Articles by Nick Duffy

Nick Duffy is the Current Affairs Editor of PinkNews

Mel C says Girl Power means equality for trans people, too

Trans
Nov 27 2019

Mel C is shocked by the scale of transphobia in the UK

Rapper Azealia Banks performs at Club Nokia on April 16, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.

Culture
Nov 27 2019

Azealia Banks apologises for ‘extremely insensitive’ foul-mouthed rant attacking men who take PrEP

Britain's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace arrives in Downing Street in central London on October 16, 2019 for a meeting of the cabinet.

Politics
Nov 27 2019

UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says he was ‘probably wrong’ to claim gay people cause ‘sexual friction’ in armed forces

Scarlett Johansson has admitted she "mishandled" the controversy

TV
Nov 26 2019

Scarlett Johansson admits she ‘mishandled’ backlash after being cast as a transgender man

Transgender race car driver Charlie Martin in My Genderation film

Sport
Nov 26 2019

Trailblazing transgender racing driver says transitioning ‘saved her life’

Gerald Bostock was fired for being gay, legally

US
Nov 26 2019

Man at centre of landmark Supreme Court case emotionally explains what it was like to be fired for being gay

Chelsea Manning returned fire after a callous jibe from President Donald Trump

US
Nov 26 2019

Chelsea Manning epically shut down Donald Trump with two little words after he deliberately misgendered her

Jamie Lee Curtis visits the SiruiusXM studios at SiriusXM Hollywood Studio on November 25, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.

Politics
Nov 26 2019

Jamie Lee Curtis says closeted politicians who push an anti-LGBT agenda should be outed

A quarter of millennials avoid hugging HIV-positive people

Health
Nov 26 2019

Quarter of millennials avoid hugging someone who is HIV-positive, shocking research finds

Roy Moore announces his plans to run for US Senate in 2020 on June 20, 2019 in Montgomery, Alabama.

US
Nov 26 2019

Republican candidate Roy Moore wants to return to a ‘moral time’ when it was illegal to be gay

Taylor Swift made Reid Arthur's day after his lip sync

Culture
Nov 26 2019

Taylor Swift is very emotional about gay fan using her music to come out

Madonna is under fire over her track 'God Control'

Music
Nov 25 2019

Musician claims Madonna didn’t pay or credit him for writing ‘God Control’

Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson (C), Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (R) and Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson

Politics
Nov 25 2019

This is how Corbyn, Johnson and Swinson voted on major LGBT issues and legislation

People are dragging the meatloaf recipe

US
Nov 25 2019

Gay teenager shares mum’s ‘super secret’ meatloaf recipe as revenge for her ‘f**king abusive’ homophobia

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Conservative leader Boris Johnson and Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson present their General Election 2019 manifestos

Politics
Nov 25 2019

A comprehensive guide to what each party’s general election manifesto is promising queer voters

US
Nov 25 2019

Chick-fil-A’s flip-flopping has sparked in-fighting among anti-LGBT bigots and we are living for the drama

Donald Trump, Jr. attends the 139th White House Easter Egg Roll at The White House on April 17, 2017 in Washington, DC

US
Nov 25 2019

Donald Trump Jr sent a tweet about HIV and it’s just really, really dumb

The American Medical Association has backed a legal ban on conversion therapy

US
Nov 23 2019

American Medical Association calls for ban on traumatising conversion therapy for adults and kids

Boris Johnson on BBC Question Time

UK
Nov 22 2019

Boris Johnson refuses to apologise for ‘tank-topped bum boys’ jibe. Again.

New York police have opened a hate crime investigation

US
Nov 22 2019

New York man attacked with hammer and thrown onto subway tracks in anti-gay hate crime attack

Helen Thornton, of Washington, was with her partner Marge for 27 years

US
Nov 22 2019

Woman denied survivor’s benefits after losing same-sex partner of 27 years

Eric Rasmusen of Indiana University

US
Nov 22 2019

University won’t sack professor who claimed ‘promiscuous’ gay teachers abuse students

TV
Nov 22 2019

Star Wars actor Oscar Isaac teases ‘potential’ of Finn/Poe romance: ‘These guys love each other’

A couple smoke cigarettes. File photo.

US
Nov 22 2019

Man wins $157 million from tobacco companies after husband dies from smoking-related illness

Pete Davidson revealed that he jerked off to a young Leonardo DiCaprio

Culture
Nov 22 2019

Pete Davidson reveals he ‘used to jerk off to Leonardo DiCaprio’

Kamala Harris launched an attack on Pete Buttigieg

Politics
Nov 22 2019

Kamala Harris says Pete Buttigieg is ‘naive’ for linking gay rights to civil rights

Trump pastor Franklin Graham says he received 'personal' assurances from the CEO of Chick-fil-A

US
Nov 22 2019

Trump ally Franklin Graham is thrilled that Chick-fil-A haven’t abandoned their anti-LGBT beliefs

Former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Joe Straus

US
Nov 20 2019

A Texas Republican – yes, a Texas Republican – just came out with an infallible argument why Supreme Court must protect LGBT workers

Actor Jussie Smollett leaves the Leighton Courthouse after his court appearance on March 26, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.

Culture
Nov 20 2019

Jussie Smollett is suing city of Chicago over claims he staged homophobic and racist attack on himself

Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson launches the Liberal Democrat election manifesto

Politics
Nov 20 2019

Lib Dem manifesto pledges Gender Recognition Act reform, Gender X passports, LGBT+ asylum reforms

Clarence Mason Weaver with Donald Trump

Politics
Nov 20 2019

Donald Trump’s latest adviser is a right-wing commentator who thinks homosexuality is an ‘abomination’

TV
Nov 20 2019

Up next in ‘things nobody asked for’, there’s a Kevin Hart documentary about his Oscars homophobia scandal

Copies of Allen Ginsberg's famous 'Howl' on display at City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, Calif.

Law
Nov 20 2019

Angry dad suing school for asking daughter to read Allen Ginsberg ‘gay sex’ poem Howl

The Chick-fil-A restaurant has come under fire

US
Nov 19 2019

Chick-fil-A backtracks, won’t pledge to end donations to anti-LGBT charities

People in Michigan can change their legal gender by filling out a one-page form

US
Nov 19 2019

Michigan introduces landmark self-ID system for changing gender on driver’s licenses

RuPaul stars in new Netflix comedy AJ and the Queen

TV
Nov 19 2019

RuPaul is serving us glam in first-ever teaser trailer for new Netflix comedy AJ and the Queen

Kanye West appeared alongside the pastor at Lakewood Church

Religion
Nov 19 2019

To the surprise of nobody, Kanye West is buddying up with a pastor who thinks homosexuality is a sin

Christine and the Queens performs in concert during Primavera Sound Festival on May 30, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain.

Music
Nov 19 2019

Christine and the Queens rejects claims of Taylor Swift ‘cat fight’ after criticism of queer video

Mike Huckabee is very upset about Chick-fil-A

Business
Nov 19 2019

Republican Mike Huckabee says Chick-fil-A has ‘betrayed’ millions by cutting funding to homophobic groups

Reid Arthur performs Taylor Swift lip sync at George Fox University in Oregon

US
Nov 19 2019

Student comes out to conservative Christian university with show-stopping Taylor Swift lip sync