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September 2, 2019

Olympic gold medallist says trans athletes don’t create ‘equal playing field’

Northern Irish Olympian Lady Mary Peters, who won an Olympic gold in 1972, has weighed in on the discussion around the inclusion of trans athletes in sport. Peters, 80, said that allowing trans women to play in women’s sports doesn’t create “an equal playing field”. And Peters, who won her gold...

September 2, 2019

Lesbian wedding of Pakistani-Indian couple – wearing sari and sherwani

In a lesbian wedding that showed “love has no borders”, two women – one from India, one from Pakistan – have married in a ceremony wearing traditional outfits. Bianca Maieli wore an ivory sari at her wedding to new wife Saima Ahmad, who wore a sherwani – an outfit traditionally worn by male brides in …...

September 1, 2019

This is how sexual abuse against gay and bi men brings unique stigma and harm

As trauma psychologists, we’re leading a team to help alleviate psychiatric distress in gay, bi and trans males who have been sexually abused or assaulted. In collaboration with two nonprofit organisations, MaleSurvivor and Men Healing, we recruited and trained 20 men who have experienced sexual abuse to deliver...

September 1, 2019

DUP politician refuses to watch Strictly Come Dancing in case he sees a same-sex couple

The DUP’s former health minister Jim Wells has slammed the BBC’s latest move to open Strictly Come Dancing to same-sex couples, calling it a “reprobate” step. BBC bosses recently said they would be “completely open” to changing the show’s format to allow same-sex dance pairings in...

September 1, 2019

Japanese woman sues after boss outs her as transgender to colleagues

A Japanese woman has filed a lawsuit against the Osaka hospital where she works after her boss revealed to colleagues that she is transgender. Japan Today reported that she is now demanding the hospital operator pay 12 million yen ($113,000) for the “undue emotional distress” she suffered as a result. According...

September 1, 2019

Gay medical student claims work would be simpler if she were heterosexual

A gay UK medical student has said that her work would be “simpler” if she were heterosexual. The student, in her sixth and final year of medical school, wrote in The Guardian that building patient-doctor relationships is difficult when she must “run the very real risk of encountering homophobia”....

September 1, 2019

Trans boy sues school after teacher demands he ‘prove’ he should be in male bathroom

A transgender teen in West Virginia is taking legal action after a teacher demanded he use a urinal to “prove” he belongs in the men’s bathroom. 15-year-old Michael Critchfield was allegedly followed into the bathroom at Liberty High School in Clarksburg, West Virginia, by assistant principal Lee...

September 1, 2019

Mhairi Black: ‘I’ve been challenged going into female toilets’

The lesbian Scottish National Party MP Mhairi Black revealed she has been challenged over her gender when using female toilets. Black is fighting for reforms to the Gender Recognition Act (GRA), which is hoped will uphold and improve rights for trans and non-binary people in the UK. She previously condemned the “toxic”...

September 1, 2019

Drag queen eloquently explains why Straight Pride is so offensive

This year’s usual Pride calendar – filled with glitter and glee – had a few blotches this year after several groups in the US tried to organise Straight Pride. But in a video for PinkNews, drag queen Le Gateau Chocolat has slammed Straight Prides as “unnecessary”. “Pride still holds a very important...

September 1, 2019

Boston’s Straight Pride parade heavily outnumbered by counter-protesters

Boston’s Straight Pride marchers found themselves outnumbered by over 1,000 counter-protestors who “drowned out” their planned anti-gay speeches. The application for the march permit indicates organisers expected up to 2,000 people to join the right-wing event. But The Guardian reported that only a few...