PinkNews

*PinkNews*
	PinkNews homepage, April 2012
Type of site	Online newspaper
Available in	English
Created by	Benjamin Cohen
URL	thepinknews.com
Commercial	Yes
Registration	No
Launched	July 2005
Current status	Active

PinkNews is a UK-based online newspaper marketed to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning community (LGBTQ+) in the UK and worldwide. It was founded by Benjamin Cohen in July 2005.

It closely follows political progress on LGBTQ+ rights around the world, and carries interviews with cultural figures and politicians. The news is split into different sections, with most recent, prominent and trending stories showing on the home page by default. People can filter news by the sections they have most interest in, including: transgender, entertainment, world, politics, arts, and opinion.

PinkNews pays special attention to the topic of religion and homosexuality. It became one of the few LGBTQ+ publications to have interviewed an incumbent Archbishop of Canterbury in 2014, when Justin Welby discussed the Church of England's approach to homosexuality.^[1]

PinkNews runs the PinkNews Awards, which launched in 2013 and take place annually in Westminster. The awards, which are voted on by the public alongside a panel of judges,^[2] honour the work of LGBTQ+ activists in the field as well as political speakers and businesses. Previous high-profile PinkNews Awards winners include John Bercow,^[3] Nick Clegg,^[4] Richard Branson,^[5] Ed Miliband,^[5] Alex Salmond^[5] and David Cameron.^[6]

^ Cohen, Benjamin (13 May 2014). "Archbishop of Canterbury: It's 'great' that equal marriage is the law of the land". PinkNews. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
^ "The nominees for the fifth annual PinkNews Awards". PinkNews. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ Kentish, Benjamin (16 October 2019). "Nancy Pelosi presents John Bercow with LGBT rights award". The Independent. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "Nick Clegg receives a Pink News award for equal marriage - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "The PinkNews Awards Winners and Nominees in full". PinkNews. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ Davies, Caroline (26 October 2016). "David Cameron gets award for introducing same-sex marriage". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[1] Cohen, Benjamin (13 May 2014). "Archbishop of Canterbury: It's 'great' that equal marriage is the law of the land". PinkNews. Retrieved 28 April 2015.

[2] "The nominees for the fifth annual PinkNews Awards". PinkNews. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[3] Kentish, Benjamin (16 October 2019). "Nancy Pelosi presents John Bercow with LGBT rights award". The Independent. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[4] "Nick Clegg receives a Pink News award for equal marriage - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[auto-5] "The PinkNews Awards Winners and Nominees in full". PinkNews. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[6] Davies, Caroline (26 October 2016). "David Cameron gets award for introducing same-sex marriage". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

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