Are you part of a trans knitting group, a queer poetry collective or a lesbian cricket club? (Or something else!) I want to speak with non-alcohol based, LGBTQ+ hobby groups about community, connection and the changing LGBTQ+ 'scene' Get in touch! [email protected] #JournoRequest

Nottingham Against Transphobia held a die-in demonstration in the city centre on Saturday afternoon to protest the EHRC and Labour government "pushing trans people out of public life and pushing people to suicide" “Hence, a die-in to show the public and MPs the reality we live," organisers said.

I am looking to speak with LGBTQ+ US couples about the potential for same-sex marriage to be rolled back if the Supreme Court hears Kim Davis's case, for a @pinknews.bsky.social feature. Keen to hear from wedded, and soon-to-be wedded, couples. 📩 [email protected] #JournoRequest

🎉 40,000 women have signed - and we’re not stopping here. We’re united in rejecting discrimination against the trans and non-binary community. We refuse to let our voices be used to divide. This is our moment — and we’re heading for 50,000...and beyond! 🚀💥 📢 Here’s how you can help us get there...

My favourite argument opposing giving the vote to 16 year olds is that they, as an entire demographic, "don't know anything about politics". Girl, there are people in my family in their 40s who don't know who the current prime minister is 😭

I just know if Glee was still going Ryan Murphy would do an evil, evil cover of Golden by Huntrix from KPop: Demon Hunters

Why did I go through months of sessions with my therapist when I could have just waited for Lorde's new album to drop and point to this lyric to explain why I am the way I am

The community showed UP and it was incredible to see! Thanks to Jude Guaitamacchi from @transsolidarity.bsky.social for speaking with me 🗣 “I feel there is more outrage now. People are recognising what is happening and we’re seeing more solidarity, more people showing up for us."

HUGE turn out of trans folks and allies for the lobby of Parliament led by @transsolidarity.bsky.social Incredible to see 🏳️‍⚧️

Wrote a very personal – and very long! – retrospective to mark 10 years of Hayley Kiyoko's Girls Like Girls 👭 "...the synth-pop melodies and catchy, painfully relatable lyrics were audible to my ears only, wrapping around me like a comforting blanket and holding my hand like an old friend."

Still very normal* that I got to interview the icon that is G Flip 🤯 *I was not normal at all 🗣️ "[I] feel so comfortable in my skin because I feel so non-binary, so they/them. So, now more than ever, with the current climate of the world, visibility is so important.” ✍️ @pinknews.bsky.social ⬇️

Hayley Kiyoko's 'Girls Like Girls' came out TEN YEARS AGO on June 24 🤯 I am looking to speak with lesbians/bi/queer women about the impact and legacy of the song (and subsequent book & upcoming film) for a feature for @pinknews.bsky.social 👭👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 📧 [email protected] #journorequest

EXCLUSIVE: The Financial Conduct Authority’s LGBTQ+ staff network is refusing to march under the organisation's banner at Pride after being told the regulator would be designating office single-sex facilities, such as toilets, as based on "biological sex". Read on @pinknews.bsky.social 👇

@transjournalists.org has been supporting journalists who are trans and gender expansive (including me!) and teaching journalists how to report on our communities for several years now! you can support them by donating to their birthday fundraiser! 🎂🍰🧁 donorbox.org/reclaim-tran...

I am looking to speak with trans women who are Labour Party members about the decision of the NEC to postpone its women's conference this year following the Supreme Court's judgement on the definition of 'sex', for feature for @pinknews.bsky.social 📧 [email protected] #JournoRequest

Request for info: If you know of any organisation etc. which has announced publicly that it has changed its policies/practices as a result of the Supreme Court decision or the EHRC update - please comment it below. Trying to collate some of this.

EXCLUSIVE for @pinknews.bsky.social this morning 🚨 Trans Plymouth City Council councillor Dylan Tippetts, who said Labour is "throwing trans people under the bus", has joined the Lib Dems. He is now the sole Lib Dem councillor in the city council. Read: www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/15/l...

"Such slim definitions of what is correct or incorrect womanhood rooted in patriarchal beauty standards are – ironically enough – what feminists have actually spent decades fighting against." I wrote this last week for @pinknews.bsky.social but forgot to share here...

EXCLUSIVE for @pinknews.bsky.social: Gender critical staff network launched at Metropolitan Police “Our numerous staff networks represent a broad range of perspectives and beliefs and we are legally obliged to support them," a Met spokesperson said. Read: www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/09/m...

EXCLUSIVE: Green Party co-leader @carladenyer.bsky.social penned an op-ed for @pinknews.bsky.social on the EHRC's interim trans guidance. She wrote the implications are "deeply worrying" and it could act as a "bigot’s charter" for "harassment, intimidation and violence against trans people".

Every time you see a story in the media announcing that puberty blockers are banned, it's untrue. They've just been banned for trans kids. Cis kids who are in distress because of precocious puberty still get them. Trans kids who in distress, don't. People, generally, don't know that.

So, I've submitted my PhD application

I'm a lesbian but I am starting to see what the TikTok girlies are saying about Alexander #TheTraitors

Where is Feathers McGraw's nom for Best Actor in a Supporting Role? #Oscars

has this ever been more true than this week?

Also read on our own website! lgbtqjournalismnetwork.co.uk/2025/01/22/l...

Published in collaboration with the @pressgazette.co.uk LGBTQ+ journalists spoke to us about Meta's recent changes to its Hateful Conduct policy – which will allow users to call queer people 'mentally ill' – with some planning to phase out using platforms pressgazette.co.uk/social_media...

It was so incredibly insightful to speak with Raquel Willis and Eliel Cruz, co-founders of the Gender Liberation Movement, about the fight for trans rights and universal bodily autonomy amid a second Trump presidency. www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/20/g...

Listening to the Doll's House task with your eyes closed: #TheTraitors

Linda would have slayed the Doll's House task #TheTraitors

I've found this month its really easy to save money if you literally never leave the house, but the downside is literally never leaving the house

It’s almost a year since we were founded and for the first time, this week our hard work got a mention 🎉 Meta may be a monolith but collectively we can still make it clear to them that their behaviour is with intent going to harm the LGBTQ+ and other minority communities.

Thanks again @sophieperryportfolio.com for freaturing @equalityamplified.org.uk in this article exploring how Meta are silencing criticism to the changes to their Hateful Conduct Policy. These changes present a direct threat to the safety, dignity, and well-being of LGBTQ+ individuals worldwide.

🚨We’re thrilled to share that Equality Amplified has been featured in an article by Sophie Perry for Pink News! This piece highlights our work in trying to tackle hate speech and holding platforms like Meta accountable. Massive thanks to @sophieperryportfolio.com for shining a light on this!

It's only January 11th

Notorious anti-gay activist Anita Bryant dies aged 84

The New York Times has a paywall up on an interactive map tracking where the Los Angeles wildfires are. Talk about completely unethical practice in an emergency crisis when people need access to information.

🏳️‍🌈 The LGBTQ+ Journalism Network is a place where LGBTQ+ journalists can come together and connect. Join our group, follow our channels and find out more! 💻 lgbtqjournalismnetwork.co.uk 👥 www.facebook.com/groups/lgbtq... 🗣️ www.facebook.com/lgbtqjournal... 📸 www.instagram.com/lgbtqjournal...

The decision to move myself and the LGBTQ+ Journalism Network off of Elon Musk's platform was a long time coming because, like many journalists, I have had a long running connection to Twitter. Recent events have made it more clear than ever that it is not the platform it once was.

Hi Bluesky 👋 The LGBTQ+ Journalism Network has officially moved where skies are bluer 🦋 For a long time, Twitter was a thriving news and information ecosystem – that is no longer the case under Elon Musk's ownership of its rebranded X. That account is now archived.

Meta is doing away with independent fact checkers and moderation, and in turn allowing users to call LGBTQ+ folks "mentally ill" simply for being LGBTQ+. "With these changes, Meta is continuing to normalise anti-LGBTQ hatred for profit," GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said. Read 👇

A rail replacement taking three days to turn up is the true fear of every Brit #TheTraitors

At home for Christmas and my dad has made himself a strawberry jam sandwich, and proceeded to add ready salted crisps 🤢 I am disgusted but he says it's very normal. Thoughts???

Not former president Barack Obama naming Billie Eilish's cunnalingus song as one of his favourites of the year

Thank you @itssophieperry.bsky.social for covering Outsports’ 25th birthday on the LGBTQ+ Journalism Network website 🙏 🗣️ “There are other places now that do this kind of storytelling - but not as consistently and as long-running as Outsports has been” - @jonhholmes.bsky.social #LGBTQ #sports

Wes Streeting announces indefinite ban on puberty blockers for trans youth www.thepinknews.com/2024/12/11/w...

It was lovely to see the LGBTQ+ community in Forest Gate come together to mark the installation of new Pride flags near the station after months of repeated vandalism to the old ones 🏳️‍🌈