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September 11, 2019

Mother of a trans teen says her son ‘would still be alive’ if medical staff had acted differently

The mother of trans teen Tyla Cook, who died in 2017, has said she believes her son “would still be alive” if NHS staff had acted differently in the days before his death. Tyla Cook, 16, had socially transitioned in the month before his death in December 2017. He had eating issues and struggled with …...

September 11, 2019

Mother of a trans teen says her son ‘would still be alive’ if medical staff had acted differently

September 11, 2019

Milo Yiannopoulos allegedly called a journalist ‘way too ugly’ to interview him

The gay right-wing troll Milo Yiannopoulos appears to have refused an interview by a Business Insider journalist because she was “way too ugly” for him. On September 9, journalist Kat Tenbarge contacted the former Breitbart editor on Telegram as he has been deplatformed from Facebook and Twitter for violating...

September 11, 2019

Remembering Mark Bingham, the gay hero who helped take Flight 93 back from hijackers on 9/11

On the 18th anniversary of 9/11, we remember Mark Bingham, one of the fallen heroes of the tragedy that inflicted the US on September 11, 2001. Mark Bingham was tall. He towered at 6’4″ which, with his broad physique and booming personality, made him hard to miss and quite hard to forget. He could easily...

September 11, 2019

Martina Navratilova says including trans women in sport is ‘tricky’

Czech tennis player and 18-time Grand Slam winner Martina Navratilova has told a summit in Scotland that her views on transgender women competing in women’s sport are “about biology”. Navratilova, 62, was speaking at the fifth annual Aberdeen Standard Investments diversity summit in Gleneagles, held in...

September 11, 2019

Two gay priests got married, but now their love is being dragged through the courts

Two gay priests who got married this week were set to become the first same-sex couple to receive a blessing from Australia’s Anglican church, but a legal challenge is now standing in their way. Father John Davis, from Australia, and Father Rob Whalley, from California, got married on Tuesday, September 10, exactly...

September 11, 2019

A trans refugee held by ICE for 20 months has finally been released

A transgender woman detained by ICE for 20 months has finally been freed after a sustained advocacy campaign by her attorney and several non-profit organisations. Alejandra Barrera came to the US in 2017, fleeing violence and persecution in El Salvador, where she was beaten, extorted, and sexually assaulted by gang members...

September 10, 2019

Fewer people are being prosecuted for homophobic hate crimes despite soaring reports

The number of people being prosecuted for homophobic hate crimes has fallen over the past five years, despite reports of such crimes doubling. Homophobic hate crime has increased for the sixth year running with some 13,530 incidents reported in 2018/19, according to figures obtained by BBC Radio 5 Live. This is more than...

September 10, 2019

Liz Truss is the new equalities minister

Liz Truss, the MP who previously backed Mumsnet in a row on free speech, has been appointed the new minister for women and equalities. Downing Street confirmed that Truss has been handed the equalities portfolio on Tuesday (September 10) evening. She replaces Amber Rudd, who resigned from the government and the...

September 10, 2019

This right-wing pastor wants you to know he finds homosexuality ‘disgusting’

A right-wing pastor said that “normal people” find homosexuality “disgusting” during a confusing rant about gay Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. E.W. Jackson went on a lengthy missive against Buttigieg on his Monday night (September 9) radio show. The Christian minister and...