PinkNews is a UK-based online newspaper marketed to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community (LGBT) in the UK and worldwide. It was founded by Benjamin Cohen in July 2005. It closely follows political progress on LGBT 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 LGBT publications to have interviewed an incumbent Archbishop of Canterbury in 2014, when Justin Welby discussed the Church of England's approach to homosexuality. 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, honour the work of LGBT activists in the field as well as political speakers and businesses. Previous high-profile PinkNews Awards winners include John Bercow, Nick Clegg, Richard Branson, Ed Miliband, Alex Salmond and David Cameron. History PinkNews was founded by Benjamin Cohen in July 2005. A paper version, The PinkNews was officially launched in 2006. However, PinkNews became an online-only publication when the print edition was dropped in 2007. The website is updated daily with news. In 2018, PinkNews became the first LGBTQ+ publisher on Snapchat. It had an operating profit of £2million in 2021. The website was redesigned in 2022. New filtering features were also added to its app in an attempt to counter news avoidance due to negative reporting. Editorial policy and interviews with politicians The editorial stance of PinkNews is not to campaign in a partisan manner, although it does interview politicians and has a pro-LGBT stance. PinkNews does not endorse political parties in elections, but in previous elections has endorsed individual politicians regardless of party "based on their stance on gay rights issues." To date PinkNews has published articles by six British Prime Ministers: John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Theresa May, and Boris Johnson. PinkNews has also interviewed other political figures in the United Kingdom, including Nick Clegg and Jeremy Corbyn, who has also written for the paper. On 2 January 2020, UK MP Layla Moran revealed in an interview with PinkNews that she