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The music video for the UK’s Eurovision entry has ‘split’ opinion (Twitter/@bbceurovision) The UK’s entry for the 2020 Eurovision song contest has now been unveiled – but will it be enough to secure the elusive douze points? Representing the UK on the Rotterdam stage will be “My Last Breath”, a stirring ballad by Ed Sheeran’s

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

Lady Gaga will drop her first solo single since 2016, and fans have formed the Lady Gaga Bureau of Investigation in an effort to put the pink puzzle pieces together of what LG6 will bring. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for AT&T) A single billboard next to a traffic light and a pick-up truck with a couple

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

The red area shows the municipalities in Poland that have signed the ‘LGBT-free’ pledge (Atlas of Hate) A third of Poland has declared itself to be an official “LGBT-free” zone as local municipalities sign a pledge adopting resolutions against “LGBT propaganda”. Nearly 100 Polish municipal or local governments have now proclaimed themselves to be “free

Love, Victor, the television spin-off to the trailblazing movie, Love, Simon. (Hulu) The television spin-off of Love, Simon will no longer be on Disney’s core streaming service Disney+ and will instead jump to Hulu. Love, Victor was produced and developed with the animation studio’s online service. With a Pride Month debut date, it will follow

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

Portland Pride Parade, 2019. (Diego Diaz/Icon Sportswire/ Getty) The government equalities office has refused to deny reports that it is scrapping plans to reform the Gender Recognition Act. An article in The Times at the weekend reported that reforms to the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) had been “halted” and that “ministers are expected to drop

Cardi B said Zaya Wade was ‘born this way’. (Getty/Gabrielle Union) Cardi B quoted Lady Gaga as she stood up for Dwyane Wade’s daughter Zaya Wade. The “Bodak Yellow” rapper jumped to Zaya’s defence after a number of celebrities made anti-trans comments about the 12-year-old. Speaking on an Instagram live stream, Cardi told her fans:

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

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. According to the BBC, the country’s top police officer in 2016 said that tackling hate crime is an “absolute priority”

Rapper Boosie Badazz unbraided basketball player Dwyane Wade for supporting his trans daughter, Zaya. (Screen capture via Instagram) Rapper Boosie Badazz said Friday that American gym chain Planet Fitness gave him the boot following his anti-trans comments towards Dwyane Wade’s trans daughter, Zaya. Earlier this week, the musician lit into the former NBA player for

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

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 girl with lesbian mothers has claimed that her teacher barred her from writing a paper in favour of same-sex marriage in case it would “offend somebody in the class.” Destiny McDermitt (17) from Michigan is the daughter of Angela McDermitt-Jackson and Chris Jackson, who married in 2015. When her teacher asked her class to

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

Donald Trump confused LGBT+ people everywhere by saying a gay Bollywood rom-com is “great!” (Tom Pennington/Getty) The moment has come for us to lay down our pens, close down our laptops and go home, because Donald Trump just retweeted a PinkNews article. In a moment that will come as a surprise to anyone who is

Phillip Schofield smiled as he joined his wife Stephanie and daughters Molly and Ruby in Paris. (Instagram/Phillip Schofield) Phillip Schofield shared a selfie with his wife Stephanie Lowe as the pair joined their two daughters for a family holiday, two weeks after he came out as gay. The ITV presenter and his wife of 27

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

A court in Poland has ruled in favour of Fundacja Pro, who were sued for driving a van with anti-LGBT+ slogans on (Twitter/@LGBTpl) A Polish court has dismissed a lawsuit against the organisers of an anti-LGBT+ campaign that linked homosexuality with paedophilia, ruling that it was “informative and educational”. The campaign was run by ultra-conservative

Dwayne Wade elaborated on how he and his wife, Gabrielle Union, reaches out to the cast of Pose for advice on their trans daughter. (Screen capture YouTube) Retired NBA player Dwayne Wade and is on track to win all ‘Father of the Year awards’ after his daughter, Zaya, came out as trans. Going public has

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

Rush Limbaugh shakes hands with US President Donald Trump during a Turning Point USA event in December 2019. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images) Rush Limbaugh has said that Donald Trump personally called him to tell him not to apologise for anti-gay remarks about Pete Buttigieg. The right-wing radio host, a close associate of Trump, has

Health secretary Matt Hancock announced tougher measures to clamp down on violence towards healthcare providers. (Peter Summers/Getty Images) Homophobic, racist and sexist patients could be barred from receiving non-critical treatment under new guidelines for the British National British Health Service (NHS). Current measures cover physically violent or aggressive patients, in which NHS trust staff can

The Catholic Church has explained its position on trans rights – and it’s singing from a very old, very homophobic hymn book. (Michael Campanella/Getty Images) The Catholic Church has vowed to defeat gender recognition reform in Scotland to reassert the “natural instinct” of marriage between one man and one woman. The church restated its long-standing

A viral conspiracy theory suggesting that Pete Buttigieg staff are running a Twitter account purporting to be a man from Nigeria has, unsurprisingly, been debunked. Tweets went viral accusing the Buttigieg campaign of faking the @easychinedu Twitter account, which purported to be a “Pete Buttigieg supporter from Nigeria” and largely sent supportive messages about the

A Fox News host has come under fire after she told a contributor not to bring up Donald Trump’s alleged past infidelities during a conversation about Pete Buttigieg and his marriage. Fox News’ Sandra Smith interrupted contributor Jessica Tarlov when she mentioned the president’s reported dalliances, telling her: “Let’s not bring in personal relationships.” But

Pro-Trump evangelical leader Franklin Graham has said people in the UK are “truthophobic” after his tour there was cancelled due to his anti-LGBT+ comments. Graham hit out at people who campaigned to have him banned from preaching in venues across the UK in a Facebook post. “Opposition to the Gospel shouldn’t really surprise us,” Graham

Rick Wiles spoke to Jana Ben-Nun during a run of TruNews. (Screen captures via TruNews/Right Wing Watch) A right-wing minister Rick Wiles has claimed that being trans is a “Zionist plot” that will destroy humanity as we know it. Uh, sure, Jan. This is the latest anti-LGBT+ salvos by evangelical Wiles after he said that