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Queen Camilla’s photo with J.K. Rowling draws criticism from trans activists
Trans activists and allies have flooded the Royal Family’s latest post after Queen Camilla met with JK Rowling.
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"Britain has the world’s most gay-friendly parliament," says UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Outgoing prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has insisted his government will “defend” LGBTQ+ rights, as he used a Downing Street Pride reception to highlight policy achievements - but his remarks come at a time of growing scepticism towards Labour among parts of the LGBTQ+ community.
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Pride event adds extra security after LGBTQ+ banner set alight in Rushden
An LGBTQ+ event is implementing additional security measures after a Pride banner was burned by homophobes just a few days after it was put up.
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Starmer discloses niece and her wife were violently attacked amid soaring UK homophobic hate crimes
The prime minister has revealed that Sir Keir Starmer’s niece and her wife were beaten up for holding hands in public.
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Kim Davis petition to overturn Obergefell ruling rejected by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has swiftly rejected a longshot request to overturn the landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage, leaving in place a decade-old ruling that upheld marriage equality across the United States.
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FBI thwarts alleged ISIS-inspired attack targeting Michigan Pride parade
Authorities announced on Monday that two 20-year-old men, who had acquired high-powered weapons and practiced at gun ranges, were scouting LGBTQ+ bars in suburban Detroit in September for a potential Halloween attack, leading to terrorism-related charges against them.
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Army officers ordered to cut ties with men-only members’ clubs
Army officers have been ordered to “disassociate” themselves from private members’ clubs that refuse to allow female soldiers to join.
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King Charles leads tribute to gay and transgender veterans dismissed under decades-long ban
The sculpture takes the form of a crumpled bronze letter bearing words from personnel who were affected by the ban on gay and transgender people from serving in the armed forces.
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Pride flag display leads to firing as FBI under Trump crackdown on “woke ideology”
FBI Director Kash Patel has fired a longtime bureau employee who displayed a Pride flag in his workspace during a past assignment, according to multiple people familiar with the termination.
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Elon Musk urges Netflix boycott over “woke” content and LGBTQ+ representation
Elon Musk, the multibillionaire and self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist”, has recently focused his attention on encouraging people to cancel their Netflix subscriptions in protest of what he claims is the company’s “woke bias” and inclusion of LGBTQ+ characters.
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Texas man arrested for threatening Pride parade shooting to avenge Charlie Kirk
Federal authorities in Texas have arrested a man for allegedly threatening to shoot people at a pro-LGBTQ+ parade, to avenge the murder of Charlie Kirk.
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Hungary prepares to approve constitutional amendment limiting freedom of assembly and LGBTQ rights
The controversial amendment also recognises only two sexes, providing a basis for denying other gender identities
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1,500,000 private photos sent on gay, fetish, and sugar daddy dating apps exposed
Researchers report that over 1,500,000 photographs shared on LGBTQ+, fetish, and sugar daddy dating apps have been ’leaked’.
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Hungarian MPs vote to ban Pride events, sparking backlash from LGBTQ+ groups
Amnesty International describes legislation as ‘full-frontal attack’ on country’s LGBTQ+ community
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University students whipped 185 times with rattan sticks for LGBTQ+ relations
Two university students have been flogged 185 times with rattan sticks in Indonesia for engaging in same-sex sexual relations.
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Top anti-sexual-abuse organization accused of ‘complying with Trump’ after ‘removing’ trans people
America’s top anti-sexual assault nonprofit ‘obeyed Donald Trump’ by wiping almost all mentions of trans people from its website, critics say.
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World’s ’first openly gay imam’ killed in car ambush
Muhsin Hendricks – considered to be the world’s first openly gay imam – has been shot dead during an ambush on his car in South Africa.
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Muhsin Hendricks, known as the world’s ’first openly gay imam’, was shot dead in South Africa
Police say the motive for the killing of Hendricks, who operated a mosque for LGBTQ+ Muslims near Cape Town, is unknown.
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Christian school employee wins appeal after being dismissed for criticizing LGBTQ+ lessons as ‘brainwashing’
A Christian school worker who was dismissed after describing LGBTQ+ relationship lessons as ‘brainwashing’ has won a Court of Appeal battle.
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Man suffers brain bleeding after being attacked for wearing rainbow Apple Watch strap
A man was left with a brain bleed after a ‘cowardly stranger’ beat him up in Wales – and all for wearing a rainbow watch strap.
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Minnesota Pride group raises $50,000 after parting ways with Target as a sponsor
Non-profit that organizes annual Minneapolis festival cut ties with retailer after 18 years after it drops DEI policies.
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"Soho has lost its vibrancy": G-A-Y Bar owner Jeremy Joseph sells after battles with local opposition
An iconic LGBTQ+ London venue is up for sale after the owner has said he is fed up with Nimbys and licensing restrictions ‘ruining Soho’.
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Pride flags outside Tube station removed permanently due to repeated vandalism
A London council has been forced to remove their pride flags after they were repeatedly vandalised.
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Four boys ‘raped by men they met on Grindr dating app last year’
A dating app popular with the LGBTQ+ community has been linked to dozens of sex abuse cases including children under the age of 13.
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Four men jailed for brutal homophobic murder in Spain
Men kicked and punched Samuel Luiz, 24, to death outside nightclub in A Coruña in 2021.
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