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November 5, 2019

Elton John christened Taron Egerton with a sickening drag name after filming Rocketman

Yes, after wrapping Rocketman, Elton John baptised Taron Egerton with a drag name. Elton John released his first memoir entitled Me on October 15 and Taron Egerton lent his voice for the 11-hour audiobook. In an interview for Entertainment Weekly, Egerton shared some of John’s incredible stories, which he relates in...

November 5, 2019

Thousands sign letter condemning senator Ted Cruz’s stance on landmark transgender custody case

More than 2,000 parents and advocates have signed a letter to senator Ted Cruz condemning his “harmful” comments that a mother supporting her transgender child’s transition is committing “child abuse”. Cruz made the comments in response to a father who lost joint custody of his estranged...

November 5, 2019

Harry Styles announced his new album with a cryptic tweet and fans think it’s about trans rights

At 5.47pm on November 3, Harry Styles asked his fans a question: Do you know who you are? The tweet, since liked almost a quarter of a million times, linked to a website that – if you told it your name – answered the question with a similarly cryptic answer. At first, everyone seemed to … Continued The post Harry...

November 5, 2019

Gay men say they were savagely beaten by straight men who were attending a drag show

Boston police are investigating after three gay men were allegedly beaten outside a popular gay bar by a group of men who had attended a drag show there. The alleged attack occurred as the victims were leaving a party in the basement of Jacque’s Cabaret in Boston shortly after midnight on November 2. They claim...

November 5, 2019

SNL’s Michael Che doubles down on transphobic Caitlyn Jenner joke with ‘rape joke’ about male prisoners

Michael Che has come under fire again after choosing to make an offensive ‘rape joke’ on Saturday Night Live (SNL) rather than apologise for last week’s transphobic jab about Caitlyn Jenner. On this week’s Weekend Update segment of SNL, Che somehow managed to make fun of the California wildfires,...

November 5, 2019

Trans woman found dead in her apartment may be 22nd known to be killed in the US so far this year

The Philadelphia Police Department has confirmed to PinkNews they are investigating the death of Alicia Simmons, a trans woman. Simmons, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was found dead in her apartment on Sunday night. With her social media full of smiley selfies and videos of her bopping in the back of cars to music, her...

November 5, 2019

Piers Morgan will not face Ofcom investigation after nearly 1,000 viewers complained about him identifying ‘as a penguin’

Piers Morgan has been cleared by Ofcom after he received almost 1,000 official complaints for saying he identified ‘as a two-spirit penguin’. The controversial Good Morning Britain presenter will not face an investigation for the offensive comments, which led to more than 33,000 people signing a petition...

November 5, 2019

Europe’s first transgender road crossing has been unveiled in Holland

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 the city’s Winter Pride Walk. Social democrat politician Jerzy...

November 5, 2019

Europe’s first transgender road crossing has been unveiled in Holland

November 5, 2019

Elton John helped save Eminem from a near-fatal drug overdose, new biography reveals

During one of the darkest moments of his life, US rapper Eminem reached out to longtime friend Elton John after he nearly died of a fatal drug overdose. While on the road to sobriety, the musician was taking up to “30 Vicodin a day” according to a new biography, Newshub reported. In the book, the …...