Articles by Matilda Davies

Karen From Finance calls herself the premiere 'corporate' queen of Melbourne.

TV
Mar 15 2021

Drag Race Down Under star issues ‘remorseful’ apology for vile, racist tattoo and toy collection

PinkNews Futures

Lifestyle
Mar 15 2021

PinkNews Futures returns to bridge the gap between LGBT+ talent and an inclusive, fulfilling career

Liverpool Pride has officially been cancelled for the second year in a row.

Pride
Mar 15 2021

Pride in Liverpool cancelled due to ‘uncertainty’ over Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown

Michelle Visage has been a Drag Race judge for 10 years, and still receives heat for her harsh critiques.

TV
Mar 15 2021

Michelle Visage admits she ‘got meaner over the years’ on Drag Race

A'Whora: Drag Race UK star sent 'vile' abuse and death wishes from trolls

TV
Mar 08 2021

Drag Race UK star A’Whora sent ‘vile’ abuse and death wishes from trolls

Joe Biden is due to sign the two executive orders as a part of International Women's Day 2021.

News
Mar 08 2021

Joe Biden announces new gender policy council to ‘aggressively protect’ women’s and LGBT+ rights

Nigeria law criminalises sex "against the order of nature", which is used against LGBT+ people.

World
Mar 08 2021

Nigerian police raid suspected ‘gay party’ and drag ‘scores’ of men to anti-cult office

The new book reports to have insider knowledge of Obama doubting Buttigieg's presidential campaign.

US
Mar 08 2021

Barack Obama joked Pete Buttigieg couldn’t win election because he’s ‘gay’ and ‘short’, explosive book claims

Dan Levy has been lauded for his writing of David and Patrick's relationship in Schitt's Creek.

TV
Mar 08 2021

Dan Levy explains why he had no choice but to create Schitt’s Creek hero David Rose as he wins yet another major award

LGBT Activists wearing rainbow colours and holding a rainbow Pride umbrella attend a rally to mark International Women's Day In Indonesia

News
Feb 21 2021

Conversion therapy survivors sent horrifying messages offering to ‘help make them normal’

Sacha Baron Cohen was set to play Freddie Mercury in an early version of the biopic, and wanted it to be "outrageous".

TV
Feb 20 2021

Sacha Baron Cohen wanted an ‘outrageously’ gay Freddie Mercury in his canned version of Bohemian Rhapsody

The United Kingdolls is gagging for UK HUN to get the spot at the top of the Official Singles Chart.

Music
Feb 18 2021

Bing, bang bong! Drag Race’s iconic ‘UK Hun?’ on course to make chart history

Emojipedia announced updates to allow couples with different skin tones, new health emojis and new heart options.

Science and Tech
Feb 18 2021

Apple unveils 200 inclusive new emojis included ‘bearded women’ and interracial same-sex couples

The University of Edinburgh African and Carribean Society have campaigned on numerous intersection issues affecting the Black and LGBT+ communities.

News
Feb 18 2021

Black and LGBT+ students ‘reduced to tears’ by vile racist, homophobic attack during Zoom meeting

Rustin will be produced by Michelle and Barack Obama’s company: Higher Ground Productions.

News
Feb 12 2021

Gay civil rights hero Bayard Rustin’s incredible life story to be retold by the Obamas

Mark Ashton co-founded Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners in 1984

UK
Feb 12 2021

Campaigners demand hometown memorial for pioneering gay activist and proud communist Mark Ashton

Abbie Chatfield admitted it's taken her a long time to come to terms with her sexuality. (@AbbieChatfield/Instagram)

TV
Feb 12 2021

Bachelor star Abbie Chatfield opened up about struggles of being bisexual – then got erased

LGBT+ people in Iran face the death penalty or lashings for same-sex intercourse.

World
Feb 12 2021

Iran’s use of electric shocks on LGBT+ children is torture and ‘echoes treatment by the Nazis’

Feb 03 2021

Nominations for the PinkNews Awards 2021 are now open

Non-binary student Shade has since been using their platform to document their campaigning for trans rights at their school.

Education
Jan 31 2021

Student expertly schools anti-trans professor who refused to use their correct pronouns

Buddhist monk Phra Shine Waradhammo has faced backlash for many years because of his socially liberal views.

Religion
Jan 29 2021

Buddhist monk and beloved LGBT+ ally dubbed ‘garbage ghost’ for backing abortion rights

Gay sex is criminalised in Pakistan under a combination of Sharia law principles and colonial law imposed by British rulers.

News
Jan 29 2021

Asylum seeker who sold a kidney to flee homophobic Pakistan wins crucial legal battle in bid to remain in UK

Ryan Murphy, the king of gay TV, received nominations for six projects this year, including Ratched, The Prom and 9-1-1: Lone Star.

News
Jan 29 2021

Ryan Murphy shares poignant message as Netflix’s new supreme dominates GLAAD Award nominations

The unrivalled Cicely Tyson has won an honourary Oscar, several Emmys and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

TV
Jan 29 2021

Cicely Tyson dies aged 96: Barack Obama, Viola Davis and Billy Porter lead tributes to pioneering acting legend

Alice Hoagland fought to keep the legacy of her son, Mark Bingham, alive.

Parenting
Jan 24 2021

Alice Hoagland, mother of gay 9/11 hero and LGBT-inclusive rugby’s ‘biggest supporter’, dies aged 71

US President Joe Biden

US
Jan 23 2021

Lesbian mother begs Joe Biden to ‘please be the president our children need’ in powerful open letter

D-Von Dudley might have come out as gay, but no one is really sure.

Sport
Jan 22 2021

WWE legend D-Von Dudley says he’s coming out as gay and appearing on RuPaul’s Drag Race

Bimini Bon Boulash: This year Trans Pride is 'more important than ever'

TV
Jan 22 2021

Drag Race UK star Bimini Bon Boulash reveals botched runway would’ve been bold statement of trans pride

Spijker Bar: Amsterdam's oldest gay bar renamed 'IKEA' in protest

Business
Jan 22 2021

Amsterdam’s oldest gay bar renamed ‘IKEA’ in protest at superstore remaining open through lockdown

Since gaining fame on ’The Big Bang Theory’, Jim Parsons has starred in a number of dramas about the LGBT+ community.

TV
Jan 17 2021

Jim Parsons explains how dragging up to play a woman changed his life forever

Regina King holding her Oscar

TV
Jan 15 2021

Oscar-winner Regina King pledges to include non-binary talent in her landmark drive to make film more diverse

5 tips on coming out as LGBT to make your experience happier and safer

Community
Jan 15 2021

Queer women and non-binary people – unsurprisingly – feel left out of LGBT+ spaces

Chris Stuckmann came out as pansexual in his video: How I Left the Jehovah’s Witnesses to Pursue Filmmaking

TV
Jan 15 2021

YouTuber Chris Stuckmann didn’t realise he was pansexual till he left the Jehovah’s Witnesses

Boxer Amir Khan and his wife Faryal Makhdoom

Sport
Jan 15 2021

Amir Khan’s wife Faryal Makhdoom faces furious backlash after describing his music taste as ‘gay’

Cody Skinner speaks at conferences around Australia about his experiences living with disability.

News
Jan 08 2021

Deaf, autistic, gay man had a mental breakdown after being discriminated against at work

Gay son and his gay dad have emotional sex talk during Truth or Drink.

Parenting
Jan 05 2021

Gay man named ‘dad of the century’ for sharing candid, hilarious sex talk with queer son

Michelle Visage made her debut on RuPaul's Drag Race in 2011 for season three.

TV
Jan 05 2021

Michelle Visage reveals which gay icon has devastatingly turned down Drag Race more than 10 times

Jeremy Clarkson is - as per usual - exhaustingly heterosexual.

TV
Jan 05 2021

8 times Jeremy Clarkson cracked pathetic, homophobic jokes at the expense of LGBT+ people

LGBT protestors, one wearing a 'bum boys against Boris' t-shirtm another holding a rainbow Pride flag

Politics
Jan 05 2021

Labour is still miles ahead with LGB voters, study finds – and Boris Johnson isn’t helping matters

The Nightingale Club in Birmingham has offered to assist with the vaccination roll-out in the city.

UK
Jan 04 2021

Legendary gay bar pleads with government to let it help with COVID vaccine roll-out