The first Black LGBTQ+ woman to hold the role of White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, has reportedly left the Democratic Party, the publisher of her new book has revealed. Queer trailblazer Jean-Pierre, 50, she made the decision to leave the political party in January, shortly after she resigned as press secretary under the Biden […]
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The National Trust has been forced to take down artwork celebrating women after Harry Potter author JK Rowling’s name was removed by a member of the public. Between April and November 2024, visitors of Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire were invited to nominate a “contemporary Virtuous Woman”, as part of the participatory artwork, ‘A Virtuous Woman’. […]
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Pet subscription service BarkBox is currently under fire from various quarters over its range of colourful Pride dog toys, including a cactus called Consuela and a dragon queen with rainbow wings. BarkBox is a monthly subscription service that sends out two new toys and two bags of healthy treats to owners across the US, and […]
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As anti-trans and anti-migrant sentiments deepen under Keir Starmer’s Labour, Pride Month must be about resistance, not rainbow capitalism and toxic positivity, Ayman Eckford – a member of Rainbow Migration’s Refugee Advisory Panel – writes exclusively for PinkNews. When I arrived in the UK six years ago as an asylum seeker, I was stunned by […]
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become the centrepiece in the conversation of online misinformation, especially regarding LGBTQ+ people. As the popularity of the likes of ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Microsoft Co-Pilot has grown, so too have concerns over the potential ramifications, including plagiarism, scams and, most notably, misinformation and bias. Modern AI chatbots, generally speaking, rely […]
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