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Added on: 05/20/2021

‘Political backlash’ blamed for halting LGBT+ rights gains in Europe

05/17/2021

Progress on laws to boost LGBT+ rights has come to a virtual standstill in Europe amid a rise in homophobic and anti-transgender rhetoric by politicians in countries…

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Added on: 05/20/2021

Welsh town seats world’s first known nonbinary mayor

05/13/2021

Owen Hurcum took office Monday as the world’s first known nonbinary mayor. Hurcum, 23, is genderqueer and agender, and was elected unanimously last year by the City…

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Added on: 05/17/2021

UK government to host its first global conference on LGBTQ+ rights

05/16/2021

The UK government’s first-ever global conference on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights is to be hosted in London next year, as ministers race to fulfil pledges…

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Added on: 05/13/2021

Lesbian penguins are this mating season’s hot new couple

05/13/2021

Mating season is underway for the Gentoo penguins at the London’s Sea Life aquarium, and two lesbian penguin couples have already got together. The two couples –…

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Added on: 05/12/2021

U.K. to ban LGBTQ conversion therapy and provide more support

05/11/2021

Britain will move to ban conversion therapy and provide more support to those in the LGBTQ community who have undergone the treatment, as part of its post-pandemic…

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Added on: 05/08/2021

Trans Teens Are Being Denied the Essential Treatment They’re Legally Entitled To

5/7/21

Young people in England and Wales with gender dysphoria are being left “in limbo” and unable to access time-sensitive puberty blocker medication, VICE World News has been…

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Added on: 04/28/2021

Scottish election 2021: Douglas Ross attacked for historic comments on gay marriage during TV leaders’ debate

04/27/2021

The Scottish Conservative leader was asked about his position on equal marriage in Tuesday night’s debate following a report in the Daily Record that he, while a…

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Added on: 04/27/2021

Cameroonian LGBT activist champions imprisoned transgender women

04/26/2021

Coming from Cameroon where letting it be known that she was a lesbian could lead to prison time, activist and social media influencer Bandy Kiki struggled to…

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Added on: 04/27/2021

Long road to motherhood: Lesbians fight for IVF in Europe

04/26/2021

LONDON, April 26 (Openly) – It took Leonie Plastina and her wife Sonja years of careful research – poring over LGBT+ rights laws and private medical costs…

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Added on: 04/27/2021

UK government disbands LGBT advisory panel after members quit in protest

04/26/2021

The UK government has disbanded an LGBTQ advisory panel after three of its members resigned in protest. Established under former Prime Minister Theresa May as part of…

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Added on: 04/24/2021

What is conversion therapy and will it be banned?

04/23/2021

According to NHS England, conversion therapy, sometimes called “reparative therapy” or “gay cure therapy”, is based on attempts to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. It…

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Added on: 04/24/2021

Plans for DUP leader Arlene Foster to meet with LGBT groups ‘belatedly welcome’ say campaigners

04/22/2021

Plans for First Minister Arlene Foster to meet with LGBT organisations have been described by campaigners as “belatedly welcome”. The DUP leader is set to meet with…

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Added on: 04/20/2021

Gay conversion ban: Therapy is a ‘humiliating and harmful practice’

04/20/2021

Gay conversion therapy is a humiliating and harmful practice that needs to be banned, a Stormont assembly debate has heard. Politicians on Tuesday passed a motion calling…

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Added on: 04/19/2021

Gay former extremist Caolan Robertson says leaving the far-right was like escaping ‘a cult’

04/18/2021

A gay former extremist Caolan Robertson has said that leaving the far-right was like leaving “a cult”, and explained how homophobia contributed to his radicalisation. Robertson grew…

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Added on: 04/18/2021

Nicola Sturgeon pledges action against gay conversion therapy and reaffirms commitment on gender recognition reform

04/18/2021

Last week Boris Johnson disbanded an LGBT advisory panel, which had been appointed by Theresa May when she was prime minister, shortly after three members quit accusing…

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Added on: 04/18/2021

‘Being trans is not something you put on and take off. It’s part of who you are’

04/17/2021

Rowan Moore’s son Felix came out as transgender to his family seven years ago, when he was 19. Here they address some of the significant themes in…

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Added on: 04/14/2021

Alba Party candidate condemned for ‘dangerous and irresponsible’ lie Stonewall wants to lower age of consent

04/12/2021

A Scottish Alba Party parliamentary candidate has been condemned for spreading the ‘dangerous and irresponsible’ lie that Stonewall wants to lower the age of consent to 10-years-old….

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Added on: 04/12/2021

Brunel Museum seeks LGBTQ+ engineers to change perceptions

04/11/2021

The Brunel Museum is looking to work with engineers who identify as LGBTQ+ to help change perceptions of what makes an engineer. The museum plans to create…

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Added on: 04/01/2021

Defiant MP skewers LGB Alliance for spewing ‘nonsense, fake news and misinformation’ around conversion therapy

03/31/2021

Jamie Stone, a Scottish Liberal Democrat MP, lambasted the high-decibel anti-trans lobbying group for “masquerading as LGBT+ allies”, a sentiment similarly expressed by top Pride organisers and…

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Added on: 03/25/2021

New £50 note featuring Alan Turing to enter circulation in June

02/25/2021

A new £50 note featuring Alan Turing, the scientist best known for his codebreaking work during the second world war, has been unveiled by the Bank of…

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Added on: 03/25/2021

UK: Trans community will be included in so-called conversion therapy ban

03/24/2021

The transgender community will be protected under plans to outlaw so-called conversion therapy, the equalities minister has told ITV News. Calls for the Tory government to implement…

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Added on: 03/25/2021

‘Lockdown isolation helped me come out as LGBT’

03/23/2021

“I’ll be coming out of this pandemic as a completely different person,” says 19-year-old Nathan. “If I was to look at who I was a year ago,…

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Added on: 03/20/2021

Entire Pride in London advisory board resigns citing ‘hostile environment’

3/19/21

Every member of Pride in London’s community advisory board has resigned citing an alleged culture of bullying and a “hostile environment” for people of colour volunteers. The…

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Added on: 03/17/2021

LGBT+groups from eight parties call for legislation to ban conversion therapy

03/15/2021

L GBT+ groups from eight political parties have called on the Government to introduce a legislative ban on conversion therapy. They have written to the Government Equalities…

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Added on: 03/14/2021

HOW SECTION 28’S PAINFUL LEGACY IS STILL BEING FELT THREE DECADES ON

11/18/20

In May 1988, Section 28, the most anti-gay piece of legislation of modern times, became law amid a tsunami of fear and hatred. By the mid 1980s,…

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Added on: 03/14/2021

Why is the government facing a backlash from its LGBT+ advisory panel?

3/14/21

Revealing the results of one of the world’s largest ever surveys of LGBT+ people almost three years ago, the British government laid out some stark – albeit…

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Added on: 03/13/2021

Boris Johnson says conversion ‘therapy’ is ‘complex’ to deal with – but government vows to ban it ‘shortly’

3/12/21

Boris Johnson has said addressing the issue of so-called conversion ‘therapy’ is “complex” – as his government said it would bring forward plans to ban it in…

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Added on: 03/12/2021

UK charity launches world’s first LGBT+ climate fund

03/11/2021

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A British charity on Thursday launched the world’s first fund to support LGBT+ people whose vulnerability to climate change is worsened by…

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Added on: 03/09/2021

Researchers perform new study on intersex experience

03/08/2021

Intersex and Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) are two terms used to describe those born with sex characteristics (i.e., chromosomes, gonads, genitals) that do not fit the…

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Added on: 03/06/2021

Archbishop Welby condemns Nigerian Primate’s anti-gay language

03/05/2021

THE Archbishop of Canterbury has condemned the “unacceptable” language that the Archbishop of Nigeria, the Most Revd Henry Ndukuba, used to describe gay people (News, 2 March)….