© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedTom Daley attends the Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on 13 September 2021 in New York City. (Getty/Theo Wargo) British diver Tom Daley said it’s his “mission” to stop countries where being LGBT+ is punishable by death from competing in…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedLily Savage was performing at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern when the bar was raided by police. (Getty)Author Adam Zmith revisits the shocking time police raided a London gay bar over a box of poppersOn 7 December, 1986, the Sunday Telegraph ran a story that characterised poppers as a “danger…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedTom Hanks took pictures with the happy couple. (Fox 11 LA)Tom Hanks decided to surprise a same-sex couple in Los Angeles by crashing their wedding and snapping a photo with themThe actor was jogging through the park when he spotted the wedding, Fox LA reported.After watching from afar, he approached…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedJo Acker. (Facebook)A “heroic” woman who risked her life to save others in a deadly shooting in Boise, Idaho, has become the 42nd trans person violently killed in the US this year.Jo Acker, described by those who knew her as having an “enormous heart of gold”, was killed Monday…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedUniversity of Sussex professor Dr Kathleen StockLGBT+ students at the University of Sussex have welcomed news that professor Kathleen Stock is to leave the institution.Students have been organising under the slogan “Stock Out” since 6 October, when they launched a campaign calling on the university to terminate Stock’s employment…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedThe Guardian and its sister newspaper The Observer have faced criticism for their handling of trans issues. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty)People are cancelling their subscriptions to The Guardian and its sister newspaper The Observer over a controversial article about the murder of Sarah Everard and single-sex spaces.On Sunday (3 October), The Observer published a column by Catherine…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedKayden Coleman spoke to PinkNews for National Coming Out Day.On National Coming Out Day, trans advocate, educator and father Kayden Coleman opens up about his own coming out experience, saying the best part was “the freedom”.“It opened so many doors for me,” Kayden told PinkNews. “I felt like I…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedSuperman and Lois star Jordan Elsass thinks it’s unlikely his character, Jonathan Kent, will be bisexual in the series. Jon Kent is canonically queer in the comics. (Erik Voake/Getty for Hulu)Superman and Lois actor Jordan Elsass has addressed whether or not Jonathan Kent is bisexual in the CW series.DC…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedPete Buttigieg and husband Chasten with their newborn children (Twitter/@PeteButtigieg)Pete and Chasten Buttigieg only found out they were having twins just 24 hours before their surrogate gave birth.The US transport secretary, 39, opened up to The View on Wednesday (20 October) about what fatherhood means to him.After congratulating him for…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedGay saunas have been staple of the queer community for decades. (Envato Elements)From straight men showing off to customers attempting misguided DIY, the gay sauna is full of stories.Jameson Farn has written all about his experiences working in gay saunas in a fascinating new book titled Bathhouse Babylon. The volume…