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September 17, 2019

Lib Dem defector Phillip Lee really wants you to know he’s not a homophobe

Phillip Lee, the lawmaker who made shockwaves for defecting from the ruling Conservative Party to the Liberal Democrats, is insisting he is not homophobic. In an interview with The Times, Lee defended his decision to abstain on a House of Commons vote on marriage equality. He argued it was a “liberal” choice...

September 17, 2019

Dr Penny Whetton, the renowned trans climate scientist, ‘dies in her favourite spot’

Dr Penny Whetton, the renowned trans climate scientist, has passed away unexpectedly, her wife Janet Rice has announced. Rice, the senator for Victoria, Australia, announced Whetton’s passing on Sunday, September 15. She paid tribute to a “scientist, artist, nature lover, knowledge seeker [and] all round...

September 17, 2019

Comedian who made seriously vile anti-gay slurs fired from SNL after less than a week

Comedian Shane Gillis has been fired from Saturday Night Live (SNL) over racist, sexist and homophobic comments he made last year. Gillis, 31, made the comments in a 2018 episode of his podcast with Matt McCusker, Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast, in which they ranked minorities in a “hierarchy of stand up...

September 17, 2019

This is what not to say to somebody who is HIV-positive

On Sunday, September 15, the former Welsh rugby captain Gareth Thomas was “forced” to come out as HIV-positive – revealing that the stigma against HIV-positive people is sadly alive and well. The rugby star bravely decided take control of his story and use the opportunity to correct the common...

September 17, 2019

The 19th trans person to be killed in the US so far this year has been named by local activists

The 19th reported killing of a trans American this year alone took place on Friday in Kansas City, Kansas, and has been named by loved ones and activists as Ja’leyah-Jamar. The victim was identified as in their 20s and was shot to death on the corner of North 60 Street and Leaveworth Road, according to …...

September 17, 2019

Trans people will be able to self-identify on the next census for the very first time

The next official census could allow people to disclose their sexuality and self-identify their gender for the first time. The new questions were revealed in draft guidance released by the Office for National Statistics ahead of it carrying out a “rehearsal” next month for the 2021 census in four local...

September 17, 2019

Man forced to hurt himself with elastic band and take cold showers during conversion therapy

A man who endured gay conversion therapy a decade ago went undercover to expose Australian churches that still practice the debunked and traumatising “therapy”. Robert Williams contributed to a three-month long investigation by 60 Minutes Australia by discretely attending one-on-one sessions and group therapy....

September 17, 2019

Dating show drops gay Muslim man because they ‘could not find him a match’

A gay Muslim man was dropped from the dating show Married at First Sight just days before filming started because producers “could not find a match” for him. The show’s experts match couples, who legally get married the first time they meet, before following them over the season as they try to make the...

September 17, 2019

Waiting lists are putting trans people ‘at risk of self-harm and suicide’

Transgender people are being put at a greater risk of self harm and suicide because of “unacceptably” long waiting lists at Gender Identity Clinics (GIC), a trans equality charity has said. Gender dysphoria, the extreme discomfort a person feels when their gender assigned at birth does not match their gender...

September 17, 2019

Parents keep baby’s sex a secret to protect from unconscious gender bias

A UK couple have decided to keep their baby’s biological sex a secret, even from their family, to protect them from unconscious gender bias. Hobbit Humphrey, 38, and Jake England-Johns, 35, are circus performers and members of Extinction Rebellion, and are raising baby Anoush on a houseboat near Bath. The parents use...