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  • This is when every pride in the UK is taking place in 2020

    This is when every pride in the UK is taking place in 2020

    Pride event calendar for the UK

    With more pride events than ever before it’s good to know where your nearest pride is and when its due to take place.

    So here’s the current list of UK prides and when they’re expected to take place, brought to you in connection with The Pride Shop.

    Some of the pride events have yet to confirm their 2020 dates, when they have we’ll update them on this page!

    Scotland

    Scotland

    Aberdeen Pride / Grampian Pride | 30th May 2020 | Facebook

    Edinburgh Pride | 13th June 2020 | Facebook

    Dundee Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

    Glasgow Pride| Date TBC | Facebook

    Highland Pride | 19th July 2020 | Facebook

    Oban Pride | 30th May 2020 | Facebook

    Perthshire Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

    England

    Banbury Pride | 15th August 2020 | Facebook

    Barnsley Pride | 12th July 2020 | Facebook

    Basildon Pride | 5th September 2020 | Facebook

    Birmingham Pride | 23rd – 25th May 2020 | Facebook

    Blackpool Pride | 5th – 7th June 2020 | Facebook

    Bolton Pride | 19th September 2020 | Facebook

    Bournemouth / Bourne Free | 3rd and 4th July 2020 |Facebook

    Bradford Pride | 6th June 2020 | Facebook

    Brighton Pride | 1st August 2020 | Facebook

    Bristol Pride | 11th July 2020 | Facebook

    Calderdale Pride | 15th August 2020 | Facebook

    Cambridge Pride | 13th June 2020 | Facebook

    Canterbury Pride (Pride Canterbury) | 13th June 2020 | Facebook

    Chase Pride | 6th June 2020 | Facebook

    Chester Pride | 8th August 2020 | Facebook

    Chesterfield Pride | 19th July 2020 | Facebook

    Colchester Pride | 13th June 2020 | Facebook

    Congleton Pride | 18th July 2020 | Facebook

    Cornwall Pride | 29th August 2020 | Facebook

    Cornwall Bus Tour | TBC | Facebook

    Coventry Pride | 13th June 2020 | Facebook

    Crewe Pride (Pride In The Park)| 20th June 2020 | Facebook

    Croydon Pride | 18th July 2020 | Facebook

    Deptford Pride | Date to TBC | Facebook

    Derby Pride | 5th September 2020 | Facebook

    Doncaster Pride | 8th August 2020 | Facebook

    Dorchester Pride | Date to TBC | Facebook

    Durham Pride | 24th May 2020 | Facebook

    Eastbourne Pride | 18th July 2020 | Facebook

    Eastleigh Pride | 6th June 2020 | Facebook

    Essex Pride | 20th June 2020 | Facebook

    Folkestone Pride | 18th July 2020 | Facebook

    Forest Gate / East London Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

    Exeter Pride | 2nd May 2020 | Facebook

    Exmouth Pride | 20th June 2020 | Facebook

    Gloucestershire Pride (Pride In Gloucestershire) | 12th September 20120 | Facebook

    Gravesham Pride | 15th August 2020 | Facebook

    Great Yarmouth and Waveney Pride | 27th June 2020 | Facebook

    Hampshire Pride | 25th April 2020 | Facebook

    Happy Valley Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

    Harrogate Pride (Pride In Diversity) | 21st June 2020 | Facebook

    Hastings Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

    Hert Pride | 22nd August 2020 | Facebook

    Hull Pride (Pride In Hull) | 25th July 2020 | Facebook

    Keighley Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

    King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Pride | 22nd August 2020 | Facebook

    Lancaster Pride | 20th June 2020 | Facebook

    Leeds Pride | 2nd August 2020 | Facebook

    Leicester Pride | 5th September 2020 | Facebook

    Pride In London | 27th June 2020 | Facebook

    Lincoln Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

    Liverpool Pride | 25th July 2020 | Facebook

    Malvern Pride | 25th July 2020 | Facebook

    Manchester Pride | 29th August 2020 | Facebook

    Margate Pride | 8th August 2020 | Facebook

    Milton Keynes Pride | 12th September 2020 | Facebook

    Morecambe Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

    Nantwich Pride | 18th July 2020 | Facebook

    Newcastle Pride (Northern Pride) | 18th July 2020 | Facebook

    Northumberland Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

    Nottingham Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

    Norwich Pride | 25th July 2020 | Facebook

    Oldham Pride | 25th July 2020 | Facebook

    Oxford Pride | 22nd – 29th May 2020 | Facebook

    Plymouth Pride | 8th August 2020 | Facebook

    Portsmouth Pride | 20th June 2020 | Facebook

    Preston Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

    Reading Pride | 5th September 2020 | Facebook

    Rochdale Pride (Rochdale In Rainbows) | Date TBC | Facebook

    Rotherham Pride | 11th July 2020 | Facebook

    Salford Pride (The Pink Picnic)| 20th June 2020 | Facebook

    Salisbury Pride | 13th June 2020 | Facebook

    Sheffield Pride | 25th July 2020 | Facebook

    Silloth Pride | 27th June 2020 | Facebook

    Southampton Pride | 29th August 2020 | Facebook

    Stockport Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

    Stoke On Trent Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

    Suffolk Pride | 20th June 2020 | Facebook

    Sunderland Pride |13th June 2020 | Facebook

    Surrey Pride | 8th August 2020 | Facebook

    Swindon and Wiltshire Pride | 8th August 2020 | Facebook

    Tameside Pride | 18th July 2020 | Facebook

    Totnes Pride (Proud2Be) | 5th September 2020 | Facebook

    Tunbridge Wells Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

    Wakefield Pride | 9th August 2020 | Facebook

    Walsall Pride | 29th August 2020 | Facebook

    Waltham Forest Pride | 25th July 2020 | Facebook

    Warwickshire Pride | 22nd August 2020 | Facebook

    Weymouth and Portland Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

    Wigan Pride | 8th August 2020 | Facebook

    Worcestershire Pride | 19th September 2020 | Facebook

    Worksop Pride | Postponed until 2021 | Facebook

    Worthing Pride | 11th July 2020 | Facebook

    Yeovil Pride | 8th August 2020 | Facebook

    York Pride | 6th June 2020 | Facebook

    Wales

    Barry Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

    Cardiff Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

    Llanelli Pride | 17th – 20th July 2020 | Facebook

    Swansea Pride | 2nd May 2020 | Facebook

    Northern Ireland Prides

    Belfast Pride | 1st August 2020 | Facebook

    Derry Pride / Foyle Pride | 29th August 2020 | Facebook

    Limerick Pride | 11th July 2020 | Facebook

    Newry Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

    UK Island Prides

    Isle of Wight Pride | 18th July 2020 | Facebook

    Channel Island Pride | 12th September 2020 | Facebook

    Isle of Man Pride | 13th June 2020 | Facebook


    Specialised Prides

    Student Pride | 21st February 2020 | Facebook

    UK Black Pride | 12th July 2020 | Facebook

    Trans Pride Leeds | 5th April 2020 | Facebook

    Bi Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

    Brighton Trans Pride | 18th July 2020 | Facebook

    Northern Ireland Trans Pride | 6th – 7th June 2020 | Facebook

    Scotland

    Aberdeen Pride | TBC

    Edinburgh Pride | 20th June 2020

    Dundee Pride | TBC

    Glasgow Pride | TBC

    Highland Pride | TBC

    Oban Pride | TBC

    Perthshire Pride | TBC

    England

    Banbury Pride | TBC

    Barnsley Pride | 12th September 2020

    Basildon Pride | 5th September 2020

    Birmingham | 23rd – 24th May 2020

    Blackpool Pride | 5th – 7th June 2020

    Bolton Pride | TBC

    Bournemouth / Bourne Free | TBC

    Bradford | TBC

    Brighton Pride | 1st August 2020

    Bristol Pride | 11th July 2020

    Calderdale Pride | TBC

    Cambridge Pride | 13th June 2020

    Canterbury Pride | TBC

    Chase Pride | 6th June 2020

    Chester Pride | TBC

    Chesterfield Pride | 19th July 2020

    Colchester Pride | 27th June 2020

    Congleton Pride | TBC

    Cornwall Pride | 29th August 2020

    Cornwall Bus Tour | TBC

    Coventry | TBC

    Crewe Pride | 20th June 2020

    Croydon Pride | 18th July 2020

    Deptford Pride | TBC

    Derby pride | TBC

    Doncaster Pride | 8th August 2020

    Dorchester Pride | TBC

    Durham Pride | TBC

    Eastbourne Pride | 18th July 2020

    Eastleigh Pride | TBC

    Essex Pride | TBC

    Folkestone Pride | TBC

    Forest Gate / East London Pride | TBC

    Exeter | TBC

    Exmouth Pride | 20th June 2020

    Gloucestershire Pride | TBC

    Grampian Pride | 30th May 2020

    Gravesham Pride | 22nd August 2020

    Great Yarmouth and Waveney Pride | TBC

    Hampshire Pride | TBC

    Happy Valley Pride | TBC

    Harrogate Pride | TBC

    Hastings Pride | TBC

    Hertfordshire Pride | TBC

    Hull Pride | TBC

    Keighley Pride | TBC

    King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Pride | 22nd August 2020

    Lancaster Pride | TBC

    Leeds Pride | 2nd August 2020

    Leicester Pride | TBC

    Pride In London | TBC

    Liverpool Pride | 25th July 2020

    Lincoln Pride | TBC

    Malvern Pride | 25th July 2020

    Manchester Pride | 29th August 2020

    Margate Pride | TBC

    Milton Keynes Pride | 12th September 2020

    Morecombe Pride | TBC

    Nantwich Pride | 18th July 2020

    Newcastle Pride | 18th July 2020

    Northumberland Pride | 1st June 2020

    Nottingham Pride | TBC

    Norwich Pride | 25th July 2020

    Oldham Pride | TBC

    Oxford pride | TBC

    Plymouth Pride | 8th August 2020

    Portsmouth Pride | TBC

    Preston Pride | TBC

    Reading Pride | TBC

    Rochdale Pride | TBC

    Rotherham Pride | 11th July 2020

    Salford Pride | 20th June 2020

    Salisbury Pride | 13th June 2020

    Sheffield Pride | TBC

    Silloth Pride | 27th June 2020

    Southampton Pride | TBC

    Stockport Pride | TBC

    Stoke On Trent Pride | TBC

    Suffolk pride | TBC

    Sunderland Pride | TBC

    Surrey Pride | TBC

    Tameside Pride | TBC

    Totness Pride | 5th September 2020

    Tunbridge Wells Pride | TBC

    Wakefield Pride | 9th August 2020

    Walsall Pride | 29th August 2020

    Warwickshire Pride | 22nd August 2020

    Weymouth and Portland Pride | TBC

    Wigan Pride | TBC

    Worcestershire Pride | TBC

    Worksop Pride | TBC

    Worthing Pride | 11th July 2020

    Yeovil Pride | 8th August 2020

    York Pride | 6th June 2020

    Wales

    Barry | TBC

    Cardiff | TBC

    Llanelli Pride | 17th – 20th July 2020

    Swansea | 2nd May 2020

    Northern Ireland Prides

    Belfast Pride | TBC

    Derry Pride / Foyle Pride | TBC

    Limerick Pride | TBC

    Newry pride | TBC

    UK Island Prides

    Isle of Wight Pride | 18th July 2020

    Jersey Pride |

    Guernsey Pride |

    Isle of Man Pride | 13th June 2020


    Specialised Prides

    Student Pride | 21st February 2020

    UK Black Pride | 12th July 2020

    Bi Pride |

    Brighton Trans Pride | 18th July 2020

    Northern Ireland Trans Pride | 6th – 7th June 2020

  • No, workers are not being “forced” into putting preferred pronouns on their email signature

    No, workers are not being “forced” into putting preferred pronouns on their email signature

    We can categorically state that companies in the UK are not forcing their workers to put preferred pronouns onto their email signatures.

    This notion was brought up by India Willoughby who tweeted,

    “Something else that I’m surprised no news organisation has picked up on is forced declaration of pronouns in the public sector. Employees now have to declare on their email signature their preferred pronouns. Why? It’s not an issue for 99.9% of people”

    https://twitter.com/IndiaWilloughby/status/1204738420234444801

    However, there is no law that requires workers to share their gender or pronoun statuses, or any law that requires organisations to force their workers to select a pronoun.

    Unsurprisingly the tweet got a few replies from India’s followers, one from Dr Adrian Harrop, who replied,

    “Not sure it’s really being “forced” onto anyone. I find it to be quite an impactful & empowering thing. it is one of those cues / signals that show our organisation to be one that is inclusive & in which it is safe for trans & non-binary people to be open re: their identity”.

    THEGAYUK.com undertook a quick survey across two social media platforms to check the validity of the statement of enforced pronoun selection.

    The answer came back with the vast majority (94%) saying that they were not forced to share any gender details with their email correspondents.

    What’s the legal standpoint?

    We asked  Helen Hughes, legal director and employment law specialist at the law firm, Shakespeare Martineau about the legal ramifications on employers asking their employees to state their gender publicly. Hughes told us,

    “Although this may be introduced with the best intentions – to address individuals with respect and courtesy in the way that they wish to be referred to – employers must be wary about requesting information from employees that could impact the way they are treated. Although they can’t force you to disclose this kind of information, you should feel comfortable sharing preferred pronouns if you feel it important to do so.

    “Forcing employees to reveal their pronoun preferences could leave employers open to discrimination claims, and employees feeling alienated.”

    Helen hughes

    What are preferred pronouns?

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    A preferred pronoun indicates which gender a person would like to be referred to, usually with a choice of male, female or non-binary pronouns.

    Masculine pronouns are, he his and him

    Feminine pronouns are she and her and hers

    Non-binary pronouns are: They, Them Theirs / Zim Ze and Zis / Mx / Thon /

    So what should companies do?

    Helen continues,

    “Having an inclusive workplace culture is crucial however singling out one group of people is a dangerous game for employers. Being open, honest and above all else celebrating people’s differences will no doubt go a long way to improve culture, retention and breed a workforce that looks beyond age, gender, race or the like. There is simply no need to force employees to reveal any more information than they are comfortable with.”

  • ANALYSIS | How has Boris Johnson voted on gay and LGBT+ rights

    ANALYSIS | How has Boris Johnson voted on gay and LGBT+ rights

    Just how gay-friendly in the voting booth is the Conservative leader Boris Johnson?

    We looked into Boris Johnson‘s voting record on gay issues to see how LGBT friendly he is.

    Since entering the House of Commons as an MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip in 2001, Boris Johnson has voted in a mixed way for gay rights.

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    Since 2001 and in the time in which Johnson has been an MP there have been 16 votes in which he was eligible to vote. Of that 16, he voted positively in three, negatively in 1 (an amendment of the Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Applications for adoption) and was absent from a huge 11 votes.

    One vote was for an impact report on the repeal of the hugely damaging Section 28.

    What gay rights did Boris Johnson vote against, or was absent for?

    He was absent for

    2001: Relationships (Civil Registration)

    2002: Adoption and Children Bill — Suitability Of Adopters

    2004: Gender Recognition Bill — Allow Marriages to Remain Valid If They Become a Same-Sex Marriage

    2007: Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations

    2007: Categories of civil partners other than same-sex couples

    2019: Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill — New Clause 1 — Marriage of Same-Sex Couples

    2019: Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill — Lords Amendments — Abortion — Marriage and Civil Partnerships — Transparency etc.

    Was Boris Johnson Pro on Civil Partnerships?

    However, Johnson voted pro on civil partnerships in 2004 and voted to repeal Section 28 in 2003.

    Boris Johnson was not an MP during the time of the same-sex marriage vote – so we have no data on what his choice for that vote may have been in 2013.

    This article has been updated to include the negative vote and a vote which was on an impact report.

  • ANALYSIS | How has Jo Swinson voted on gay and LGBT+ rights

    ANALYSIS | How has Jo Swinson voted on gay and LGBT+ rights

    Just how gay-friendly is the Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson?

    We looked into Jo Swinson‘s voting record on gay issues to see how LGBT friendly she is.

    Since entering the House of Commons as an MP for East Dunbartonshire in 2005, Jo Swinson has consistently voted pro-LGBT+ in laws relating to equality.

    During her time as an MP, she has voted positively for marriage between same-sex couples.

    Overall Jo has voted on 9 issues relating to the LGBT community. On every major piece of legislation, Jo Swinson voted in favour or positively for equality. 

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    However, in 2014 she was absent for three votes, specifically, “Same Sex Marriage — Enabling Courts to Deal with Divorce or Annulment Proceedings“, “Make Same Sex Marriage Available to Armed Forces Personnel Outside the United Kingdom” and “Amendments to Acts of Parliament in Light of the Introduction of Same Sex Marriage in Parts of the UK”.

  • Here’s what you can do if your private photos are shared online without your permission

    Here’s what you can do if your private photos are shared online without your permission

    With more and more of us sharing pictures that would make a porn studio exec blush, we asked a leading solictor what you can do if you find your pictures have been leaked online without your permission.

    Phil Gorski at Blacks Solicitors reveals the steps you can take to protect your data and your private pictures if you become a victim of hacked data or revenge porn.

    Be sure before you send…

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    “The sort of easy thing to say but rather difficult thing to do is, where these images are taken consensually then you need to be thinking very carefully about whether you actually want to do it or not. Not putting yourself in the position where there are images around in the first place is the easy fix but not necessarily something that someone will always want to do.”

    Get in contact with the publisher of the picture.

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    “If something does get out there, then the first thing that anybody should do is get in touch with the site concerned if it’s an online publication. Because, by-in-large, if a site has a good reputation, if it’s a Facebook or a Google or whatever, they will react very quickly to remove the images.

    “There are systems in place where users can actually click on the right place and say, ‘This is what it is, this is where it is and you need to take it down.’”

    Revenge porn is a crime. Report it.

    “Last year there was a new piece of legislation introduced, which actually set out the specific crime of revenge porn. There is a specific charge that can be brought and so the option is there and should probably be taken if the information has been distributed to a large number of people.

    “What the legislation says is that where you’ve got photographs and the phrasing is, “… of a private or sexual nature …” That doesn’t mean you have to be showing intimate body parts or anything like that. It can be in a sort of context that’s perceived to be sexual.

    “If they are disclosed and it’s done without consent and the purpose of disclosing them was to cause distress or embarrassment, which when you think about it, it would be very difficult to not be the case. Then, there’s a potential crime that’s taken place.”

    An injunction?

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    “All of these images would be considered to be of a private nature regardless of the criminal side of things. You would, where someone like me might be involved, a civil litigation lawyer would be, think about whether there’s a possibility of an injunction on privacy grounds.

    “That’s something that you would have to be a rich celebrity to afford, unfortunately.”

    Remember the Barbara Streisand effect.

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    “There’s a really interesting case in relation to privacy law that dates back a while involved Barbara Streisand and … and it’s led to something called the Streisand effect, which basically (means) sometimes you’re much better off not making a fuss because the coverage of your legal proceedings lead to far more attention than there was in the first place.”

  • LGBT RESEARCH | Should the next Drag Race UK be open to females, non-binary and trans queens/kings

    LGBT RESEARCH | Should the next Drag Race UK be open to females, non-binary and trans queens/kings

    When will Drag Race UK season 2 start?

    THEGAYUK.com conducted a flash poll to find out whether viewers of this year’s Drag Race UK thought it would be a good idea to expand the casting pool to include “Bio Queens” those drag queens who are biological females, non-binary and transgender drag queens and kings.

    The debut season of the show saw the majority of queens, who were cast, identifying as part of the gay and bisexual male community. There were no out/open trans queens or bio queens.

    Over 420 people took part in the poll, in which they were given a binary choice, “yes open it” and “no keep as is”

    46 per cent of those who answered the survey said that the casting pool should be opened up. The majority of people, (54%) said that the casting should stay as is.

  • LGBT RESEARCH | What percentage of LGBT+ people are registered to vote?

    LGBT RESEARCH | What percentage of LGBT+ people are registered to vote?

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    THEGAYUK conducted a flash poll via its Facebook page to discover what percentage say they have registered to vote in the forthcoming UK General Election on the 12th December 2019.

    In total 111 people cast their vote, with 93 per cent saying that they had registered to vote, while seven per cent said that they hadn’t yet registered.

    The cut off for registration is the 26th November 2019.

  • Who is Adele Roberts married to, is she dating anyone?

    Who is Adele Roberts married to, is she dating anyone?

    She’s making a name for herself in this year’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, but who is the BBC DJ dating and is she lesbian, bisexual or straight?

    Adele Roberts, is the Jane McDonald loving BBC Radio DJ which fans of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here can’t get enough of, but what do we know about her personal life?

    Adele came out in 2002, when she took part in the now-defunct reality TV show, Big Brother. She actually entered the house and came out to the nation even before she told her family about sexuality.

    There are reports of Adele identifying as bisexual – according to reports she came out to her housemates as bisexual, but she has also referred to her own sexuality as being “gay” in other interviews.

    According to PinkNews, Adele said, “I see myself as coming out in two stages. I think I came out to myself when I was about 14; and it freaked me out, I was a bit like, ‘Ahhh I don’t know if I want to be gay?’ – then after around a week I was like, ‘Yeah I want to be gay that’s fine.’”

    Adele is now dating girlfriend, actor and vlogger Kate Holderness, who has enjoyed her own star-studded TV career since 1997.

    How long have Kate and Adele been together?

    This has never been revealed, however, when Adele took part in Big Brother in 2002, when she was 23-years-old, she did reveal that she had a girlfriend outside of the house.

    This could have been Kate, but it’s never been confirmed.

  • Is The Birdcage on Netflix 2019?

    The Birdcage is one of the most famous gay movies in history and one of Robin William’s most successful, but where can you stream it?

    Is The Birdcage on Netflix in 2019?

    The Birdcage starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane is unfortunately no longer available to stream on Netflix UK. It was removed from the service in Feb 2019.

    The film was originally released in 1996 and has become one of the highest-grossing LGBT+ films in history. Find out about where the cast is now.

    The film is about a nightclub owner (Robin Williams) and his long-term partner (Nathan Lane) who is the club’s drag queen star. When their son, Val, announces he is to wed the daughter of a conservative senator, who deplores liberal values and gay rights, they scramble to make their home, lives and partnership suitable for homophobes. Although it doesn’t all exactly go to plan.

    The Birdcage is also available to buy or rent on iTunes

    The Birdcage is also available to buy or rent on Amazon

    The Birdcage is not available on Now TV.

  • Is Drag Race UK Baga Chipz a Conservative?

    Is Drag Race UK Baga Chipz a Conservative?

    People are wondering if one of Drag Race UK‘s stars is a Conservative!

    We’re three weeks and we’re starting to see in our analytics, here at TGUK central what people are wondering about the Drag Queens of Drag Race UK and one of the most highly asked questions is whether Baga Chipz – one of the competition’s favourites to win, is a Conservative. If you’re in the US, the Conservatives are like a Republican Lite. Think a centre-right party without the guns.

    Recently Baga Chipz, was forced to defend a pro-Conservative op-ed she wrote for a magazine back in 2017, during the General Election.

    In the piece, she wrote, that former Prime Minister Theresa May had “proved to be a capable politician, always on the ball and never at risk of having a ‘Diane Abbott’ moment”.

    The piece was unearthed by fans of the show, some of whom were quick to condemn Chipz as a “Tory Queen”.

    However, Baga Chipz was quick to confirm that she was actually a “life-long labour supporter” but wrote the piece because she wasn’t a fan of Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn.

    She pointed out his “record on antisemitism, his support for the IRA and homophobic terror groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah, his support for brutal dictatorships in Venezuela and Cuba”.

    In the piece, titled “Why Vote Conservative” for scene magazine Boyz, she wrote,

    “As a member of the LGBTQI community, I often get asked about Theresa May’s voting record on gay rights, and I understand the concerns,

    “But just as Hillary Clinton changed her stance, so has Mrs May. Not only has she voted for every LGBT reform in parliament in the last decade but she was instrumental in pushing marriage equality.”

    “I am not a Tory”

    Defending her 2017 stance, Chipz took to Twitter to write,  “I am not a Tory. I’m actually a lifelong labour supporter. I supported Theresa May in the last election as I’m not a fan of Jeremy Corbyn.. was 4 years ago hun.. one is allowed to change ones views.

    — Baga Chipz MBE (@ChipShopBird) August 21, 2019

    How does Theresa May’s Voting Record on LGBT+ issues stand?

    Although more recently Theresa May’s voting record has leaned to pro-LGBT+ rights here past actions saw her vote in favour of Section 28,  in a GAYUK analysis May only achieved a 29.6% LGBT+ friendly rating. We noted, “Ms May is what we’d call an evolved Minister on LGBT+ and gay rights. Prior to 2004 she systematically voted against the rights of gay people in the UK. Then we see a 180-degree change in her voting pattern, although she did have a blip in 2007 when she failed to vote on the Discrimination on the grounds of sexuality law. Since the beginning of this decade, she has voted positively for the LGBT+ community.”

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    Chipz has now said that she’d vote Liberal Democrat.

    So no, she isn’t a Conservative, but a Lib Demmer – a party that is pro-EU and has a great track record when it comes to LGBT+ rights.

  • BIG GAY GLOSSARY | Transplaining

    BIG GAY GLOSSARY | Transplaining

    What is ‘Transplaining’?What is PrEP?

    Pippa Catterall a transgender woman and Professor of History and Policy at the University of Westminster helped us with this explanation of what transplaining means.

    She told us,

    “Transitive verb with similar connotations to mansplain.

    “It can be used to describe the ways in which some well-meaning trans people pontificate about their transition experiences and processes as if they are the only authentic or right ones.”

    Can you expand this definition? Use the comments below and your answer could be used to expand or define this glossary entry.

    Check out more definitions in our Big Gay Glossary