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Added on: 09/19/2021
Forces veterans jailed or booted out for being gay will lay an official wreath at the Cenotaph for the first time on Remembrance Sunday. The LGBT support…

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Added on: 09/18/2021
The court of appeal has overturned a controversial judgment that children under the age of 16 considering gender reassignment are unlikely to be mature enough to give…

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Added on: 09/09/2021
09/08/2021
The Guardian has been accused of “censoring” feminist icon Judith Butler after the newspaper deleted part of an interview in which they compared trans-exclusionary radical feminists (TERFs)…

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Added on: 09/09/2021
09/07/2021
Tory MP Crispin Blunt has condemned the “unacceptable crisis in trans healthcare” and demanded the government pay for trans patients to have gender-affirming surgeries abroad. Blunt, who…

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Added on: 09/06/2021
09/05/2021
Same-sex couples can now have their marriage blessed by the Church in Wales after a vote was held. However, the church will still not marry same-sex couples….

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Added on: 09/03/2021
09/03/2021
LGBT Health and Wellbeing said 60% had experienced harassment, with most not reporting it because of a lack of confidence that managers were able to deal with…

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Added on: 09/03/2021
09/03/2021
Second Officer, Paul Owen, is the first recipient of the Merchant Navy Medal for championing LGBT+ rights. The 53-year-old from Blackpool helped to create the Pride in…

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Added on: 08/31/2021
08/30/2021
The government data for England, Wales and Scotland has revealed that since 2015, hate crimes related to sexual orientation and gender identity have increased. In the year…

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Added on: 08/27/2021
08/27/2021
An undocumented Afghan man living in the United Kingdom has been reportedly told by the Home Office that he may have to go back to Afghanistan. Ahmad,…

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Added on: 08/26/2021
08/25/2021
Polish people living in Merseyside have revealed they are anxious about returning to their home country. Maciej, who lives in Southport, and Wiktoria, who lives in Liverpool,…

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Added on: 08/26/2021
08/25/2021
Talmud Torah London, a fee-paying boys primary school in North London that primarily serves the Orthodox Jewish community, applied to the Department for Education (DfE) for permission…

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Added on: 08/24/2021
08/23/2021
In a bid to encourage the LGBTQ+ community to lodge complaints of online hate crimes, the police in the United Kingdom have decided to paint their patrol…

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Added on: 08/23/2021
08/22/2021
An Edinburgh local has decided to open the first-ever bar for lesbians and queer women. While the capital already has bars for the LGBTQI+ community, Emily Frood,…

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Added on: 08/22/2021
08/21/2021
“A group of remarkable people who met weekly, daily, to work out what might be possible to work out what was possible to change the lives of…

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Added on: 08/20/2021
08/19/2021
The anti-trans group gained charitable status earlier this year in spite of fierce objections from multiple LGBT+ charities and a petition signed by more than 44,000 people….

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Added on: 08/18/2021
08/17/2021
I NEVER picked a “side” – I was born this way. Common decency would argue that a group of people put into the continuous, never-ending, daily cycle…

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Added on: 08/17/2021
08/16/2021
Two men have been attacked with bottles and had homophobic abuse shouted at them in Birmingham, police have said. Rob and Patrick, in their 30s, were outside…

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Added on: 08/14/2021
8/13/21
Children as young as four can “explore their gender” without parental consent in some parts of the UK. New guidance in Scotland has said schoolkids should be…

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Added on: 08/08/2021
British diver Tom Daley says he is proud to be able to inspire other people as an openly gay athlete, but he is quick to add that…

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Added on: 08/06/2021
08/06/2021
This year’s Pride in London parade has been cancelled because of social-distancing measures, organisers have announced. More than 35,000 people had been expected to attend the flagship…

World Voices

Added on: 08/03/2021
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How did you become involved in activism? When you think of yourself as Roma, you automatically become an activist within your community because you see, you feel,…

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Added on: 08/01/2021
THE streets were buzzing on Saturday as revellers took to the city centre to celebrate the 30th annual Belfast Pride. While the traditional parade couldn’t take because…

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Added on: 07/31/2021
7/30/21
The Welsh government has unveiled a new LGBT+ action plan and set out its hope to become the most LGBT-friendly country in Europe. Key actions will include…

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Added on: 07/29/2021
07/24/2021
LONDON, July 24 (Openly) – Holding banners and shouting slogans of defiance, thousands of LGBT+ people took to the streets of London on Saturday to protest against…

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Added on: 07/25/2021
7/24/21
A gay Catholic priest in Liverpool has been left “petrified” after he was subjected to homophobic abuse in a “disgusting” hate crime. Father Paul Newbery is a…

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Added on: 07/22/2021
07/21/2021
The United Kingdom (UK), through its High Commission in Guyana, intends to engage the Irfaan Ali led government on major human rights issues in the coming months….

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Added on: 07/20/2021
07/19/2021
A gay rugby player is celebrating after winning a five-year battle against deportation to Kenya, where he feared he would be persecuted because of his sexuality. Kenneth…

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Added on: 07/16/2021
07/15/2021
A record number of out LGBTQ athletes are heading to Tokyo, and naturally, that means several Olympic couples will be making the trip together. We’ve seen same-sex…

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Added on: 07/15/2021
07/14/2021
On 10 July, 1991, local gay rights campaigner Alan Shea, supported by activists from LGBT+ group OutRage! In London, demanded the end of the Isle of Man’s…

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Added on: 06/27/2021
6/26/21
“It’s 2021, things are supposed to be better for us now,” says 19-year-old Josh Ormrod. Josh is a music student from Buxton, living in Liverpool, and he’s…