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November 26, 2020

High school put in lockdown after shooting threatened on social media, targeting LGBT+ students

A high school in Wellington, New Zealand, was put into lockdown after police said a teenager threatened to shoot students. Wellington High School was plunged into lockdown on Thursday morning (26 November) after a “credible threat” was made on social media against the school. The would-be shooter allegedly told...

November 26, 2020

Dear White People star Griffin Matthews told vicious ‘lies’ about his sexuality by religion

Dear White People star Griffin Matthews has said that religion told him “lies” about his sexuality when he was growing up gay. The actor, who plays D’Unte on the hit Netflix series, told The Advocate about his struggle to come to terms with his sexuality – and how religion impacted on his ability to...

November 26, 2020

Trans woman violently beaten, stoned and left to die by the road as violence spirals in Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil

A trans woman was beaten, pummelled with stones and left to die by a highway in Maranhão, Brazil, earlier this month. Estefane ‘Stephanie’ Borges, 20, was found unconscious by a resort along the BR-222 in the northeastern state. Passers-by, local authorities said according to local media, found Borges in a...

November 26, 2020

Donald Trump should pardon Joe Exotic and himself to combat ‘radical left bloodlust’, says congressman

Republican congressman Matt Gaetz thinks Donald Trump should pardon himself and Tiger King star Joe Exotic before he leaves office in January. Yes, you read that correctly. When not making irresponsible claims about election fraud, Trump allies have spent their time making increasingly desperate comments as their grip on...

November 26, 2020

Boyz editor insists magazine is ‘not transphobic’ as advertisers, stockists and LGBT+ leaders continue to sever ties

November 26, 2020

Schitt’s Creek star Dan Levy gives powerful speech about coming out in Kristen Stewart’s lesbian Christmas film Happiest Season

A pivotal moment from Happiest Season, Kristen Stewart’s lesbian Christmas rom-com, is hitting queer viewers right in the feelings. The new film, released Thursday (25 November) stars Stewart as Abby, a queer woman spending her first Christmas with her girlfriend Harper’s family. Unbeknown to her, Harper...

November 26, 2020

PinkNews Awards 2020: Nominees revealed for the Young Adult Book of the Year Award

Our community has so many fantastic stories to tell and it’s vital that young adults hear them. So for the first time ever, the PinkNews Awards 2020 is recognising outstanding LGBT+ representation in young adult books. It’s a chance to celebrate authors whose books bring to light LGBT+ experiences for young...

November 26, 2020

American Beauty writer Alan Ball admits Kevin Spacey allegations have ruined the film for him

Alan Ball has admitted he finds it “hard to watch” his Oscar-winning film American Beauty because of its star, Kevin Spacey. More than 20 years after its release, Ball has admitted he struggles to watch the film that won him an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay “without thinking about Kevin...

November 26, 2020

Gang of homophobes threaten to smash androgynous gay man’s face in simply for existing

An androgynous gay man in Cornwall faced homophobic abuse while simply trying to pick up prescription. Major-Troon Collis, 24 was collecting some medication at Boots in Camborne, Cornwall, on 12 November when the homophobic abuse began. Describing the incident on Instagram, he wrote: “While approaching the store, a...

November 26, 2020

BBC’s LGBT+ correspondent Ben Hunte and family sent homophobic and racist abuse after Laurence Fox tweet

The BBC’s LGBT+ correspondent Ben Hunte said he was sent racist and homophobic abuse Laurence Fox included a photo of him in a barbed tweet. Ben Hunte, a 29-year-old journalist who was announced as the broadcaster’s first LGBT+ correspondent in December 2019, took to Twitter to reveal that he and his loved ones...