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Added on: 03/05/2021

Europe’s nurses need more training to ‘reduce biases’ around LGBT+ issues

03/03/2021

Calls have been made to ensure nurses across Europe are trained to be “compassionate and culturally aware” towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) people, after new…

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Added on: 03/03/2021

UK’s first LGBT+ retirement community given green light to open in 2021

03/02/2021

Tonic Housing has been awarded a £5.7m loan from the mayor of London to purchase 19 properties in Vauxhall, Lambeth. This will become the UK‘s first provider…

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Added on: 02/28/2021

The inclusion of LGBT+ people in the census is long overdue’

2/28/21

The new national census will be conducted this year, and for the first time, it will include questions about LGBTQ+ identity. This is a great stride towards…

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Added on: 02/27/2021

LGBTQ+: Wales’ first bilingual magazine launched in lockdown

2/26/21

What is believed to be Wales’ first national LGBTQ+ bilingual magazine has been launched. LGBTQymru will “celebrate, connect and support the communities of Wales – not just…

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Added on: 02/21/2021

I escaped LGBT conversion therapy, but not everyone is so lucky – ban it now to stop more damage to lives

2/21/21

Whenever I mention conversion therapy, most people are surprised that such things still happen in the UK. There is a sense of bafflement about how and why…

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Added on: 02/20/2021

UK’s MI6 apologises for past treatment of LGBT spies based on ‘misguided’ views

2/19/21

The head of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service apologized Friday to gay spies and aspiring agents who were fired or denied jobs because of their sexuality. Richard Moore…

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Added on: 02/19/2021

As a gay footballer I want to help LGBT people realise they’re not alone

02/19/2021

As a gay footballer, I am very aware of the status I have as a role model – even more so being a gay footballer with an…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

LGBT+ History Month event for teens hijacked by ‘homophobic, transphobic and racist slurs’ and pornography

02/16/2021

An LGBT+ History Month seminar for under-18s was interrupted by a cyber attacker who shouted homophobic, transphobic and racist slurs. Education non-profit Academus Education was hosting a…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

British L.G.B.T. Veterans Stripped of Medals Can Get Them Back

02/16/2021

LONDON — For decades, L.G.B.T. members of Britain’s military were systematically dismissed from the ranks and stripped of their medals. Now, after years of campaigning by those…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

British children in limbo over gender therapy after court ruling

02/15/2021

LONDON, Feb 15 (Openly) – Almost as soon as she could speak, Nina told her parents she was not a boy and she has lived as a…

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Added on: 02/16/2021

Dismissed LGBT veterans can apply to reclaim confiscated medals

02/16/2021

Former military members who were dismissed from service because of their sexuality are now able to reclaim lost medals. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it wanted…

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Added on: 02/14/2021

Highwayman’s 1750 confessions reveal ‘unusual’ ambivalence about gay sex

2/13/21

An “incredibly rare” deathbed confession from an 18th-century highwayman, written just before he was “hung in chains” for robbing the Yarmouth Mail and detailing his enlightened response…

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Added on: 02/13/2021

Military veterans stripped of their medals for being gay will have honours restored under new rules

2/12/21

Military veterans who were stripped of their medals for being gay or transgender will be able to get them restored under a new scheme to remedy historic…

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Added on: 02/12/2021

There will come a point when being a member of the LGBTQ+ community is not a big deal – we are not there yet

02/11/2021

I feel very lucky because my own experience since coming out has been overwhelmingly positive, with the benefit of a loving family, great friends and a supportive…

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Added on: 02/09/2021

Gay asylum seeker flees persecution in Morocco, only to endure more homophobia when arriving in the UK

02/08/2021

He previously told ITV: “It was always, ‘hide yourself, hide yourself’, and don’t show your colours. “If you show your colours it means that you are going…

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Added on: 02/06/2021

LGBT asylum seekers: Call for dedicated housing in Wales

2/5/21

Abderrahim El Habachi, 28, said he felt “unsafe” living alongside some men from North Africa and the Middle East after he arrived in Cardiff in 2017. He…

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Added on: 02/05/2021

LGBT+ history month: remembering the ‘Glamour Boys’ – the gay MPs who warned 1930s Britain about Nazism

02/04/2021

In the 1920s and 1930s of buttoned-up Britain, homosexuality was an illicit act, and would remain that way until 1967 when the law changed in England and…

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Added on: 02/04/2021

LGBT+ history month: forgotten figures who challenged gender expression and identity centuries ago

02/04/2021

Non-binary and trans people have always been here, not least in every recorded society from the ancient world onwards. Why is it then that they’re often absent…

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Added on: 02/02/2021

Scottish government withdraws amendment to exempt ‘criticism of transgender identity’ from hate crime law after backlash

02/01/2021

The Scottish government has pulled an amendment that sought to exempt “criticism of transgender identity” from hate crime laws. The country’s justice minister Humza Yousaf announced via…

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Added on: 02/01/2021

UK Supreme Court to hear case for gender-neutral markings on passports in July

01/31/2021

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom have announced they will begin hearing a case for whether gender-neutral markings, like ‘X’, should be allowed on passports. The…

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Added on: 02/01/2021

Eddie Izzard wants to become the UK’s first-ever transgender MP

01/31/2021

Eddie Izzard, the genderfluid stand-up comedian and longtime Labour campaigner, has a simple mission: Become Britain’s first openly trans member of Parliament. Speaking to the Sunday Mirror…

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Added on: 01/30/2021

Should the President of Magdalen be forced out over a gay marriage case?

1/29/21

Dinah Rose QC is a human rights lawyer of great distinction. A former Barrister of the Year, she has appeared in several high profile cases, ranging from…

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Added on: 01/29/2021

Sturgeon trans rights support prompts calls for reform

01/29/2021

Nicola Sturgeon has been challenged to include meaningful reform of gender recognition legislation in her party’s spring manifesto, after she made her strongest statement yet in support…

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Added on: 01/19/2021

NHS wins right to appeal cruel High Court puberty blockers ruling that restricts healthcare for trans kids

01/18/2021

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, which runs GIDS, the only gender clinic for trans youth in England and Wales, said it would appeal the ruling when…

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Added on: 01/15/2021

Steelers: How anti-gay row inspired rugby film

01/14/2021

Conventional perceptions around sexuality, gender and manliness are challenged in a new documentary about Kings Cross Steelers – the world’s first gay rugby club. The film, called…

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Added on: 01/06/2021

Non-binary person granted asylum in first-of-its-kind ruling

01/05/2021

A non-binary person from El Salvador has been granted asylum in the UK in a first-of-its-kind ruling. Arthur Britney Joestar, 29, identified as a gay man when…

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Added on: 01/03/2021

‘Puberty blockers’ were lifesaving for my daughter – all young people deserve a shot at happiness

1/2/2021

For most of us, the Bell v Tavistock ruling was just another news story. You may not even know what it was. But for a small group…

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Added on: 01/02/2021

Ofcom widens hate speech definition to include transgender intolerance in new guidelines

1/1/2021

Broadcasters were previously required to ensure shows contained no material that incited hated based on race, religion, nationality or sex. This has now been amended to include…

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Added on: 12/30/2020

From coronavirus crackdowns to court battles: 10 top LGBT+ stories in 2020

12/24/2020

LONDON, Dec 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Coronavirus dominated news around the world in 2020, creating particular challenges for the LGBT+ community in terms of mental health,…

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Added on: 12/29/2020

This artist is proving you can be disabled, queer and sexuality active one powerful illustration at a time

12/26/2020

llustrator Dandy Doodlez has opened up about sex, the intersection between queerness and disability, and why the LGBT+ community is so inaccessible. Dandy developed Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME),…