Kentucky state senator Phillip Wheeler. (Kentucky General Assembly) Kentucky state senator Phillip Wheeler is refusing to resign after making “homophobic” comments about “evil” drag queens. At a campaign rally for Republican state representative Richard White last weekend, Wheeler held up a photo of the Democratic governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear, with a group of drag
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House Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (Win McNamee/Getty) New York politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has invoked her Christian faith to make a passionate argument for LGBT+ rights. The Democrat ardently defended the rights of the LGBT+ community during a congressional committee hearing yesterday, calling out the “bigotry” of those who use Christianity to discriminate against marginalised groups. Alexandria
The UK’s High Court has granted a landmark judicial review into whether young transgender people can give informed consent to puberty blockers. The medication is prescribed to trans teens by specialist gender doctors at the NHS’s gender clinic for under 18s. The legal challenge is an attempt to force trans teens to go before a
Nikki Kuhnhausen, 17, who was tragically killed after her assailant discovered she was transgender (Facebook) Washington has just become the tenth US state to ban the ‘gay panic’ murder defence, passing the measure in honour of Nikki Kuhnhausen, a transgender teen who was killed last year. The controversial ‘gay panic defence’ justifies violence against LGBT+
Wrestling stars Chris Jericho and Nyla Rose. (Instagram/chrisjerichofozzy) Wrestling star Chris Jericho had Nyla Rose – the first trans wrestler to be signed to a major league – on his show, and now he’s a massive trans ally. And we love to see it. Nyla Rose made history when she was signed by All Elite
London Mayor Sadiq Khan during the parade at Pride in London 2019. (Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Pride in London) London mayor Sadiq Khan has vowed to support Pride, UK Black Pride and a new LGBTQ+ community centre if he’s re-elected. Pledging ongoing City Hall support to Pride if he’s re-elected as London’s mayor, Khan said
Eduardo Bolsonaro at Donald Trump’s resort Mar-a-Lago in 2019. (Patrick McMullan/ Getty) Eduardo Bolsonaro, who is almost as homophobic as his father Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, has been invited by US conservatives to speak at one Washington DC’s biggest political events. The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) describes itself as “the largest and most influential
Hilary Duff at the Disney+ Showcase in California, 2019. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Hilary Duff has hinted that Disney dropped the new Love, Simon TV series for the same problematic reason that the Lizzie McGuire reboot has stalled. The new TV show is called Love, Victor and is a spinoff of the movie, which was based
Pete Buttigieg has earned a particularly unexpected endorsement from Donald Trump. Trump made an uninvited intervention into the Democratic primaries on Twitter, to show some surprising support for the gay former South Bend mayor. Donald Trump says he can ‘live with’ Pete Buttigieg The leader shared a tweet from Fox News commentator Eric Bolling, who
Noah Schnapp plays Will Byers in Stranger Things. (Stuart C. Wilson/Getty) Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp has addressed speculation that his character Will Byers is LGBT+. Season three of the hit Netflix show introduced Robin (Maya Hawke), its first character confirmed to be queer, but other details in Stranger Things 3 had fans hypothesising that Will
Dr Guilio Garaffa was suspended for five months for performing the surgery without consent. (Gulio Garaffa) Two doctors have been suspended for removing a trans man’s vagina against his wishes and then faking his consent to the procedure, a tribunal has heard. After finding out his vagina had been removed during the irreversible gender confirmation
Clifford the Big Red Dog in New York City. (Brad Barket/Getty Images) An evangelical right-wing Christian group is furious at ‘Clifford the Big Red Dog’ – a kids TV show – because one of the characters has lesbian mums. The group, One Million Moms – an astroturf organisation from the anti-LGBT+ hate group American Family
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg marches with South Carolina McDonald’s workers as they demonstrate for a $15 an hour wage and the right to form a workers union. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) As the car door swung open, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg fled inside after being hounded by Black Voters Matter activists at a minimum
Cameron Warwick died by suicide at the age of 16. (cameron-warwick.muchloved.com) A 16-year-old boy who was “relentlessly” bullied for being gay and autistic died by suicide, an inquest has heard. Cameron Warwick, who came out as gay at the age of 12, killed himself on a day that he was supposed to be at college
Zaya Wade appears on the jumbotron during a retirement ceremony for her father Dwyane Wade. (Twitter) An arena full of basketball fans has burst into applause at the sight of Dwyane Wade’s recently out trans daughter Zaya appearing on the big screen. The moment of support for the young trans girl came during Wade’s retirement
Richard Grenell at the signing of an agreement between Kosovo and Serbia in Munich on February 14, 2020. (THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP/Getty) Last week Donald Trump appointed his first openly gay cabinet member as acting head of national intelligence, and it wasn’t long before conservatives had something terrible to say about it. Richard Grenell, the former US
An armed Scotland Police officer. (Scott Barbour/Getty Images) Despite rocketing rates of violence against LGBT+ people in Scotland, absolutely no Police Scotland officers have been sent to a training course to better tackle the upsurge in around four years. According to the BBC, the country’s top police officer in 2016 said that tackling hate crime
US conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck. (Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images) Former Fox News pundit Glenn Beck claimed Pete Buttigieg cannot say US President Donald Trump’s behaviour goes against Christianity because he is gay, so is “antithetical” to the Bible. The Democratic presidential candidate has long used his Christian faith as a ballast in his campaign, but has
Lisa Nandy speaking at a hustings event for Labour Leader on February 16, 2020 in London, England. (Hollie Adams/Getty Images) British opposition party leader hopeful Lisa Nandy said she was given a “pause for thought” while signing a pledge card from the Labour Campaign for Trans Rights. The 12-point pledge by the independent campaign group
Jane Waughfield was found dead in a four-way car crash just two hours after outing a man as gay on Facebook. (Screen capture via Facebook) A woman died Tuesday after being shot before colliding into three cars just hours after taking to Facebook Live to out a man as gay, Indianapolis police said. Jane Waughfield,
A boundary-breaking Bollywood rom-com starring a same-sex couple has been banned from being screened in Kenya by the country’s film regulatory body. The Kenya Film Classification Board banned the film Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, which hit Indian theatres Friday to a consultation of five star reviews across the board. But in a statement to newsrooms, the board’s CEO Ezekiel Mutua
Toya Delazy, Dua Saleh and Cakes Da Killa are three of our top queer Black artists. (YouTube) To celebrate Black History Month, PinkNews selects five artists making unapologetically queer Black music for the community. CJ Run “Let’s get one thing straight, I’m not.” The opening bar of “Spaghetti”, CJ Run’s breakthrough hit, immediately sets the
World Rugby has revealed that it will host a forum in London next week which will decide future policy on trans players’ right to participate in the game. In a statement, the organisation said it was consulting with “expert voices” as well as the global women’s game ahead of the forum. Anti-trans campaign group Fair
Myla Corvidae has now lost her confidence in the clothing store (Screenshot: Independent/SWNS.COM) Marks & Spencer has been forced to issue an apology to a transgender non-binary person after a member of staff refused to let them try on clothes in the men’s changing rooms. Myla Corvidae, 30, was shopping in the menswear section of
Non-binary poet Gray Crosbie performed their spoken word poem for BBC Scotland’s The Social. (BBC Scotland) Piers Morgan has claimed the BBC is “pumping out gender nonsense” for giving a platform to a non-binary poet speaking out about the struggles of getting a simple haircut. The difficulties LGBT+ people face receiving gender-affirming services like haircuts
Lisa Nandy, Kier Starmer and Rebecca Long-Bailey at the LGBT+ Labour leadership hustings, presented by PinkNews and supported by Diva. (PinkNews) Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Sir Keir Starmer warned against LGBT+ rights being eroded and stressed of the importance of Labour party members leading the fight against hate. Speaking at the LGBT+ Labour leadership hustings, presented by PinkNews and
Queer the Pier curator EJ Scott. (Rosie Powell) An unprecedented exhibition that delves deep into Brighton’s queer history has been put together by curator EJ Scott. Scott, known for his work with the Museum of Transology, led a process through which LGBT+ Brighton residents sent in objects, stories and images to be included in the
Leicestershire Police’s trans flag provoked a storm of criticism (Twitter/@LeicsPoliceLGBT) Leicestershire Police have faced harsh criticism for flying a trans Pride flag outside its headquarters to celebrate LGBT+ History Month. The force’s LGBT+ network Twitter account tweeted a picture of the transgender flag flying outside the headquarters in Enderby on February 16. “A miserable day
Democratic Florida lawmaker Al Jacquet is under fire for referring to his primary opponent as a “batty boy” – and is now accusing his critics of racism. The politician, who has sat in the Florida House of Representatives since 2016, came under fire for referring to Omari Hardy, who is challenging him for the Democratic
Pete Buttigieg speaks at a campaign event on December 8, 2019 in Washington, Iowa. (Win McNamee/Getty) Kept buoyant by his surging poll numbers and caucus performances, presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg is keeping busy by fending off broadsides by opponents assailing him for his sexuality. One salvos came from right-wing radio personality Rush Limbaugh, who drew bipartisan