Europe’s first permanent trans road crossing Dutch city of Almere. (JayvanDijk/ Twitter) The first permanent transgender flag road crossing in Europe has been unveiled in the Dutch city of Almere, close to Amsterdam, in Holland. Almere already has a permanent rainbow crossing, and the pink, blue and white one was unveiled next to it during
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Milo Yiannopolous (left) released a recording of Richard Spencer (right) who clashed with police at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 (Getty) Milo Yiannopoulos, the disgraced former editor of Breitbart and mascot of Boston’s Straight Pride parade, has leaked an explicit, racist recording of fellow far-right activist Richard Spencer. Yiannopoulos was
Doctors are concerned over new strains of a bacteria which are antibiotic resistant (Pexels) Doctors have expressed concern over the rise of a sexually transmitted bacteria in gay men which they say is now becoming resistant to antibiotics. Researchers studied the bacteria – which is called Campylobacter coli – in gay men in Seattle and
As a young gay man in the closet, Andrew Puccetti began to suffer from OCD, having obsessive and compulsive thoughts about washing his hands and counting steps. Coming out helped him overcome his mental illness. At just nine years old, Puccetti started having this “constant nervousness and anxiety”. He tells PinkNews: “I’d be in class
Russell T Davies has revealed what he’d do if he had a real-life time machine, and it’s heartbreaking. The TV showrunner, who revived Doctor Who back in 2005, spoke to the BBC’s Desert Island Discs about what he would do while reflecting on the life of his husband Andrew Smith, who died in 2018. He explained: “If
Saira Khan attends The Best Heroes Awards 2019 at The Bloomsbury Hotel on October 15, 2019 in London (David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty) Loose Women host Saira Khan has said she’d like to see a trans woman become a panellist on the ITV chat show, providing she had something to add to the conversation. Her open-minded
Virginia lawmaker Danica Roem is facing transphobic attacks from lobby groups as she fights for re-election. Roem made history as the first out transgender state lawmaker in 2017, when she won a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates. Although she primarily campaigned on local issues, Roem’s opponents have sought to weaponise her gender identity
Donald Trump lifts a baby during a campaign rally. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) announced today that adoption agencies will be allowed to discriminate against LGBT+ people. Ironically, the rule change was announced on the first day of National Adoption Month (November 1). The rule change, effective
The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the owner of a print shop who refused to make a Pride t-shirt because it was against his religious beliefs. Blaine Adamson is the owner of Hands-On Originals in Lexington, Kentucky. In 2012 he declined to print t-shirts promoting a local Pride event, saying: “It goes
“F**k diamonds, try Crystal” (BBC). RuPaul’s Drag Race UK marched back on our screens to spice up our lives and deliver some TLC with an ode to girl groups. But did it reign Supreme over last week’s knockout Snatch Game? Drag Race UK season 1 episode 5: The verdict. How much Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and
Strictly pros Johannes Radebe and Graziano Di Prima. (Johannes Radebe/ Instagram) Two Strictly Come Dancing pros will perform the show’s first one-on-one same-sex dance this weekend, and head judge Shirley Ballas has said it’s “magnificent”. Johannes Radebe and his Coronation Street star dance partner Catherine Tyldesley were voted off as contestants last week, but Radebe
Popeyes is bringing back its chicken sandwich this Sunday. (Joe Raedle/Getty) Popeyes has announced the return of its much-loved chicken sandwich, while also throwing serious shade at anti-gay Chick-fil-A. The sandwich was originally released by Popeyes during the summer, but was in such high demand that the chain ran out of stock by August. The
Katya said that season 7 had a lot of unused talent. (Joseph Shepherd) Katya admitted that Drag Race’s seventh season was “not so good” and hinted at a frosty relationship with RuPaul. The self-styled “Russian hooker” said that the moment she entered the werk room was among “the worst in [her] life”. “They just seemed
Great British Bake Off winner David Atherton. (Channel 4) Gay baker David Atherton has been crowned the winner of the Great British Bake Off 2019, and he said it was the “best feeling in the world”. The self-described “underdog” managed to out-bake Alice Fevronia and Steph Blackwell in the final on Tuesday (October 29) on
Rick Genest (L), better known as ‘Zombie Boy’, and Lady Gaga in her ‘Born This Way’ music video in 2011. (Screen capture via YouTube) Canadian officials have ruled that the death of Rick ‘Zombie Boy’ Genest, a model known for his head-to-toe skeletal tattoos, died of “accidental death”, rather than suicide as first suspected. In
Sgt. Keith Wildhaber, an officer within Missouri’s St. Louis County Police Department A gay police officer has won $19 million in damages from his employer, after he was told to “tone down” his sexuality. Sgt. Keith Wildhaber, an officer within Missouri’s St. Louis County Police Department, had filed a lawsuit in 2017 after he was
Cosmetic guru Kylie Jenner (centre-left) smooches Anastasia Karanikolaou in a recreation of the iconic pop queen peck in 2003. (Screen capture via Instagram / Getty Images) ‘Rise and Shine’ musician Kylie Jenner kissed her best friend Anastasia ‘Stussie’ Karanikolaou a they re-enacted Britney Spears and Madonna’s iconic peck from the MTV Video Music Awards in 2003.
Kelley Fisher was fired from Roncalli Catholic High School in Indianapolis. (Roncalli High School/ Facebook) A straight employee of a Catholic high school says she was fired for publicly supporting two guidance counsellors who lost their jobs for being gay. Two lesbian guidance counsellors at Roncalli High School in Indianapolis were told their contracts would
Intersex Justice activists protest non-consensual surgeries on intersex people. (IntersexJustice/ Twitter) A trans intersex person has explained, in a moving opinion piece for Intersex Awareness Day (October 26), why they didn’t need surgery to be “fixed”. There are many different ways that a person can identify as intersex, which is an umbrella term encompassing those
Drag queen Charity Kase transforms into incredible spooky looks that you’ll want to recreate beyond your Halloween costume. We spoke to the “monster drag queen” herself to find out more about how to create a witchy drag look and why she loves the “darker side” of drag make-up. Watch Charity Kase create witchy Halloween drag
President Moon Jae-in of South Korea and his wife Kim Jung-sook, meet New Zealand ambassador Philip Turner and his husband Hiroshi Ikeda. (Philip Turner/ Twitter) The gay New Zealand ambassador to South Korea has made history as the first foreign diplomat to visit Blue House with a same-sex partner. Blue House is the official residence
Photo illustration of popular dating website Tinder logo seen displayed on a smartphone. (Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Tinder “only caters to cis people” and its attempts to be inclusive of the trans community are “virtue signalling”, say trans folks who’ve been banned from the dating app. Despite having more than 50 gender options,
Monét X Change and Nina West helped Meghan McCain celebrate her 35th birthday. (The View) Drag Race favourites Monet X Change and Nina West have come under fire for helping Republican pundit Meghan McCain celebrate her 35th birthday. Nina and Monet made an appearance on US panel show The View – an American Loose Women
Draggy Thatcher (BBC). RuPaul’s Drag Race UK was a brilliant, instant classic from the moment it sauntered onto our screens three weeks ago. But this is Snatch Game. There’s a high bar, and if it’s not topped the whole season can be left in a stink. So how did it fare? Drag Race UK season
A human rights commissioner in Virginia said being trans is a “mental illness” and homosexuality is an “abomination to the human race”, but is keeping his position. Kenick El was appointed to the Virginia Beach Human Rights Commission (VBHRC) this year and, according to 13News Now, on October 21 he shared an article on Facebook
Kenny Coppedge sustained injuries to his face during the unprovoked attack. (Screenshot from local news station WJZY) A gay couple in North Carolina say they were assaulted by a group of men who claimed to be police offers on October 20. Kenny Coppedge and his boyfriend Jordan Frye were beaten in a vicious and unprovoked
Anna Foster, 20, was allegedly assaulted in South Carolina, US, while a police officer watched and “refused” to help her. (Facebook) A 20-year-old trans woman was attacked by three men and her body left bleeding and covered in bruises, all the while a police officer stood by and allegedly did nothing. Anna Foster claimed she
A newly hatched loggerhead turtle makes its way to the sea in Turkey, 2018. (Mustafa Ciftci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Climate change means that the loggerhead sea turtle population is now almost entirely female. A University of Exeter study found that 84 percent of young loggerhead turtles in Cape Verde – one of the sea
Anti-gay US pastor Steven Anderson has declared that New Zealand is “in trouble” with God after it became the 34th country he is barred from visiting. The leader of Arizona’s fringe Faithful Word Baptist Church, who supports the death penalty for homosexuality and openly celebrated the massacre at Orlando’s Pulse gay club, had applied for
A man is suing a gay porn site after he received “a barrage” of junk mail because he said it sold his information without written consent and violated his privacy rights. Dennis Chiamulera is also seeking class action status on behalf of other subscribers to the site who he thinks are in a similar situation.
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