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Added on: 04/01/2022

Qatari official says rainbow flags may be confiscated to “protect” World Cup fans

04/01/2022

Fans at the World Cup in Qatar may have rainbow flags confiscated by security in order to “protect” them against perceptions they are “insulting” the society, a…

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Added on: 04/01/2022

One in three LGBT+ Brits abused by their family, disturbing report finds

04/01/2022

One in three LGBT+ people in Britain have been abused by their relatives, a study by Galop has found. The LGBT+ anti-abuse charity found that of the…

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Added on: 03/21/2022

Baroness Nicholson forced to back down on banning trans people from hospital wards

03/20/2022

In the early hours of the morning on Thursday (17 March), Baroness Nicholson proposed an amendment to the controversial Health and Care Bill, which aims to reorganise…

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Added on: 03/20/2022

Meet the asylum seeker who chairs Carlisle City of Sanctuary group

3/20/22

MINA Banisaeid is an asylum seeker who has not only changed her own life, but is helping to improve the lives of others around her. She is…

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Added on: 03/02/2022

Majority of Anglicans back same-sex marriage despite Church of England’s archaic stance Majority of Anglicans back same-sex marriage despite Church of England’s archaic stance.

03/01/2022

A majority of English Anglicans now back same-sex marriage, despite the Church of England’s refusal to perform or bless them. The Church of England does not perform…

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Added on: 02/26/2022

The UK’s First LGBTQ+ Museum

02/25/2022

For Joseph Galliano, Director of UK charity Queer Britain, museums signal what stories and communities we value. A new museum in London, dedicated to Britain’s LGBTQ+ history,…

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Added on: 02/20/2022

Freestyle skiing-Kenworthy urges IOC to consider host’s human rights stance

2/18/22

Freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy, an advocate for LGBT+ rights, said on Saturday the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should take a host nation’s stance on human rights issues…

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Added on: 02/17/2022

‘Nuns quivered at the naughty bits!’ The story of trailblazing gay pop song Kay, Why?

02/15/2022

For LGBTQ+ people, and especially for gay men, the summer of 1967 offered much promise. The Sexual Offences Act had just been passed, meaning that homosexuality –…

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Added on: 02/16/2022

LGBTI Asylum Seekers Suffer Double Discrimination in Europe

02/15/2022

Members of the LGBTI community which are looking for asylum in different countries of Europe are facing some difficulties, including double discrimination even in countries that rank…

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Added on: 02/12/2022

Isle of Man to pardon men convicted for homosexual acts

2/11/22

Men who have been convicted for homosexual acts on the Isle of Man will be automatically pardoned later this year in what campaigners said was a long…

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Added on: 02/12/2022

LGBT organisations ask UN to revoke status of British rights watchdog

2/10/22

A group of 20 LGBT organisations have asked the UN to revoke the status of Britain’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). A 19-page submission to the…

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Added on: 02/08/2022

Met Police chief says ‘nasty’ homophobia, racism and misogyny ‘risks force losing public consent’

02/07/2022

A damning report by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) revealed that there was “pervasive evidence” of bullying and harassment within the Met Police involving officers…

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Added on: 02/08/2022

Queer Square Mile – two centuries of diverse Welsh storytelling

02/06/2022

Queer Square Mile is a ground-breaking anthology of queer Welsh writing edited by Mihangel Morgan, Kirsti Bohata and Huw Osborne and published by Parthian. The volume makes…

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Added on: 02/06/2022

Meet the 23 Gay Women Competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics

2/4/22

The 2022 Winter Olympics kicked off its razzlin’, dazzlin’, flipplin’, slidin’ 16-day event with a fireworks-heavy opening ceremony this morning in Beijing, and if you’re anything like…

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Added on: 02/06/2022

Abhorrent and Inhumane. So why has a ban on gay conversion therapy in Scotland still not happened?

2/5/22

Is this a good time to bring up the subject of whether Conservative governments can be relied on, whether they stick to their word, whether they keep…

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Added on: 02/05/2022

Staff Are Quitting Britain’s Equality Watchdog the EHRC Due to ‘Transphobia’

2/4/22

Employees are quitting Britain’s equalities and human rights watchdog because they say it has become “transphobic” and “the enemy of human rights”, VICE World News has learned….

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Added on: 01/31/2022

Activists warn against loophole in UK ban on conversion practices

01/30/2022

Campaigners are urging ministers to ensure any forthcoming UK-wide ban on conversion practices does not contain a loophole allowing those who received “informed consent” from their victims…

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Added on: 01/30/2022

Meet the LGBT+ East and Southeast Asian club night queering Lunar New Year

1/29/22

For June Lam, running a queer club night for Lunar New Year represents an important chance to “stop everything, dance and be connected to our cultures”. Lunar…

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Added on: 01/29/2022

LGBT veterans: Flashbacks after ‘sadistic’ interrogation

1/28/22

A gay veteran said being starved, denied sleep and subjected to “sadistic” internal examinations on an RAF station has left him with flashbacks and depression 35 years…

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Added on: 01/28/2022

James Bates — Gender Community Lending Library, United Kingdom

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What led to the founding of the Gender Community Lending Library (GCLL)? In Autumn 2020, I was close to being ‘stealth.’ Not even my closest friends knew…

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Added on: 01/27/2022

UK equalities watchdog urges Scotland to pause gender recognition reforms

01/26/2022

The UK’s equalities watchdog has written to the Scottish government asking it to pause plans to simplify the legal requirements for gender recognition. LGBT+ equality campaigners hit back…

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Added on: 01/25/2022

UK’s first LGBTQ museum to open in London this spring.

01/24/2022

The UK’s first LGBTQ museum is due to open this spring in London, founded by the charity Queer Britain. The museum will be located on the ground…

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Added on: 01/20/2022

LGBT veterans who served during ban on gay troops to share experiences in government review

01/19/2022

LGBT veterans will be asked about how they were treated when serving in the British military while there was a ban on gay personnel. About 5,000 ex-service…

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Added on: 01/19/2022

Peter Tatchell at 70: why the fight goes on – after Netflix stardom and 30 years of gay rights victories

01/18/2022

On a gloweringly grey January afternoon, Peter Tatchell arrives on time, bearing gifts. “Happy New Year!” he says, and hands me the latest issue of the New…

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Added on: 01/18/2022

‘They are literally murdering us’: poet Joelle Taylor on bringing the LGBTQ+ community together

01/17/2022

Since winning the TS Eliot award for poetry last week, Joelle Taylor has been referred to on more than one occasion as a “slam poet”. Which, she…

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Added on: 01/07/2022

‘Gay cake’ case shows power of US Christian Right

01/06/2022

Gay rights activist Gareth Lee has lost his seven-year battle with the Christian owners of a Northern Ireland bakery who refused to make him a cake decorated…

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Added on: 01/06/2022

U.K. expands ‘Turing’s Law’ to pardon past same-sex convictions

01/06/2022

In a long-awaited triumph for the U.K.’s LGBTQ community, the government on Tuesday announced that anyone convicted of consensual same-sex activity under now-defunct laws will soon be…

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Added on: 01/04/2022

All gay sex convictions to be pardoned in plan to ‘right wrongs of the past’.

01/03/2022

Any conviction that was imposed on someone purely due to consensual homosexual activity under now-abolished laws will be included in a scheme aimed at “righting the wrongs…

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Added on: 01/03/2022

Major group of UK girls schools says ‘it will not accept transgender students’

01/02/2022

A LEADING group of girls schools has stated it will not accept transgender students through fears of jeopardising single-sex status, leaving unions to call on the Government…

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Added on: 01/02/2022

Tom Daley promises to use his OBE to advocate for LGBT+ rights across the world

1/2/22

The Olympic diver was made an OBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours List, and he told BBC Breakfast that he now feels a responsibility to make…