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The Council of Europe is conducting a “fact-finding” mission of LGBT+ issues faced in Poland… Finally
After years of reports of how bad things have gotten for LGBT+ people in Poland, the Council of Europe, the continent’s “leading human rights organisation” is to send an investigation team on a “fact-finding” mission to find out about the issues facing LGBT+ people in the country. LGBT+ people living in Poland have become increasingly […]
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165% increase in Sexual Orientation Discrimination cases
There’s been a startling rise in the number of employment tribunal cases brought forward, based on sexual orientation.
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TODAY IN GAY | Priest comes out as gay and is fired immediately by the Vatican
A Polish priest was sacked by the Vatican after coming out as gay.
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TikTok is censoring LGBT+ words and phrases
#IAmGay banned
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Yep, Donald Trump’s office released a memo outlining how to spot a trans person
Donald Trump‘s administration allegedly sent out a memo, detailing how officials might spot a transgender person, in order to identify them if they were to try and gain access to Government-funded homelessness shelters. Specifically, the memo was looking to demonstrate how a federal employee might be able to determine if a person, standing in front […]
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The EU’s most anti-LGBT+ leader has been reelected in Poland
In a blow to LGBT+ rights activists in Poland, Andrzej Duda from the far-right wing Law and Justice Party has won the presidential election. However, he only won the election with a tiny majority, with only 51.2 per cent of the votes. Duda ran an electoral campaign which heavily vilified the LGBT+ community, calling it […]
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One in four LGBT+ people remain closeted at work
Just 14% of LGBT+ employees currently feel fully supported by their employer
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Gay Blood. ‘Delays might be justified if it applied to everyone’ not just gay and bi men
A campaign in Wales, which is aiming to give gay, bi and MSM (men who have sex with men) the right to donate blood in line with everyone else, is calling for reform. The current law in Wales states that any man who has sexual relations with another man (gay, bisexual, MSM) must abstain from […]
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US Supreme Court rules that it is not lawful for employers to discriminate against LGBT+ people
In a landmark ruling, decided by a 6-3 vote, the US Supreme Court ruled overwhelmingly that discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is a form of sex discrimination and therefore prohibited by the Civil Rights Act. Voting in favour were Justices Gorsuch Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, and Chief […]
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British gay film, Gods Own Country had its sex scenes removed on Amazon Prime
One of Britain’s most touching gay movies, God’s Own Country was gutted of its sex scenes and now some people are calling on Amazon Prime to be boycotted, however, it turns out that the cuts were made by the film’s distributor, not the streaming giant. The film’s creator Francis Lee raised the alarm on Twitter, […]
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Singapore dismisses appeal to decriminalise homosexuality
Singapore’s High Court has dismissed a legal challenge to end a colonial-era law that criminalises sex between two consenting men, echoing another dismissal that took place in 2014. Gay and bi men in Singapore will, for the time being, continue to live as “un-apprehended criminals” under Section 377A after the High Court dismissed a challenge […]