James Charles defended his comment, but it didn’t do much to help. (James Charles/ Twitter) James Charles has been accused of making a “transphobic” joke about the trans military ban in the US, and a trans woman has claimed he then blocked her for calling him out. Amid panic over rumours of an impending World
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Charmed actor Rose McGowan has revealed that she was told to grow her hair longer or else it would cost her acting jobs and make her less desirable to men. Imagine how tired we are of this casual misogyny. The 46-year-old, who spearheaded the campaign against justice against disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, spoke candidly
Todrick Hall with Taylor Swift and RuPaul. (Getty) Singer, choreographer and esteemed name-dropper Todrick Hall said he turned to his close friends Taylor Swift and RuPaul when faced with a series of unedifying allegations. Hall addressed a number of allegations made in 2019, in which collaborators claimed that they hadn’t been paid for working on
A Republican lawmaker in Tennessee has introduced a bill which would prevent trans athletes in schools from playing on teams that match their gender identity. Tennessee Representative Bruce Griffey has introduced the bill. If passed, trans students who participate in team sport would have to play as the wrong gender in the state. He has
Some people spend their Christmas unwrapping presents, others tuck into turkeys and some – 17.1 million to be exact – heard the homophobic slur “f****t”. On December 25, around a quarter of the UK’s population switched their television sets onto BBC One to watch the holiday special of comedy Gavin and Stacey. But one scene
Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran has revealed she is in a relationship with a woman and identifies as pansexual, in an interview with PinkNews. The MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, who was first elected to parliament in 2017, revealed for the first time that she is in a relationship with former Lib Dem press
Yungblud performs on stage at Fabrique Club on November 2, 2019 in Milan, Italy. (Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images) Yungblud has revealed that a track on new album was inspired by a transgender fan. In an interview with The Sun, the 22-year-old rock singer revealed how a chance meeting with a fan inspired ‘Mars’, a track
Joe Schofield and Malcolm Brown from Tullibody, Clackmannanshire are married by Ross Wright, Celebrant from Humanist Society Scotland in the Trades Hall shortly after midnight in front of friends and family in one of the first same-sex and belief category weddings in Scotland on December 31, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Mark Runnacles/Getty Images) As the
Mark Hamill attends the Premiere of Disney’s “Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker” on December 16, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Rich Fury/Getty Images) Star Wars actor Mark Hamill has penned poetry to lament the fact that Finn and Poe did not end up together in The Rise of Skywalker. Despite Disney executives talking up the potential
Luka Magnotta. (Toronto Sun/ YouTube) The recent true crime Netflix documentary Don’t F**k With Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer chronicles the story of bisexual murderer Luka Magnotta – but what has happened to him since? Impossible not to watch in one night, the three-part documentary follows a group of internet sleuths trying to track down
Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich attend the 2019 Industry Dance Awards. (Frazer Harrison/Getty) NHL player Brooks Laich, husband of America’s Got Talent judge Julianne Hough, has said he wants to “learn more” about intimacy and his sexuality. Hough herself came out as “not straight” in August this year, and now her husband has revealed that
Grace Fellowship in Texas is leaving the United Methodist Church. (Google Maps) A Texas church has announced that it is leaving the anti-gay United Methodist Church (UMC) because it’s not anti-gay enough. According to the UMC’s Book of Discipline, the offence of being a “self-avowed practicing homosexual” is defined as when “a person openly acknowledges to
Real Housewives Of Orange County star Vicki Gunvalson has spoken out to deny being homophobic, after she took exception to an on-air same-sex kiss. In a reunion episode that aired on December 26, the Bravo star had challenged her female co-stars Braunwyn Windham-Burke and Tamra Judge over a kiss they shared. Real Housewives Of Orange
Tinashe. (FOX Image Collection via Getty Images) While several stars have been baked in controversy after past problematic tweets came to light, singer Tinashe continues to be a beacon of hope. This month, pop artists Slayyyter and Camila Cabello were caught in the crossfire after racist tweets were unearthed by fans. As some fans called
Lars Sullivan (L) and his alleged adult film nom de plume, Mitch Bennett. (Wikimedia Commons/Screenshot via RandyBlue) World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) fans have uncovered that a wrestler once fined $10,000 for a slew of homophobic comments allegedly used to star in gay porn. Lars Sullivan, now off-stage as Dylan Miley, also reportedly has a third name
US pesident Donald Trump (C) leads a meeting of his Cabinet, including then-Interior Secretary David Bernhardt (L. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The US Department of the Interior is designed to tirelessly protect the nation’s natural heritage and culture, but sexual orientation is no longer protected by the agency’s workplace discrimination guidelines. The department removed language regarding
Claes Bang as Dracula, who was described by the show’s co-writer as “bi-homicidal”. (Screen capture via YouTube) As countless viewers prepare to tune into BBC One on New Year’s Day to watch Dracula, PinkNews just wanted to run a short public service announcement that the count is not bisexual. He is, according to the series’ co-writer
The study found that three quarters of teenage boys had participated in homophobic teasing. (Envato) Homophobic teasing is the most common “violent behaviour” among teenage boys, a new study has found. The study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, looked at whether attitudes towards gender equality affected violence in teenage boys. It surveyed
A Twitter user targeted a sundry of LGBT+ people after an episode of Gavin & Stacey aired on Christmas Day. She was later fired. (Twitter) A homophobe who slipped into LGBT+ people’s Twitter inboxes and called them “dirty f**s”on Christmas Day has reportedly been fired from her job. After British comedy Gavin & Stacey aired
Director JJ Abrams has defended the ridiculously subtle same-sex kiss in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, saying that he didn’t want to make it “heavy-handed.” The low-key moment between two women may have been the first gay kiss in the history of the franchise, but it wasn’t exactly what fans were hoping for. Occurring
BBC bosses defended the decision to broadcast the uncensored version of ‘Fairytale of New York’ in Gavin and Stacey (BBC) The BBC has defended the inclusion of the homophobic slur ‘f****t’ in the Gavin and Stacey special which aired on Christmas Day. Fans were appalled when the show’s karaoke duo, Bryn and Nessa, inexplicably opted
Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh. (Rankin/ Loyalty & Love/ Marriott Bonvoy) Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh, Olympic Team GB gold medallists and power couple, have spoken of their concern that the “the trans community is being attacked left, right and centre”. In 2016, the star hockey players made history as the first-ever same-sex couple to win Olympic
A couple went on holiday and left their son with his grandma – but what should have been a fun and happy time for the boy quickly turned into a traumatic nightmare. The boy’s dad shared his story on Reddit’s relationship forum where he explained that their five year old son likes to dress up
J Hus performs on stage during Wireless Festival 2019 on July 7, 2019 in London, England. (Lorne Thomson/Redferns) London rapper J Hus has said he didn’t want to offend anyone with his tweet declaring “stop forcing LGBT onto us” and has said he wants to learn. J Hus had been facing anger after attacking people
Bart Jansen suffered knee and back injuries in the suspected homophobic attack (www.ed.nl) Police in the Netherlands are searching for a group of boys aged as young as 12 who are accused of brutally assaulting a gay man in a suspected homophobic attack. The victim, Bart Jansen, 39, is now suffering with knee and back
Influencers were reportedly paid six-figure sums to promote the festival (Instagram/@diet_prada) Several actors, DJs, models and Instagram influencers have come under fire for promoting a music festival in Saudi Arabia, a country with a horrific human rights record. Electronic festival MDL Beast took place on 21-23 December in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital, with a lineup
Debbie Hayton, left, wore the T-shirt at an event in July (Twitter/@debbiehayton) A transgender woman, Debbie Hayton, is facing expulsion from the LGBT+ committee of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) after she wore a T-shirt saying: ‘Trans women are men. Get over it.’ Hayton, 51, wore the T-shirt at an event organised by Fair Play
Harry Styles sings Juice in the Live Lounge. (YouTube/Screenshot) “Somebody come get your man, I think he got lost in my DMs,” Harry Styles sang, grinning, in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. “I think we’re gonna be way more than friends! Way more than friends.” Dressed in a tee from his own merch line
Stock photo of crowd in nightclub. (Envato) Irish bouncers told two men who’d experienced homophobic abuse for kissing in a club that they wouldn’t intervene as “homophobia isn’t a crime in Ireland”. Eoghan Ryder was supporting his friend’s show at the Button Factory in Dublin when, on the dancefloor, he started talking to and eventually
Yew Fook Sam. (Change.org) A 67-year-old man who the Home Office said wasn’t “gay enough” to stay in the UK has received an early Christmas present – asylum status from the government. Yew Fook Sam, known as Sam, lives in Kirkby, Liverpool, and has lived in fear of being deported to Malaysia, where homosexuality is
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