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Dec 12, 2024 | 
thepinknews.com | Maggie Baska
In November 2022, right-wing media was abuzz that a University of Cambridge sermon claimed ‘Jesus was trans’. The outcry kicked off after a fellow junior researcher from Trinity College analysed and discussed various artistic interpretations of Jesus.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
thepinknews.com | Maggie Baska
Right-wingers were up in arms over a report that Moana would be Disney’s ‘first trans princess’ in Moana 2 – but it was all a hoax. Word started to spread In December 2023 that Moana was to become the House of Mouse’s “first transgender princess”, but the report originated from Mouse Trap News, a satirical website that publishes jokey fabricated stories about Disney.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
thepinknews.com | Maggie Baska
As Trans Awareness Week begins (13-19 November), culminating in Trans Day of Remembrance (20 November), it’s as good a time as any to remind the world that trans people have always been here. Writer, activist and academic Eli Erlick is also fighting against the erasure of trans history, by curating and sharing beautiful full-colour photos showing trans people throughout the ages.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
thepinknews.com | Maggie Baska
LGBTQ+ representation has largely improved in recent years, but asexual characters are still few and far in between. It’s no secret that the spectrum of gender identity and sexual orientation is severely underrepresented and under-explored in pop culture.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
thepinknews.com | Maggie Baska
It’s Black History Month in the UK. Here, A.I.D of Dope Black Queers – a community collective that sits at the intersections of Black, Queer, and Trans identity – honours 10 Black Brits who’ve made invaluable contributions to the LGBTQ+ community. This article was originally written in 2021 and updated in October 2024.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
thepinknews.com | Maggie Baska
It’s Bisexual Awareness Week 2024, so it seems like a good time to remember a true bisexual icon of yesteryear: IKEA’s bisexual couch. Back in 2021, a polarising set of IKEA Pride sofas sent LGBTQ+ Twitter (ah, the good old days before it was known as X) into a collective frenzy. It all started when furniture supremos IKEA, which as a company is a long time LGBTQ+ ally, unveiled a collection of 10 “loveseats” inspired by the flags of different LGBTQ+ identities.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
thepinknews.com | Maggie Baska
Admirers of Father Mychal Judge, the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) chaplain who died in the 9/11 attack, once asked for the priest to be considered for sainthood, and the more you learn about him you’ll understand why. Roman Catholic priest Mychal Judge is remembered as a hero of the attacks on the World Trade Center on 11 September, 2001. He arrived at the World Trade Center shortly after the first plane hit that morning, NPR reported.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
thepinknews.com | Maggie Baska
There’s a significant LGBTQ+ presence in the furry community – and for many, it was the furries subculture that helped them understand their queer identity. The furry subculture comes together to share a love of anthropomorphic animal characters. Many create their own ‘fursonas’ and interact with others in the fandom through these avatars, both in-person through badges or costumes at conventions and online through artistic renditions or forum handles.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
thepinknews.com | Maggie Baska
As the fate of Ghana’s draconian anti-LGBTQ+ bill hangs in the balance pending a court ruling, an activist is helping “scared” queer people confront a terrible choice: face persecution at home or try to find safety elsewhere. In February, Ghana’s parliament passed the bill to increase existing criminal penalties for queer people living in the country.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
thepinknews.com | Maggie Baska
Allucquére Rosanne Stone, better known as Sandy, is no stranger to making history. Her work is considered a founding text of the academic discipline of transgender studies. On 5 March, she went down in history again – as the first out trans woman to be inducted into the US National Women’s Hall of Fame. It was as “super thrilling” and “emotionally loaded” as it was defining, Sandy told PinkNews.
