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The Mayor of San Francisco, California, has appointed a RuPaul’s Drag Race star as the head of the city’s Trans Initiatives Office. Mayor London Breed announced on 2 May via a press release t...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/07/honey-mahogany-san-francisco/

Kristi Noem refused to answer interview questions about allegedly meeting Kim Jong Un, despite writing about the supposed experience in her book. The South Dakota Republican governor – known fo...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/07/kristi-noem-kim-jong-un/

Nobody panic! Lil Nas X and Troye Sivan shared a red carpet moment at the Met Gala, and fans are ready for them to make a music collaboration.  The LGBTQ+ musicians have joined a slew of queer s...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/07/lil-nas-x-troye-sivan/

Andrew Scott has stepped out at the Met Gala 2024, and fans are seriously thirsty after looking at his arms. The Met Gala at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is arguably the biggest n...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/07/andrew-scott-met-gala/

Sam Smith made their red carpet debut at the 2024 Met Gala with their partner Christian Cowan in tow, as the pair wowed in a matching couple moment. The non-binary singer – known for integratin...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/07/sam-smith-met-gala/

Ireland’s Eurovision Song Contest entrant Bambie Thug has explained why the historic non-binary representation at this year’s competition is “important – especially now”. In 2014, the E...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/ireland-bambie-thug-eurovision-2024-non-binary-representation/

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Trinity K Bonet has fired back at fellow queen Derrick Barry after she said she would never work with Trinity again. Last month, Britney Spears impersonator and season e...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/drag-race-live-trinity-k-bonet-claps-back-derrick-barry/

Leaked NHS England plans suggest thousands of trans children may be left with no choice but to medically detransition – or face safeguarding referrals. The documents leaked by the Good Law Pro...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/nhs-trans-healthcare-detransition/

The BBC has shared new images featuring RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon in her role in the new season of Doctor Who, as the first reviews of her performance start to trickle in. Histori...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/doctor-who-new-images-jinkx-monsoon-villain-maestro-review-drag-race/

All new non-residential buildings will be forced to have separate male and female toilets under proposed legislation from the Conservative-led UK government in an attempt to ban gender-neutral fa...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/gender-neutral-facilities-ban/

CoppaFeel! founder Kris Hallenga, who was a keen LGBTQ+ advocate, has passed away aged 38 with “fulfilment and a heart full of love,” the charity has confirmed. The founder of the breast canc...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/lgbtq-advocate-and-coppafeel-founder-kris-hallenga-has-passed-away/

Love Lies Bleeding is a must-watch according to review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, but there are many facts about the sapphic thriller that its fans may not know.  Released in UK cinemas on...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/13-fascinating-facts-about-sapphic-thriller-love-lies-bleeding-including-the-sweaty-sex-scenes/

Thousands of protestors joined together in Paris and other French cities – as well as cities in Belgium – to protest transphobia of all kinds in an awe-inspiring trans rights rally. Demonstra...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/paris-protest-trans-rights/

Former American football wide receiver Julian Edelman has confused the internet by joking that he is “gay” for his old NFL teammate Tom Brady. During last night’s live Netflix comedy specia...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/julian-edelman-gay-for-tom-brady-roast-nfl-netflix/

BBC Three’s high-anticipated sapphic dating show I Kissed a Girl is only two episodes in but has already featured an important conversation about the word ‘lesbian’. The series, which launc...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/i-kissed-a-girl-lesbian-tv-bbc/

In a post no one expected on their 2024 bingo cards, Elon Musk has asked Harry Potter author JK Rowling to tweet less about trans people and instead share “interesting and positive content”. ...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/elon-musk-jk-rowling-trans/

Right-wing “anti-woke” campaigner Laurence Fox has lost his £5,000 deposit after failing to secure a decent number of votes in his bid to become a London Assembly member. Fox, who was barred...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/laurence-fox-loses-deposit/

Olly Alexander has tearfully addressed calls for him to quit as the UK’s Eurovision entrant ahead of the contest beginning this week.  In new BBC documentary Olly Alexander’s Road To Eurovis...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/olly-alexander-eurovision-extreme-comments-israel-genocide/

The episode, which aired in 1973, was one of the first of its kind. The post Trans women discussed trans rights on the BBC over 50 years ago—here’s what it looked like appeared first on Pi...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/trans-history-week/

The first-ever Trans+ History Week has begun. Its founder, Marty Davies, wants everyone to know that trans people have always existed. Writer, activist and academic Eli Erlick is also fighting ag...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/trans-history-colour-photos-eli-erlick/

The first-ever Trans+ History Week has begun. Its founder, Marty Davies, wants everyone to know that trans people have always existed. Any queer person who has a social media account has undoubte...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/trans-history-week-trans-history-icons/

The first-ever Trans+ History Week has begun and its founder, Marty Davies, wants everyone to know that trans people have always existed. The calendar holiday initiative, created by Davies and no...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/trans-history-week-marty-davies/

When LGBTQ+ pioneers are discussed, a number of famous faces probably spring to mind. To mark Trans+ History Week, we wanted to share a story you might not be quite as familiar with. Caroline Cos...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/transgender-james-bond-girl-caroline-cossey/

A series of powerful billboards in major cities across the UK will make trans history visible to the public and mark the inaugural Trans+ History Week. The first-ever Trans+ History Week, which i...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/trans-history-week-billboard-london-manchester-newcastle/

Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki fled his own anti-trans protest after enduring backlash from LGBTQ+ supporters. Tamaki – the self-appointed bishop of the Destiny Church in New Zealand – or...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/destiny-church-leader-brian-tamaki-protest/

George Galloway ended a live radio interview after being challenged over the comments he made about gay relationships, dubbing them as not “normal”.  The controversial Rochdale MP told Novar...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/george-galloway-gay-comments/

An endometriosis advocate has angered bigots after sharing a factual post about trans men with the condition.  Endometriosis can cause severe period pain, pain during sex, pelvic pain outside of...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/endometriosis-trans-men/

Madonna has made history on Copacabana Beach, Brazil with her free “beach party” gig.  On Saturday (4 May), the world-renowned Christ the Redeemer statue on Corcovado mountain met Madonna, a...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/madonna-copacabana-beach/

As well as being an incredible TV presenter who has fronted BBC documentaries like The Truth About Your Immune System, Dr Ronx Ikharia is also an inspiring trans and non-binary A&E doctor, role ...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/05/dr-ronx-ikharia-trans-non-binary/

Kyle Cook jokes that he’s the “holy trinity of being mouthy” because he’s gay, a scouser and a drag queen. And that makes him a “perfect” person to raise awareness about what it’s l...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/05/gay-scouse-drag-kyle-cook-hiv-sue-pertrouper/