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February 17, 2020

Professor loses landmark legal battle after claiming it’s ‘free speech’ to deliberately misgender trans students

A professor who claimed “free speech” means he has the right to deliberately misgender transgender students without repercussions has lost his legal battle. Nicholas Meriwether, a religious philosophy professor at Ohio’s Shawnee State University, had sued his employer with help from anti-LGBT lobbying...

February 17, 2020

Trans woman wants an apology from Netherlands government after she was forced into being sterilised

A trans woman is seeking an apology from the government in the Netherlands after she went through forced sterilisation under an archaic and since-scrapped law. Up until 2014, trans people in the Netherlands were legally obliged to undergo forced sterilisation in order to be recognised in their gender. Willemijn van Kempen...

February 17, 2020

Demand for HIV testing in Russia increases by 5,500 per cent in less than a week. Here’s why

Russia has seen an explosion in interest in HIV testing after the release of a viral YouTube documentary about the virus. Yuri Dud, the popular Russian YouTuber, released HIV in Russia: An Epidemic That is Not Talked About on February 11. TJournal reports that by February 12, Google searches for HIV testing had increased...

February 17, 2020

Trans woman makes history representing Pakistan at United Nations

A woman from Pakistan has become the first openly trans person to take part in a United Nations convention on violence against women in Geneva. Aisha Mughal, who works with the Ministry of Human Rights in Pakistan, was one of the country’s delegates at the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of...

February 17, 2020

Nominations are now open for the PinkNews Awards 2020

Nominations have officially opened for the PinkNews Awards 2020. In October, PinkNews will celebrate the best and the brightest of the colourful LGBT+ community. From lawmakers to corporations, allies to activists, every colour under the rainbow has a chance to shine. Last year, the Church House – headquarters of the...

February 17, 2020

Non-binary bisexual Catholic priest wants you to know people of all genders are created in God’s image

A non-binary priest has been ordained to lead an independent, LGBT-inclusive Catholic church in San Diego. Reverend Kori Pacyniak, pastor of San Diego’s Mary Magdalene Apostle Catholic Community, was ordained by the rebel Roman Catholic Womenpriests movement – which is not recognised by the Vatican or the local San Diego...

February 17, 2020

Republican wants to create a record of people’s sexual orientation and hand down harsh penalties to those who lie

A Republican lawmaker has proposed a bill in Iowa that would create a state record of citizen’s “sexual preferences” on their marriage licenses. Dennis Guth, of Iowa’s Fourth District, is the primary sponsor of the Senate File 2130 bill. He was a former board member of the social conservative group,...

February 17, 2020

Gay man called ‘f****t’ and left beaten and bloodied after being falsely accused of flirting

A gay man has opened up about the horrifying moment he was called a “faggot” and punched in the face in a homophobic attack last month. Ryan Kelly, who lives in Douglas, Isle of Man, was walking home after a night out when the attack occurred on January 18. The 26-year-old was attacked by an …...

February 17, 2020

Pete Buttigieg’s shut down of anti-gay commentator Rush Limbaugh is so perfect it belongs in a museum

Pete Buttigieg said he doesn’t take “lectures on family values from the likes of Rush Limbaugh” after the right wing pundit asked how parents would explain a gay president to their children. Limbaugh was widely criticised last week after he suggested that America was “still not ready to elect a gay...

February 17, 2020

To the surprise of nobody, Franklin Graham is back to hating on gay people, after denying he’s a hate preacher

Fresh from his emphatic denials that he is an anti-LGBT+ hate preacher, Franklin Graham is back at work targeting gay people. The pro-Trump evangelical leader has sought to play down his long record of anti-LGBT+ hatred as he prepares to head to the UK for a controversial trip during Pride Month, claiming that he preaches...