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June 20, 2021

Top Japanese footballer Kumi Yokoyama comes out as a proud trans man

Top Japanese footballer Kumi Yokoyama has come out as a transgender man, becoming the highest-profile athlete in Japan to do so. Yokoyama played on Japan’s national team in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup and has scored 17 goals in 43 international appearances. They later moved to the US where they played for...

June 20, 2021

Top Japanese footballer Kumi Yokoyama comes out as a proud trans man

June 20, 2021

Liverpool crime commissioner condemns city-wide spate of homophobic attacks as latest victim speaks out

Merseyside’s crime commissioner has condemned a spate of homophobic attacks targeting LGBT+ people across Liverpool during Pride month. At least four assaults with homophobic undertones have been reported in local media over the last month, most happening in the city centre, with three of them occurring in the past...

June 20, 2021

Powerful new LGBT+ anthology with Beth Ditto, Peppermint and Olly Alexander is a vital call to action

Amelia Abraham’s new LGBT+ anthology is a powerful manifesto on the future of LGBT+ rights around the world – but as she explains, it’s about more than legal battles. We Can Do Better Than This is a fascinating anthology featuring personal essays from a wide-range of queer activists and artists, including Olly...

June 20, 2021

Powerful new LGBT+ anthology with Beth Ditto, Peppermint and Olly Alexander is a vital call to action

June 20, 2021

Police apologise to gay couple forced to endure years of homophobic abuse by neighbour from hell

Police have apologised to a gay couple who were subjected to a horrifying two-year campaign of harassment from a homophobic neighbour from hell. Jessica and Lisa from Chatham, Kent, suffered a torrent of homophobia and intimidating behaviour from the middle-aged family man, who has now been ordered not to have any contact...

June 20, 2021

Remembering Declan Flynn, the gay man whose brutal murder kickstarted Ireland’s Pride movement

The night of 9 September, 1982 started off like any other evening for Declan Flynn. He went to Belton’s Pub in Donnycarney, Dublin with a friend – an establishment that was just a short walk from his home. At 11.45pm that night, Flynn left the pub and set off on his walk home through Dublin’s …...

June 20, 2021

LGBT+ refugees desperately need our help. But Priti Patel’s cruel plans will send them back to danger

Benali Hamdache, Green Party spokesperson for migration and refugee support, looks at the issues facing LGBT+ refugees on World Refugee Day. In too many places, this pandemic has allowed regimes to crackdown on LGBT+ people. Cameroon, Ghana, Philippines and Uganda have all seen outbreaks of arbitrary arrests and violence....

June 20, 2021

LGBT+ refugees desperately need our help. But Priti Patel’s cruel plans will send them back to danger

June 20, 2021

One dead and two injured as pickup truck ploughs into pedestrians at Florida Pride march

One person is dead and two others are injured after a truck rammed into spectators at a Stonewall Pride march in Wilton Manors, Florida on Saturday (19 June). The pickup truck driver appeared to be part of the march but then suddenly accelerated when he was told he was next in the procession, WSVN-TV reports. …...