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Added on: 08/31/2021

Attacks on LGBTQ+ community across UK spark fear

08/30/2021

The government data for England, Wales and Scotland has revealed that since 2015, hate crimes related to sexual orientation and gender identity have increased. In the year…

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Added on: 08/27/2021

UK HOME OFFICE TELLS GAY AFGHAN THAT HE COULD BE SENT BACK TO AFGHANISTAN

08/27/2021

An undocumented Afghan man living in the United Kingdom has been reportedly told by the Home Office that he may have to go back to Afghanistan. Ahmad,…

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Added on: 08/26/2021

People ‘anxious to go home’ to Poland amid anti-LGBT regime

08/25/2021

Polish people living in Merseyside have revealed they are anxious about returning to their home country. Maciej, who lives in Southport, and Wiktoria, who lives in Liverpool,…

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Added on: 08/26/2021

School refusing to teach kids about LGBT+ lives should not be allowed to expand, says Ofsted

08/25/2021

Talmud Torah London, a fee-paying boys primary school in North London that primarily serves the Orthodox Jewish community, applied to the Department for Education (DfE) for permission…

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Added on: 08/24/2021

UK: Police to now use ‘rainbow coloured’ patrol cars to help the LGBT community

08/23/2021

In a bid to encourage the LGBTQ+ community to lodge complaints of online hate crimes, the police in the United Kingdom have decided to paint their patrol…

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Added on: 08/23/2021

Edinburgh student to launch city’s first lesbian bar with ‘no cis men’

08/22/2021

An Edinburgh local has decided to open the first-ever bar for lesbians and queer women. While the capital already has bars for the LGBTQI+ community, Emily Frood,…

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Added on: 08/22/2021

The ‘laughing, loving diva’ who fights tirelessly for gay and lesbian rights

08/21/2021

“A group of remarkable people who met weekly, daily, to work out what might be possible to work out what was possible to change the lives of…

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Added on: 08/20/2021

Charity watchdog in talks with anti-trans LGB Alliance after ‘hateful’ bestiality tweet

08/19/2021

The anti-trans group gained charitable status earlier this year in spite of fierce objections from multiple LGBT+ charities and a petition signed by more than 44,000 people….

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Added on: 08/18/2021

Scotland’s LGBT community is frightened by the current anti-trans obsession

08/17/2021

I NEVER picked a “side” – I was born this way. Common decency would argue that a group of people put into the continuous, never-ending, daily cycle…

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Added on: 08/17/2021

Men hurt in homophobic attack at Birmingham’s Gay Village

08/16/2021

Two men have been attacked with bottles and had homophobic abuse shouted at them in Birmingham, police have said. Rob and Patrick, in their 30s, were outside…

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Added on: 08/14/2021

Kids in this country can ‘explore gender’ in school without parental consent

8/13/21

Children as young as four can “explore their gender” without parental consent in some parts of the UK. New guidance in Scotland has said schoolkids should be…

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Added on: 08/08/2021

British diver Tom Daley says sports has ‘a lot further to go’ on LGBTQ acceptance

8/7/21

British diver Tom Daley says he is proud to be able to inspire other people as an openly gay athlete, but he is quick to add that…

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Added on: 08/06/2021

Pride in London cancelled because of Covid restrictions

08/06/2021

This year’s Pride in London parade has been cancelled because of social-distancing measures, organisers have announced. More than 35,000 people had been expected to attend the flagship…

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Added on: 08/03/2021

Isaac Blake — Romani Cultural & Arts Company, Wales

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How did you become involved in activism? When you think of yourself as Roma, you automatically become an activist within your community because you see, you feel,…

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Added on: 08/01/2021

Revellers celebrate three decades of Belfast pride

7/31/21

THE streets were buzzing on Saturday as revellers took to the city centre to celebrate the 30th annual Belfast Pride. While the traditional parade couldn’t take because…

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Added on: 07/31/2021

Wales launches plan to become most LGBT-friendly country in Europe as Westminster slides backwards

7/30/21

The Welsh government has unveiled a new LGBT+ action plan and set out its hope to become the most LGBT-friendly country in Europe. Key actions will include…

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Added on: 07/29/2021

LGBT+ campaigners demand inclusion at first UK ‘Reclaim Pride’ march

07/24/2021

LONDON, July 24 (Openly) – Holding banners and shouting slogans of defiance, thousands of LGBT+ people took to the streets of London on Saturday to protest against…

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Added on: 07/25/2021

Taxi-driving gay Catholic priest subjected to vile homophobic abuse

7/24/21

A gay Catholic priest in Liverpool has been left “petrified” after he was subjected to homophobic abuse in a “disgusting” hate crime. Father Paul Newbery is a…

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Added on: 07/22/2021

UK to engage Guyana on LGBT rights, abolishing death penalty and decriminalising suicide

07/21/2021

The United Kingdom (UK), through its High Commission in Guyana, intends to engage the Irfaan Ali led government on major human rights issues in the coming months….

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Added on: 07/20/2021

Gay rugby player wins five-year battle against deportation to Kenya

07/19/2021

A gay rugby player is celebrating after winning a five-year battle against deportation to Kenya, where he feared he would be persecuted because of his sexuality. Kenneth…

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Added on: 07/16/2021

Here are 3 Olympic couples who will be competing on the same team in Tokyo

07/15/2021

A record number of out LGBTQ athletes are heading to Tokyo, and naturally, that means several Olympic couples will be making the trip together. We’ve seen same-sex…

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Added on: 07/15/2021

How a fearless activist forced Isle of Man to end its gay sex ban – and why his fight isn’t over

07/14/2021

On 10 July, 1991, local gay rights campaigner Alan Shea, supported by activists from LGBT+ group OutRage! In London, demanded the end of the Isle of Man’s…

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Added on: 06/27/2021

Liverpool attacks: ‘Things must change or LGBT people won’t feel safe’

6/26/21

“It’s 2021, things are supposed to be better for us now,” says 19-year-old Josh Ormrod. Josh is a music student from Buxton, living in Liverpool, and he’s…

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Added on: 06/22/2021

Trans men ‘let down’ and in ‘extreme distress’ as NHS quietly stops life-changing penis surgery

06/21/2021

Finlay Games is a trans man who, as part of his transition, had a series of operations to construct a penis, which is known as phalloplasty. “I…

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Added on: 06/17/2021

How lockdown changed the coming out experience for LGBT people

06/15/2021

Until last year, Alayna Fender was a ‘confirmed bisexual’ – a slogan she used on merch for her Youtube channel MissFenderr after coming out to her thousands…

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Added on: 06/15/2021

Boris Johnson tells G7 leaders world must rebuild ‘in a more gender-neutral and feminine way’

06/14/2021

Boris Johnson surprised the G7 summit by saying the world must rebuild post-pandemic in a more “gender-neutral and feminine” way. At a meeting of leaders of the…

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Added on: 06/13/2021

Pride Month: LGBT Scots on homophobia, trans rights and what still needs to change in Scotland

6/12/21

There may not be a parade this year, but Pride Month is an opportunity to spotlight LGBT+ experiences in Scotland. So we spoke to a range of…

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Added on: 06/03/2021

Pride month: The LGBT history you probably didn’t learn in school

06/02/2021

If you think we live in an open-minded, sex-positive society now, just wait until you hear what may have been going on down the Yorkshire mines in…

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Added on: 05/28/2021

Number of over-65s identifying as gay, lesbian or bisexual rises for first time

05/27/2021

The number of older people identifying as gay, lesbian or bisexual (LGB) has increased for the first time, figures show. Proportions of people aged 65 and over…

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Added on: 05/21/2021

Outcast to icon: Peter Tatchell’s 50 years of LGBT+ activism

05/20/2021

Driven by passion and motivated by justice, veteran activist Peter Tatchell says LGBT+ equality remains elusive despite his 50-year campaign for gay rights in Britain and beyond….