Chantelle Billson

London

Reporter @PinkNews | Formerly @Archant | Gold standard NCTJ trained @PA | Got a story? DM or email me at [email protected] | Views are my own

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NFL star Dez Bryant slams football league's Pride Month support

5 days ago | thepinknews.com | Chantelle Billson

Former NFL star Dez Bryant has criticised the league’s support of Pride month.
New LGBTQ+ bar and arts space to open in Hackney, London

5 days ago | thepinknews.com | Chantelle Billson

A new LGBTQ+ bar and arts space is set to open in East London, in a much-needed boost for the capital’s queer scene. Coven will open its doors in Hackney Wick on 19 June, with live music and DJ sets. The venue promises to be a “first-of-its kind in Hackney Wick”, offering a “queer-run, genre-fluid nightclub and performance haunts for heretics, hotties and the hexed”.
Jamie Lee Curtis to join trans daughter Ruby for Pride Month fundraiser on Twitch

5 days ago | thepinknews.com | Chantelle Billson

Hollywood superstar Jamie Lee Curtis will join her trans daughter Ruby on Twitch to raise funds as part of a Pride month fundraiser. Curtis will join her daughter on Tuesday (3 June), from 2pm to 4pm (Pacific), and between noon and 3pm on Friday (6 June), to raise awareness and funds for the LGBTQ+ community. Their appearance, in partnership with The Trevor Project and Streaming For A Cause, is part of Twitch’s official Pride programming.
Pride Edinburgh director left 'humiliated' following homophobic incident on train

6 days ago | thepinknews.com | Chantelle Billson

The marketing director of Pride Edinburgh has said homophobic abuse launched at him on a journey home from an award ceremony was “deeply upsetting” and left him “humiliated”. At the Proud Scotland Awards in Glasgow on Saturday (31 May), Jamie Love received the Impact Award for his marketing agency, Monumental, in recognition of its contribution to the LGBTQ+ community.
Trans football players say FA ban sends a 'dangerous' message

6 days ago | thepinknews.com | Chantelle Billson

Trans footballers are rallying against the FA’s ban on trans women playing in affiliated leagues. Goal Diggers Football Club – a non-ability womxn and non-binary football club in London – hosted its “Let the Dolls Play” match in support of trans footballers on Sunday (1 June).
Trans teen athlete sends bold and defiant message to critics after winning race

6 days ago | thepinknews.com | Chantelle Billson

Transgender athlete Verónica Garcia has spoken out again after being booed for winning another 400-meter race at a girls’ state track championship in Washington. The 17-year-old, who last year became the first trans athlete to place first in the State 2A girls 400-meter run at the track and field championships in Tacoma, won the 400m by nearly a second (55.70) at the championships on Saturday (31 May).
Lizzo gives speech supporting trans women at Pride performance

6 days ago | thepinknews.com | Chantelle Billson

Pop icon Lizzo has delivered an impassioned speech supporting trans women while headlining a Pride festival. Proving once again that she’s a true champion of LGBTQ+ rights, Lizzo delivered a powerful speech in support of Black trans women as she headlined OUTLOUD’s LGBTQIA+ Pride festival in West Hollywood Park.
'He knows who he is'

1 week ago | thepinknews.com | Chantelle Billson

Lilo & Stitch star Tia Carrere has spoke proudly about her trans son Jude for the first time at the film’s premiere. The Wayne’s World actress, 58, attended the world premiere of the live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch with her son. In the film, Carrere, who previously voiced Nani (Lilo’s legal guardian) in 2002’s Lilo & Stitch, stars as a character named Mrs Kekoa – a social worker who checks in regularly with Nani – in the 2025 remake.
New study shows Gen Z more open-minded then millennials when it comes to their sexuality

1 week ago | thepinknews.com | Chantelle Billson

Gen Z are more open-minded than millennials when it comes to their sexuality, a study by Hinge has shown. Hinge’s 2025 LGBTQIA+ D.A.T.E (data, advice, trends and expertise) Report casts light on how Gen Z (aged between 18 and 26) are exploring sexuality on their own terms. According to the report, Gen Z daters were found to be 21 per cent more likely than Millennial daters (aged between 29 to 44) to date people with a variety of gender expressions.
Tom Daley on struggles with eating disorder and sexuality 'shame'

1 week ago | thepinknews.com | Chantelle Billson

Tom Daley has opened up about his struggle with an eating disorder and the “shame” he felt after being told to hide being gay. The recently retired Olympian, who came out in 2013 and married husband Dustin Lance-Black in 2017, is opening up about his hardships in new feature documentary Tom Daley: 1.6 seconds. Tom Daley: 1.6 seconds – a collaboration between Warner Bros.