Month: November 2016
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Somerset LGBTQ youth support group’s contract withdrawn
Young gay and transgender people fear a group which supports them could close after losing its council contract.
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Football has ‘reactionary and homophobic’ attitude, Tory MP claims
Failing to tackle homophobia in sport could be leading to a drain in talent, a Tory MP has warned, amid accusations football had taken a “reactionary and quite frankly homophobic” attitude to the problem.
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Bryan Hawn as Starboy and hotter than ever fireman
The LGBTQ Music Vote 2016 nominee Bryan Hawn has just released a new music video parody of The Weeknd’s Starboy.
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Peter Tatchell awarded Albert Medal 2016 for human rights activism
The Albert Medal 2016 has been awarded to LGBT and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation.
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Definitive answer within reach for same-sex couple seeking recognition in Romania
The Romanian Constitutional Court has announced that it will refer questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the case of a same-sex couple who wish to be recognised as spouses in Romania.
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Australian Senate inquiry must lead to marriage equality
Australians for Equality (A4E) & Australian Marriage Equality (AME) today said it is clear that the majority of the nation backs marriage equality and any inquiry must be about working towards a clear pathway to equality in 2017.