PinkNews is a UK-based online newspaper marketed to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning community (LGBTQ+) in the UK and worldwide.

To date PinkNews has published articles by six British Prime Ministers: John Major,[1] Tony Blair,[2] Gordon Brown,[3] David Cameron,[4] Theresa May,[5] and Boris Johnson.

PinkNews has also interviewed other political figures in the United Kingdom, including Nick Clegg[3] and Jeremy Corbyn, who have also written for the paper.

Previous high-profile PinkNews Awards winners include John Bercow,[9] Nick Clegg,[10] Richard Branson,[11] Ed Miliband,[11] Alex Salmond[11] and David Cameron.

[18] PinkNews reported heavily on the refusal of Stonewall, an LGBTQ+ rights group, to actively campaign for gay marriage prior to October 2010.

[21][22] On 25 April 2012 PinkNews began using a video for the Coalition for Equal Marriage in their advertising space, wrote articles in support of it and gave it their official backing, encouraging readers to respond to the government consultation to show their opinions.

[33] PinkNews 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.

[13] In 2019 PinkNews apologised to Joanna Cherry, who at the time was the MP for Edinburgh South West for falsely stating that she was being investigated for homophobia.

"[41] In November 2020, the company was renamed PinkNews Media Ltd.[15] On 11 December 2024, the BBC broadcast an investigation in which Anthony James and Benjamin Cohen were accused by more than 30 current and former members of staff of inappropriate touching, kissing, and bullying.

[44] On 17 December, the couple released a statement describing the allegations of sexual misconduct as "false, inconsistent and malicious" and accused the BBC of misleading the public.