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Macy Gray is facing immense backlash on social media for making "transphobic" comments during an interview with Piers Morgan. (YouTube/Piers Morgan Uncensored) Macy Gray has been accused of transphobia after an appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored. Host Piers Morgan asked the singer on Monday (4 July) for her definition of ‘woman’, and Gray replied that it was a “human being with boobs” and a “vagina” for a “start”. Macy Gray said she believed that people sharing their pronouns, which she referred to as the “he/she/they”, is “getting confusing”.  Morgan brought up...

Bette Midler sparked immediate alarm with her tweet. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post via Getty Images) Bette Midler has sparked alarm among LGBTQ+ fans after she claimed “women” are being “erased” by trans-inclusive language. The Hocus Pocus star, 76, brought up trans rights as she fumed over the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade, all but eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion after almost 50 years. She tweeted to her 2.1 million followers: “WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies,...

A placard promoting the Green Party hangs from a lamppost ahead of the by-election on June 18, 2022 in Wakefield, England. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) Pitchforks have been raised after a local arm of the Green Party released a statement that welcomed both “gender-critical” and pro-trans views. The statement was posted on the Brent Green Party Twitter page on Wednesday (29 June) professing the acceptance that the party has for “a range of opinions”, while seemingly catering to none. “Brent Green Party wishes to be a welcoming and safe...

A general view during Pride in London 2022: The 50th Anniversary at Trafalgar Square on July 02, 2022 in London, England. (Tristan Fewings/Getty) An LGBTQ+ activist group staged a “die in” at Pride in London, halting the parade for 23 minutes in protest against police being allowed to march. Forty activists from Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants staged the demonstration on Saturday (2 July). Dressed all in black and wearing pink veils, protesters lay on the ground and blocked marchers from the Metropolitan Police from proceeding. Other activists held...

Chris Pincher. (Official parliamentary portrait) A man who was allegedly groped by Tory MP Chris Pincher has said he is “furious” at Downing Street’s response to the scandal. Pincher, an MP for Tamworth, resigned as deputy chief whip on Thursday (30 June) after it was alleged that he groped two men at the Carlton Club in St. James, London. In a statement, he admitted he had drunk “far too much” and “embarrassed myself and other people” on a night out. The MP finally had the whip removed by the Conservative Party...

Major of London Sadiq Khan says it's important to recognise the LGBTQ+ community and allies "can't be complacent" as hatred still thrives in the world. (Getty/Chris J Ratcliffe) Sadiq Khan has said the LGBTQ+ community and allies “can’t be complacent” in the fight for equality as the capital celebrates Pride in London. The Mayor of London was among the thousands of people attending the Pride in London event on Saturday (2 July). Londoners and supporters of the LGBTQ+ community from across the country turned out for the Pride parade, which...

Queer Eye cast think they'll be replaced for 'younger and hipper' hosts in the future (Jerod Harris/Getty Images) Queer Eye star Tan France has suggested that the Fab Five could be replaced by “younger and hipper” hosts in future seasons. In an interview with Insider, France explained his fear that the five beloved hosts may appear out-of-touch once they begin to approach their “middle-aged period”. “We’re all knocking on a bit,” he told the outlet. “I don’t know how much people will care about our opinion on fashion and hair...

UNITED STATES - MARCH 24: Steve Marshall, attorney general of Alabama, and Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, testify on the fourth day of the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Bidens nominee for Associate Justice to the Supreme Court, in Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, on Thursday, March 24, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Alabama state officials have attempted to use the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion as a way to ban gender-affirming medical care for trans youth. According to Reuters,  Republican...

Members of the Gay Liberation Front marching in a historic picture. (Peter Tatchell) On 1 July 1972, hundreds of queer people marched defiantly through the streets of London to demand that they be treated with respect by a society that loathed them. It was a seismic moment in what was then a small, burgeoning liberation movement. The queer people who took to the streets that day were angry – they were sick of being policed, sick of being told that they were disordered, and sick of living in a society...

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has a simple message for the LGBTQ+ community: he has your back. (Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Ahead of Pride in London, mayor of London Sadiq Khan writes for PinkNews about how Pride is vital at a time when hard-fought rights are in question. I’m hugely excited that this Saturday (2 July) we will once again see an outpouring of colour and creativity as we take to the streets of London for Pride. The sight of hundreds of thousands of Londoners – both members...

Netflix's Stranger Things has launched a merch collection inspired by the Hellfire Club. Stranger Things and Netflix have launched an apparel range inspired by the hit series. Ahead of the much-anticipated release of the final part of season four, fans can shop Hellfire Club-themed merch. You can rep the same tees as Hawkins High’s Dungeons & Dragons club members Eddie, Dustin and Mike, while listening to “Running Up That Hill”. From t-shirts to art prints and shoes to mugs, Netflix has dropped a collection inspired by season four, including apparel that...

Jamie Greene speaking at the PinkNews summer reception in Edinburgh. (Ashley Coombes) The Scottish Conservatives’ shadow justice secretary Jamie Greene has said he can’t “defend the indefensible” when it comes to the UK government’s approach to LGBTQ+ rights. Speaking at PinkNews’ summer reception in Edinburgh on Wednesday (29 June), Greene, who is the most senior LGBTQ+ Scottish Conservative, criticised the UK government’s approach to LGBTQ+ issues. The Conservatives have faced blistering criticism from LGBTQ+ rights groups after it announced that it would be excluding trans people from its conversion therapy...

I come from a line of women who have , within marriages, drunk poison and hurled themselves downstairs because abortion wasn’t available to them. I’m somewhat triggered by MP @danny__kruger saying this is a ‘political decision’ and that he should have a say in our bodies.Tory MP Danny Kruger has said he doesn’t agree women have “an absolute right to bodily autonomy” during a debate on abortion. The MP for Devizes in Wiltshire said on Tuesday (28 June) that he doesn’t agree that women’s autonomy is absolute “in the case...

Brazil Johnson, a 28-year-old Black woman, was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 15 June 2022. (Human Rights Campaign) A Black trans woman, who was a passionate cook, is the 17th known trans person to be violently killed in the US thus far this year.  Brazil Johnson, a 28-year-old Black woman, was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds near Teutonia Avenue and Garfield Avenue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 15 June, CBS 58 reported. Milwaukee police are investigating Johnson’s death as a homicide, but they have not identified any...