Gay rights movement officially cancelled after Grindr guy’s ‘significant’ request goes viral
Grindr is often pictured as an app of tiled torsos tapping you for attention, but more often than not it honestly just shows why the gays truly, madly, deeply do not deserve rights. Obviously, we kid here. But that was the reaction some folks had after a wholesome Grindr exchange quickly turned, well, typically Grindr....
Canada’s government asked citizens whether they’re ‘comfortable’ with LGBT people
Canada’s federal government posed a rather simple question to its residents: are they comfortable with LGBT+ people? In a preliminary assessment to better understand the challenges faced by the country’s queer community, a wing of the government surveyed Canadians and found an overwhelming amount are, indeed,...
US Interior Department cuts sexual orientation from anti-discrimination guidelines
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 LGBT+ people from its anti-discrimination guidelines,...
Dozens attend sombre vigil to mourn trans woman Yahira Nesby, brutally murdered in New York City
On an warm December evening, the sidewalks of a New York City avenue were softly lit by countless tea lights, illuminating photographs of a 33-year-old trans woman. Her name was Yahira Nesby, whose name was plastered onto placards and signs printed with ‘rest in power’ and ‘never forgotten’. Around...
Elton John’s address as well as hundreds of other New Year Honours recipients published in error
Elton John was just one of more than 1,000 recipients of this year’s New Year Honours to have their address published in error. For 90 minutes, the private details of 1,097 people were made public before it was taken down, The Guardian reported. From celebrities to government officials, sport stars and lawmakers,...
BBC’s new Dracula is ‘bi-homicidal’ not bisexual. Yes, really
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 Steven Moffat, “bi-homicidal”. Imagine how tired we are. ‘Dracula has...
A 19-year-old trans woman was stabbed in the head after heated argument with fellow sex worker
Kevin Hart admits he was ‘immature’ in handling the backlash against his historic homophobic tweets
Up next in ‘Things nobody asked for, seriously, who actually asked for this?’ Kevin Hart was ready to tell all during his Netflix documentary which aired yesterday. In the comedian’s new six-part series, Kevin Hart: Don’t F**k This Up, Hart got candid about the controversies which he has been caught...
