LGBTQ

President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address. (Mark Wilson/Getty) Donald Trump set out his priorities for the coming year in his State of the Union address this week, the day before the conclusion of his impeachment trial, and LGBT+ rights were not on the agenda. The president did, however, manage to squeeze

A Republican is trying to defund PBS because Billy Porter met Elmo and apparently it’s enough to traumatise kids (Facebook) A Republican lawmaker has threatened to defund PBS because an episode of Sesame Street features gay actor Billy Porter. The Pose star made a guest appearance on the public broadcaster’s long-running kids’ show this month, dropping

Sign supporting trans students. (Derek R Henkle/AFP/Getty) Two proposed bills that threatened healthcare for trans minors and civil rights protections for trans communities have been killed off by lawmakers. In Florida, a vote was cancelled on a bill that would have criminalised doctors for giving trans youth medically necessary treatment. The bill is now lying

Baga Chipz, Shea Couleé and Derrick Barry were among the queens eager for a Drag Race UK vs US showdown. (Getty) As dozens of queens stormed London for the first-ever DragCon UK, PinkNews took the opportunity to stir the pot and find out who the queens would want to face-off against in a Drag Race

Gay man with HIV stands in a clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Kevin Sief / The Washington Post via Getty) Lube has been banned in Tanzania and gay men are routinely forced to undergo humiliating anal examinations in what has been described as a crackdown on the LGBT+ community. The East African country has

Jake Shears, lead singer of Scissor Sisters, has revealed that he stripped off all of his clothes at Elton John’s stag do in 2005. The singer made the comments following his appearance on ITV’s The Masked Singer, where judges have to guess what singer is behind a mask. His identity was revealed after he gave

Lady Gaga chose not to sing ‘Stupid Love’ and fans had thoughts. (Screenshot via Twitter/AT&T) Lady Gaga, who once had a singing career, performed at a pre-Super Bowl show in Miami, US, and crushed fans’ hopes to hear her unreleased song, “Stupid Love”. Fans attended the Super Saturday Night concert and inked their faces with

Alex Scott, 24, was arrested on suspicion of murdering and mutilating 64-year-old Kenneth Savinski. (CBS New York) A 24-year-old has been arrested for the murder of a 64-year-old man, mutilating and strangling him the same day they met through a dating app. According to the New York Post Alex Scott is accused of murdering antiques

Ever wished there was a version of ‘Johny Johny Yes Papa’ featuring a queer family? No? Well wish no more! (Screen capture via YouTube) In today’s thing you definitely didn’t ask for but reluctantly welcome nevertheless, there’s now a version of ‘Johny Johny Yes Papa’ with a same-sex family. The nursery rhyme-turned viral meme was

Makonda has been Dar es Salaam’s governor since 2016. (paul makonda/facebook) A high-ranking official in Tanzania who created a task force to hunt down gay people has been banned from entering the US. Paul Makonda is the governor of Tanzania’s most-populated city, Dar es Salaam, and he created the team to round up gay people

Lil Nas X as a fairy type Pokémon trainer? It was super effective! (David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) In what can only be described as the dictionary definition of ‘perfection’, an artist doodled the 2020 Grammy winners as Pokemon trainers. Countless Twitter users did their best Joan Rivers impressions by commenting on the fashion

Singer Demi Lovato candidly recounted the moment she came out as sexually fluid to her parents in a radio interview Thursday. The “Sorry Not Sorry” singer, a longtime LGBT+ advocate, revealed in 2017 that she was open to dating women, saying: “That’s how I’ve always felt.” Speaking to SiriusXM host, Andy Cohen, Lovato said that

Tan France and Timothée Chalamet. ( Matt Winkelmeyer/ Getty and Lisa Maree Williams/ Getty) Queer Eye star Tan France and fashion guru said he was trying to work up the courage to slide into the DMs of “twink” Timothée Chalamet. France recently joined forces with Alexa Chung to present the new Netflix series Next in

Jack Phillips appearing on The View in 2017. (The View) The Colorado baker who became a conservative hero after refusing to make a wedding cake for a gay couple has landed himself a lucrative book deal. Jack Phillips, who runs the Masterpiece Cakeshop in suburban Denver, gained national recognition when he refused to serve two

Madonna has been struggling with health problems throughout her Madame X tour (Instagram/@Madonna) Madonna has scrapped two more dates on her Madame X world tour – the latest in a string of delayed shows and cancellations. The queen of pop, 61, is currently doing a residency at the London Palladium but is now unable to

The Church of England declared sex is only for married, heterosexual couples. (DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty) The Church of England has apologised for the “hurt and division” caused by a statement released last week that claimed sex is just for married, heterosexual couples. The archbishops of Canterbury and York, Justin Welby and John Sentamu, said the statement

Maxim Lapunov (centre) with Olga Baranova and David Isteev at the “Welcome To Chechnya” Premiere at Prospector Square Theatre on January 26, 2020 in Park City, Utah. (Jim Bennett/Getty) A gay man who survived torture in Chechnya received a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival, where his story was told in a harrowing new

The fund donated to 83 schools that either expel or refuse to admit LGBT+ students (Envato Elements) Two major banks have pulled their support from a private school voucher program in Florida after reports of LGBT+ discrimination in many of the schools it funded. Step Up For Students is a scholarship organisation that administers the

Unicode will bring in the two new trans emojis later this year. (Unicode) Finally, after years of tenacious work by the Powerful Trans Lobby, Unicode has announced that it’s bringing in two new emojis for trans people. The pink, white and blue trans Pride flag emoji and the trans symbol emoji are two of the

Connor Freel became a PCSO to show the community that being transgender is nothing to hide (Screenshot: BBC) A teenager who verbally abused a trans PCSO while he was on duty has been ordered to pay him £200 in compensation. Declan Armstrong, 19, repeatedly shouted “Is it a boy or is it a girl?” at

Stephen Fry spoke candidly about his experience with prostate cancer in 2018 (Neil Mockford/GC Images/Getty) Prostate cancer has now overtaken breast cancer as the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer in England, thanks in part to Stephen Fry going public with his own diagnosis. The actor, author, comic, LGBT+ activist and all-round British national treasure

Tory councillor Aron Klein (left) said gay Hackney mayor Philip Glanville (right) should ‘stop crying’ after singling him out for his sexuality. (Hackney Conservatives/Hackney Labour) The Conservative party is investigating a local councillor who insisted he isn’t homophobic in an email titled with the well-worn homophobic taunt: “It’s Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.”

Derek Jarman’s former home, Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, Kent (Gideon Mendel/Corbis/Getty) A national art charity has launched a £3.5 million fund to save the house of the late Derek Jarman, a visionary filmmaker, director, artist and gay activist. Jarman made his break into the film industry as production designer for Ken Russell’s The Devils (1971), and

Wigan Warriors players acknowledge their fans at the end of the Betfred Super League between Cataland Dragons and Wigan Warriors match at Camp Nou on May 18, 2019 (Eric Alonso/Getty Images) The Wigan Warriors rugby club will stand up to the return of anti-LGBT+ rugby star Israel Folau – by declaring a ‘Pride Day’ on

Zach Sullivan (centre) in a rainbow Pride jersey at the first-ever Pride weekend in UK pro ice hockey. (Twitter) Ice hockey player Zach Sullivan has come out as bisexual to mark the sport’s first Pride weekend. Sullivan, who plays for UK team Manchester Storm, said he was coming out in the hope it would “help

Singer Rufus Wainwright was asked about a Tennessee bill that allows adoption agencies to discriminate against gay people (TMZ) The acclaimed singer and songwriter Rufus Wainwright has shared his sadness at a new Tennessee bill that allows religious adoption agencies to deny service to queer couples. Tennessee governor Bill Lee signed the controversial measure last

The Mormon church had faced mass resignations over the 2015 anti-LGBT policy. (George Frey/Getty) A lifelong member of the Mormon church has written a heartfelt piece about his lesbian daughter, and how the anti-LGBT teachings of the church “damage precious spirits and destroy faith”. David Winslow describes himself as “a 60-plus, returned missionary, temple married,

Lil Nas X wins big at the Grammys in all-pink Versace dominatrix outfit Lil Nas X poses in the press room during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) Rap star and iconic gay cowboy Lil Nas X has won two Grammys for his viral hit “Old Town Road”. At the 62nd annual

Finn Davies (R) claimed his Uber cab driver told he and his partner to “stop kissing” because “she is a Christian”. (Denis Charlet/AFP/Getty/Finn Davies) While in the back of an Uber in London, England, a gay man and his date shared a kiss only to be allegedly told to stop by their driver “because she

Jesuit priest James Martin, who is known for his message of acceptance towards LGBT+ people, has argued that queer lives are as “precious” as the lives of unborn children. The priest revealed in an article earlier this month that he is opposed to abortion in an article for America Magazine. Bizarrely, he argues against abortion