© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedJohn-Paul Kesseler was victim to an unprovoked homophobic attack after holding another man’s hand in public (Twitter/@jpkesseler)Allies in Birmingham are staging a protest to show solidarity with the city’s embattled LGBT+ community after yet another gay man was attacked in the Gay Village.There was an outpouring of anger on…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedBritish Airways pilots will switch to greetings that include people of all genders. (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)British Airways is the latest airline to drop the binary “ladies and gentlemen” greeting on-board in favour of language that includes people of all genders.The change in announcement has been made in…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedThe Biden administration denounced forced surgery for intersex children. (Getty/ Drew Angerer)On Intersex Awareness Day (26 October), the Biden administration has denounced forced genital surgeries for intersex people.Intersex Awareness Day aims to highlight the human rights issues faced by intersex people around the world.On Tuesday, the US Department of State…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedMarvel StudiosMarvel’s Eternals – the studio’s first film to feature a gay superhero – is being “review bombed”.The upcoming blockbuster will be released next week and anticipation is high among LGBT+ Marvel fans, particularly because of the inclusion of Phastos, played by Brian Tyree Henry.In the film, Phastos is one…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedMarion Millar at an anti-trans demo organised by Women Wont Wheesht on 2 September, 2021 in Edinburgh, protesting guidelines that allow trans people to self-declare their gender in the census. (Getty/ Jeff J Mitchell)“Gender critical” activist Marion Millar, who was accused of posting material on social media of a…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedAn Oxfam charity bookshop in central London. (Getty)Oxfam withdrew a Wonder Women Bingo game because it deadnamed Elliot Page, not because it featured JK Rowling, it has been reported.The board game, first released in August 2020 by children’s author Isabel Thomas, features 58 “of the greatest women in history“,…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedAdidas have released a Monsters, Inc. collection to celebrate the film’s 20th anniversary. (Adidas)Adidas have released a Monsters, Inc. collection to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the film.The eye-catching Adidas collection features pairs of trainers inspired by the beloved characters, Sulley and Mike Wazowski, who centre the Pixar classic…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedDave Chappelle. (Netflix)A trans Netflix employee has said Dave Chappelle’s controversial comedy special is a symptom but not the cause of “a culture that marginalises and devalues trans people”.Terra Field, a senior software engineer at the streaming giant, hit out at Dave Chappelle and Netflix in a Twitter thread…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedDrag Race UK’s Charity Kase. (BBC(This week on Drag Race UK, the gloves came off.The queens were tasked with creating a “hilarious” TV ad and, to put it lightly, RuPaul was less than impressed with the results. After Ru asked the queens to say who they think should be…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedAmerican comic Dave Chappelle pictured in 2019 (Alex Edelman/AFP/Getty)Netflix is under pressure to pull Dave Chapelle’s offensive anti-trans “comedy” amid mounting condemnation from GLAAD, the National Black Justice Coalition and Dear White People’s Jaclyn Moore.Chapelle’s controversial stand-up special The Closer sees him make explicit jokes about trans women’s genitals…