LGBTQ+ news from Europe
Latest LGBTQ+ news from across Europe.
Trans civil servants may be forced to ‘out themselves’ under new guidelines
Trans civil servants could have to “out themselves” in order to find a suitable toilet at work, according to new guidelines. Following the updated EHRC guidelines which were presented to parliament in May, transgender civil servants “may not use facilities of [their] affirmed gender which are des...
Salon targeted with severed pig heads over its LGBTQ+ support
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)...
Jonathan Bailey to lend his sultry tones to Dracula as he joins vampire project
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 | L...
Gay rights advocate who had first same-sex wedding in Quebec dies aged 84
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...
Lesbian California city official charged after ‘trying to steal yacht after drinking’
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 ...
US House of Representatives rejects bid to make Trump’s trans military ban law
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...
Whoopi Goldberg slams transphobic backlash to Elliot Page in The Odyssey
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 ...
Trump administrations wants warning labels on LGBTQ+ TV shows
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 “...
Man sentenced to 20 years for hate crime killing of gay dancer O’Shae Sibley
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 ‘Renaissa...
1,000-lb Sisters star Tammy Slaton all smiles as she gets engaged to girlfriend Andrea
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 arou...
Macron gives human rights role to senator who campaigned against gay marriage in France
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 ...
Wes Streeting joins Andy Burnham’s cabinet in new role after health secretary resignation
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 La...
Rebel Wilson thanks judge as she’s cleared in defamation trial: ‘Taught me a lot’
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 produc...
MAFS UK’s first lesbian couple Jenna and Zoe marry four years after TV wedding
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...
Police officer call trans protestor ‘pink-haired thing’ in accidental bodycam recording
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 pr...
Florida man jailed for 7 years for paralysing LGBTQ+ neighbour after months of harassment
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 t...
Congresswoman criticises Trump for strange lie about trans microchip execs
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 a...
Drag Race’s Mistress Isabelle Brooks spills the tea on Sasha Colby beef
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 n...
YouTube icon Joey Graceffa says Troye Sivan and Connor Franta helped him come out
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 hi...
Martina Navratilova backs new sex test rule saying it ‘supports all women’
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 eligi...
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