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Political pundit and former actor Laurence Fox has been ordered to pay a total of £180,000 to two men he called paedophiles, during an argument on social media. Fox was sued by former Stonewall trustee Simon Blake and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star Crystal in 2020 after an exchange on X/Twitter. During the argument, sparked The post Laurence Fox ordered to pay £90,000 in libel damages to Drag Race star appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

The shadow justice secretary is reported to have said she agrees with JK Rowling that “biological sex is real and immutable”.  During a speech on Monday (22 April), Shabana Mahmood reportedly backed so-called gender-critical women, saying they are “perfectly entitled” to voice their views.  Harry Potter author JK Rowling has become well-known in recent years The post Labour’s shadow justice secretary ‘agrees’ with JK Rowling’s ‘gender-critical’ views appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey has been confirmed for a role in Heartstopper‘s third season, alongside Hayley Atwell and Eddie Marsan. With the snowball effect of the Netflix phenomenon Heartstopper showing no signs of slowing down following the series’ second outing, the rumour mill has been in overdrive in recent weeks, with whispers that one Jonathan The post Jonathan Bailey confirmed for Heartstopper season three role appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Charli XCX and Troye Sivan recently announced details of a joint North American tour – and these are the ticket prices. The two pop stars will embark on the Sweat Tour in late 2023, stopping off at arenas across the US and Canada, with special guest, Shygirl. It’ll be in support of Charli’s upcoming album, The post Charli XCX and Troye Sivan ticket prices revealed for their Sweat Tour dates appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Political pundit and occasional comedian Bill Maher seems to think that nobody has ever had to cope with a backlash for saying something “woke.” He shared a post on social media showing a clip of his talk show, Real Time with Bill Maher, in which he comments on statements made by businesswoman, Katherine Maher (no The post Bill Maher claims nobody has ever faced backlash for being ‘too woke’ – he couldn’t be more wrong appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

RuPaul’s Drag Race finalist Mistress Isabelle Brooks has seemingly disinherited her season 15 sisters and drag daughters, Sugar and Spice. During last year’s season 15, biological twins Sugar and Spice entered the Werk Room and opened up about wishing to be part of a real-life drag scene, having begun their drag careers as social media The post Drag Race’s Mistress appears to disown drag daughters Sugar and Spice: ‘They’re just trolls’ appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

US basketball star Michael Porter Jr has claimed that other NBA players are having sex with trans women and men, and says that porn is partly responsible. During an episode of his YouTube show “Curious Mike”, Michael Porter Jr spoke to former adult Lana Rhoades about the “dark side of the porn industry”.  Rhoades told The post NBA star claims other players are having sex with men and trans women: ‘Porn has a part to play’ appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Live In Concert is heading across the UK as part of a tour – and this is how to get tickets. The music from the smash-hit film will be brought to life by a full orchestra, turntables and electronics. Fans can get their hands on tickets for the live concert The post Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse concert to tour across the UK appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

To celebrate Lesbian Visibility Week, here’s an archive clip of three women in the 1980s, discussing what it was like to be a lesbian at the time. The 1986 film, Lesbians, was directed by Pam Walton and shows a discussion between Diane Porath, Dianne Rhudy and Marilyn Watkins, who address some of the stereotypes associated The post 1980s lesbians show fierce defiance – and fashion – in fascinating archive footage appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Heartstopper actor and Celebrity Big Brother housemate Bradley Riches has hit back at trolls claiming he is pretending to be autistic. In March, the 22-year-old actor, who plays James McEwan in Netflix’s queer teen drama Heartstopper, stepped into the Big Brother house for the first season of ITV’s Celebrity Big Brother revival. He explained that The post Heartstopper’s Bradley Riches hits back at trolls claiming he’s not autistic appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

My Neighbour Totoro is heading to the West End in 2025 – and this is how to get tickets. The production will open at the Gillian Lynne Theatre for a 34-week run from 8 March to 2 November. Priority booking will open from 29 April, with the general sale starting on 3 May both via The post My Neighbour Totoro announces West End run: dates, tickets and more appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Beloved RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Katya has confirmed that planned tour dates with co-star Trixie Mattel are to ‘proceed as planned’ after she checked into a treatment facility earlier this month. Katya and Trixie, who both appeared on season seven of RuPaul’s Drag Race in 2015, were due to embark on The Bald and The The post Drag Race star Katya confirms Trixie tour dates to go ahead following treatment appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate has taken his self-proclaimed misogyny to a new level after claiming men having sex with a woman for pleasure is “gay”. Influencer Tate, who last month claimed that YouTube star Mr Beast supporting his trans friend Ava Kris Tyson was part of a ‘psyop’ to increase trans acceptance, made yet another The post Andrew Tate claims it’s ‘gay’ for men to have sex with women for pleasure appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Lesbian representation on TV has come on leaps and bounds in the last decade, but some characters are simply unforgettable. We’ve met butch baddies, unlucky in love lipstick lesbians, sapphics with superpowers – the whole lot. Beloved TV shows from Buffy The Vampire Slayer to Heartstopper have included lesbian characters who’ve helped countless queer women The post 13 of TV’s greatest lesbians, from Glee to Heartstopper appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Kim Petras has cancelled her summer festival shows due to developing “health issues”, she has revealed.  The “Unholy” hitmaker took to her social media platforms on 24 April to make the announcement, writing: “My buns, I’m devastated to be writing this but I’m going through some health issues and under medical advice I have had The post Kim Petras cancels summer festival shows due to ‘health issues’ appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Fans have been thrust into a new Taylor Swift era with her latest release, The Tortured Poets Department. But one listener might not be so thrilled about the new album, as Matty Healy has responded to his alleged “diss track”. In a video which went viral online, The 1975 frontman was captured walking past paparazzi The post Matty Healy responds to Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department alleged ‘diss track’ appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Lesbian bed death is one of those phenomenons that everyone who identifies as a lesbian or a queer woman has likely heard of, but – spoiler alert – it’s not actually real. Lesbian bed death (or LBD) is another slang term that refers to the idea that lesbians and queer women in monogamous, long-term relationships end up The post Debunking the myth of ‘lesbian bed death’ – why this tired old concept needs to finally die out appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Cardi B has again courted controversy online after she shared her thoughts on the new Netflix show Baby Reindeer. Warning: the following story contains descriptions of violence and sexual assault. Richard Gadd’s seven-part Netflix show, which has been critically praised, sees Donny (Gadd) dealing with a serial stalker. The show also includes graphic depictions of The post Cardi B shares controversial opinion about sexual orientation after watching Baby Reindeer appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

There’s no one thing that makes someone realise they are a lesbian, but I would never have thought that for me, it would have been when I discovered I was non-binary. I never really experienced crushes when I was growing up. As I regularly share when telling my story as a volunteer with Just Like The post ‘How coming out as non-binary helped me realise I was a lesbian’ appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

A graduate from Nex Benedict’s school district has described her own difficulties with anti-LGBTQ+ bullying. The Oklahoma school district has come in for criticism following the death of the 16-year-old transgender teenager in February. Benedict, whose friends say identified as Two Spirit and used he/him and they/them pronouns, died on 8 February after being taken The post Ex-student of Nex Benedict’s school district alleges culture of anti-LGBTQ+ bullying appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

For the first time in Drag Race herstory, the All Stars 9 cast are playing for charity – so here is a full list of the various causes each queen is battling for. With the cast of the ninth instalment of All Stars announced, the upcoming season, which features eight past queens return to the The post Here are the vital LGBTQ+ charities that the All Stars 9 queens are playing for appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has claimed that she shouldn’t have previously described herself as an LGBTQ+ ally.  Speaking in an interview with GB News on Tuesday (23 April), Truss explained that she had described herself as an LGBTQ+ ally in 2021, however she had only done so in order to vocally oppose gender The post Liz Truss expresses regret at LGBTQ ally label after GB News host says term is ‘activist language’ appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

A transgender high school athlete has told a New Hampshire state legislature that she did not join women’s sports with the goal of “dominating competition” in powerful testimony. 16-year-old trans high jump state champion, Maelle Jacques, told politicians that sports had become a place that allowed her to “be seen as normal,” and that rescinding The post New Hampshire votes to kill anti-trans bill after powerful testimony from transgender teen athlete appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Josh O’Connor stars in the ‘tennis threesome’ film Challengers alongside Mike Faist and Zendaya – the latter of whom handpicked the God’s Own Country star for the flick. Directed by Luca Guadagnino (of Call Me By Your Name fame), Challengers is a horny tennis drama that follows Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis prodigy The post Josh O’Connor reveals Zendaya handpicked him for sexually ‘fluid’ Challengers role appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Popular London-based label Duke + Dexter is launching its first ever clothing collection – and this is how to buy it. The brand – known for their loafers with hand painted designs – is expanding its offering with a ready-to-wear collection. The Duke + Dexter clothing collection will be available to buy from 2pm BST The post Duke + Dexter launches first ever clothing collection: release date and more appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Updated betting odds ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 suggest that the legendary singing competition could be won by an LGBTQ+ artist this year. We’re now just weeks away from the return of Eurovision, this time in Malmö, Sweden, following on from the historic victory from bisexual pop icon Loreen last year. As ever, The post Eurovision betting odds have these entries as the favourites to win the 2024 contest appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Singer, songwriter and all around icon Billie Eilish has opened up about her journey in coming to terms with her sexuality, including realising when she wanted her “face in a vagina”. The “What Was I Made For” singer made headlines in December after a reporter asked the Grammy winning artist about her sexuality on the The post Billie Eilish on coming to terms with her sexuality: ‘I wanted my face in a vagina’ appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Labour MP Dawn Butler has apologised after she “inadvertently misled” parliament in a speech on the Cass report. During a speech on 15 April, the MP for Brent Central, in north west London, commented on the report, published five days earlier, criticising its findings that a hefty amount of research into trans healthcare was of The post Labour MP says she ‘inadvertently misled’ parliament on Cass report appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Recent reports are claiming that several professional footballers plan to come out as gay on 17 May. German newspaper Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung has reported that numerous national players plan to come out before the end of the Bundesliga, the professional football league in Germany. 17 May marks the International Day Against Homophobia. The German outlet The post Several professional footballers are planning to come out as gay in a few weeks, report says appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Singer Daniel Bedingfield has opened up about his sexuality for at a recent gig, discussing a “man [he] loved” and stating that you “had to be gay or straight” during his pop heyday. Originally reported by the MailOnline, Bedingfield made the remarks at a concert at the London Palladium to celebrate 22 years of his The post Daniel Bedingfield on his sexuality: ‘In my era, you had to be gay or straight’ appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.