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A beauty salon in Kyiv, Ukraine has had severed pig heads dumped at its entrance after publicly supporting LGBTQ+ people. The attack on the G.Bar salon on Lesi Ukrainky Boulevard took place on 21 July, the chain’s management said on Instagram (WARNING – the Instagram post features graphic images). G.Bar said its salons in Ukraine The post Salon targeted with severed pig heads over its LGBTQ+ support appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

The full-cast adaptation launches on 1 October 2026 in five languages, with Omar Sy and Deva Cassel leading the French-language version. The post Jonathan Bailey to lend his sultry tones to Dracula as he joins vampire project appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Hendricks helped create Montreal’s Parc de l’Espoir AIDS memorial with ACT UP activists and later fought to protect it, alongside husband René Leboeuf. The post Gay rights advocate who had first same-sex wedding in Quebec dies aged 84 appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

A California city manager has been charged with prowling, unauthorised lodging and petty theft after she allegedly got drunk and attempted to steal a yacht from a local marina. Elaine Forbes, who is the city manager for Sausalito, was taken into custody by the Marin County Sheriff’s Office on 18 July after she was found The post Lesbian California city official charged after ‘trying to steal yacht after drinking’ appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

The US House of Representatives has rejected an amendment that would have written Donald Trump‘s ban on trans people serving in the military into law. The measure, sponsored by Colorado Republican Lauren Boebert, was defeated by 217 votes to 212 on Tuesday (21 July), with four Republicans joining Democrats to kill it, as reported by The post US House of Representatives rejects bid to make Trump’s trans military ban law appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Whoopi Goldberg has hit back at conservative critics attacking Elliot Page‘s casting in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, telling them: “Don’t go see the d*** movie.” The View host addressed the backlash on Tuesday’s (July 21) episode, responding to a clip of right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro telling his audience that “it is stupid to cast Elliot The post Whoopi Goldberg slams transphobic backlash to Elliot Page in The Odyssey appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering adding warning labels to TV shows featuring LGBTQ+ characters and storylines. An FCC public notice set out plans for a new “warning label” on family programming that includes LGBTQ+ characters, stories or themes, explicitly targeting “gender identity” and “transgender and gender non-binary programming”. It claimed parents had The post Trump administrations wants warning labels on LGBTQ+ TV shows appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

A New York judge has sentenced Dmitriy Popov to 20 years in prison for the 2023 killing of O’Shae Sibley, the 28-year-old Black gay dancer who was fatally stabbed after confronting a group of men who allegedly hurled anti-gay and racist slurs while he and his friends vogued to Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ album at a Brooklyn The post Man sentenced to 20 years for hate crime killing of gay dancer O’Shae Sibley appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Tammy Slaton, of 1,000-lb Sisters fame, is engaged to girlfriend Andrea Dalton, after their love story was documented on the TLC show. Slaton and Dalton shared the exciting news on TLC’s Instagram in a sweet video, in which they revealed exactly how the moment went down. Slaton, who has lost around 500lbs since the show The post 1,000-lb Sisters star Tammy Slaton all smiles as she gets engaged to girlfriend Andrea appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

France has appointed a new human rights ombudsman who spent years opposing the very rights he is now tasked with defending. Right-wing senator François-Noël Buffet was narrowly approved as the country’s Défenseur des droits on Tuesday, with lawmakers backing Emmanuel Macron‘s nominee by 43 votes to 39. The Défenseur des droits is an independent watchdog The post Macron gives human rights role to senator who campaigned against gay marriage in France appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Wes Streeting has been appointed defence secretary by new prime minister Andy Burnham, two months after he resigned as health secretary. On 20 July, Burnham became the UK’s 59th prime minister, replacing Sir Keir Starmer who stepped down in June. Streeting confirmed he would not be running for Labour leadership, and therefore could not become The post Wes Streeting joins Andy Burnham’s cabinet in new role after health secretary resignation appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Rebel Wilson has been cleared in the defamation trial brought about by Australian actress Charlotte MacInnes, who claimed Wilson harmed her reputation in Instagram posts. The posts, from 2024 and 2025, saw Wilson accused the young actress of retracting a sexual harassment complaint against producer Amanda Ghost, who worked on Wilson’s film The Deb, to The post Rebel Wilson thanks judge as she’s cleared in defamation trial: ‘Taught me a lot’ appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Jenna Robinson and Zoe Clifton have revealed they are married, four years after meeting on Married At First Sight UK as the show’s first ever lesbian couple. The pair shared photos from an intimate garden ceremony on Instagram. Robinson, 36, posted a gallery of images from the day and wrote: “The day before, morning of The post MAFS UK’s first lesbian couple Jenna and Zoe marry four years after TV wedding appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

A Norwich police officer referred to a transgender protestor as “the pink-haired thing” in audio released from an accidental bodycam recording. Officers at Bethel Street Police Station in Norwich accidentally recorded themselves on a bodycam they had confiscated from Gemma Barnes, who had been protesting outside the station after a pigeon was killed in the The post Police officer calls trans protestor ‘pink-haired thing’ in accidental bodycam recording appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

A Florida man has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting and permanently injuring his LGBTQ+ neighbour following weeks of alleged anti-gay harassment. As reported by The Florida Times-Union, Tyler Getchell, 30, pled guilty on 4 May to attempted manslaughter in the November 2025 shooting of Kyle McFarlane, 24, whose The post Florida man jailed for 7 years for paralysing LGBTQ+ neighbour after months of harassment appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

A California congresswoman has criticised Donald Trump for falsely claiming that a law signed by Joe Biden offered $52billion in funding to improve computer chip manufacturing, but only if the companies being funded were run by trans executives. The US president made the comments while speaking at the Pennsylvania Defence and Innovation Summit on 15 The post Congresswoman criticises Trump for strange lie about trans microchip execs appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Another day, another Drag Race drama involving Mistress Isabelle Brooks – and this time she’s spilling the tea on her apparent beef with Sasha Colby. Last week, Mistress hosted a conversation with Silky Nutmeg Ganache, who got into her feud with her All Stars 11 sister A’Keria C Davenport. In a new video on her YouTube The post Drag Race’s Mistress Isabelle Brooks spills the tea on Sasha Colby beef appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Joey Graceffa has revealed how fellow YouTubers Troye Sivan and Connor Franta gave him the courage to come out. Speaking on the We Need To Talk podcast, the YouTube star reflected on the wave of coming-out videos that defined the platform in the mid-2010s, and the part other creators played in his own journey. “I The post YouTube icon Joey Graceffa says Troye Sivan and Connor Franta helped him come out appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Former tennis player Martina Navratilova has shown her support for the Women’s Tennis Association’s (WTA) new sex testing policy designed to stop trans women from participating in the sport on a professional level. The new policy requires all players to undergo genetic sex testing to remain eligible to compete, despite there being no known transgender The post Martina Navratilova backs new sex test rule saying it ‘supports all women’ appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

A Washington state coffee stand has removed a transphobic sign after it sparked widespread backlash online and prompted local residents to organise a protest. The sign, displayed outside a “bikini barista” coffee stand in Spokane’s Hillyard neighbourhood called 2nd Base Espresso, read: “Trans women are r******* men,” conveying an anti-trans message using a widely recognised The post Washington coffee stand removes offensive transphobic sign after backlash appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Hunter Biden has claimed that a “closeted gay mafia” of largely Republican politicians is the “biggest problem” facing the United States. The son of former president Joe Biden made the remarks on the podcast I’ve Had It with Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan, on 18 July. Biden claimed the country’s central problem was not “the The post Hunter Biden claims ‘closeted gay mafia’ of Republicans is ‘biggest problem in US’ appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

New Prime Minister Andy Burnham has appointed former Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper as his Health Secretary. Cooper, who is married to politician turned Good Morning Britain host Ed Balls, is the UK’s third Health Secretary in as many months, after Wes Streeting resigned in May, and James Murray took over the role. While Burnham has The post New Health Secretary Yvette Cooper’s stance on LGBTQ+ issues appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Police in the English town of Chippenham are searching for a group of up to 10 people who allegedly taunted a young queer couple with threats and homophobic slurs. The incident took place in Monkton Park on the afternoon of 5 July. The teenage couple told Wiltshire Police that a group of up to 10 The post Police searching for up to 10 people that taunted teens with homophobic slurs appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Democratic hopeful Melissa Chaudhry has come under fire from members of her own party after saying she hid her progressive views on LGBTQ+ rights to avoid offending potential voters. Chaudhry, described by the New York Post as “super woke”, said in a recent interview that she purposely left her views on LGBTQ+ rights off her The post Democrat congress hopeful Melissa Chaudhry under fire for ‘hiding’ LGBTQ+ views appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

LGBTQ+ groups hailed a rare legal win under the Anti-Homosexuality Act, but say the pair may still be at risk of harassment or violence. The post Charges dropped against two women in Uganda accused of kissing in public appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Andy Burnham has become the UK’s 59th Prime Minister, following Keir Starmer’s resignation from the role in June. On 22 June, Starmer announced he would be resigning as leader of the Labour party but would remain as prime minister until a replacement is found this summer. It soon became clear that it was a one-horse-race, The post Andy Burnham’s record on LGBTQ+ issues as he becomes new Prime Minister appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Rachel Williams, CEO of Manchester-based LGBTQ+ youth charity The Proud Trust, has written an open letter to Andy Burnham, as he becomes the new Prime Minister. Burnham, who has a strong track record when it comes to LGBTQ+ issues, replaces Sir Keir Starmer, who announced his resignation in June. Now, Williams has urged Burnham not The post LGBTQ+ charity sends hopeful open letter to new PM Andy Burnham: ‘Equality has to be protected’ appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Alan Cumming’s New York City bar Club Cumming is the focus of a brand new docu-reality show, Cumming to the Cabaret, airing on BBC iPlayer. The show, from the production team behind RuPaul’s Drag Race, World of Wonder, introduces the audience to a number of key staff as the bar, including host and performer, Daphne The post Club Cumming’s Daphne Always on Alan Cumming’s ‘special’ bar and scary state of America appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

Colman Domingo is reportedly writing a screenplay for an original live-action film based on Tiana from Disney’s 2009 musical animation The Princess and the Frog. According to Deadline, the Sing Sing and The Four Seasons star is teaming up with Tony Award-winning Slave Play director Robert O’Hara, who is also on writing duties, to bring The post Colman Domingo to write original Princess And The Frog film about Tiana appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

German conservative politician Jens Spahn has resigned as parliamentary leader of the country’s governing coalition after facing intense criticism over becoming a father through surrogacy in the United States, despite years of publicly supporting Germany‘s ban on the practice. Spahn, a senior member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former health minister, announced his The post Gay German politician resigns after welcoming child via surrogacy despite opposing it appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.