Coles customers hold packs of the collectable Harry Potter Magical Builders. (Coles) Trans workers at the Australian supermarket Coles have spoken out about having to distribute collectable Harry Potter cards to customers. Coles gives a pack of the collectable cards to any customer who spends $30 (£25) in the supermarket, but the promotion is making
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Pope Francis celebrates mass at the the National Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, Canada. (Getty/ Chip Somodevilla) Pope Francis has met with four groups of trans people who found shelter in a Catholic church, the Vatican has confirmed. According to AP News, the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano reported that the Pope met with a group of trans
Justice secretary and deputy prime minister Dominic Raab. (AFP via Getty/ NIKLAS HALLE’N) Justice secretary and deputy prime minister Dominic Raab is reportedly planning to house trans prisoners based on their genitals. A story released by The Mail on Sunday quoted a host of “sources” and “insiders” who reported that Raab had developed a policy
Donald Trump tosses hats to supporters at the rally Waukesha, Wisconsin. (Getty/ Scott Olson) Donald Trump repeatedly misgendered swimmer Lia Thomas in pathetic rant about trans athletes, promising to ban trans women from sports. Trump made the comments at a “Save America” rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin on Friday (5 August), where he pushed the Republican candidates
Marisela Castro’s friend said the trans woman was “always so happy” and mourned her tragic death. (Human Rights Campaign) Marisela Castro, a trans woman who had a “bright and sunny” demeanour, was shot and killed just weeks shy of her birthday celebrations. Castro was killed early Friday (29 July) when a man got out of
Donald Trump speaks at the America First Policy Institute annual summit. (YouTube) Donald Trump has suggested he will run for president in 2024 while on an anti-trans rant, describing LGBTQ+ rights as “social decay”. Trump made the comments in a speech at the first annual summit of the America First Policy Institute, a right-wing Republican
Allison Bailey, the lawyer who founded LGB Alliance. (Allison Bailey/ Twitter) Allison Bailey has lost her lawsuit against Stonewall but has won her employment tribunal case against her employer Garden Court Chambers. Bailey, a lesbian barrister and co-founder of the anti-trans lobby group LGB Alliance, sued LGBTQ+ rights charity Stonewall and Garden Court Chambers, of which
Former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas has become a target for transphobes. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Trans swimmer Lia Thomas has been nominated for a Woman of the Year award after smashing several sporting records in the face of cruel transphobia. Thomas has been nominated for the award at the National
Trans pilot Adam Harry. (Instagram/ pilotadamharry) Adam Harry, who hopes to become India’s first trans commercial pilot, is fighting for justice after being declared “unfit” to fly because of his medical transition. Harry told the BBC that he has been flying since before coming out, and that initially his family was funding his studies at
Protesters at Trans Pride Brighton. (PinkNews) Trans Pride Brighton saw its largest turnout ever on Saturday (16 July), with around 20,000 protesters marching for trans liberation. Trans Pride Brighton, the first and largest trans Pride event outside of the US, has been running since 2013. This year, it finally returned in person, after two years of
American fast food restaurant chain, Chick-fil-A. (Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) A trans woman is suing Chick-fil-A, claiming she was discriminated against and sexually harassed by her colleagues while working at the fast food chain. According to NBC News, 29-year-old Erin Taylor filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for Northern Georgia at the
Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi and J Mase III are holding their fourth iteration of their #TransphobiaIsASin Campaign. (Instagram/@jmaseiii) A group of activists invite social media to join their campaign to ‘disrupt the religious violence trans people experience every day’. Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi and J Mase III edited the Black Trans Prayer Book to dismantle
Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness and season six star Angel Flores. (Getty/Roy Rochlin/Instagram) Queer Eye‘s Jonathan Van Ness has melted the heart of fans after revealing he’s become close friends with beloved contestant Angel Flores following her appearance on season six of the Netflix show. The transgender powerlifter had been struggling to find herself and
Protestor holds ‘Trans Lives Matter’ placard during protest in Warsaw, 2018. (Getty/Maciej Luczniewski) Within the first week of 2022, seven US states have proposed nine bills that would roll back the rights of trans and non-binary youth. These proposed bills will negatively impact trans and non-binary youths’ right to privacy, restrict their ability to take
Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider. (Twitter/ Jeopardy!) Reigning Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider has once again made history as the first woman to ever surpass $1 million in earnings. Schneider, the affable wiseacre and engineering manager from Dayton, Ohio, already has sufficient bragging rights from her nearly two-month-long streak on the syndicated game show. She is already
Nikita Dragun attends the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on 26 January 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty) Trans YouTuber and beauty influencer Nikita Dragun is part of the cast of new Netflix reality soap series Hype House. Hype House is a reality series that gives an inside look
Amarey Lej (L) and Duval Princess. (Facebook/TransGiot) A Black trans woman was shot dead on New Year’s Day, while a second was found dead in suspicious circumstances a day later. Amariey Lej (spelled Amarey in some reports), a 20-year-old dancer and youth artist apprentice, was found with a fatal gunshot wound by police in Wilkinsburg,
A protester holds a trans pride flag and a placard that reads “Protect Trans Kids” placard during the trans rights demonstration. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) An Arizona lawmaker is ringing in the new year by introducing two new bills targeting trans youth in the state. Republican senator Wendy Rogers proposed Senate Bill 1045 (SB
Stock photo of pupils in a classroom. (Pexels) A leading group of girls’ schools has updated its admissions policy to exclude trans girls from being admitted as students. The almost-blanket ban on trans girls has been implemented because, the group says, to let trans girls become pupils would jeopardise the schools’ status as single-sex. However,
Kumi Yokoyama #17 of the Washington Spirit warms up during a game against the Houston Dash on 31 October 2021 in Washington, DC. (Getty/Brad Smith/ISI Photos) Trans footballer Kumi Yokoyama has called out Japan for “lagging behind the rest of the world” on awareness of LGBT+ issues and rights. Yokoyama came out publicly as a
Gavin Grimm attends 2019 DoSomething Gala at Chelsea Piers on 29 April 2019 in New York City. (Getty/Santiago Felipe) The LGBT+ community and allies are raising funds for trans trailblazer Gavin Grimm, who is at risk of homelessness. Grimm was involved in a seven-year-long battle that put him at the centre of the debate on
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
A kaleidoscopic array of people have come out in 2021. (PinkNews) 2021 is, at long, long last, coming to an end. Nearly two years into a drawn-out pandemic that has left the world exhausted and ready to hibernate, we’re about to say goodbye to a year that, to be honest, felt about a decade long.
Nyla Rose competes in the AEW Women’s World Championship at the Capitol One Arena on 2 October 2019. (Astrid Riecken for The Washington Post via Getty) A fan was booted from an All Elite Wrestling Dynamite event for holding up a transphobic sign towards trans wrestling star Nyla Rose. Rose went down in history when
Elliot Page sends fans “some love” for Christmas with an adorable selfie on Instagram. (Instagram/@elliotpage) Elliot Page is sending his “love” to fans with a heartwarming photo with his furry loved one, celebrating the festive season. It is the first Christmas-time photo of Page since they came out publicly as trans in early December 2020,
Caroline Nokes, Tory MP and chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) The Tory government failed in its responsibilities with its botched handling of Gender Recognition Act reform – and should seek to fix its wrongs by 2023, says the Women and Equalities Committe. The committee, chaired by Tory MP Caroline Nokes,
Former police officer Harry Miller. (Sky News) An appeals court has ruled in favour of ex-police officer Harry Miller, declaring that “gender critical” comments should not have been classed as “hate incidents” by police. The case was brought by Harry Miller, a former police officer from Lincolnshire, who was visited by Humberside Police in January,
South Dakota governor Kristi Noem speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC held at the Hilton Anatole on 11 July 2021 in Dallas, Texas. (Getty/Brandon Bell) Governor Kristi Noem has proposed a new anti-trans sports bill to ban trans student-athletes from playing on girls’ and women’s teams in public schools. In March, Noem vetoed
The Lowell Spinners held a pre-game Quidditch game between students from Emerson College and Boston University on 3 July 2013. (Yoon S Byun/The Boston Globe via Getty) Real-life quidditch organisations are working to change the name of the sport to distance themselves from JK Rowling’s “anti-trans positions”. The real-life game is inspired by the fictional
Trans men and non-binary people told PinkNews about a moment of finding joy in their hair. As trans and non-binary people, discovering joy can come through the changes we make to live authentically – big and small, internal and external, spoken about and not. We might make changes to the clothes we wear, the name
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