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Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris speaking at the PinkNews reception in Stormont.

Politics
Jun 29 2023

Northern Ireland secretary tells LGBTQ+ community that decisions should be made locally not in Westminster

Cat Dixon of Stonewall

Exclusive
Nov 02 2023

Stonewall to remain ‘at the forefront of change’, promises new boss Cat Dixon

Screenshots have been displayed by Crimestoppers of a man wearing a blue short sleeve shirt and matching blue trousers carrying a bag with a white face mask and black baseball cap. In the next image, the man is wearing blue trousers and carrying a black bag but he is now wearing a grey jacket and black baseball cap. The man is a suspect in a stabbing incident on a train in New York City that officers are investigating as a hate crime

US
Jun 05 2022

Brooklyn man faces hate crime charges in stabbing aboard train on first day of Pride Month

Africa
Jan 03

Ugandan LGBTQ+ activist in critical condition after stabbing

Dash cam footage of the hit-and-run outside a Chicago gay bar

Crime
Aug 16 2022

Hit and run outside gay bar that killed three was ‘intentional’, police believe

Finnish pastor Patrick Tianen was left with broken face bones

Pride
Jun 19 2023

Baltic Pride knife assault victim recalls ‘pain and confusion’ of homophobic attack

Brianna Ghey, a trans girl who was killed in a park in Warrington.

Crime
Feb 13 2023

What happened to Brianna Ghey? Trans girl tragically stabbed to death in Warrington park

Sussex Police want to speak to these four men

UK
Oct 10 2023

Brighton police hunt for gang of men who hurled stones at women in homophobic attack

A rainbow-coloured pathway in Tauton has been vandalised with white paint.

Crime
Jan 12

Council leader slams vandalism of LGBTQ+ rainbow pathway

Stock image of a person holding a trans flag

Identity
Nov 21 2023

Five ways you can be a better ally to trans people

The entire Makarenko family prison head shots. Inna, the mother to the left, Oleh, the son in the middle, and Yevhen, the father to the right.

US
Feb 21

Charges dropped against Florida family accused of blinding gay man who was dating their son

The proposed ban would mean that, finally, engaging in conversion practice in Scotland is a criminal offence. (Getty Images)

UK
Nov 01 2023

UK one of the worst places to be trans, with ‘widespread’ hatred, new data shows

CEO and founder of children’s education company Pop’n’Olly, Olly Pike, is donating hundreds of books to Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman's constituencies

Exclusive
Oct 07 2023

Queer company gives hundreds of LGBTQ+ books to Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman’s constituencies

Fabian Nelson after winning a Democratic primary runoff for House District 66.

US
Nov 08 2023

Mississippi elects an out gay state legislator for the first time in history

Angela Rayner at the PinkNews Awards

Politics
Oct 18 2023

Angela Rayner slams ‘dangerous’ anti-LGBTQ+ Tory rhetoric: ‘We can’t go on like this’

People walk in the streets during the Johannesburg Pride Parade on October 29, 2022 in Johannesburg.

Pride
Oct 31 2022

Thousands march defiantly at Johannesburg Pride despite credible bomb threat

This is a creative collage image depicting Dylan Mulvaney putting on make up, a Pride theme retail and display and Pattie Gonia for The North Face.

News
Jun 08 2023

Over 60 organisations urge brands ‘not to waver’ in face of Pride campaign backlash

Crime
Aug 02 2023

O’Shae Sibley: Police seek 17-year-old in connection with stabbing of gay Brooklyn dancer

Police officers and vans behind safety police line tape.

UK
Jun 17 2022

Man in his 60s left seriously injured in ‘targeted’ homophobic attack

Jussie Smollett arrives in court

US
Dec 10 2021

Jussie Smollett found guilty of faking homophobic, racist hate crime against himself