Celia Quansah, Tom Bosworth, Demi Stokes, Tom Daley. (Getty) We’re spoilt for choice at this year’s Olympics as the number of out LGBT+ athletes has more than doubled since the 2016 Summer games. The US is leading the way with 47 out athletes, including the phenomenal Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird, Erica Sullivan and Kayla Miracle.
UK
Some teachers told OFSTED the homophobic book was in the boarding school library for “research purposes”. (Envato) A horrific book calling for gay people to be murdered was found by OFTSED inspectors in a boarding school library. The Institute of Islamic Education in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, was inspected on 18 and 19 May, 2021, by
The Pride in London 2019 Parade passes through Piccadilly Circus. (Photo by Matthew Chattle/Barcroft Media/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) The LGBT+ community and allies will “Reclaim Pride” with a new march to take the place of Pride in London and bring the community-led parade “back to the roots of Pride”. The first-ever Reclaim Pride march
Inverness Sheriff Court heard Gavin Hampton shouted a homophobic remark at police after they asked him to turn down the music coming from his TV. (Envato Elements) A man in Scotland has been fined after he shouted a homophobic remark at police officers who asked him to turn down the volume of the music coming
Exterior view of Broadcasting House, the BBC headquarters in Central London. (Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Concerns have been raised over the “censorship” of trans issues after the BBC unpublished a doctor’s heartbreaking fears for young patients in light of last year’s controversial puberty blockers High Court ruling. The broadcaster said it
Boys as young as 11 years old were responsible for the homophobic graffiti. (Envato Elements) Children as young as 11 were among those responsible for “graphic and homophobic” graffiti in Hampshire, local police have said. The graffiti was discovered at the New Milton Recreation Ground. Within days, local law enforcement authorities had discovered that the
Rory Harbinson was “shocked and humiliated” following the incident. (Equality Commission of Northern Ireland) A gay man has said he felt “shocked and humiliated” after his manager tore down Pride posters in the workplace. Rory Harbinson, who works for the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, filed a complaint of harassment based on sexual orientation
A prisoner has applied for a judicial review over a ban on gay sex and condoms in Northern Irish prisons. (Envato Elements) A gay prisoner has launched a legal challenge against an archaic policy that prohibits sex between inmates in Northern Ireland’s prisons. The inmate, who is currently incarcerated in Maghaberry prison near Lisburn, is
Katie Salmon attends the House of Mea show during London Fashion Week Spring/Summer collections 2017 on 18 September 2016. (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images) Love Island star Katie Salmon has rebuked recent allegations that her kiss with the late Sophie Gratton was “manipulated” by producers. Salmon appeared in the 2016 season of the British
Stephen Knott (L) and Alastair Bruce (R) married in Edinburgh. (Twitter) An army general has shared details of his poignant wedding to his partner of 20 years on social media, telling his followers that “love is constant”. Army Major General Alastair Bruce married Stephen Knott at St John’s Episcopal Church in Edinburgh on Saturday (3 July)
Sarah Teather has apologised for voting against same-sex marriage. (Dan Kitwood/Getty) Former Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Teather has apologised for voting against same-sex marriage in 2013. Parliament voted in favour of the same-sex marriage bill in 2013, paving the way for queer people to marry their partners in March of the following year. While the
The UK has made legal leaps and bounds when it comes to LGBT+ rights – but the fight is in no way over. (Tristan Fewings/Getty Images) Karen Holden, LGBT+ lawyer and founder of A City Law Firm, writes for PinkNews about the legal leaps and bounds the UK has made in the last three decades. It
DUP deputy leader Paula Bradley apologised for comments made by her party colleagues about the LGBT+ community. (PAUL FAITH/AFP via Getty) Paula Bradley, deputy leader of the DUP, has apologised for “atrocious” comments made about LGBT+ people by members of her own party. The DUP has a long history of opposing LGBT+ rights, while numerous
The Methodist Church has voted for marriage equality. (Envato) The Methodist Church has voted to allow same-sex marriage, and will now define marriage as between “two people”, rather than between “one man and one woman”. In 2019, the Marriage and Relationships Task Group presented a report to the church’s annual conference, titled “God in Love Unites
Maya Forstater’s ‘gender critical’ views are protected by equalities law. (Barney Cokeliss/@BCokeliss) Maya Forstater’s former employer will “dispute her version of events” relating to her contract not being renewed, after she espoused “gender critical” beliefs, at an Employment Tribunal. Forstater was a tax researcher whose employment contract at the Centre for Global Development (CGD) was
Boris Johnson. (Christopher Furlong/WPA Pool /Getty) At a Downing Street Pride reception hosted by Boris Johnson, the prime minister will be told by experts, yet again, that he must urgently ban conversion therapy in the UK. Amnesty International UK said it would tell the prime minister that he must ban the dangerous and debunked practice “without
An image of the first Yeovil Pride in 2019. (Len Copeland/Provided) LGBT+ Pride isn’t just for city folk. Pride is for all, as grassroots organisers from towns and islands told PinkNews. In the summer of 2019, around 200 people marched through Yeovil, South Somerset in the town’s first ever Pride march. Given the months of
Divina de Campo spoke out against the graffiti on Instagram. (Instagram) Divina De Campo explained exactly why we still need Pride after a mural of them in Manchester’s Gay Village was vandalised with the word “dirty”. Manchester’s LGBT+ community was left in shock over the weekend when murals of Alan Turing, Divina De Campo and
Lil Nas X performs onstage at the BET Awards 2021 at Microsoft Theater on 27 June 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for BET) Lil Nas X stole the BET Awards (and a kiss from a dancer) with his most epic “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” performance to date. The
Hollyoaks star Ki Griffin addresses the crowd in Soho Square after the third London Trans+ Pride. (Charlie Mathers/@charlie.mathers) Hollyoaks star Ki Griffin addressed thousands of trans and non-binary people at the third-ever London Trans+ Pride today. Griffin, who plays non-binary character Ripley Lennox on the long-running Channel 4 soap, was there with campaign group Intersex
Munroe Bergdorf addresses the crowd at London Trans+ Pride. (Charlie Mathers/@charlie.mathers) Model, activist and author Munroe Bergdorf gave a powerful and emotional speech to thousands of trans and non-binary people in London today. Bergdorf, one of Britain’s most prominent trans voices, was the first to speak in London’s Soho Square after the third London Trans+
Kim Leadbeater is campaigning the Batley and Spen once held by her sister Jo Cox MP, who was murdered by a far-right extremist in 2016. (Christopher Furlong/Getty) Jo Cox’s sister Kim Leadbeater was aggressively interrogated by an anti-LGBT+ campaigner over her support for equality. Leadbeater – who is running as a Labour candidate in the
Police seized a “f**k the police” tote bag as evidence. (Twitter/ dirozevepave) Cops in Glasgow seized a “f**k the police” tote bag as “evidence” from the window of queer, anarchist Jewish café, and its founders are now facing criminal charges. Pink Peacock is a queer, Jewish, anarchist, pay-what-you-can café on Glasgow’s Victoria Road, which declares
The incident took place at SIX in Swansea, Wales. (Facebook/ Ross Smitham) A group of “lads” hurled homophobic slurs and mocked the weight and disabilities of bar staff in Swansea because their table time slot had ended. Ross Smitham, a queer man and manager of bar SIX in Swansea, Wales, has spoken out after he and
Across the UK, LGBT+ youth are twice as likely as non-LGBT+ youth to have considered suicide. (Envato) LGBT+ youth in Northern Ireland are the most likely to have considered taking their own lives, heartbreaking new research has shown. The LGBT+ youth charity Just Like Us surveyed 2,934 secondary school students across the whole of the
Across the UK, LGBT+ youth are twice as likely as non-LGBT+ youth to have considered suicide. (Envato) LGBT+ youth in Northern Ireland are the most likely to have considered taking their own lives, heartbreaking new research has shown. The LGBT+ youth charity Just Like Us surveyed 2,934 secondary school students across the whole of the
Maya Forstater’s ‘gender critical’ views are protected by equalities law. (Barney Cokeliss/@BCokeliss) In a high-profile legal case – thanks to JK Rowling – brought by tax researcher Maya Forstater, a judge has ruled that “gender critical” views qualify as a protected belief under UK equalities law. Along with “gender critical” views, legally protected beliefs include
Nick Dixon. (YouTube) Comedian Nick Dixon is raging after he wasn’t booked for a show because the promoter was looking for performers from diverse backgrounds. The Britain’s Got Talent star shared his rejection on Twitter, claiming that straight, white men are missing out on opportunities because of their enormous privilege. Nick Dixon shared a screenshot of a
Ross Peltier is a Jamaican international rugby league player and a prop forward with the Doncaster Dons. (Twitter/ rossco_peltz) Ross Peltier, a rugby league international, has been pulled as the Green Party by-election candidate for Batley and Spen over “highly offensive” homophobic and sexist tweets. Peltier, who was selected just last week, is a Jamaican international rugby league
Tory MP for Delyn, Rob Roberts. (Parliament) British Tory MP Rob Roberts has had the whip stripped and faces a weeklong suspension for breaching parliament’s sexual harassment policy. The disgraced lawmaker, 41, was found by a House of Commons complaints watchdog to have broken parliament’s sexual misconduct policy – a conclusion Roberts emphatically denied. In
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