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July 23, 2019

Over 100,000 gay or bisexual men in the UK living with an eating disorder

PinkNews has learnt that more than 100,000 gay or bisexual men could be living with an eating disorder in the UK. The finding is part of an exclusive PinkNews documentary, Coming Out Twice: Eating Disorders in the LGBT+ Community, which explores the prevalence of eating disorders in the community. What is an eating...

July 23, 2019

Viewers slam Newsnight for using ‘anti-trans’ professor during healthcare debate

The BBC’s flagship news and current affairs programme Newsnight is facing heavy criticism on Twitter for airing a segment about transgender children and puberty blockers that featured a professor labelled ‘anti-trans’. Michael Biggs, who is an assistant sociology professor at Oxford University, was said...

July 23, 2019

Pastor claims gay people ‘are as bad as Hitler’

July 23, 2019

What Prime Minister Boris Johnson means for LGBT rights

Boris Johnson is set to become Prime Minister, but the change in government leaves questions unanswered on LGBT+ rights. After his victory over Jeremy Hunt in the Conservative leadership election, the leader is set to take office on Wednesday (July 24). During the leadership campaign, Johnson stressed: “If I am lucky...

July 23, 2019

Boris Johnson will be Prime Minister, beating Jeremy Hunt to become Tory leader

Boris Johnson will be named Prime Minster after beating Jeremy Hunt to become leader of the Conservative Party. The long-fought Tory leadership contest saw a total of 13 MPs put themselves forward to take over from Theresa May following her resignation. The MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip was the clear favourite...

July 23, 2019

Northern Ireland equal marriage bill gets final approval from Parliament

MPs have given final approval to a bill that will extend same-sex marriage and abortion rights to Northern Ireland, in the absence of a devolved government. The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill cleared its final stage in Parliament on Monday (July 22), after an equal marriage amendment tabled by Labour MP Conor...

July 23, 2019

Anti-LGBT campaigners met with counter-protest from parents outside Nottingham school

Anti-LGBT education campaigners, who had gathered near a primary school in Nottingham yesterday (22 July), were met with counter-protests from parents and students. In response to the 25 people who took to Arleston Drive green in Wollaton to hold up placards reading “no sexualisation of children” and...

July 23, 2019

Texas governor Greg Abbott signs bill banning discrimination against homophobes

The Governor of Texas Greg Abbott has signed a bill to ban discrimination against businesses with anti-LGBT views, after Chick-fil-A faced boycotts over donations to anti-LGBT causes. Abbott staged a public signing ceremony on Thursday (July 18) for the so-called Save Chick-fil-A bill, which bars the government entities...

July 23, 2019

LGBT activist Yelena Grigoryeva ‘murdered in St Petersburg’

LGBT+ campaigners in Russia have said that a woman found murdered in St Petersburg was well-known activist Yelena Grigoryeva. Authorities said a 41-year-old woman was found dead with multiple stab wounds in the city on Sunday, but did not name her. Now campaigners and local media have named the victim, saying she had...

July 23, 2019

Bella Thorne reveals she’s ‘actually pansexual’

Bella Thorne has come out as pansexual. Opening about her sexuality during an appearance on Good Morning America, the former Disney Channel singer-actor – who previously described herself as bisexual – said that she discovered she’s “actually a pansexual” after someone explained to her...