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Added on: 12/04/2023
12/03/2023
The Premier League’s phenomenal global reach is a major contributing factor to the impact of Rainbow Laces. It’s difficult to quantify exactly how many people the LGBTQ+ inclusion campaign…

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Added on: 12/02/2023
12/1/2023
Concerns are mounting for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers living in accommodation provided by the Home Office as the government ramps up its Operation Maximise exercise to “cram” more…

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Added on: 11/24/2023
11/23/2023
The UK government’s long-promised, and extremely controversial, trans guidance for schools could formally allow pupils to change their names and pronouns. New leaks suggest that the guidance…

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Added on: 11/22/2023
A UK museum says that it will be heeding research that reveals the ancient Roman emperor Elagabalus was transgender and will subsequently be referring to the ruler…

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Added on: 11/14/2023
Namibia’s High Court will rule next May in a case that could see the southern African country overturn a colonial-era ban on same-sex relations. Friedel Dausab, who…

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Added on: 11/11/2023
11/10/2023
South Asian queerness is a defiant celebration of who we are. It’s a combination of unapologetic self-expression and joyous representation. Here, in the UK, the LGBTQIA+ scene…

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Added on: 11/07/2023
11/06/2023
It is looking less and less likely that the abhorrent practice of so-called ‘conversion therapy’ will be banned before the next general election, as proposals have not…

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Added on: 11/04/2023
11/03/2023
In a statistical release on Wednesday (1 November), the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shared corrected numbers for those who identified as pansexual. The ONS stated some…

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Added on: 10/31/2023
10/30/2023
The Dyke Project, a U.K.-based “collection of trans, cis, [and] non-binary lesbians and queers,” says they “hacked” 100 advertisements across London transit by covering up physical ads…

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Added on: 10/30/2023
10/29/2023
Members of the LGBTQ+ community and its allies are growing impatient with Sunak who has yet to deliver on the government’s promise of a ban on trans-inclusive conversion therapy….

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Added on: 10/24/2023
10/23/2023
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks poised to shelve plans for a nationwide conversion therapy ban once again, according to reports. Last week, The Times reported that…

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Added on: 10/22/2023
Rishi Sunak is expected to bring in a long-promised ban on conversion therapy after a backlash from Conservative MPs. The PM is finally set to include a…

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Added on: 10/20/2023
The following 31 Commonwealth nations still have anti-homosexuality laws — roughly three-fifths of the group’s total of 56 nations. Worldwide,66 countries still cling to such anti-homosexuality laws. About half of the…

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Added on: 10/15/2023
10/14/2023
Same-sex couples are still having to pay thousands of pounds before they can access NHS fertility treatment, BBC News has found. In England, the NHS will fund…

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Added on: 10/13/2023
10/12/2023
Hundreds of trans activists gathered outside Downing Street this week to protest against comments Rishi Sunak made at the Tory party conference. Activists from across the UK…

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Added on: 10/11/2023
10/10/2023
There has been no impact on safety since UK rules changed to permit gay and bisexual men to donate blood, a NHS report has revealed. Findings from…

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Added on: 10/07/2023
10/06/2023
Belgium’s deputy prime minister, who ranks as one of Europe’s most senior transgender politicians, has urged Rishi Sunak not to join “the real bullies” after remarks made…

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Added on: 10/04/2023
The United Kingdom’s National Health Service announced plans to bring back sex-specific language and spaces to the nationalized health system in an effort to bolster women’s rights…

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Added on: 10/01/2023
09/30/2023
For drag king Percy Non Grata, the stage isn’t just where he loves performing and doing “ridiculous” things, it’s also where he found a “beautiful” community and…

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Added on: 09/30/2023
09/29/2023
The Ruizia mauritiana is a large green shrub with cascading leaves shaped like lovehearts. There’s one just off the main walkway through the magnificent Temperate House in…

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Added on: 09/28/2023
09/27/2023
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has hit back at UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s highly controversial comments on the international asylum system. Braverman faced heavy backlash this week…

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Added on: 09/23/2023
09/22/2023
Transgender athletes are still able to run in the female category of UK women’s races almost six months after a ban was introduced to prevent them from…

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Added on: 09/20/2023
09/19/2023
Transgender people are being let down by “extraordinarily long” NHS waiting lists, which are causing a “travesty” of self-harm and suicide, an inquest heard. Alice Litman, 20,…

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Added on: 09/17/2023
09/16/20233
Campaigners’ fears may have been realised as Downing Street says it has no update on the long-awaited conversion therapy ban, which many believe won’t be fulfilled as…

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Added on: 09/15/2023
09/14/2023
Alice Litman died in May last year, and her family believe the long wait she had to endure played a part. Litman had been referred to an NHS gender…

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Added on: 09/06/2023
09/05/2023
England midfielder Jordan Henderson has responded to criticism by defending his decision to join a Saudi Arabian club and apologising for the hurt caused to the LGBTQ…

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Added on: 08/31/2023
08/30/2023
The majority of Church of England priests have come out in support of same-sex marriage according to a new survey. A survey by The Times found that Church of…

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Added on: 08/31/2023
08/30/2023
LONDON- Following the arrest of over 150 attendees at a same-sex wedding ceremony in Delta state on Tuesday, a Nigerian-British based pastor and Founder, House of Rainbow…

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Added on: 08/28/2023
08/27/2023
A 34-year-old cis woman in England is the first recipient of a transplanted uterus in the United Kingdom. The operation brings the possibility of uterine transplantation and…

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Added on: 08/26/2023
08/25/2023
A queer couple’s wedding photos have proved a viral hit. Umairah and Sameera got married in Brixton, South London, a fortnight ago. A beautiful photo of them…