LGBTQ

Phoebe Bridgers. (Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Tibet House) Queer indie-rock musician Phoebe Bridgers lit into the “performative activism” of Marilyn Manson’s label on Wednesday (10 February) amid abuse accusations. Amid allegations of abuse levelled against Manson, the pasty rock singer known off-stage as Brian Warner, Bridgers, 26, shared her own experiences as well as taking aim at his label. The “Garden Song” hitmaker later told CNN’S Christiane Amanpour : “I think it’s very funny that Marilyn Manson’s label decided to drop him right when the story went public, and people have just...

Gina Carano (L) and Ben Shapiro. (Getty) Gina Carano, who played combative shock trooper Cara Dune on The Mandalorian, is attempting to bounce back by… working with right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro. Carano, a 38-year-old actor and mixed martial artist, fuelled months-long fan backlash with her incendiary social media presence throughout her stint on the Disney+ show. One included putting “boop/bop/beep” as her Twitter pronouns – an act that users felt belittered trans rights, which she sought to deny. But for Lucasfilm, the production company behind the Star Wars show, the...

A woman with a QAnon shirt stands among an anti-vaccination protest. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images) In the latest conspiracy theory cranked out from the depths of QAnon, the view that COVID-19 vaccines will turn you gay or trans. And yes, it is time for us to all eject ourselves into the sun. Humanity is cancelled. BBC reporter Shayan Sardarizadeh uploaded screenshots from the right-wing social media platform Telegram of QAnon supporters spewing a debased, unscientific theory that, er, vaccines cause people to be...

Taylor Swift. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV) Taylor Swift is dropping “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)”, a re-recorded take on her hit single, before an update to her 2008 album Fearless. Swift appeared on Good Morning America to make a special announcement Thursday (11 February), announcing that the new “Love Story” would be released at midnight that same day. “I’m so excited to share with you that tonight at midnight I’m putting out my version of my song ‘Love Story,’ which was originally on my album Fearless,” she said. In a follow-up statement,...

Alexus Braxton. (Facebook) Alexus ‘Kimmy Icon’ Braxton, a Black trans woman and “beloved daughter”, was found dead 4 February amid a surge of unrelenting violence that has left LGBT+ activists drained and alarmed. Braxton, 45, was killed in Miami, Florida, in an apartment complex in the northern Andover Lakes Estates neighbourhood. She was based in the Aventura suburbs, according to her social media profiles. The Miami-Dade Police Department confirmed to Gay City News that authorities are treating the case as a homicide but declined to provide specifics on the incident. Doing so...

London Green Party mayoral candidate Siân Berry. (NurPhoto via Getty/WIktor Szymanowicz) Siân Berry, the Green Party candidate for mayor of London, has said a commission and action plan on trans rights will be “one of the first things” she’ll do if elected. On Wednesday (10 February) the Green Party co-leader, who is vying to replace mayor Sadiq Khan in the May election, pledged that if elected she would set up a commission on the needs of trans Londoners and create an action plan to address barriers to healthcare, employment and...

Sian Berry from the Green Party speaks at the mayoral debate during the WOW Women of the World Festival 2020 at Southbank Centre on 6 March 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Kate Green/Getty Images) Sian Berry, Green Party candidate for mayor of London, has vowed to dramatically improve trans rights and protect LGBT+ spaces in the capital if elected. The party’s former co-leader is vying to replace Sadiq Khan in the May election, and is making LGBT+ rights a key part of her platform. Berry has said that if...

Fifty Bands. (Twitter/@fiftybandzzz) Fifty Bandz, a 21-year-old Black trans woman, has become the latest victim of a wave of violence against trans people in the US that activists and physicians have dubbed an “epidemic”. Bandz was shot to death in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on 28 January by her former partner, Michael Joshua Brooks, 20, according to The Advocate. Brooks told law enforcement that he pulled the trigger during an argument at the 5000 block of McClelland Drive in the Brookstown neighbourhood. The pair had been in a one-year-long relationship, Baton Rouge...

The Arcwave Ion is the world’s first Pleasure Air™ stroker. (Arcwave) Want to make your Valentine’s Day the hottest yet? PinkNews and premium pleasure brand Arcwave have teamed up to give some simple but mind-blowing tips on switching things up. Of course, you’d like to please your lover 365 days a year. But there’s no harm in renewing your commitment to a partner’s pleasure on Valentine’s Day. Looking to make this one toe-curlingly good? Well, when it comes to sexy ideas for Valentine’s Day 2021, you’ve got a few solid options....

JoJo Siwa introduced to the world her girlfriend. (Instagram/@itsjojosiwa) JoJo Siwa reminded the world that, no, love is in fact not dead after all as she shared adorable photographs of her and her girlfriend. The Masked Singer US star, who announced she is queer last month, introduced to the world her girlfriend as they celebrated their one-month anniversary. The 17-year-old said she’s never been happier as she showed snaps of the pair wearing onesies, singing and cuddling in an Instagram post uploaded Monday night (8 February). “After being my best...

A lesbian said she was forced out of her church after coming out. (Envato Elements) A lesbian was left needing counselling after she was pushed out of the Church of England for daring to be openly gay. Rachel Gillingham, a primary school teacher, said she was pushed out of St Luke’s Church in Oseney Crescent, London, after she came out to reverend Jon March in 2019. Gillingham had been heavily involved with the church, even leading Bible study groups, but she told the Camden New Journal that March tried to forbid her from...

Parkland survivor David Hogg plans to launch his own LGBT-inclusive pillow company with the specific goal of driving Mike “MyPillow Guy” Lindell out of business. Hogg, now a 20-year-old gun control advocate, announced on Thursday (4 February) that he and progressive tech entrepreneur William LeGate would be teaming up for a new bedding venture challenging MyPillow. “This pillow fight just got very real,” he declared on Twitter. It appears that the business idea started as a joke between the pair, but Hogg later confirmed they’d decided to go all in....

SOPHIE fans are urging NASA to rename this planet in her honour. (SOPHIE/NASA) SOPHIE died trying to watch the moon, so the trans community is trying to give her a planet. SOPHIE was trying to see the first full moon of the year when she fell from a ladder and tragically died in the early hours of 30 January. She was just 34. After the death of the artist, Christian Arroyo created a petition asking NASA to rename the planet TOI 1338 b in her honour. He explained how she was...

The high school has postponed its Spirit Week after complaints from parents. (Envato) A Christian mother has written to her daughter’s school insisted that celebrating an “LGBT+ Support Day” would “incite hostility” among students. The “LGBT+ Support Day” was intended to be part of Spirit Week at Billings West High School in Montana, but one self-described “mama bear” wrote to the school’s principal, Kelly Hornby, to express her concern. According to local conservative radio station NewsTalk, she wrote: “I am writing to express my concern over the issues that will...