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December 19, 2019

New Tory MP applied ‘in error’ for LGBT+ candidates’ fund

A Conservative MP has said he was named as an openly gay member of Parliament incorrectly, after applying for support from a fund intended for out LGBT+ candidates. In the wake of the election, the LGBT+ Conservatives had celebrated the election of new MP for Wakefield, Imran Ahmad-Khan, who was thought to be the first out...

December 19, 2019

Northern Ireland assembly gets second openly gay MLA

A second out LGBT+ politician has been named to the Northern Ireland assembly. Alliance politician Andrew Muir, who previously served as Mayor of North Down, was selected by the party to fill the vacant seat as MLA for North Down on Wednesday. He replaces Stephen Farry, who left the assembly after being elected to the...

December 18, 2019

New Jersey just took a huge step forward in banning the gay panic defence

New Jersey is on track to ban the ‘gay panic defence’ that has historically been used to justify the killing of a queer peoples for decades. Since the early 1960s, defence lawyers across the US have used the idea that a person accused of murdering an LGBT+ person could have that act be justified if …...

December 18, 2019

The Chase star Paul Sinha marries his long-term partner Olly following Parkinson’s diagnosis

Quizmaster and star of the hit UK show The Chase Paul Sinha has announced he has married his partner Olly nearly a year after the pair got hitched in January. In a blog post, the comedian, 49, described the “wonderful” ceremony and how he had the “f***ing time of my life”. Getting married in front...

December 18, 2019

Queer Malaysian once told he’s ‘not gay enough to stay in Britain’ wins right to remain

A gay Malaysian man, after months of agony and disputes, has won the right to remain in the UK in the face of being deported back to his home country and potentially prosecuted, beaten up or even killed. Being gay is punishable by up to 20 years imprisonment under a British Empire colonial law that, … Continued The...

December 18, 2019

Non-monogamous people debunk myths about polyamory, and no, sex isn’t always an orgy

There is a lot of stigma around polyamory – dating or having relationships with more than one person – but two polyamorous people have spoken out to dispel some myths. Hailey Gill and Shay Thomas are both non-monogamous, and they told Business Insider that there are lots of misconceptions about having more than...

December 18, 2019

Trans woman found bruised, bleeding and trapped under a manhole after three men robbed and brutally beat her

As security staff walked through a street in Naples, Italy, they heard strange sounds coming from underneath a manhole. But after lifting up the cast iron cover, they found a trans woman, bloodied and bruised, moaning in agony. The victim of an alleged ambush, the woman was hospitalised after being beaten last Sunday...

December 18, 2019

Intersex Olympic hopeful suing World Athletics after having damaging and irreversible surgery in order to compete

A Ugandan athlete who had irreversible surgery after her natural testosterone levels meant she was barred from competing in the Olympics is suing World Athletics for “violating her human rights”. Annet Negesa, an 800 metre runner, was training in Kampala, Uganda, in 2012 when she was told that her natural...

December 18, 2019

The new lesbian mayor of the Colombian capital Bogotá just married her senator girlfriend

The newly elected lesbian mayor of the Colombian capital city Bogotá just married her senator girlfriend in matching white pantsuits. Claudia López – who is a member of Colombia’s Green Alliance party – was elected in October and will take office in January 2020, making her the first female, and first openly gay, mayor of...

December 18, 2019

European Parliament votes in condemnation of more than 80 ‘LGBT-free’ zones in Poland

The European Parliament passed a resolution to strongly condemn the recent development of so called ‘LGBT-free zones’ in Poland. MEPs expressed their deep concern at the growing problem of homophobic attacks in the UK, noting in particular that more than 80 Polish municipal or local governments have now...