First trans woman BBC Radio 1 presenter launches programme tackling prejudice
BBC Radio 1’s first trans woman presenter, Paris Lees, will launch a new programme tackling prejudice across the UK in an “open and honest’ way. The Hate Debate follows Lees, an equality campaigner,...
View ArticleProminent trans campaigners condemn use of #fuckcispeople in Twitter argument
Update 16:11: Laurelai Bailey has given a comment to PinkNews on the reasons behind the hashtag, and what it is meant to achieve. Several prominent trans campaigners have condemned the recent use of a...
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Nominations for PinkNews Award for Business Network of the Year
The inaugural PinkNews Awards are being hosted by the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, this evening, and will be presented to recognise the contributions of politicians, businesses and...
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Nominations for PinkNews Award for Politician of the Year
The inaugural PinkNews Awards are being hosted by the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, this evening, and will be presented to recognise the contributions of politicians, businesses and...
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Video: PinkNews award for Business Network of the Year
Here is the video for Business Network of the Year at the inaugural PinkNews Awards hosted by the Speaker of the House of Commons on Wednesday. The award was presented by Helen Grant, the Parliamentary...
View ArticleParis Lees makes history as BBC Question Time’s first out trans panellist
History will be made on BBC One tonight when Paris Lees becomes the first out transgender panellist to appear on Question Time. She will be on the panel alongside Labour MP Chris Bryant, Conservative...
View ArticleHarriet Harman and John Prescott heap praise on Paris Lees in Question Time...
Paris Lees has received praise from across the political divide after becoming the first out transgender panellist to appear on Question Time. The journalist and broadcaster, and PinkNews contributor,...
View ArticleLondon to hold annual Transgender Day of Remembrance
The ninth annual remembrance event in London for those murdered and driven to death for being transgender will be held on Wednesday as part of International Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). It’s...
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Feature: The top 17 stories that changed LGBT life in the UK in 2013
As 2013 draws to a close, PinkNews looks back at the stories which have had the biggest impact on the life of LGBT people in the UK in the last year (and some which just raised a lot of eyebrows)....
View ArticleStonewall to have ‘lots of conversations’ including with trans groups,...
The Deputy Chief Executive of gay rights charity Stonewall says she will not rule out beginning a new dialogue with trans groups, following the resignation of Chief Executive Ben Summerskill. Speaking...
View ArticleComment: Stonewall does great work for gay kids but what about anti-trans...
Transgender broadcaster and journalist Paris Lees writes on trans bullying in schools, and asks why Stonewall campaigns only against anti-gay bullying, and not anti-trans. Did you hear about the...
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Columnist Julie Burchill: Trans women are just ‘big white blokes who have cut...
Columnist and writer Julie Burchill has caused offence to the trans community yet again by taking to the comments section of an article to claim that trans women shouldn’t call themselves women. The...
View ArticleParis Lees appointed as first openly trans Stonewall Awards panel judge
Prominent journalist and broadcaster Paris Lees has been appointed as the first openly trans member of the Stonewall Awards judging panel. The announcement was made by Lees last week on Twitter. It was...
View ArticlePink List changes name to Rainbow List, because readers ‘put off by pink’
The Independent has changed the name of its annual Pink List to the ‘Rainbow List’ – because some people are put off by the colour pink. The annual list of 101 individuals is designed to highlight LGBT...
View ArticleStonewall launches ‘Some People Are Trans’ t-shirt campaign
Leading gay rights charity Stonewall has in a new move launched a new campaign of t-shirts sporting the phrase: “Some People Are Trans, Get Over It!”. The slogan, similar to that made famous by...
View ArticleParis Lees’ brilliant post about appearing on Vogue UK reminds us how far...
Paris Lees has shared a triumphant post about making history as the first “trans kid from a council estate” to appear on the front cover of Vogue Magazine. Vogue, which was taken over by Editor Edward...
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Paris Lees clashes with Nick Robinson over stoking people’s fears about trans...
Trans activist Paris Lees has clashed with veteran journalist Nick Robinson over his focus on hypothetical fears over transgender people in an podcast aired earlier this month. Lees joined the former...
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Paris Lees: My interview with Nick Robinson highlights everything wrong with...
I recently took part in Nick Robinson’s podcast Political Thinking. Nick was the BBC’s politics chief for many years and also Political Editor at ITV. People take him seriously, and it was on that...
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The Chase’s Anne Hegerty shocks by saying Paris Lees ‘used to be a boy’ on...
Anne Hegerty, best known for her role on The Chase has caused controversy after telling trans activist Paris Lees that she ‘used to be a boy.’ Appearing on an episode of the Channel 5 show The Wright...
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You have to see Question Time panellist Paris Lees taking on anti-trans bigotry
Transgender columnist Paris Lees, who is the first out trans woman to appear on the BBC’s flagship debate show Question Time, put every second to good use in an appearance last night. The panellist...
View ArticleFirebrand trailblazer Paris Lees on class, celebrating transgender people and...
Paris Lees first went blonde after a bad breakup. A natural redhead, she says that the two-year journey – which began with her “sitting there crying, feeling heartbroken” – to becoming blonde was “a...
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Coming out stories: 5 LGBT+ heroes share their powerful, inspirational...
Coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer or any other LGBT+ identity isn’t always easy. It can be a difficult, emotional and trying time — but it can also be beautiful and empowering. Being...
View ArticleTrans pioneer Paris Lees throws down simple challenge to JK Rowling: ‘Come to...
The trailblazing trans activist Paris Lees has thrown down the gauntlet for JK Rowling by inviting her to lunch with some young transgender people. The Harry Potter author is facing widespread...
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Trans and non-binary people have had it. Officially. This is how they’re...
The trans and non-binary community has officially had enough, after JK Rowling launched yet another unprovoked and unnecessary tirade – this time branding life-saving healthcare for trans kids a “new...
View ArticleIn a plot twist nobody saw coming, JK Rowling is facing a severe backlash...
JK Rowling found herself on the receiving end of a severe backlash – again – after an early review revealed that her new book features a cis male serial killer who likes to dress as a woman. Troubled...
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Travis Alabanza wants to show young people you can come out as your true self...
Travis Alabanza, the writer, performer and theatre-maker extraordinaire, agreed to kick off their slippers recently to do something a bit different: a modelling shoot with their mum, Desiree. “I was...
View ArticleThe big problem for non-binary people like me isn’t just being seen – it’s...
For International Non-Binary People’s Day last year, Radam Ridwan wrote of the urgent need for allyship to go further. In 2021, their words ring just as true. Dear reader: A real-life, living,...
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16 joyful, devastating, tender and eye-opening trans books you need to read
For Transgender Awareness Week 2021, why not choose one – or two, or three, or more! – of these superb books by trans and non-binary authors, and immerse yourself in a different world. There is...
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10 essential LGBT+ books that opened minds and broadened horizons in 2021
Over the last year, countless powerful and important LGBT+ books have been published – and they’ve helped queer people feel seen in new and exciting ways. Queer literature has always been vital to our...
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Paris Lees’ memoir What It Feels Like For A Girl inspires ‘anarchic, Y2K’ new...
Paris Lees’ hilarious and heart-breaking trans coming-of-age memoir is being turned into a new BBC drama. Based on Lees’ life growing up as a teenager in the East Midlands, What It Feels Like For a...
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