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November 4, 2019

Trump is overwhelmingly abandoning vulnerable LGBT migrants to face abuse at Mexican border

Vulnerable LGBT+ migrants are being kept in Mexican border cities to face violence and abuse, despite the fact that they are supposed to be excluded from Trump’s Remain in Mexico program. Remain in Mexico, technically know as the Migrant Protection Protocols program (MPP), was implemented in January 2019 and means...

November 4, 2019

Gay sports host who was allegedly called a f*g by his radio station has been fired

Gay radio host Seth Dunlap, who was called a “fag” in a since deleted tweet from the radio station he worked for, has been fired. A public row between Dunlap and WWL Radio broke out in September when a tweet from the official radio account referred to him as a “fag”. Dunlap later filed a … Continued The post Gay...

November 4, 2019

This is why homophobic ‘death to gays’ hate preacher Steven Anderson was banned from Ireland

US anti-LGBT+ preacher Steven Anderson was banned from entering Ireland earlier this year because government ministers thought he was “likely to stir up hatred”. Anderson – who preaches with the Faithful Word Baptist Church – was due to preach in Ireland earlier this year, but was given an exclusion order before his visit....

November 4, 2019

Trans woman told she should be ‘raped without mercy’ in horrific example of hate mail she receives daily

“People like you should be raped without mercy” is just one example of the almost daily abuse a Maltese trans woman has experienced. Raquel Richard, from the town of San Gwann, shared screenshots of the transphobic bile that is tossed into her Facebook inbox in a viral post last weekend. “What a good...

November 4, 2019

Same-sex parents will be allowed both names on their child’s birth certificate in Ireland, but there’s a catch

Same-sex parents in the Republic of Ireland will both legally be allowed to be named on their children’s birth certificates, but the legislation will not cover all LGBT+ families. Irish health minister Simon Harris will sign regulations Monday, November 4, to commence sections two and three of the Children and Family...

November 4, 2019

Same-sex parents will be allowed both names on their child’s birth certificate in Ireland, but there’s a catch

November 4, 2019

Supreme Court justices met with leader of homophobic hate group ahead of judgements on landmark LGBT rights cases

Before announcing their judgement on three critical LGBT+ rights cases, US Supreme Court justices Brett Kavanaugh and Samuel Alito chose to meet with the leader of a notorious anti-LGBT+ hate group. Kavanaugh and Alito met with Brian Brown, who is the co-founder of the National Organisation for Marriage (NOM) and the...

November 4, 2019

Doctors concerned over sexually transmitted antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in gay men

Doctors have expressed concern over the rise of a sexually transmitted bacteria in gay men which they say is now becoming resistant to antibiotics. Researchers studied the bacteria – which is called Campylobacter coli – in gay men in Seattle and Montréal and published the results in academic journal Clinical Infections...

November 4, 2019

People just found out what a bizarre decade-old Britney Spears tweet about global warming means

The year 2011 was a much simpler time: Instagram was a wacky new app everyone was obsessed with, Miley Cryus had just hung up her Hannah Montana wig and people were trying to decode that Britney Spears tweet. On an ordinary February day, Spears tweeted: “Does anyone think global warming is a good thing? Does …...

November 4, 2019

Primary schools shouldn’t need permission from parents to teach LGBT inclusive lessons, says UK equality watchdog

Primary schools should be able to teach LGBT+ inclusive education without seeking permission from parents, the UK equality watchdog has said. From September 2020, inclusive relationships and sex education will be statutory, and guidance states that “schools must consult parents in developing and reviewing their...