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Added on: 03/01/2020
02/26/2020
Tickets are officially on sale for London’s first LGBT+ Muslim Pride festival, bringing together artists and advocates for an event that organisers hope will spotlight a community…

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Added on: 02/28/2020
02/27/2020
Two sisters say they are “relieved but worried” after they narrowly avoided being deported to Pakistan where they say they face the threat of LGBT-based violence. Samina,…

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Added on: 02/28/2020
02/27/2020
A lesbian from Zimbabwe has spoken out about how it took five gruelling years to convince the Home Office that she’s gay and should be granted asylum….

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Added on: 02/27/2020
02/26/2020
Chris Jewell was in tears after a big, intense fight with his boyfriend of five years. So big, the police were called. Highly distressed, he phoned someone…

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Added on: 02/26/2020
02/26/2020
An anti-abortion Anglican priest who said LGBT-inclusive education is “state-sponsored abuse” and comparable to Nazism has been invited to speak in UK parliament. Reverend Lynda Rose was…

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Added on: 02/24/2020
02/23/2020
Despite rocketing rates of violence against LGBT+ people in Scotland, absolutely no Police Scotland officers have been sent to a training course to better tackle the upsurge…

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Added on: 02/17/2020
02/16/2020
Rabbis representing Britain’s main Orthodox communities have told the government that their schools cannot discuss LGBT-related issues with pupils. According to the Jewish Chronicle, the rabbinate of…

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Added on: 02/16/2020
Two burglars who smashed their way into a historic gay bookshop in London were caught by police – after they stuck around to drink prosecco found at…

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Added on: 02/14/2020
02/14/2020
Racism within the LGBT community leave black people suffering poor mental health, a leading charity says. Research by Stonewall shows that 61% of ethnic minority LGBT people…

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Added on: 02/13/2020
02/12/2020
Northern Ireland police have charged a 52-year-old man in connection with the murder of gay journalist Lyra McKee. McKee, 29, was shot dead while reporting on riots…

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Added on: 02/12/2020
Rebecca Long-Bailey has triggered a furious row after signing up to a campaign to “fight” women’s groups branded “transphobic” and to expel offending party members. The Labour…

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Added on: 02/11/2020
02/10/2020
This month my school, Woodside High School, will be the first in London to get a permanent rainbow crossing. We are delighted about it – but we…

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Added on: 02/10/2020
02/10/2020
A diary written by a Yorkshire farmer more than 200 years ago is being hailed as providing remarkable evidence of tolerance towards homosexuality in Britain much earlier…

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Added on: 02/09/2020
02/08/2020
When Belfast native Robyn Peoples found out that her girlfriend had planned a romantic trip to Paris to see Ariana Grande perform, she knew she wanted to…

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Added on: 02/03/2020
02/01/2020
If a fair few of the 300,000 Britons who live in Spain woke with pounding heads on Saturday morning, many could at least console themselves with the…

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Added on: 02/02/2020
Evangelist Franklin Graham was banned Wednesday from coming to a second arena in England on his upcoming summer tour of the United Kingdom. Julie Dore, the council…

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Added on: 01/31/2020
01/31/2020
The Church of England will not be withdrawing guidance that said sex is only for “heterosexual married couples”. But the archbishops of Canterbury and York are “very…

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Added on: 01/31/2020
01/31/2020
“Choosing my name was a pretty long journey,” says Sonja Howells. “When I first said my name to the barista, it felt so liberating. It was so…

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Added on: 01/27/2020
01/26/2020
Seventy two LBGT organisations have penned an open letter to MSPs, underlining their support for the government’s proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act. Sports teams, pride…

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Added on: 01/27/2020
Walk down Canal Street today and you’ll find a bustling strip of waterside bars, rainbow bunting fluttering overhead and people living their lives out and proud. Wind…

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Added on: 01/27/2020
01/26/2020
Ever since the UK public was asked if they wanted to stay or leave the European Union – many LGBTQ people have been worried about what leaving…

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Added on: 01/25/2020
01/24/2020
The Church of England has stated that sex belongs only within heterosexual marriage, and that sex in gay or straight civil partnerships “falls short of God’s purpose…

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Added on: 01/24/2020
01/23/2020
Malcolm Clark, co-founder of controversial anti-trans group the LGB Alliance, has denounced LGBT+ clubs in schools. Clark said LGBT+ clubs – a safe space for many LGBT+…

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Added on: 01/20/2020
01/13/2020
From Monday, same-sex couples will be able to register to marry, meaning the first ceremonies will take place in February. For couples who are already married, their…

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Added on: 01/19/2020
The British government has reported a massive decline in the number of people diagnosed with HIV since 2012. According to figures released by Public Health England, new…

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Added on: 01/19/2020
01/18/2020
The Catholic Church has called on its congregation to oppose proposed reforms to gender recognition laws in Scotland, which it called “troubling”. It also said that trans…

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Added on: 01/15/2020
01/14/2020
A number of talks due to be given in Ireland this week by Jason Evert, the American Catholic campaigner who promotes conservative Catholic teaching around sex and…

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Added on: 01/15/2020
01/14/2020
Indonesia’s human rights commission on Tuesday condemned plans by a mayor to launch raids targeting the LGBT community in his city after a local man was convicted…

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Added on: 01/11/2020
01/11/2020
In response to reports that the family of Reynhard Sinaga, an Indonesian convicted serial rapist in the United Kingdom, lives in Depok, West Java, the city’s mayor…

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Added on: 01/10/2020
01/09/2020
When the reports surfaced about Britain’s “most prolific rapist” Reynhard Sinaga — an Indonesian national sentenced to life for 150 crimes, including 136 rapes against men —…