slightly in 2020, despite the fact that LGBT+ shows “dominated the conversation”. The findings were released in GLAAD’s latest Where We Are on TV report, released on Thursday (14 January). Of the 773 series regular characters scheduled to appear on broadcast scripted
Regina King won Best Actress at the 2019 Oscars. (Getty) Actor and director extraordinaire Regina King has expanded her pledge of ensuring all projects she produces are “50 per cent women” to include non-binary people, too. When King won a Golden Globe Award for her role in If Beale Street Could Talk in 2019, she used her
Armie Hammer. (STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images) Armie Hammer wanted to “barbecue and eat” his ex-partner’s rib, she has alleged, among other gruesome sexual fantasies and claims of emotional abuse. Courtney Vucekovich, a 30-year-old app founder, told Page Six that she met the Call Me by Your Name star in June 2020 through mutual
Don Lemon eviscerated Lindsey Graham after he publicly criticised Donald Trump, but was seen with him just days later. (Dimitrios Kambouris/MANDEL NGAN/Getty) Don Lemon has absolutely eviscerated anti-LGBT+ Republican Lindsey Graham for pandering to Donald Trump – and it is truly a read for the ages. Graham publicly condemned Trump after the president encouraged a
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