PinkNews refuses to cover trans issues on the basis it jeopardises ad revenue and is "contentious".
While Transgender lives in the UK and US are at risk, PinkNews abandons its transgender readers.
In a bombshell leak from @PinkNewsStaff on X, Pink News' CEO Benjamin Cohen has been recorded signalling his intent to abandon the trans community to instead focus on being an “entertainment powerhouse”.
In the leaked recording Benjamin is captured stating "We have to be careful." "It's the role of others to change narratives", going on to further say that covering transgender issues will cause them to lose advertisers.
This revelation comes two weeks after pinknews removed their trans category from the website.
@PinkNewsStaff joined X in May 2024 and has been releasing several other allegations about the outlet, claiming there is a toxic culture of bullying, harassment and discrimination at PinkNews.
Update: Pink News appears to have begun covering serious trans issues once more, after Skittles dropped their campaign.
I hate it. I don't feel like I can trust any other news website other than one run by and for lgbt+ people. But I also feel betrayed by my go to. They still have trans articles but you have to seek out the page instead of it being right there. And it is all because trans issues are 'contentious' and they want it to all be entertainment based. "we don't want to be seen as supportive of trans people cause the people with the money don't like that". I don't care about that. I want to know about how we are being oppressed, or how we are fighting oppression. Not which movie stars are bisexual or stuff like that. Not what I'm there for.
If anybody could tell me a better news site than pink news let me know lol.
Another example of how profit motive and allying with capital is harmful to lgbt people if the social winds change direction. The only thing the capital owners care about is money.