United Kingdom

LGBTI Rights in United Kingdom


ADDED ON: 02/08/2023

Rishi Sunak reshuffle: Where does prime minister’s new cabinet stand on LGBTQ+ rights?

Rishi Sunak has announced a reshuffle of his cabinet, with equalities minister Kemi Badenoch being handed an even meatier role in government amid the on-going discussion around trans rights in the UK.…

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ADDED ON: 02/06/2023

Same-sex marriage row looms over Church of England synod

The repeal of a century-old act of parliament that allows the Church of England to govern itself is among options being considered by MPs frustrated at the church’s continued refusal to offer…

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ADDED ON: 02/05/2023

Jasvir Singh: ‘I’m a devout Sikh – and married to a man’

Jasvir Singh is one of the most prominent Sikh voices in British public life. He is also gay - a fact that he has kept mostly private until now. It's put him…

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ADDED ON: 01/03/2023

UK’s first non-binary priest reveals God guided them to come out after an epiphany

A non-binary priest says God guided them to come out after an epiphany. Bingo Allison, 36, is to their knowledge the first openly non-binary priest to be ordained in the Church of…

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ADDED ON: 01/01/2023

OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY ADDED OVER A DOZEN LGBT WORDS IN 2022

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) adds new words into the dictionary that were used in order to keep up with the ever-evolving English language. For 2022, they added several new LGBTQ entries…

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ADDED ON: 12/26/2022

Donnelly pressed over use of UK clinic for children with gender-identity issues

Documents released under a Freedom of Information request show Mr Donnelly was contacted by a representative from Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) and an individual, whose name was redacted, asking to meet…

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ADDED ON: 12/26/2022

Holocaust survivor and ‘proud gay man’ shares inspirational coming out story: ‘It was beyond liberating’

A Jewish man who lived through the horrors of the Holocaust has shared his heart-warming story of finally feeling able to come out as gay in his 50s. Sacha Kester recalled how living…

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ADDED ON: 12/23/2022

Gender self-determination to be granted in Spain, Scotland

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s lower house of Parliament Thursday passed a law that allows people over 16 years of age to change their legally registered gender without any medical supervision. Under the Spanish…

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ADDED ON: 12/23/2022

LGBT campaigners hail new gender recognition law as MSPs vote for change

The Gender Recognition Reform Bill was voted through the Scottish Parliament on Thursday afternoon after lengthy and often heated debate. Holyrood spent much of Tuesday and Wednesday debating amendments to the Bill…

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ADDED ON: 12/21/2022

NHS will spend £100,000 on scheme that teaches staff how to be inclusive to pregnant transgender men

Health chiefs are planning on forking out £100,000 on a woke scheme that teaches NHS staff how to treat pregnant transgender men inclusively. It could encourage the use of gender-neutral terms such…

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ADDED ON: 12/21/2022

Scottish transgender reform looks imminent after marathon Holyrood debate

Transgender 16- and 17-year-olds in Scotland are soon likely to be able to apply to change the sex on their birth certificate for the first time as MSPs debated long into the…

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ADDED ON: 12/14/2022

Cambridge Dictionary changes definitions of ‘male,’ ‘female’ to include transgender people

The definitions of “man” and “woman” have been altered in the Cambridge Dictionary in order to be inclusive of transgender people. While both words still contain their primary definitions — being either…

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