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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...

TikTok is loving the Soft Liquid Blush from Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty. (@keyuruh/TikTok) TikTok is hailing a liquid blush from Selena Gomez’s Rare Beauty as a summer essential. The Soft Pinch Liquid Blush is quickly becoming many people’s go-to for a pop colour of the cheeks. As shown by a number of TikTok users – including creators like Spencer (@paintedbyspencer) and Alissia (@makeupbyalissiac) – you only need a tiny dot at the centre of the cheeks to start. The blush, which is available from Space NK and Kohl’s can then be blended...

Drag Race Down Under. (Stan) Drag Race Down Under’s Art Simone and Rhys Nicholson have addressed hearsay that RuPaul was green-screened in for the show. Speculation that RuPaul never attended filming in person have been rife since the first Down Under series aired in 2021. According to the rumour mill, RuPaul was only ever there by the power of green screen. As unlikely as it sounds, season one alum Art Simone and returning judge Rhys Nicholson felt compelled to shut down the rumours once and for all. Talking to Daily Mail Australia, Nicholson...

Sugababes have announced a headline UK tour and tickets go on sale soon. (Photo by Lorne Thomson/Redferns) Sugababes have announced a headline UK tour and tickets go on sale soon. The original trio – Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhan Donaghy – are officially back for their first headline tour in 20 years. The 17-date tour will see them perform their greatest hits across the UK, including a date at London’s Eventim Apollo. Fans can get their hands on tickets in the general sale from 10am on 1 July via...

“During the day, the city was full of people who wanted to speak out, about sorrow and anger, but also about support and solidarity and the will to continue fighting, for the right of every individual to live a free life, a safe life,” Støre said. “Bullets cannot kill love,” added the head of the Norwegian Protestant Church, Olav Fykse Tveit. The church was once a steadfast critic of LGBTQ+ rights, such as marriage equality. But not anymore, Tveit said – and the world needs to do the same. “We...

A Jewish university must recognise an LGBTQ+ student group after a judge ruled it is not a “religious corporation”. The New York County Supreme Court found that Yeshiva University (YU) was in violation of the city’s human rights laws by denying the YU Pride Alliance recognition and equal accommodations. Judge Lynn Kolter ordered the university to grant “advantages, facilities, and privileges afforded to all other student groups” to the LGBTQ+ group, rejecting the claims that YU had no obligation to do so because it is a “religious corporation”. Referring to...

In a stunning show of solidarity, WarsawPride and KyivPride united for a single, joyous Pride parade. (WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images) In a stunning show of solidarity, Poland’s Warsaw Pride and Ukraine’s KyivPride united for a single, joyous Pride parade in Warsaw. On Saturday (25 June), thousands of glittery protesters flooded the streets of Poland’s capital for the Equality Parade, the largest queer event in central Europe. Joining them were 300 members and supporters of the embattled KyivPride, who were unable to gather in their own country because of the spectre...

The view from the basement bar after the shooting. (Christian Svane Mellbye) A witness to the deadly mass shooting outside a queer nightclub has recalled the moment he was trapped inside amid gunfire in Oslo, Norway. At 1:14am local time on Saturday (25 June), a 42-year-old man opened fire in the Norwegian capital’s popular nightlife district. Gunfire was reported in three locations, including the popular queer nightclub London Pub, the Herr Nilsen jazz club and a takeaway, city police said. Two people were killed and at least 21 wounded in a mass shooting...