Plane Jane may not win the season – but she’s won the race (World of Wonder) Plane Jane has made it to the top three of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 16 by sheer charisma, uniqueness, nerve, talent – and the embodiment of that acronym. And the show has been all the better for it. We
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Red, White & Royal Blue has garnered a devoted following for its sweet portrayal of same-sex love. (Prime Video) August 2023 was officially TV season for the gays: Not only did we get the second series of Heartstopper, but the film adaptation of the 2019 LGBTQ+ novel Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Suella Braverman. (Getty) The Manston detention centre crisis is the latest in a long list of failures on asylum, with LGBTQ+ refugees among those at risk. But Suella Braverman is only making things worse, writes the Green Party’s migrant and refugee support spokesperson Benali Hamdache. Manston Detention Centre is designed to hold a maximum of
As it emerges that swimmers on the University of Pennsylvania’s women’s team are considering a boycott against their trans teammate, Lia Thomas, it’s worth remembering the long history of sports boycotts. From sporting boycotts against South Africa during the apartheid era to Venus and Serena Williams boycotting a prestigious California tournament after crowds shouted racist
Lecturers, trade unionists and students march through central London. (Getty) A queer University College London (UCL) masters student explains why the university’s decision to cut ties with Stonewall is so hurtful. A few days ago, UCL became the first university to sever ties with Stonewall, the largest charity supporting LGBT+ rights in the UK. The
Students at Durham University protested for a ‘safer, more inclusive’ campus on 8 December. (Theo Burman) Theo Burman is news editor at Palatinate, the award-winning student newspaper at Durham University. He writes for PinkNews about the now-notorious speech by Rod Liddle described as “racist” and “transphobic”, and the student protests that followed. On 3 December, students at Durham
Warsaw, Poland, on June 19th, 2021. (Piotr Lapinski/Getty) In a world centred on sex and romance, being asexual feels like the queerest thing of all. So why do so many of us feel so unwelcome in LGBT+ spaces? I’ve never been proud of my identity. Not my bisexuality, I often feel proud of that –
Maya Forstater’s ‘gender critical’ views are protected by equalities law. (Barney Cokeliss/@BCokeliss) In a high-profile legal case – thanks to JK Rowling – brought by tax researcher Maya Forstater, a judge has ruled that “gender critical” views qualify as a protected belief under UK equalities law. Along with “gender critical” views, legally protected beliefs include
Leonor Silva. (Leonor Silva) Leonor Silva, a young ambassador for LGBT+ charity Just Like Us, writes for PinkNews for the end of Lesbian Visibility Week how vital it is that schools empower – not erase – young queer people. When I was seven years old, I remember participating with some friends from my class as an extra
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
Today marks 15 years since PinkNews founder Benjamin Cohen put the very first rudimentary version of this website live. He’s been reflecting on the past 15 years in this Twitter thread. Incredibly, it’s 15 years, to the day, since I first started work on @PinkNews. It’s been a labour of love! We will celebrate later
Radam Ridwan: “There can be 100 people in a room discussing trans rights and 99 of them are cis and don’t believe in you.” (Jessica Ross) Dear reader: A real-life, living, breathing non-binary person here. Happy International Non-Binary People’s Day… today, I was spat at in Tesco. Finally, my day to shine! I am not