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October 23, 2019

Anglican church blames Adam and Eve for the existence of trans people

The Anglican Diocese of Sydney has adopted a new anti-transgender policy that blames Adam and Eve’s “rebellion in the garden of Eden” for the existence of transgender people. The Australian diocese has rushed to supplement its anti-gay marriage beliefs with anti-trans ones, though its views about trans...

October 23, 2019

RuPaul just announced Celebrity Drag Race and fans are conflicted, to say the least

RuPaul’s reign of televised drag queen realness is tightening its grip as the host unveiled the latest instalment today: RuPaul’s Celebrity Drag Race. Set to launch in 2020, the spinoff to the flagship franchise will feature an all-celebrity cast as well as bringing back queens from previous series to give them...

October 23, 2019

The largest churches in Northern Ireland have said they’re not prepared to carry out same-sex marriages

Three of the largest churches in Northern Ireland have explicitly stated they will not perform same-sex marriage ceremonies after marriage equality was passed yesterday. As Northern Ireland celebrated the new legislation, The Church of Ireland, the Methodist Church of Ireland and the Presbyterian Church in Ireland...

October 22, 2019

Climate change could briefly be a good thing – if you’re a lesbian sea turtle

Climate change means that the loggerhead sea turtle population is now almost entirely female. A University of Exeter study found that 84 percent of young loggerhead turtles in Cape Verde – one of the sea turtles’ major nesting grounds – were female. The sex imbalance has been triggered by rising temperatures, meaning...

October 22, 2019

The mother who started the gender-reveal party craze really wants you to stop throwing gender-reveal parties

The mother who, in 2008, held a gender-reveal party for her firstborn child – inadvertently starting a trend that has resulted in forest fires, explosions and broken bones – now regrets the idea. Jenna Myers Karvunidis, who in July this year posted that she had “major mixed feelings” about her role in the...

October 22, 2019

Struggling for a last-minute Halloween costume? PinkNews has you covered…

Halloween, otherwise known as Gay Christmas, is right around the corner and we know you’re panicking about what to wear. If you haven’t planned far enough ahead to make a Galarian Ponyta costume or to dress up as Wagatha Christie, then PinkNews has you covered. When mainstream Halloween has the entire world...

October 22, 2019

Pete Buttigieg surges into third place in Democratic presidential race in key state poll

Pete Buttigieg has surged into third place in the key state of Iowa, according to polling. The out South Bend mayor is proving surprisingly popular in the traditionally-conservative state, surpassing Bernie Sanders to make it into third place. Pete Buttigieg is third in Iowa, ahead of Bernie Sanders. According to the...

October 22, 2019

LGBT and African American homeless youth at huge risk of human trafficking, according to study

More than half of homeless young people in Atlanta, Georgia, have been victims of human trafficking and LGBT+ and African American youth are most at risk, according to a new study. The Atlanta Youth Count 2018 study by Georgia State University sociology professor Eric Wright found that there were an estimated 3,372...

October 22, 2019

White straight man rants about a ‘queer running for president’ while claiming white straight men have very few rights

A county official in Tennessee went on an anti-gay, racist rant during a public meeting, saying that the US has a “queer running for president” and claiming that “the white male in this country has very few rights”. Commissioner for Sevier County, Warren Hurst, made the comments at a county...

October 22, 2019

The Daily Mail finally reveals who it thinks is the ‘powerful trans lobby’. It’s one man in a flower crown

The Daily Mail has finally revealed the face of what it likes to call the “powerful trans lobby” – and it’s one trans man in a flower crown. The newspaper was reacting to the news that sanitary-product brand Always will be removing a female symbol from its products to make them inclusive of trans people...