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November 27, 2019

Disgraced rugby star Israel Folau sacked over homophobic comments raises lawsuit demands to £7.4million

Embattled homophobic rugby star Israel Folau has upped his demands for compensation from his former team and Rugby Australia from £5.28 million to £7.4 million. The former Wallabies player was plunged into controversy after posting a homophobic message on his social media, but it was no isolated incident. Following his...

November 27, 2019

Mel C is shocked by the scale of transphobia in the UK

Mel C has became the latest high-profile figure to speak out about transphobia in Britain, which has seen an explosion in anti-trans hate crimes over the past few years. Speaking to The Guardian, the Spice Girls singer opened up about learning about trans rights while touring with queer drag collective Sink the Pink. Mel...

November 27, 2019

Anti-LGBT education protestors vow to continue fighting and claim they are victims of the ‘white establishment’

The leaders of the anti-LGBT education protests are claiming “white” bias after a High Court judge permanently banned them from demonstrating outside a Birmingham primary school. Birmingham City Council pursued legal action in May due to safety fears over repeated large-scale demonstrations outside the school...

November 27, 2019

More than a quarter of UK adults would feel ashamed to have an LGBT+ child, shocking study says

Around one in four adults in the UK would not feel proud to have an LGBT+ child, a shocking new study has revealed. Adults across the UK were asked how they would respond to their child coming out as well as several other scenarios, from pronouns to education. But the results stir a worrying picture … Continued The...

November 27, 2019

Azealia Banks apologises for ‘extremely insensitive’ foul-mouthed rant attacking men who take PrEP

Azealia Banks has apologised for going on an “insensitive” rant about HIV-preventing PrEP drugs. The former rapper had recorded a foul-mouthed rant on her Instagram Story in October, attacking gay men who take PrEP drugs to prevent HIV. A month later, Banks has issued an apology for the rant, which was sparked...

November 27, 2019

UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says he was ‘probably wrong’ to claim gay people cause ‘sexual friction’ in armed forces

Conservative Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has dismissed his previous belief that gay people would “weaken” the armed forces as “rubbish.” The Tory minister was challenged by the Scotland’s Press and Journal newspaper over views he had expressed in 1999 about gay people in the military, while...

November 26, 2019

Trans woman made homeless as a teen becomes the first-ever transgender woman Rhodes Scholar

A trans woman who was made homeless as a teenager after she was kicked out by her family will be the first ever transgender woman to become a Rhodes Scholar. The Rhodes Scholarship is the oldest international scholarship programme in the world, and since 1902 it has offered students from around the world postgraduate...

November 26, 2019

Woman raised by four lesbian mums says her upbringing made her ‘self-assured’

A woman who was raised by four lesbian mums has said that growing up with so many “powerful and interesting” women made her “self-assured”. Brooklyn Joseph told Slate that she was born in 1979 to her biological mother Lynn via artificial insemination, and that “Mom No. Two” Donna...

November 26, 2019

While Trump’s military bans trans people, New Zealand Defence Force earns Rainbow Tick for LGBT inclusion

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has been awarded a Rainbow Tick for LGBT+ inclusion, making it the the first military in the world to be given the independent accreditation. The Rainbow Tick accreditation measures whether an organisation accepts and values LGBT+ people in the workplace, and the NZDF said the...

November 26, 2019

Twitter ‘banned transphobia’ more than a year ago – but research shows the ban is failing trans people

Despite having banned misgendering and deadnaming in what was hailed by many as a pro-trans move, Twitter remains a site of abuse for the trans community. A year ago, Twitter updated its terms of service to prohibit misgendering and deadnaming on its platform in an effort to curtail anti-trans abuse. The social-media...