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September 4, 2019

New Liberal Democrat MP Phillip Lee tried to stop asylum seekers with HIV from entering the country

In a day of high drama and high-stakes, Boris Johnson lost his working majority in parliament when a Conservative rebel with a ‘homophobic’ voting record quit the party to join the Liberal Democrats. As Phillip Lee walked across the House of Commons to sit next to Lib Dem leader, Jo Swinson, his defection...

September 4, 2019

Mississippi wedding venue apologises for refusing mixed-race couple, stands by anti-gay bias

The owner of a wedding venue in Mississippi that refused to host the wedding of a mixed-race couple has apologised, after a video of its owner saying they wouldn’t hold interracial or gay weddings on the basis of “Christian beliefs” went viral. The video was recorded by LaKambria Welch, who went to the...

September 3, 2019

The man who founded one of the biggest conversion therapy ministries wants you to know he’s gay

A South Carolina man behind one of the largest conversion therapy ministries has come out as gay. Hope for Wholeness, a faith-based conversion therapy program, founder McKrae Game came out of the closet this summer to his private circles, according to an interview with The Post and Courier on Saturday. This was two years...

September 3, 2019

A Republican politician made up a gay sex scandal about himself to hide his heterosexual affair

A former Republican US state representative has accepted a plea deal after he told a staffer to “out” him as having sex with a man in an alley in a mass email. Far-right Tea Party politician Todd Courser made the bizarre request to email thousands of Republicans in Michigan about the fictional rendezvous in...

September 3, 2019

A Republican politician made up a gay sex scandal about himself to hide his heterosexual affair

September 3, 2019

DUP politician to lodge formal complaint over heated same-sex Strictly debate with Piers Morgan

A DUP politician has said he will file a formal complaint to broadcast regulator OCFOM today after appearing on a fiery episode of ITV’s Good Morning Britain with host Piers Morgan. Jim Wells, an assembly member for South Downs in Northern Ireland, appeared on the morning talk show and argued that gay people...

September 3, 2019

Chasten Buttigieg makes the glaringly obvious point about Mike Pence’s lunch with gay Irish leader

After a White House aid argued Vice President Mike Pence couldn’t be anti-gay because he was having lunch with Ireland’s gay prime minsiter, Chasten Buttigieg, the husband of 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, had some thoughts. Judd Deere, the White House deputy press secretary and a special assistant...

September 3, 2019

Philippines’ Supreme Court refuses to legalise same-sex marriage

The Philippines’ highest court has rejected a landmark case to legalise same-sex marriage, despite admitting that the constitution does not restrict marriage on the basis of sex. A young, openly gay Filipino lawyer named Jesus Falcis petitioned the Supreme Court for same-sex marriage back in 2015, arguing that the...

September 3, 2019

The Scottish government just confirmed the next step for the reformation of the Gender Recognition Act

The Scottish government today confirmed plans for a second consultation on the Gender Recognition Act. It will be a relief for many supporters of a bill that could vastly improve how trans and non-binary people acquire a Gender Recognition Certificate. Although some remain nervous, as a public consultation may alter a bill...

September 3, 2019

Powerful video shows a 12-year-old boy asking why there’s no law to protect his lesbian mothers from discrimination

A 12-year-old boy was forced to ask his local city council a devastating question: why does it have no laws to protect his lesbian mothers? Olathe, Kansas is the site of a years-long fight for LGBT+ rights, with the local community frustrated by the council’s slow progress on anti-discrimination laws. Now, a...