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How LGBT friendly is Theresa May’s Cabinet
How has Theresa May’s cabinet voted in gay and LGBT+ issues throughout their time as MPs?
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Theresa May remembers those who have died from AIDS
The British Prime Minister, Theresa May has paid tribute to those lost to AIDS-related illnesses.
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Theresa May ends Downing Street ban for Peter Tatchell
Theresa May has become the first Prime Minister to end the exclusion of one of the UK’s most prominent LGBT+ rights campaigners from attending functions at 10 Downing Street.
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Anti-gay laws are ‘wrong’, British PM tells Commonwealth
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday told former colonies anti-gay laws once imposed by her country “were wrong then, and they are wrong now”. The premier raised discriminatory legislation affecting same-sex couples, women and girls, in an address to Commonwealth leaders in London.
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How gay friendly is Theresa May’s Cabinet
How has Theresa May’s cabinet voted in gay and LGBT+ issues throughout their time as MPs?
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Theresa May left Peter Tatchell off the guest list for a bash celebrating LGBT life in the UK
The UK’s highest profile LGBT rights advocate has once again been left off the invite list for a 10 Downing Street reception which is honouring LGBT contributions to the UK. Peter Tatchell has once again been “vetoed” from a bash hosted by the UK’s Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street today. Despite these receptions […]
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Theresa May suspends anti-gay equality, N word MP Anne Marie Morris
The UK’s Prime Minister, Theresa May, has suspended Anne Marie Morris after she used the N-word at Brexit discussion yesterday. Theresa May has suspended the Conservative MP Anne Marie Morris after she used a vile racist expression “n***** in the woodpile”. The whip was also removed. Speaking about the MP’s speech, Ms May said, “I was shocked […]
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Theresa May reassures no erosion of gay rights in return for DUP support
Theresa May has assured Scottish Conservative leader, Ruth Davidson, that there will be no erosion of LGBT+ rights in return for DUP support. Ruth Davidson, who is planning to marry her partner Jen Wilson, spoke to the Prime Minister about the issue of LGBT+ rights and told the BBC’s Reporting Scotland programme, “I was fairly straightforward with […]
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Petition urging Theresa May not to form DUP coalition reaches 110,000
A petition of no confidence in a coalised Government between the Conservatives and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has reached 110,000 in under 24 hours. Mrs May’s plans to form a Government with the help of the DUP is facing mounting pressure after a petition of no confidence was signed by 110,000 people in under […]
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What has Theresa May’s Conservative Manifesto promised to LGBT people?
The Conservatives are the latest party to reveal their manifesto, so we’re delved into the paperwork to find out what the Conservatives have promised and pledged to the LGBT+ community of the United Kingdom. Typing the term “LGBT” into the Conservative’s 2017 Manifesto the reader receives zero results, unlike the Liberal Democrats, which delivered 5 results and […]
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Theresa May finally responds to persecution of Chechnya’s gay men
The Prime Minister, Theresa May has called the persecution of gay men in Chechnya as “troubling” nearly a month and a half after the story broke. Theresa May has responded to a cross-party group of politicians, about the reported rounding up, detention and torture of gay men in Chechnya. Ms May wrote that the issue […]