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September 9, 2019

Gay couple sent ‘homophobic’ note warning them to move their wedding away from village

A gay couple in Somerset were sent an anonymous letter before their wedding day warning them the celebration “should take place far, far away” from the village where one of the grooms grew up. Callum Hodge and Ashley Jenkins planned to hold their wedding reception on Hodge’s parents’ land in the...

September 9, 2019

Trans woman beaten for using bathroom: ‘I’m in the best place of my life, even after this attack’

Trans woman Lauren Jackson – who was severely beaten by a man she didn’t know after using a female restroom – said she is healing and flourishing despite the attack. Jackson, 29, spent a week in hospital with her jaw broken in multiple places and a fractured skull following the attack, according to police. She...

September 9, 2019

This video from 1980 of people in Sunderland giving their views on homosexuality is eye-opening

A television clip from 1980 showing people of Sunderland sharing their views on homosexuality reveals that public opinion was more divided than you might think. The footage was filmed a year before the first case of AIDS in the UK, and seven years before the introduction of Thatcher’s anti-gay Section 28 legislation...

September 9, 2019

Fleabag’s ‘hot priest’ Andrew Scott doesn’t want to be called ‘openly gay’

Star of BBC comedy Fleabag, Andrew Scott, said that he doesn’t like being described as “openly gay” in the media. Scott plays a family priest in the second series, who is also the show’s unnamed protagonist’s (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) main love interest. In an interview with GQ, he said:...

September 9, 2019

Transgender boy ‘forced to wear blouse to school’

The LGBT+ adviser to Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has said he visited a school where a transgender boy is being forced to wear girl’s uniform, despite the school promoting LGBT+ awareness. Carl Austin-Behan met the pupil while visiting a school in Wigan on September 5. “I met a young trans lad this evening...

September 9, 2019

Ex-Strictly head judge doesn’t want same-sex couples on the show because he’s an ‘old traditionalist’

Strictly Come Dancing‘s former head judge Len Goodman has said he doesn’t support same-sex couples competing on the show because he’s an “old traditionalist”. Last month it was reported that same-sex couples might compete on the show for the first time next year after BBC bosses said they were...

September 9, 2019

1,000 police officers protect Bosnia’s first ever Pride from anti-gay violence

More than 1,000 police officers lined up to protect LGBT+ activists from violence during Bosnia and Herzegovina’s first-ever Pride march. According to Reuters, law enforcement in the country’s capital, Sarajevo, lined the parade route on Sunday, September 8, with fences, concrete blocks and anti-sniper units...

September 9, 2019

Kristen Stewart wants to play a ‘gay’ superhero

When asked at the Toronto International Film Festival what kind of superhero she would like to play, Kristen Stewart had just one requirement: “A gay one!” Last week, in a Harper’s Bazaar interview, Stewart said that she had been told to hide her sexuality in order to better her career. “I have fully been...

September 8, 2019

Uber driver filmed kicking couple out ‘because they’re gay’

A gay couple have spoken out after they were allegedly kicked out of an Uber for sharing a kiss on the cheek. Kristin Michele and her girlfriend Jenn Mangan were heading to a Zac Brown Band concert in Camden, New Jersey on Friday (September 6) when the incident occurred. In a post on Facebook, she … Continued The...

September 8, 2019

Same-sex marriage will be ‘the law of the land’ in Northern Ireland by 2020

Preparations for introducing same-sex marriage to Northern Ireland are going full steam ahead, with one senior minister declaring it will be “the law of the land” by 2020. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where same-sex marriage is not legally recognised. On July 9, MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour...