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Hungarian trans couple Tamara Csillag and Elvira Angyal. (Tamara Csillag/ Facebook) A Hungarian trans couple have described their life in limbo, after the country’s government passed a cruel and devastating law to legally erase them. Evaluations of Hungarian trans people’s applications to have their gender or name changed have been withheld since 2018, a ban

Alyssa Kayhil and Anhlinh Trinh were reunited after three months apart (Screenshot: New York Post) When the coronavirus pandemic kept a nurse apart from her girlfriend for three months, she enlisted the help of her neighbours to make their reunion unforgettable. Alyssa Kayhill is a musician who’s been working on the front lines as a

People attend a Sunday mass in the Sanctuary of Montenero while social distancing on May 10, 2020 in Livorno, Italy. (Laura Lezza/Getty) A group of Italian Catholic bishops has attacked proposed legislation against homophobia and transphobia, claiming it would make “expression of a legitimate opinion” a crime. Employment discrimination based on sexual orientation was made

Gay men in Ghana are being hunted down through dating apps like Grindr (MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty) Gay men in Ghana are being targeted on Grindr by catfishing conmen who “steal, abuse and blackmail” them, an African LGBT+ group has warned. Sex between men is illegal in Ghana and punishable by up three years in prison, so

JK Rowling attends the press preview of ‘Harry Potter and The Cursed Child” at Palace Theatre on July 30, 2016 in London, England. (Rob Stothard/Getty Images) JK Rowling has revealed that she has a history of sexual assault, but has used it to argue against the rights of trans women to use single sex spaces.

Emma Watson restored the eroding hopes of Harry Potter fans Wednesday night (June 10) when she shattered her dayslong silence towards JK Rowling and her tirade of anti-trans tweets. While the British author of the beloved children’s series issued a meandering essay that nobody asked for on her opinions towards trans rights – many based

A trans EastEnders actor has said JK Rowling is “invalidating the identity of people who look up to her” – but said she should only apologise if she actually means it. Riley Carter, who played Kyle Slater on the BBC soap, made his comments during an appearance on Loose Women yesterday (June 9). Carter told

Trans Harry Potter fans have told PinkNews how “tired” they are after JK Rowling made recent comments on trans people – but they refuse to have the community they’ve built sullied by her “hate”. Jackson Bird first started reading Rowling’s books when he was nine years old, shortly after Harry Potter and the Prisoner of

A Black Lives Matter protest in Washington DC. (GettyYasin Ozturk) A leading LGBT+ rights organisation has said that the Black Lives Matter movement must do more for murdered Black trans women. Widespread protests against ongoing police brutality in the wake of the murder of George Floyd have spread across America. But the Human Rights Campaign

Jonathan Van Ness (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic) and JK Rowling (Mike Marsland/Mike Marsland/WireImage) Jonathan Van Ness has slammed JK Rowling over her recent anti-trans Twitter comments. The Queer Eye star criticised Rowling’s views on trans people and the timing of her comments as people around the world focus their energies on the Black Lives Matter movement. “Trans

JK Rowling left LGBT+ Harry Potter fans heartbroken with a string of anti-trans tweets – but the signs were there all along. In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Severus Snape, a cisgender male character, is depicted wearing a dress. The moment, which occurs in both the 1999 book and its corresponding 2004 film,

Merritt Corrigan. (WPA Intelligence/ Twitter) A new member of Donald Trump’s administration previously said that America is in the clutches of a “homo-empire” that pushes a “tyrannical LGBT+agenda”. Merritt Corrigan was recently appointed by Trump as deputy White House liaison at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), America’s foreign aid agency. The new Trump

Jonathan Ross has built a storied career from jokes that earn him as much praise as they do scrutiny. (Ian Gavan/Getty Images) In 2008, British talk show Jonathan Ross host was known for two things: His plump pay-cheque and sometimes lewd language. While the TV presenter provided the grist for critics of the BBC when

Katie Leung (L) has reacted to the firestorm caused by JK Rowling’s comments on the trans community. (Mike Marsland/Mike Marsland/WireImage/Getty) In the wake of criticism pelting JK Rowling over her comments on trans people this Saturday (June 6), Harry Potter readers reignited the debate over the author’s racial stereotyping in her books and Katie Leung

Madonna at London’s Black Lives Matter protest, June 6. (Twitter) Madonna showed up to a Black Lives Matter march on crutches to protest racism, chanting “No justice, no peace” in central London. The pop star and longtime LGBT+ ally, on crutches because of a recent knee injury, was reportedly at the June 6 Black Lives

Justice Smith posted photos of him with boyfriend Nicholas L Ashe after chanting ‘Black Trans Lives Matter’ at a New Orleans protest. (Instagram) Jurassic World actor Justice Smith has come out as queer by sharing photos of him and his boyfriend in solidarity with Black Trans Lives Matter. Smith, 24, shared the powerful statement on

Donald Trump inexplicably entered the arena to the Village People at a rally in India in February 2020. (Getty) Village People lead singer Victor Willis has told US president Donald Trump to stop playing their music at his rallies. This is a marked change of tune from the band, who in February 2020 said they

In 2016, after a long fight from LGBT+ activists, gay sex was finally made legal in the Central American country of Belize. That change would never have happened without the tireless campaigning of Caleb Orozco. As executive director of the United Belize Advocacy Movement (UNIBAM), Orozco filed a case with the country’s Supreme Court in

Protesters gather for a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Paris, France, on June 2. (Pierre Suu/Getty Images) Police officers in France have been caught privately sharing hundreds of racist, sexist and homophobic messages. The messages were shared in a private Facebook group, which is made up of more than 8,000 police officers, gendarmes (paramilitary police)

LA Pride’s Black Lives Matter solidarity march has been widely condemned by activists after it was alleged that organisers are working with police. LA Pride was cancelled almost two months ago due to the coronavirus pandemic, but organisers announced this week that they intended to replace it with a Black Lives Matter march. However, the

Billy Porter has said that “LGBT+ Black folks are people too” in a passionate speech about racism and discrimination in the United States. The Pose star addressed anti-LGBT+ prejudice within the Black community in a video posted today (June 5), and spoke about the violence faced by Black trans women. “As a Black queer man

Bob the Drag Queen during Pride Month 2019, when the world was a little different. (Getty) Like many Black people in recent days, Bob the Drag Queen has been forced to have some uncomfortable conversations with friends who had remained silent on the Black Lives Matter uprising. “I called a couple of them and they

Steve King, a controversial Iowa congressman known for his openly racist, homophobic views, has just lost his bid to secure a 10th term in office. You might remember Steve King as the man who offered to marry gay people to his lawnmower. Or the man who claimed evidence for gay parenting is “fake” like global

Donald Trump holds an LGBT+ Pride flag given to him by supporter. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples in the name of religion. Department of Justice attorneys submitted a 35-page brief to the Supreme Court asking it to rule in favour

Miss Disney delivered a powerful queer parody of classic Disney song from Beauty and the Beast and Mulan Lesbian drag queen Miss Disney is giving us life this Pride Month, serving a truly legendary Disney medley – with a queer twist, of course. The vocalist, who describes herself as a “Disney Drag Princess”, shared her

PinkNews has collaborated with LELO to start a conversation around body and sex positivity. For these queer women, being sex and body positive enables them to feel empowered and love themselves more for who they are. For Pride for All, ​PinkNews​ has collaborated with the sex-positive toy brand LELO to start a conversation around how

A video has gone viral of a Black trans woman in Minnesota being violently attacked by a group of men. The shocking, graphic video shows an incident on Monday after an apparent car accident in Minneapolis – which has been the centre of unrest over the death of George Floyd. Black trans woman horrifically beaten

Huge crowds formed a rally outside the Stonewall Inn to honour Black trans people lost to violence (Twitter/@left_voice) New York’s Stonewall Inn became a place of protest once more as thousands gathered to demand justice for the deaths of Tony McDade and Nina Pop. Tony McDade was shot and killed by a white police officer

MPs are required to walk the length of the Commons chamber – and we have definitely seen that somewhere before. The House of Commons has been transformed into a never-ending RuPaul’s Drag Race runway, thanks to Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg. Rees-Mogg, known for his antiquated views on everything from gay relationships to parliamentary reform, riled

White thugs wielding baseball bats have been filmed shouting homophobic slurs at Black Lives Matter protesters. The incident, caught on camera in Fishtown, Philadelphia on Monday night, saw a gang of white men wielding weapons in the street while confronting a group of peaceful protesters. Thugs filmed shouting homophobic slurs at Black Lives Matter activists