Articles by Asyia Iftikhar

Asyia Iftikhar is an entertainment reporter at PinkNews. She won the Hearst Talent Scholarship in 2020 and has since written for publications including Digital Spy, Bustle, Glamour, the Metro, gal-dem and Autostraddle.

She specialises in culture, entertainment and digital culture with a particular interest in the intersection between race and LGBTQ+ issues.

Viewing figures for Nigel Farage's I'm A Celeb season continue to plummet amidst boycott

TV
Nov 28 2023

Nigel Farage I’m A Celeb boycott working? Viewers continue to fall after fierce backlash

First look at Millie Gibson (L) and Ncuti Gatwa (R) in Doctor Who Christmas Special

TV
Nov 28 2023

Here’s our first look at Ncuti Gatwa’s ‘explosive’ Doctor Who Christmas special

Yasmin Finney talks the inspiration behind one key moment in new Doctor Who episode.

TV
Nov 27 2023

Yasmin Finney says Doctor Who scene triggered ‘PTSD’ for her as a trans person

Fans strike back at bigots complaining about Doctor Who's trans inclusive storyline. (Fans strike back at bigots complaining about Doctor Who's trans inclusive storyline.

TV
Nov 27 2023

Doctor Who’s trans storyline has bigots raging: ‘Nothing but hate in their hearts’

Billy Porter and Luke Evans star in heartfelt trailer for Our Son.

Film
Nov 24 2023

Our Son: Trailer for Luke Evans and Billy Porter’s ‘interracial queer love story’ is finally here

David Tennant shares the best reaction to his trans TARDIS badge raising thousands for charity.

Celebrity
Nov 24 2023

David Tennant says trans Tardis badge, and supporting queer people, is ‘what Doctor Who is all about’

Matt Rife has left fans raging in resurfaced clip with Zendaya

Celebrity
Nov 23 2023

Resurfaced clip shows comedian Matt Rife touching Zendaya without her consent

Drag Race star Stacy Layne Matthews quits drag in emotional social media post.

Culture
Nov 23 2023

Drag Race star Stacy Layne Matthews quits drag due to mental health: ‘I’ve never felt so alone’

Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker reflects on Ncuti Gatwa's runs s the Doctor.

TV
Nov 22 2023

Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker excited for ‘infinite magic’ of Ncuti Gatwa’s Time Lord

Jimmy Fallon has come under fire for calling Hunter Schafer bud.

Celebrity
Nov 22 2023

Trans actress Hunter Schafer called ‘bud’ by Jimmy Fallon, and fans aren’t happy

Scream star Melissa Barrera stopped from franchise after Israel-Palestine remarks.

Film
Nov 22 2023

Melissa Barrera dropped from Scream VII over Israel/Hamas comments, and fans are furious

Taika Waititi explains why he is moving away from Hollywood's style of telling trans stories.

Celebrity
Nov 20 2023

Taika Waititi wants Hollywood to change how it tells trans stories

Barry Keoghan (L) and Jacob Elordi (R) both star in Saltburn.

Culture
Nov 20 2023

Jacob Elordi proud of explicit ‘guzzling’ Saltburn scene with Barry Keoghan

A Dalek, Jinkx Monsoon and Yasmin Finney

TV
Nov 16 2023

Trans Doctor Who fans explain why diverse new season will mean so much to queer kids

Hunter Schafer The Hunger Games: A Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Exclusive
Nov 12 2023

Hunter Schafer on the Hunger Games’ ‘deeply human’ message and whether she’d survive the arena

Hunger Games star Hunter Schafer hopes Hollywood is moving in the right direction with trans representation.

Exclusive
Nov 11 2023

Hunger Games star Hunter Schafer opens up about bringing trans representation to the prequel

Ncuti Gatwa gets candid about negative experience on Glasgow gay scene.

Celebrity
Nov 09 2023

Doctor Who’s Ncuti Gatwa on ‘toxicity’ of being ‘fetishised’ as a Black man on the gay scene

Ncuti Gatwa shares the reason why he never though he would land his role in Doctor Who.

TV
Nov 08 2023

Doctor Who’s Ncuti Gatwa ‘never thought’ he’d land role of the Doctor as a Black man

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (L) and Kevin Vidal (R) play lovers in Disney+ series Culprits.

Exclusive
Nov 08 2023

Culprits star Kevin Vidal on the power of queer Black love in Disney+ crime series

Carter (L) clashes with John Paul (R) as she discovers conversion therapy plot

TV
Nov 07 2023

Hollyoaks stars on ‘very important’ conversion therapy plot, as government stalls ban again

Russell T Davies says Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor Who run will be known as 'season one'.

TV
Nov 07 2023

Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor Who is officially ‘season one’ of a brand new era, says Russell T Davies

Chrishell Stause with partner G Flip.

Celebrity
Nov 06 2023

Selling Sunset’s G Flip says parents ‘struggled’ with non-binary identity

Blackouts author Justin Torres talks to PinkNews about his latest release.

Exclusive
Nov 06 2023

Justin Torres says queer novel Blackouts is the ‘ultimate provocation’ to the book-banning right

Miriam Margolyes has plans to move in with her longterm partner Heather Sutherland

Celebrity
Nov 06 2023

Doctor Who’s Miriam Margolyes to move in with partner of 56 years: ‘We haven’t got much time left’

First reactions are in for The Hunger Games prequel movie.

Film
Nov 06 2023

The first reactions to The Hunger Games prequel are in – and here’s the verdict

Kyle Richards (L) and Mauricio Umansky ( R) are officially going through a divorce.

Celebrity
Nov 06 2023

RHOBH’s Kyle Richards calls separation from husband Mauricio a ‘divorce’ for the first time

David Tennant gives verdict on Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who.

TV
Nov 03 2023

David Tennant delivers verdict on Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor Who era after ‘creeping onto set’

Gay porn star Hank Hightower has reportedly died aged 57.

Celebrity
Nov 03 2023

Gay porn star Hank Hightower dies aged 57

Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin in Netflix film Rustin

Film
Nov 03 2023

Rustin review: Colman Domingo saves vital but undercooked biopic about gay civil rights hero

A still from The Last of Us video game.

Gaming
Nov 02 2023

The Last Of Us voted ‘greatest game of all time’ in new poll

The OG Mean Girls cast reunited for a Walmart ad sequel.

Film
Nov 02 2023

Mean Girls fans are clamouring for a ‘Mean Moms’ sequel after iconic Walmart reunion ad

Celine Dion makes first public appearance in almost four years.

Celebrity
Nov 02 2023

Celine Dion makes first public appearance in over three years after stiff-person syndrome diagnosis

The trailer for Rainbow Rishta has officially arrived.

TV
Nov 01 2023

LGBTQ+ Indians share their stories in Prime Video’s uplifting series Rainbow Rishta

Chrishell Stause (L) schools Selling Sunset co-star on partner G Flip's pronouns.

TV
Nov 01 2023

Chrishell Stause corrects Selling Sunset co-star over partner G Flip’s pronouns during tense fight

Matt Lucas and David Walliams wrote and starred in Little Britain.

TV
Nov 01 2023

Little Britain sketch branded ‘explicitly racist and outdated’ in new Ofcom research

Christina Aguilera (L) dressed as Cher for Halloween.

Celebrity
Oct 31 2023

Christina Aguilera dressed as Burlesque co-star Cher for Halloween – and fans are living for it

Young Royals star Edvin Ryding says comments on appearance make him 'uncomfortable'.

Celebrity
Oct 31 2023

Young Royals’ Edvin Ryding tells fans to ‘stop making comments’ about his physical appearance

Omar Ayuso returns as Omar in Elite season seven.

TV
Oct 30 2023

Elite star Omar Ayuso feels a ‘moral responsibility’ playing a gay Muslim on TV

Strictly Come Dancing's Layton Williams (left) and partner Nikita Kuzmin (right) during Halloween week

TV
Oct 30 2023

Strictly’s Layton Williams defends place on show: ‘I deserve to be here’

Viewers praise Bella Ramsey as Kelsey in BBC series Time.

TV
Oct 30 2023

Time star Bella Ramsey clarifies pronouns as viewers praise ‘insane’ acting in BBC prison drama