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Added on: 01/09/2019

Bisexual poverty is overlooked by the LGBT+ community

01/07/2019

Poverty is one of the main issues facing bisexual people. Yet it is a problem that is seriously overlooked. Bisexual people are the “invisible majority” of the…

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Added on: 01/09/2019

Marriage equality campaigners urge UK govt. to extend rights to Northern Ireland

01/06/2019

Campaigners said they will increase the pressure on Westminster to spread marriage equality to all parts of the UK. Stephen Donnan, a campaigner with LGBTI rights group…

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Added on: 01/08/2019

Judge rules that UK magistrates’ “intolerant views” must be respected

01/05/2019

The ruling came after a magistrate lost his job following him expressing anti-LGBTQ views on adoption. A UK judge, Her Honour Judge Katherine Tucker, has ruled that…

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Added on: 01/07/2019

HUNDREDS OF DUTCH PROTESTANT PASTORS SIGN ANTI-LGBTQ MANIFESTO

01/07/2019

Hundreds of Dutch Protestant pastors, prominent people in the church, as well as the party leader and a senator of Christian party SGP, signed a manifesto against…

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Added on: 01/07/2019

Iceland urged to partially end its ban on gay men donating blood

01/05/2019

Despite being one of the more socially liberal countries, Iceland still has a ban on gay men donating blood. One of the chief epidemiologists in Iceland has urged…

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Added on: 01/07/2019

Ombudsman rejects reports about attacked LGBT person in Artsakh

01/06/2019

The Human Rights Defender of the Artsakh Republic Artak Beglaryan has rejected the reports about gay person attacked in Artsakh. “Moments ago, an explicit fake page on…

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Added on: 01/06/2019

In this UK city, new sex education lessons are a victory for trans rights

01/05/2019

The city of Brighton and Hove in the United Kingdom will be teaching a more inclusive sex education curriculum. School children in the city’s schools will now…

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Added on: 01/06/2019

Raising awareness of LGBT issues in Asian community

01/04/2019

Syeda Sarwat came to Britain as a student in 2010 in a bid to escape the violence, abuse and social isolation that she says she suffered as…

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Added on: 01/05/2019

Life of a gay migrant: Racism exists in the LGBT community too

01/05/2019

Ireland may be known as the land of céad míle fáilte, but a report in the last months of 2018 suggests more needs to be done to…

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Added on: 01/03/2019

Government ‘mishandling’ Trans Rights Reform by Failing to Tackles Health Inequalities, Former Tory Minister Says

01/02/2019

A former Conservative cabinet minister has accused the government of “mishandling” reforms needed to improve the health and quality of life of transpeople. Maria Miller, the chair of the commons women and equalities…

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Added on: 01/02/2019

LGBTI group lodges criminal complaint against newspaper for inciting hate

12/31/2018

Dozens of LGBTI activists in Turkey held a protest in central Istanbul calling for justice after the brutal and gruesome murder of trans woman Hande Kader. The…

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Added on: 01/02/2019

Women marry at midnight to become first same-sex couple to marry in Austria

01/01/2018

Two women tied the note just minutes after midnight in Austria making them the first same-sex couple to get married on the day it became legal. Nicole…

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Added on: 01/02/2019

Trump official plans to welcome anti-LGBT Russian politician Dmitry Rogozin

01/01/2018

A senior Trump administration official has sparked concerns over a plan to waive sanctions against extremist Russian politician Dmitry Rogozin to allow him to visit the US. Politico…

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Added on: 01/02/2019

Good news: conversion therapies CAN cure gay people … of religion!

12/31/2018

Teddy Prout, above, Director of Community Services for Humanists UK, claims that faith-based therapies aimed ‘curing’ homosexuality can result in people turning their back on religion. Speaking here about research…

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Added on: 01/01/2019

Stanford scholar explores the history of gay rights in Germany

12/29/2018

Less than 80 years after roughly 6,000 gay men perished in Nazi concentration camps, Germany has become one of the countries mostly widely accepting of lesbian, gay,…

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Added on: 12/31/2018

Tanzania dismisses travel advisory by US

12/29/2018

Tanzania has reacted angrily to an advisory issued by the US to its citizens, against travelling to the East African country, terming the action malicious. Government spokesman…

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Added on: 12/29/2018

Students hijack Ofsted signs in bid for LGBT inclusive sex ed in 2019

12/27/2018

A group of student activists have created banners in the style of those made by Ofsted, the UK schools regulator, in a bid to highlight the lack…

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Added on: 12/29/2018

Trans soldier Hannah Graf among those celebrated in New Year’s honors list

12/29/2018

Trans soldier Hannah Graf has been celebrated in the New Year’s honors list among a whole host of exceptional people in the United Kingdom. The honors and bravery list…

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Added on: 12/28/2018

Russian City Cancels K-Pop Film Amid Fear of ‘Korean Homosexuals’

12/26/2018

A theater in the Russian city of Makhachkala canceled the premiere of the music documentary BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul after a social media campaign accused BTS,…

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Added on: 12/27/2018

Anti-discrimination ‘We All Belong’ pledge launch

12/26/2018

The ‘We All Belong’ campaign in Derry & Strabane have launched their pledge to tackle prejudice, racism, discrimination and all forms of hatred. Public representatives, as well…

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Added on: 12/27/2018

Activists replace 200 Tube adverts with instructions on how to stop deportations

12/18/2018

Campaign asks members of the public to protest deportations on commercial flights by refusing to take seat. Campaigners have “hacked” hundreds of adverts on the London Underground, replacing them…

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Added on: 12/26/2018

No ‘Gay Propaganda’ Found in Schoolchildren’s Art, Police Say

12/26/2018

Police found no violations of Russia’s gay propaganda laws in confiscated children’s drawings from a school art exhibition after parents complained that they depicted same-sex couples. Russia…

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Added on: 12/26/2018

Gay Life in Berlin Is Starting to Echo a Darker Era

12/25/2018

Germany has long been lauded for its liberal attitude toward sex. It recently passed laws allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt, and just became the first…

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Added on: 12/25/2018

Peep Show’s Robert Webb slams trans charity that saves lives: ‘Mermaids sucks’

12/24/2018

Peep Show star Robert Webb has attacked a UK charity that helps to save trans lives. The British comedian slammed Mermaids in a series of tweets that…

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Added on: 12/25/2018

Stonewall hits back at ‘inaccurate’ transgender lottery grant bias claims

12/23/2018

Stonewall has responded to an “inaccurate” article by the Sunday Times about a grant reportedly awarded to the charity by the Big Lottery Fund. The piece claimed…

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Added on: 12/24/2018

Transgender university students told not to use men’s toilet

12/22/2018

Two transgender students have received an apology from their English university after a security guard told them not to use the men’s toilets. The security guard allegedly…

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Added on: 12/24/2018

LGBTQ young homeless people often remain invisible when mainstream providers deliver services

12/22/2018

Earlier this week, it was revealed that there has been a huge spike in deaths of homeless people sleeping on Britain’s streets. We’re shocked and extremely saddened…

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Added on: 12/24/2018

Thousands of Canadians have signed petitions to ban conversion therapy

12/21/2018

Thousands of Canadians have rallied behind two petitions calling for a nationwide ban of conversion therapy. It’s part of a wider global trend condemning the practice….

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Added on: 12/23/2018

Formerly Antigay Mom Tells Parents: Don’t ‘Repeat My Mistake’

12/21/2018

When Ukrainian mother Olena Globa discovered her teenage son’s love poems about a man, she confronted him and demanded, “Are you a faggot?” When her son Bogdan…

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Added on: 12/21/2018

CONIFA referee Raymond Mashamba, outed as gay in Zimbabwe, granted asylum in UK

12/21/2018

Raymond Mashamba was being blackmailed over his sexuality by a former friend in Bulawayo before and during the CONIFA World Football Cup, an international tournament for teams…