Tag: UK
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Gay asylum seekers feeling increased pressure to prove sexuality, say experts
Gay asylum seekers are increasingly going to extreme lengths to meet immigration officials’ demands that they prove their sexual identity or else be returned to countries where they face persecution.
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NI ban on gay blood ‘unjustifiable’
The lifetime ban on homosexual men giving blood in Northern Ireland is unjustifiable, the High Court heard on Monday.
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Supporting statement following Ed Miliband’s comments on equal marriage
In support of Ed Miliband’s message on same-sex marriage, James Asser Co-chair of LGBT Labour said:
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HIV stays high as safe sex funds fall
A dramatic fall in spending on safer sex campaigns for homosexual men has been blamed for a failure to cut the number of HIV cases in the last decade.
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New polling shows more than nine in ten gay people support equal marriage
A new YouGov poll commissioned for Stonewall shows nine in ten (91 per cent) of Britain’s 3.7 million lesbian, gay and bisexual people support equal marriage.
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Middlesbrough transgender woman refused help from Erimus Housing who told her being transgendered was a lifestyle choice
A transgender woman facing discrimination from neighbours has offered to help a housing group train their staff in equality issues after they initially refused to help her.