United Kingdom

LGBTI Rights in United Kingdom


ADDED ON: 08/08/2022

Why Manchester is ‘way ahead of the rest of the country’ in the fight for LGBTQ rights

The LGBTQ community is part of the Mancunian identity, according to the co-author of a new book that explores queer history. Academic Matt Cook argues that there is a “real fusion of gay…

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ADDED ON: 08/04/2022

Powerful Anglican bishops call on ‘homosexual practices’ to be rejected because gay sex is a sin

On Tuesday (2 August), bishops of the Anglican Communion from across the globe held a confidential discussion on sexuality and human dignity. The once-a-decade Lambeth Conference, which brings together international bishops of the…

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ADDED ON: 08/03/2022

UK police arrest veteran because anti-LGBTQ post ’caused anxiety’

Shocking cell phone video purportedly shows a police officer in the United Kingdom explaining how an army veteran was arrested over an anti-LGBTQ post he reshared online that had caused someone "anxiety."…

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ADDED ON: 07/31/2022

Britain’s only children’s gender identity clinic to shut down

Britain's only dedicated gender identity clinic for transgender children and young people is to close, England's national health service announced on Thursday, in response to recommendations from an expert review. The Tavistock…

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ADDED ON: 07/30/2022

UK Government uses Commonwealth’s ‘soft power’ to push member countries to decriminalise LGBTQ community

The Government has made use of the ‘soft power’ of the Commonwealth to attempt to influence a change in laws discriminating against the LGBTQ in more than half of the international organisation’s…

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ADDED ON: 07/29/2022

UK Government uses Commonwealth’s ‘soft power’ to push member countries to decriminalise LGBTQ community

The Government has made use of the ‘soft power’ of the Commonwealth to attempt to influence a change in laws discriminating against the LGBTQ in more than half of the international organisation’s…

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ADDED ON: 07/26/2022

Motion to oppose same-sex marriage forces rethink of Anglican summit.

The archbishop of Canterbury has been forced into a last-minute rethink of plans to ask Anglican bishops to oppose same-sex marriage when they meet this week for the first Lambeth conference –…

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ADDED ON: 07/25/2022

Glasgow bagel business owner on mission to help young LGBT Scots

IAN Brooke still looks over his shoulder when walking along a street when his husband takes his hand. The 42-year-old does it instinctively to see who might be there, partly for their…

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ADDED ON: 07/17/2022

Rwanda ‘lies’ on gay rights as activist claims they were told to assure refugees

Rwanda’s leaders are scrambling to make the country appear safe for gay people, it was claimed yesterday. A senior activist there told the People he was approached by officials and asked to…

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ADDED ON: 07/14/2022

Glasgow Pride first in Europe to have bisexuality theme – here’s what you need to know

GLASGOW'S Pride Mardi Gla is set to be the first major pride in Europe to have Biesexuality as its theme with celebrations getting underway this weekend. Political figures will speak at the event, including Scottish…

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ADDED ON: 07/13/2022

Penny Mordaunt doubles down on trans stance and says she never wanted Gender Recognition Act reform.

Tory leadership candidate Penny Mordaunt has said that she never supported plans to reform the Gender Recognition Act. Mordaunt served as equalities minister under Theresa May across 2018 and 2019, and during…

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ADDED ON: 07/10/2022

Michael Cashman introduces bill to legalise same-sex marriage in British Overseas Territories

A bill has been introduced in the House of Lords to legalise same-sex marriages in British Overseas Territories where they’re currently banned. Gay rights pioneer Lord Michael Cashman put the private members’…

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