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Angela Rayner spoke out in favour of self identification for trans people at LGBT+ Labour’s AGM (Ian Forsyth/Getty) Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has doubled down on her support for trans people and their right to self-identification in an impassioned speech. Rayner showed her support for trans people in a recorded video message broadcast at
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Mary Trump speaking on Channel 4 News. (Screen capture via Channel 4/Twitter) With Joe Biden edging achingly closer to victory, US President Donald Trump will seek to “undermine” the Democrat’s leadership, niece Mary Trump said in an explosive interview Friday evening (November 5). Speaking to Channel 4 News, Mary sought to tear into the torrent
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Charmaine McGuffey wants to become her state’s first out female LGBT+ person to be elected sheriff (Twitter/@CharmMcGuffey) Charmaine McGuffey, a lesbian who was allegedly fired because of her sexuality, has beaten her Republican rival to become the new sheriff of Hamilton County, Ohio. McGuffey made headlines when she announced that she was suing former Democratic
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Donald Trump has shown just how desperate he’s getting by lashing out at Joe Biden for working with the famous “anti-fracking activist” Lady Gaga. Gaga, who is of course best known for her stance on fracking, will appear at a drive-in rally for Biden in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Monday (2 November) to help build last-minute
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Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett reacts as she testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the second day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. (Sarah Silbiger-Pool/Getty) Amy Coney Barrett has been confirmed for the Supreme Court. The Senate voted to confirm Barrett’s nomination 52 to 48 on Monday (26 October). Barrett is expected
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Baroness Nicholson. (UK Parliament, cropped. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) Anti-trans Tory peer Baroness Nicholson claims it’s “very dangerous” that the BBC explained what pronouns are to children. On International Pronouns Day, BBC Bitesize – the public-service broadcaster’s free online study support resource for UK pupils – tweeted a cartoon of three teenagers in a changing room, each with
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President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence give a thumbs up after speaking on the first day of the Republican National Convention (Chris Carlson-Pool/Getty) An LGBT+ Republican group has endorsed 12 politicians who have long track records of opposing LGBT+ rights. The Log Cabin Republicans, which describes itself as “the nation’s original and largest
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Sen. Sen. Susan Collins on September 9, 2020 in Washington DC. (Greg Nash- Pool/Getty Images) Susan Collins, a Republican senator from Maine, has accepted the endorsement of an anti-LGBT+ group by saying she’s “truly grateful” for its support – despite previously supporting the LGBT+ community. Collins was the fourth sitting Republican to indicate support for
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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden addresses a drive-in campaign rally at the Michigan State Fairgrounds October 16, 2020. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Joe Biden has been condemned by a designated homophobic hate group for saying he will “flat out change the law” to reverse Donald Trump’s transphobic policies. Biden made the comments in a televised town
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Pete Buttigieg has delivered a stunning takedown of Donald Trump over his frenetic town hall performance – and he went on to throw some shade at Lindsey Graham too. Trump was compared to a “crazy uncle” during his bizarre NBC town hall event, which aired on Thursday night (October 15). During the event, Trump was
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Amy Coney Barrett (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) and Pete Buttigieg (Alexander Tamargo/Getty) Pete Buttigieg has expertly broken down the ominous Supreme Court opening statement from Amy Coney Barrett, calling it “a pathway to judicial activism cloaked in judicial humility”. The gay former presidential hopeful was being interviewed on MSNBC’s AM Joy on Sunday (11 October) when Barrett released
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A 94-year-old grandmother and lifelong Republican has pledged to vote for Joe Biden in the presidential election, after her gay grandson tearfully explained to her the risk doing otherwise poses to his future, and the safety of the LGBT+ community. After congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked Democrats to speak to their Republican-voting loved ones about the
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Calls are growing for Labour to withdraw the whip from Rosie Duffield over her comments about trans people. (Facebook/Rosie Duffield) Labour activists are calling for the whip to be withdrawn from Rosie Duffield after the MP liked a tweet referring to transgender people as “cross dressers” amid a months-long row about transphobia. Duffield, 49, liked
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Last week, just before the President’s diagnosis consumed us, Hollywood leaders joined in asking that Congress send coronavirus relief funds to exhibitors. Those were described as a life-and-death issue for theaters.  A mortal threat. And who can doubt it? If the White House isn’t safe, movie houses are certainly still a question mark. But the
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A growing number of Tory MPs are reportedly pushing for the party to weaponise trans rights and other liberal values to boost support for Boris Johnson ahead of the next election. It’s thought that a ‘culture war’ could be an effective way to unite the base and remind voters the benefits of a Conservative government,
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Republicans have been accused of disrespecting the memory of Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by selling a t-shirt stealing her famous moniker. Ginsburg, who died on 18 September, was often referred to as The Notorious RBG in recognition of her tireless pursuit of equality for women. On Saturday (26 September), Trump named Amy Coney
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A transgender Satanist anarchist, whose campaign slogan was “f**k the police”, has secured the Republican nomination for county sheriff in New Hampshire. Aria DiMezzo was shocked when she won the GOP primary for county sheriff in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, with thousands of Republican votes. DiMezzo, founder of the Reformed Satanic Church, previously ran for
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Anthony Horan said it was ‘discriminatory’ to block the selection of candidates who deny the existence of trans people or oppose abortion. (Catholic Parliamentary Office) The Catholic Church has accused the Scottish National Party (SNP) of blocking transphobes who oppose abortion from being selected for next year’s election. Anthony Horan, director of the Catholic Parliamentary
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Boris Johnson has been told by businesses to respect the results of the public consultation on Gender Recognition Act reform. (Stefan Rousseau- WPA Pool/Getty Images) A huge coalition of 132 major British organisations – including the British Army, Marie Curie and Disney – has publicly declared that trans rights are human rights, with 70 urging
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Gay Congressional candidate Ritchie Torres has branded the head of a police union as “racist, misogynistic and homophobic” after the group called him a “first class w***e”. Torres, who is expected to win a seat in the United States House after he won his Democratic primary, made the comment after the Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA)
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Pennsylvania state representative Malcolm Kenyatta (YouTube/Pa. House Video) Pennsylvania representative Malcolm Kenyatta has shamed Republican lawmakers for backing legislation that he says will “intimate” people from exercising their right to vote. The Black gay Democrat tore into Republicans in an impassioned address on the House floor on September 2, drawing attention to a bill that
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Mayor Alex Morse of Holyoke campaigns ahead of the September 1 primaries (Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Gay progressive Alex Morse has failed in his primary challenge against a high-profile Democratic lawmaker, after a murky campaign that saw him allegedly targeted with homophobic smears. Richard Neal, chair of the House of Representatives Ways
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Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez backs Alex Morse despite alleged ‘smear campaign’ (Getty Images) Left-wing Democratic firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has given her backing to congressional hopeful Alex Morse, who faced an alleged homophobic smear campaign over his Grindr hook-ups. Morse, a progressive challenger hoping to unseat centre-left Democratic congressman Richard Neal, faced a scandal earlier this month (7
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A gay lawmaker and coronavirus survivor tried to donate plasma to help others – but he was turned away because of his sexuality. Shevrin Jones, a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives, went to a blood drive on August 7 with his mother Bloneva Jones and his father Eric Jones. The three decided
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A gay mayor and Democratic candidate who had hook-ups with college students may have been set up by those seeking to sink his campaign, leaked messages suggest. Alex Morse, 31-year-old mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts, is currently campaigning for a seat in Congress. His bid was derailed a week ago, when three college groups — the
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