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March 23, 2020

Yet another major UK Pride has postponed this year’s festivities due to coronavirus

Birmingham Pride has officially postponed its 2020 festivities because of the coronavirus pandemic, following London Pride which postponed on the same day. The Birmingham celebrations were set to take place on May 23 and 24, with confirmed performers including Cheryl and Kelly Rowland. But organisers said in a statement on...

March 23, 2020

Trans people are seeing surgeries cancelled and healthcare deemed ‘non-essential’ during coronavirus

Trans and non-binary people are seeing healthcare and gender-affirming surgeries cancelled as hospitals prepare for an influx of coronavirus patients. Deemed “non-essential” by most health providers, including the UK’s NHS, for trans people these surgeries can hugely reduce gender dysphoria and improve...

March 23, 2020

Piers Morgan manages to make a joke about Phillip Schofield coming out while talking about coronavirus

Piers Morgan somehow managed to turn a conversation about coronavirus self-isolation into a joke about Phillip Schofield coming out as gay. Morgan appeared on ITV’s Good Morning Britain on Monday, March 23, with his usual co-host Susanna Reid, although she had to appear via webcam because she was self-isolating at...

March 23, 2020

Extremist pastor claims the death of an LGBT+ lawyer from coronavirus was ‘God’s judgement’

The extremist pastor and evangelical radio host Rick Wiles is celebrating the coronavirus death of a prominent LGBT+ lawyer as “God’s judgement”. Richard Weber Jr, 57, was a member of the LGBT Bar Association of New York. He dedicated his life to fighting on behalf of LGBT+ people, often working pro bono....

March 23, 2020

Coronavirus travel ban is having a worrying impact on queer parents expecting children via surrogacy

The coronavirus pandemic is having a dramatic affect on LGBT+ parents who are expecting children via surrogacy, according to an open letter from the Network of European LGBTIQ Families Associations (NELFA). NELFA aims to raise awareness of LGBT+ families within the EU, and to ensure that LGBT+ families have the same rights...

March 23, 2020

Gay Black author Michael Arceneaux has some very real advice on working from home during coronavirus

The bestselling author Michael Arceneaux has some very real advice for people working from home during the coronavirus pandemic. The global death toll from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, has passed 15,000. With more than 350,000 confirmed cases of the disease worldwide – and many more people infected but...

March 23, 2020

Church that thinks homosexuality is ‘destructive’ stays open during coronavirus because it’s a ‘divine institution’

The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland has announced that it is “not of the view” that services need to stop to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. This statement was issued two days ago, in the wake of UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s March 16 briefing that said everyone must avoid both “mass...

March 23, 2020

This lesbian priest is fighting to protect the homeless who can’t self-isolate against coronavirus

A lesbian Episcopal priest is calling attention to Atlanta’s homeless population, who have been left with no protection amid the coronavirus outbreak. Kim Jackson is currently the interim vicar at Church of the Common Ground, which focuses on serving the city’s homeless population. She’s also running to...

March 23, 2020

Yet another town will ‘immediately terminate’ its twinning arrangement with Poland after ultimatum over ‘LGBT-free zones’

Fermoy in County Cork, Ireland, has issued an ultimatum to a town in Poland it has a twinning arrangement with over its ‘LGBT-free zone’. A number of towns across Europe have severed twinning arrangements with Polish towns that have declared themselves ‘”LGBT-free zones’ in recent weeks....

March 23, 2020

Lawyer who dedicated his life to fighting for LGBT+ people dies from coronavirus days after saying he was getting better

Richard Weber Jr, an attorney who dedicated his life to fighting for LGBT+ community, has died of coronavirus complications shortly after reassuring colleagues that he was improving. The lawyer, 57, was a member of the LGBT Bar Association of New York, or LeGal, and a partner at the law firm Gallo Vitucci Klar. He...