© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedBilly Bragg performs live at Vicar Street on November 04, 2021 in Dublin, Ireland. (Kieran Frost/Redferns)Billy Bragg, the lovelorn torchbearer of the oppressed, has come out swinging for trans rights by tweaking one of his songs in a small by seismic way.The British singer, 63, quietly changed the song…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedTaylor Swift in the album artwork for Red (Taylor’s Version). For many people, Taylor Swift’s Red is the quintessential break-up album – and it’s not hard to see why.Red captures the raw, visceral pain that comes when a relationship crashes and burns. Most artists have probably written about heartbreak at some stage…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedWaylon Smithers will find love with his new boyfriend Michael De Graaf, a billionaire fashion mogul, in an upcoming episode of The Simpsons. (20th Television/The Simpsons)Iconic gay character and lackey of villain Mr Burns, Waylon Smithers, will finally find love in an upcoming episode of The Simpsons.Even casual Simpsons…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedA group poses for photos at Shanghai Pride, 2017. (AFP via Getty/ STR)In a surprising development amid fears of a government crackdown on the LGBT+ community, China has opened its very first gender clinic for trans youth.The multidisciplinary clinic has been set up at the Children’s Hospital of Fudan University in…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedKid Cudi and Eli Russell Linnetz of ERL attend the 2021 CFDA Fashion Awards. (Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty)Kid Cudi is once again upsetting homophobes after he dared to wear a fabulous white wedding dress to a fashion awards ceremony.The rapper has become well known for his fashion statements,…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedLGBT+ rights are heavily suppressed in Ghana. (Creative Commons)On Wednesday (11 November), Ghana saw the first public hearing on a far-reaching bill to criminalise almost every aspect of LGBT+ life.While gay sex is already illegal in Ghana, the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedJunior Olivas and other Free Britney activists marching in Los Angeles. (Rich Fury/Getty)Free Britney activists says their fight won’t end when the star is freed from her conservatorship: “People need to be held accountable.”Junior Olivas cried tears of joy when Britney Spears’ father was finally removed from her conservatorship…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedStonewall marching in London Pride in 2015. (Niklas Halle’n/AFP/Getty)Politicians and senior LGBT+ figures have rushed to defend Stonewall in the wake of a BBC “investigation” into the charity.On Friday (15 October), the BBC published an article headlined Stonewall’s influence on BBC and Ofcom revealed“.Based on a 10-part investigative podcast…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedJustin Fashanu of Norwich City, playing for Norwich City in 1981. (Getty/ Allsport UK)The niece of Justin Fashanu, the only active UK professional footballer to ever come out as gay, has said a Premier League footballer is “very likely” to come out next year.Fashanu was the first active professional footballer in the…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedTaylor Swift has finally given the world the 10-minute version of All Too Well. (Twitter)Taylor Swift has finally released her much-fabled 10-minute version of “All Too Well”, and it will leave you sobbing in bed desperately clinging on to your last morsel of hope that love still exists.That might…