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Added on: 08/01/2020

Builders will start work on this new £2.4million LGBT+ center for Manchester next week

07/30/2020

Builders are to start work creating a bespoke £2.4million LGBT+ center for Manchester, the northern capital of LGBT+ Britain. And TV writer and producer Russell T Davies…

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Added on: 07/29/2020

Police launch investigation after homophobic comic books pushed through letterboxes

07/28/2020

Officials are investigating after extreme anti-LGBT+ cartoons listing homosexuality alongside incest, bestiality and child sacrifice were pushed through letterboxes in the suburb of Redland and possibly other…

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Added on: 07/23/2020

Gay, black and fast: Olympic hopeful swims against tide of homophobia in Jamaica

07/22/2020

Early in his budding career as a professional swimmer, Olympic hopeful Michael Gunning faced a regular putdown in the pool from snide schoolmates: “Black people don’t swim.”…

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Added on: 07/14/2020

UK debates creation of gender-neutral passports

07/13/2020

Gender-neutral passports (where ‘X’ replaces M/F) will be debated again this week in the British Parliament after judges ruled in March that the Home Office has the…

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Added on: 07/10/2020

Northern Ireland to get religious same-sex marriage

07/09/2020

Same-sex religious marriages will be allowed in Northern Ireland, the British government said on Thursday, bowing to pressure from LGBT+ campaigners after the first secular lesbian wedding…

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Added on: 07/06/2020

Protesters take to the streets amid concerns over Tory government’s alleged rollback of trans rights

07/05/2020

More than a thousand people gathered in London’s Parliament Square yesterday (July 4) to protest against the government’s alleged abandonment of reforms to the Gender Recognition Act….

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Added on: 07/04/2020

Government slammed for asking people if ‘gay cure’ therapy should be made illegal

07/03/2020

The government has come under fire for a now-deleted tweet asking people to debate conversion therapy and the effect it has on the LGBTQ community. The House…

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Added on: 06/28/2020

LGBT+ Marches From London to New York Call for End to Racism

06/27/2020

As thousands of people marched in support of Pride and racial justice globally this weekend, many demonstrators called for an end to often-overlooked racism within the LGBT+…

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Added on: 06/21/2020

British Museum adds five priceless LGBT+ artefacts to its collection to improve diversity

06/20/2020

The British Museum has added five new LGBT+ artefacts to its collection, improving the diversity of its collection with priceless pieces of queer history. The pieces, which…

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Added on: 06/19/2020

Gender Recognition Act: LGBT political group anger at trans law ‘changes’

06/18/2020

LGBT groups from the UK political parties have expressed “disappointment and anger” over potential changes to laws affecting trans people. Leaders of the groups representing lesbian, gay,…

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Added on: 06/14/2020

Boris Johnson Scraps Plans To Make Changing Gender Easier In Blow For Trans Rights

06/13/2020

Boris Johnson has reportedly scrapped plans to make changing your gender easier, in a blow for trans rights. On the first day, Boris Johnson came to power…

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Added on: 06/10/2020

‘Trans women are women’: Daniel Radcliffe speaks out after JK Rowling tweets

06/09/2020

The Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has spoken out over JK Rowling’s recent comments about the transgender community and said he hopes they will not “taint” the…

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Added on: 06/05/2020

Edinburgh Pride: Scotland to become first nation in the world to put LGBTQ history on curriculum

06/04/2020

Next year Scotland will become the first nation IN THE WORLD to teach LGBTQ history in schools. In November 2018, Scottish Ministers accepted in full the recommendations…

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Added on: 05/24/2020

U.K. Contact Tracing App Could Endanger LGBT Human Rights

05/23/2020

Contact tracing is going to become an inevitable reality as the world leaves lockdown. But, the longterm human rights implications of that for LGBT people and minorities…

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Added on: 05/24/2020

‘It means that I’m not limiting myself’: Being agender means living outside the gender binary

05/23/2020

What is agender? For this arts worker, its meaning comes down to “not limiting” yourself to the perceived gender binary. The definition of agender in the Merriam-Webster…

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Added on: 05/22/2020

Over half of LGBTQ Europeans are not out about their identities, report finds

05/21/2020

Six in 10 gay and lesbian Europeans avoid holding hands with same-sex partners in public, and over half of LGBTQ people in Europe are almost never open…

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Added on: 05/19/2020

Coronavirus causing a humanitarian crisis for LGBT+ people around the world

05/18/2020

LGBT+ people around the world are facing a humanitarian crisis. And COVID-19 risks decimating the organizations they rely on for support. UK-based international LGBT+ charity, the Kaleidoscope…

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Added on: 05/18/2020

The ‘gender critical’ feminist movement is a cult that grooms, controls and abuses, according to a lesbian who managed to escape

05/17/2020

“TERF is hate speech and it’s time to condemn it,” gender-critical writer Amy Dyess announced in October 2018 – words she now regrets. “TERF is a slur…

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Added on: 05/15/2020

Anti-LGBT violence and discrimination ‘remain high,’ EU report says

05/14/2020

Levels of “fear, violence and discrimination remain high” for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people in Europe, according to a survey published Thursday by the EU’s…

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Added on: 05/14/2020

These queer Muslims are finding ways to stay connected, focused and safe this Ramadan – even under lockdown

05/13/2020

Halfway through Ramadan, Sabah Choudrey, a “reluctant activist on most things trans, brown and hairy” and the co-founder of Trans Pride Brighton, says they’re still figuring things…

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Added on: 05/14/2020

LGBT+ asylum seekers are sharing bedrooms with strangers during coronavirus

05/13/2020

The Covid-19 pandemic is revealing how our dysfunctional asylum and immigration system is failing to support people in need. The system prevents people from accessing health services…

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Added on: 05/04/2020

‘Fearless’ Scots lawyer who worked to decriminalise sex between men found dead in his home

05/03/2020

65-year-old Derek Ogg QC was found dead at his home in Langside, Glasgow on the evening of May 1. There are not thought to be any suspicious…

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Added on: 04/30/2020

Transgender man loses appeal court battle to be registered as father

04/29/2020

A transgender man who gave birth has lost his appeal court battle to be registered as a father in a case that wrestled with the legal definition…

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Added on: 04/21/2020

Third of UK lesbian mothers experience homophobia from other parents

04/20/2020

One in three lesbian mothers in Britain has experienced homophobia from other parents, while the same proportion have children who have been bullied for having two mums,…

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Added on: 04/20/2020

LGBT+ community pays tribute to Lyra McKee on first anniversary of her murder

04/20/2020

On Saturday, April 18, the LGBT+ community paid tribute to writer Lyra McKee marking the first anniversary of the journalist’s death. Under the hashtag #WeStandWithLyra, the digital…

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Added on: 04/12/2020

‘Father’ of modern Iraqi architecture dies after contracting coronavirus

04/11/2020

Rifat Chadirji, a man often referred to as the father of modern Iraqi architecture, has died after contracting coronavirus. The 93-year-old architect and photographer was living in…

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Added on: 04/07/2020

Don’t ‘celebrate’ gay people, just accept us, says teacher at centre of schools row

04/06/2020

Andrew Moffat, the gay teacher targeted by Muslim anti-LGBT protesters at Parkfield community school in Birmingham, is wearing his usual rainbow lanyard and says he feels safe…

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Added on: 04/05/2020

Coronavirus: LGBT+ charity says young people should ‘pause’ coming out in lockdown

04/04/2020

LGBT+ young people should “hit pause” on coming out while self-isolating with their families during the coronavirus pandemic, a UK charity has advised. The Albert Kennedy Trust…

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Added on: 03/30/2020

Isolation and HIV memories hit LGBT+ elderly hard in lockdowns

03/29/2020

As lockdowns are imposed around the world to stop the spread of coronavirus, LGBT+ groups are scrambling to support older members of their community who are more…

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Added on: 03/29/2020

UK Black Pride warns coronavirus will adversely affect queer people of colour as annual festival is postponed

03/28/2020

UK Black Pride has been indefinitely postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has seen the UK go into lockdown. The event, which is Europe’s largest…