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October 16, 2019

Minister of State for Equalities Baroness Williams is ‘committed to reform of the GRA’

Baroness Susan Williams of Trafford, minister of state for equalities, spoke at the PinkNews Awards 2019 on October 16 and said that she is “committed to reform of the GRA”. She admitted that the the process of reforming the Gender Recognition Act (GRA), which controls how trans people gain legal recognition of...

October 16, 2019

House of Commons speaker John Bercow declares trans rights are human rights in passionate speech at PinkNews Awards

John Bercow, the speaker of the House of Commons, proudly declared that “trans rights are human rights” at the 2019 PinkNews Awards. Bercow took to the stage to accept a Special Award in recognition of his tireless support of LGBT+ issues during his 22-year political career. He was honoured by his US...

October 16, 2019

Nancy Pelosi delivers moving message of pride while honouring John Bercow at PinkNews Awards

Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the US House of Representatives, gave a powerful message of support for her UK counterpart John Bercow at the 2019 PinkNews Awards. Nancy Pelosi praised the outgoing speaker of the UK House of Commons for his “instrumental” voice and values in the fight for LGBT+ rights. In a...

October 16, 2019

Jeremy Corbyn shares his pronouns in solidarity with trans community at PinkNews Awards

Jeremy Corbyn introduced himself at the PinkNews Awards by sharing his pronouns, before delivering a rousing speech about the need for progress on LGBT+ issues. The Labour Party leader made the comments in a speech at the annual event in Westminster on Wednesday, which also received a video address from prime minister...

October 16, 2019

Gay couple adopts baby living with HIV after she was rejected by 10 other families

A gay couple in Argentina have adopted a baby that was rejected by 10 other families because she is HIV positive. Damian Pighin and Ariel Vijarra decided to adopt as far back as 2011, and in 2014 they received a call to say that a newborn baby was ready to join their family, UNILAD reports. … Continued The post Gay...

October 16, 2019

Boris Johnson pledges all young LGBT people will ‘feel safe at school’ in welcoming statement to PinkNews Awards

Boris Johnson will tell the PinkNews Awards that all LGBT+ children should “feel safe” at school. In a video message to the annual event in Westminster on Wednesday, the prime minister said he is “immensely proud to live in and to be prime minister of one of the most progressive countries in the world,...

October 16, 2019

Gay man who went to meet someone from Grindr ambushed and attacked by teen gang with hammers

A gay man from Dublin, Ireland, has opened up about the horrifying homophobic attack he experienced this week after arranging a date through Grindr. Marc Power was talking to a man on gay dating app Grindr and arranged to meet him on Tuesday evening at an Odeon Cinema in Dublin, RTÉ reports. However, when he …...

October 16, 2019

EXCLUSIVE: Dawn Butler slams Liz Truss over government’s ‘failing’ of LGBT community after surge in transphobic hate crimes

Labour MP Dawn Butler has slammed Conservative minister for women and equalities Liz Truss over the government’s failure to reform the Gender Recognition Act. Butler made the comments in a letter to Truss after new statistics revealed that there was a 37 percent surge in transphobic hate crimes between April 2018 and March...

October 16, 2019

Susanna Reid urges Good Morning Britain viewers to ‘ignore’ Piers Morgan while missing a glaringly obvious point

Good Morning Britain co-host Susanna Reid has come up with the ultimate solution for people angry at Piers Morgan for his anti-trans rhetoric: they should simply ignore him. Yes, it’s that easy, apparently. When somebody is making hateful comments about an already oppressed minority, you should simply sit back and relax....

October 16, 2019

Elsa sends queer Twitter into a frenzy with release of new Frozen II trailer

A new trailer for hotly-anticipated film Frozen II has got queer Queen Elsa fans going wild. It’s no secret that many Frozen fans feel a certain lesbian energy from the Queen of Arendelle, so it comes as no surprise that the latest offering has got Twitter riled up. While depicting the adventures of Elsa, Anna, …...