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September 15, 2019

London’s first ever Trans+ Pride march – in pictures

On September 14, thousands of transgender people and their allies took to the streets of London in a historic first – the UK capital’s first-ever Trans+ Pride march. Founded by performers Lucia Blake and Finn Love, London Trans Pride was born partly as a response to the hijacking of the front of the Pride in London...

September 15, 2019

RuPaul says his comments on trans people were taken ‘so out of context’

RuPaul has said that his controversial remarks – in which he compared transgender drag queens to doping athletes and said they wouldn’t be allowed to compete on Drag Race – were taken “so out of context”. Asked by the Sunday Times whether he still holds the view that drag cannot be done by women, cis...

September 15, 2019

Rugby star Gareth Thomas has been forced to come out as HIV positive

Former Welsh rugby captain Gareth Thomas has revealed he is living with HIV in a moving video, but said he had been “forced” to share the information. Thomas, 45, also said he wants to “break the stigma” around people living with HIV and show how people who are HIV positive are misrepresented as...

September 15, 2019

Last Night of the Proms sees Jamie Barton take a stand for gay rights

Bisexual opera singer Jamie Barton stole the show at the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms, waving a rainbow Pride flag during a rendition of ‘Rule Britannia’. Barton, a US mezzo-soprano who is a self-professed “queer girl with a nose ring”, took to the stage waving a Pride flag – and her dress...

September 14, 2019

David Cameron: Introducing gay marriage one of my ‘proudest moments’

Former Tory prime minister David Cameron says he has “absolutely no regrets” about introducing same-sex marriage to England and Wales. In an extract of his forthcoming book, ‘For The Record’, published in The Times, Cameron calls introducing same-sex marriage to the UK “one of the things of...

September 14, 2019

Interviews with asylum seekers reveal why the Home Office rejects so many LGBT claims

Alarming numbers of LGBTQ asylum claims are being rejected by the UK Home Office, according to recently published figures. This comes off the back of a spate of media coverage drawing attention to the injustices many individuals face when seeking asylum on the basis of their sexual identity. Academics have long noted a...

September 14, 2019

Sam Smith misgendered by Associated Press in story about their pronouns

Non-binary singer Sam Smith, who has asked friends and family to use their they/them pronouns, has been misgendered by the Associated Press in an article reporting on their pronouns. “Sam Smith has declared his pronouns ‘they/them’ on social media after coming out as non-binary,” the first line of...

September 14, 2019

King Princess says being gay gave her ‘more respect’ in music business

King Princess, the 20-year-old singer of ‘Pussy Is God‘, got “more respect” from men in the music industry because of being queer. In an interview with Vanity Fair, King Princess spoke about growing up around her father’s Brooklyn recording studio. “Being gay gave me more respect than I saw...

September 14, 2019

The Chinese transgender choir who’re singing for acceptance

A transgender choir in China is helping to change attitudes through their work. The members of the Trans Chorus, none of which are professional singers, have been brought together from across the country, according to a report by Agence France-Presse (AFP). The singers have been unite by their shared experiences of...

September 13, 2019

Mike Pence once claimed homosexuality is ‘a choice’ and so discrimination should be legal

US Vice President Mike Pence claimed that homosexuality was “a choice” in the 1990s, as he fought against efforts to protect gay people from discrimination. Newly-unearthed materials discovered by CNN’s KFile shed light on Pence’s lifelong opposition to LGBT+ rights. As the head of the right-wing...