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October 5, 2019

Fans hoping to see a girlfriend for Ruby Rose’s Batwoman are going to be disappointed

LGBT+ Batwoman fans may be excited to see the show’s lesbian heroine in a relationship with a woman, but that won’t be happening just yet, Ruby Rose has revealed. Rose – who plays Batwoman in The CW’s new series and is openly gay herself – has told fans that they will have to wait a … Continued The post Fans hoping...

October 5, 2019

Judy actor Rufus Sewell calls on sexual abuse in Hollywood to be exposed

Judy actor Rufus Sewell says sexual abuse in Hollywood “needs to be exposed”. New movie Judy shines a light on how late singer Judy Garland, played by Renée Zellweger, suffered at the hands of Hollywood. “It was a terrible thing to happen to a child,” Rufus Sewell tells PinkNews. But has Hollywood changed since Garland’s...

October 4, 2019

These are the six designs that could become the Pulse mass shooting memorial

Six designs for a memorial and museum at the site of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting have been revealed, and it is up to the public to choose one. The onePULSE Foundation is the charity established to honour and preserve the legacy of the 49 people killed and all of the others affected by the … Continued The post...

October 4, 2019

Vinegar Strokes reveals the original look she’d planned for her hometown runway and it’s sickening

Vinegar Strokes has revealed that the original look she had planned for her hometown runway look, and it’s a far cry from what we saw on the first episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. The first episode of the BBC Three series aired on Thursday night (October 3) and the new queens were asked to …...

October 4, 2019

PinkNews Awards 2019: Nominees revealed for the Broadcast Award

The nominations for the Broadcast category at the PinkNews Awards 2019 have been revealed, including more than one dating show and three different takes on the Birmingham protests against LGBT-inclusive education. Last year’s Broadcast award was given to the Homo Sapiens podcast by Will Young and Chris Sweeney and...

October 4, 2019

Gothy Kendoll on trans contestants, getting into debt for Drag Race UK and that Alan Carr comment

Drag Race UK exploded onto our screens last night and the world went nuts. But for 22-year-old Gothy Kendoll the ride was all too brief as she become the first UK queen to sashay away. She lost a lip-sync to Vinegar Strokes and Alan Carr likened her runway look to an estate agent. We caught up … Continued The post...

October 4, 2019

PinkNews Awards 2019: Nominees revealed for Campaigner of the Year

The PinkNews Awards’ Campaigner of the Year recognises the work of campaigners and activists across the world to advance LGBT+ equality. In 2018, campaigners who fought to decriminalise gay sex in India were honoured with the Campaigner of the Year award. On September 6 2018, the Indian Supreme Court struck down...

October 4, 2019

PinkNews Awards 2019: Nominees revealed for the Drama Award

The five nominees for the Drama category at the PinkNews Awards 2019 have been announced, including shows from the BBC, Netflix, and ITV. The award celebrates a TV series that has significantly represented issues affecting the LGBT+ community. Last year’s award was won by the critically-acclaimed BBC series A Very...

October 4, 2019

PinkNews Awards 2019: Nominees revealed for the Ad Campaign of the Year

The nominations for Advertising Campaign of the Year at the PinkNews Awards 2019, which recognises adverts that celebrate or seamlessly integrate LGBT+ people, have been revealed. The nominated advertising campaigns for 2019, the which saw the celebration of 50 years of Pride, are an amazing mix of moving and empowering....

October 4, 2019

Students are campaigning against a gay club that doesn’t even exist, claiming it will ‘push homosexuality’ on them

A group of students in Georgia are trying to ban a support group for gay people that doesn’t even exist yet. The students – who clearly have nothing better to be doing – have launched a campaign opposing the formation of a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) at their school after two students decided they wanted...