Tag: LGBTQ
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Northern Pride reveals big plans for UK Pride 2020
A leading North East LGBTQ+ charity has teased an ambitious six-month plan for the lead up to its summer festival.
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Matthew Shepard’s parents calls William Barr a hypocrite
The family of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old Wyoming man killed in a brutal homophobic attack in 1998, had sharp words for Attorney General William Barr in a speech delivered Wednesday at the Justice Department.
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Uganda: Brutal Killing of Gay Activist
Amid Attacks, Officials Threaten Death Penalty for LGBTQ People.
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Man faces jail for homophobic abuse of 9-year-old schoolboy
A man is facing jail after assaulting a nine-year-old boy and calling him homophobic names.
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In homophobic Poland, big handouts and gay-bashing win votes
Poland has a president and a prime minister. But Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of the nationalist Law and Justice (pis) party, is its true ruler.
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Marielle Franco is the first-ever LGBTI person to be on the Sakharov Prize shortlist
The European Parliament announced the finalists for the Sakharov Prize on 9 October 2019. And for the first time in its 30 years of existence, a person from the LGBTI community is on the list: Marielle Franco.