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May 4, 2022

‘Cruel’ Home Office denied asylum to 25 LGBT+ men who fled Afghanistan for their lives

The Home Office has denied asylum to 25 LGBT+ men from Afghanistan, forced to flee their homes due to their sexuality, since 2017, new figures have revealed. Information obtained under the Freedom of Information act by the Byline Times revealed that 25 Afghan men were denied asylum on sexuality grounds by the Home Office,...

May 4, 2022

Phoebe Bridgers bravely shares her abortion story: ‘Everyone deserves that kind of access’

Musician Phoebe Bridgers opened up about having an abortion last year, after a leaked Supreme Court opinion indicated a that abortion rights in the United States may be overturned. The singer said on social media that she had an abortion while she was on tour in October 2021 and that she was able to easily …...

May 4, 2022

Phoebe Bridgers bravely shares her abortion story: ‘Everyone deserves that kind of access’

May 4, 2022

Dave Chappelle ‘made shameless trans guy joke’ after being attacked on stage

Comedian Dave Chappelle reportedly made a joke about trans people after he was attacked while performing on stage in Los Angeles. Chappelle was performing at the Netflix Is A Joke comedy festival on Tuesday (3 May) night when a member of the audience charged at him and tackled him to the floor. A reporter at …...

May 4, 2022

PinkNews wins Editorial Team of the Year at prestigious Drum Awards

PinkNews was named Editorial Team of the Year at The Drum Awards for its unrivalled LGBT+ journalism. The Drum Awards for Online Media recognised PinkNews for its depth and breadth of coverage across 2021 on topics such as HIV/AIDS, the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the ongoing fight for transgender rights across the...

May 4, 2022

Man behind landmark Supreme Court same-sex marriage case vows to fight for Roe v Wade

Jim Obergefell, the man behind the Supreme Court case that legalised same-sex marriage in the US, has said that the fall of Roe v Wade “scares the daylights” out of him. On Monday night (2 May), a draft Supreme Court opinion, leaked by Politico, suggested that judges are poised to overturn Roe v Wade, which...

May 4, 2022

Inside the UK’s first national LGBT+ museum: How Queer Britain is opening up our history to all

The UK’s first national LGBT+ museum, Queer Britain, is finally opening its doors more than a decade after director Joseph Galliano began plotting the revolutionary space. In 2007, Galliano was working as the editor of Gay Times magazine, and for the 40th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality...

May 3, 2022

Gay Tory MP Lee Rowley thinks some LGBT+ people are ‘looking for grievance’

Gay Tory MP Lee Rowley has implied that some LGBT+ people are “looking for grievance”. In an interview with GB News, Rowley, 41, talked about his own experience with coming out and experiencing homophobia, insisting that he doesn’t “necessarily need to talk about [his sexuality] every five...

May 3, 2022

Heartstopper’s Kit Connor calls out fans trying to define his sexuality for him

Heartstopper star Kit Connor has expertly put a halt to fans speculating about his sexuality on social media. Connor quickly became a household name for his role as rugby star Nick Nelson in Netflix’s beloved LGBT+ drama Heartstopper. The series follows the developing relationship between Nelson and his openly gay friend,...

May 3, 2022

Gay man left with smashed teeth and broken leg after ‘homophobic’ attack in South Africa

A 24-year-old gay South African man is unable to walk after a brutal, “homophobic” attack. Mfundo Ngobese was left with broken teeth, a broken leg and reliant on a urine bag after he was targeted in a suspected homophobic attack. He was on his way home from a popular LGBT+ club, Albany 58, when he …...