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Transgender activist Aimee Stephens sits in her wheelchair outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty) The funeral home that fired trans trailblazer Aimee Stephens has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit that kickstarted the Title VII Supreme Court case. Stephens lost her job at RG and GR Harris Funeral Homes

Alasdair Henderson, a board member of the EHRC, ‘liked’ several tweets seemingly at odds with the values of an equality watchdog. (Screen capture via YouTube) A top official at the UK Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) liked a tweet claiming that the word “homophobe” is a “highly ideological propaganda term”. In the latest test for

Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” could be set to top the UK singles chart for the first time. The world’s campest Christmas song, widely loved by queer people everywhere, was a huge hit when it was first released as the lead single from her 1994 album Merry Christmas – but amazingly, it didn’t

A Japanese man has reached a rare out-of-court settlement after he was outed by his former boss as gay against his will. The man, who is in his 20s, disclosed his sexuality when he joined the company in Tokyo’s Toshima Ward last year. Anti-LGBT+ stigmas still run strong in Japan, and he stated that he

Christian anti-LGBT+ activist Gordon Klingenschmitt. (Pray In Jesus Name/ YouTube) An anti-LGBT+ Christian activist and former Republican lawmaker has claimed that president elect Joe Biden is forming a “transgender atheist army”. Gordon Klingenschmitt is a former Navy chaplain who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 2015 until 2017, and is now a Christian

The Ugandan men were whipped by officials before being chained and walked to the police station, disturbing footage shows. (Screen capture via YouTube) LGBT+ Ugandans arrested under dubious coronavirus charges have revealed the harrowing levels of abuse they faced while in prison – being beaten with iron rods, burnt with firewood and forced to “confess”

The Dumont High School teachers were caught making homophobic comments about a gay colleague. (Google Maps) Four high school teachers were caught out making “disturbing” homophobic comments about a colleague while students attended a class via Zoom. One teacher who works at Dumont High School, New Jersey, was sharing their screen while teaching a science

Trans ally placards at London’s first ever Trans Pride march on 14 September, 2019. (Wiktor Szymanowicz / Barcroft Media via Getty Images) A young non-binary person has taken to the BBC airwaves to call for cisgender allies to stand up for trans rights. Ben spoke for one minute on BBC Radio 1, as part of

Sean Connery’s character in Finding Forrester will be replaced with a Black lesbian in an NBC television adaptation (YouTube) The late Sean Connery’s character in the 2000 film Finding Forrester will be replaced with a Black lesbian writer in an upcoming NBC television adaptation. The original film, directed by Gus Van Sant, told the story of a

‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic was jailed for trying to have an animal rights activist murdered. (Netflix) Representatives for Joe Exotic reportedly ran up a $10,000 bill at one of Donald Trump’s hotels, as part of a campaign to persuade the president to pardon him. Joe Exotic and his representatives have been running an extensive campaign

Deb Price, a trailblazing lesbian journalist who helped open America’s eyes to LGBT+ lives, has died aged 62. Price made history when she started writing a column for the Detroit News in 1992 exclusively focusing on gay issues, becoming the first columnist nationwide to do so. The legendary journalist died on 20 November in Hong Kong from

Patrick and David’s relationship on Schitt’s Creek melted the hearts of fans across the world (Screenshot/Netflix) Schitt’s Creek star Noah Reid has said he “never felt the need” to play gay character Patrick “a certain way”. Reid collectively melted the hearts of queer people across the world with his portrayal of David Rose’s love interest Patrick

Steps are back with What The Future Holds. (Steps) Steps are back with What The Future Holds, and PinkNews caught up with Lisa Scott-Lee to find out just that. Chatting with Lisa Scott-Lee about “unashamedly-pop” group Steps is always a delight because she loves Steps just as much as the fans do. Which, as you might

Griffin Matthews said religion had told him “lies” about his sexuality (Debra L Rothenberg/Getty) Dear White People star Griffin Matthews has said that religion told him “lies” about his sexuality when he was growing up gay. The actor, who plays D’Unte on the hit Netflix series, told The Advocate about his struggle to come to terms with his

A teenager threatened to shoot students at Wellington High School in New Zealand (Envato Elements) A high school in Wellington, New Zealand, was put into lockdown after police said a teenager threatened to shoot students. Wellington High School was plunged into lockdown on Thursday morning (26 November) after a “credible threat” was made on social

Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis in Happiest Season. (Hulu) Happiest Season, Kristen Stewart’s lesbian Christmas film, has finally been released and it’s everything we ever dreamed of. News that Kristen Stewart had made a queer festive film directed and co-written by Clea DuVall was arguably the single most important piece of information many of us

A person walks past a Starbucks store displaying a rainbow Pride flag on June 22, 2020 in New York City. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty) A Christian woman and former barista from New Jersey has filed a lawsuit against Starbucks, claiming she was fired after refusing to wear a rainbow Pride t-shirt. According to NBC News, Betsy Fresse

Trans people in India can now apply to have their gender identity legally recognised online through a new government portal. The portal, launched on Wednesday (25 November) by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MSJE), will allow trans people to have their gender identity certified by the district magistrate without visiting government offices. The

The PinkNews Awards 2020 will take place December 2-4 in association with Amazon. Trailblazing figures who have made a difference in the fight for LGBT+ equality are among the nominees for the Role Model Award at the PinkNews Awards 2020. The Role Model Award (won in 2019 by Andrew Moffatt, the creator of the pioneering

Donald Trump and his wife Melania. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Melania Trump wanted to light the White House up in rainbow colours to celebrate Pride Month, but she was forbidden from doing so, according to two Republican sources. The White House was famously lit up in the rainbow colours in 2015, when Barack Obama was president,

Thomas Brennan was placed on administrative leave by Ferris State University (Facebook/Twitter) A Michigan university professor who tweeted “racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic slurs” and dismissed COVID-19 as a “leftist stunt” has been placed on administrative leave. Thomas Brennan, an assistant physical science professor at the Ferris State University in Michigan, was placed on leave on

Trans woman Asia Jynaé Foster was found with multiple gunshot wounds (Facebook/Asia Jynaé Foster) Houston’s trans community is mourning the death of Asia Jynaé Foster, the latest victim in a wave of transphobic violence sweeping across the US this year. The 22-year-old Black trans woman was shot dead in Houston, Texas on 20 November, otherwise

John Barrowman is set to make his return to Doctor Who as the ‘omnisexual’ time-traveller Captain Jack Harkness, the BBC has revealed. The actor first appeared as Captain Jack Harkness in the long-running BBC series in 2005, and he quickly became a fan-favourite. Barrowman went on to reprise his role in a January 2020 episode titled “Fugitive of

Isaiah Washington. (Leon Bennett/FilmMagic) Grey’s Anatomy star Isaiah Washington is still raging that he was sacked for using a homophobic slur against a gay co-star more than a decade ago. Washington, a proud Trump supporter, found himself at the centre of controversy in October 2006 when rumours circulated that he had referred to T.R. Knight as

A transgender teenager is taking legal action over the years-long wait faced by young people seeking appointments with NHS specialists. NHS services for both transgender adults and trans children have waiting lists of several years for an initial appointment, with teenagers made to wait around three years to be seen at the only clinic for

Jessica Butcher, freshly appointed EHRC commissioner. (Screen capture via YouTube) The British government appointed last week an official with a troubling track record of attacking fundamental human rights to its independent official watchdog group that monitors and seeks to “protect” LGBT+ rights, among others. According to The Obsever, Jessica Butcher, a digital investor, was installed

Donald Trump-appointed judges reverved a vital ban on therapists offering conversion therapy – a denounced and debunked pseudosicenfitic practise – Friday (November 20), branding the ban “unconstititional”. Also called reparative therapy, medical organisations across the world have widely rejected the treatment as traumatising and psychologically scarring, especially to minors. In fact, the American Academy of

LGBT+ Native American young people are more likely to be at risk of suicide, new data has warned. LGBT+ Native American young people are more likely to be at risk of suicide, new data has warned. New research from the Trevor Project shows that LGBT+ youth from American Indian and Alaskan Native backgrounds are 2.5

Rachel Maddow. (Paul Marotta/Getty Images) Rachel Maddow delivered a sobering and heartfelt plea to the American public Thursday (November 19) as she revealed that her partner of 21 years almost died of COVID-19. As the coronavirus continues to rip through the US, throttling normality, the MSNBC newscaster revealed that Susan Mikula became so sickened by

Connor Scothern. (West Midlands Police) A British teenager jailed for belonging to a far-right, neo-Nazi terrorist group that plotted to wage a “holy war” against Black people, Jews and the LGBT+ community and Jewish people had his sentence halved Friday (November 20). Connor Scothern, a 19-year-old from Nottingham, was convicted alongside three others – including