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August 11, 2019

British Airways ‘must stop deportations’ – Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants

As British Airways gears up for its 100th birthday on August 25, queer direct-action group Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants are calling on the airline to celebrate its centenary by ending deportation flights. To mark its 100th year of flying, British Airways released an advertising campaign called #BA100, a...

August 11, 2019

First ever Welsh BAME Pride held in Cardiff by Glitter Cymru

A Pride event for the black, Asian and ethnic minority LGBT+ community was held in Cardiff yesterday (August 10) – a first for Wales. The event was organised by Glitter Cymru, a Cardiff BAME LGBT+ social group that started in 2016, and was attended by over 70 people. “We wanted to create a community engagement...

August 11, 2019

Gay couple in New Zealand crowdfunding for IVF so they can start a family

A young gay couple in New Zealand who want to start a family are seeking $25,000 in public donations so they can have a child using IVF. Ryan Curran, 27, and Jerome Pacquing, 25, from Tauranga, New Zealand, have started a public appeal to raise money so they can have their first child. Same-sex couples …...

August 11, 2019

FBI: ‘Las Vegas security guard planned anti-LGBT and anti-Semitic attacks’

The FBI have arrested a man in Las Vegas who they say was plotting attacks against the LGBT+ and Jewish communities. Conor Climo, who officials say worked as a security guard, was arrested on August 8 by an FBI-led anti-terrorism task force. Authorities said Climo, 23, plotted to bomb a synagogue or an LGBT+ bar. …...

August 11, 2019

Pride in Surrey removes people protesting BAE Systems sponsorship

Organisers of the inaugural Pride in Surrey allegedly removed protesters who were criticising the lead sponsor, defence giant BAE Systems, on August 10. At least four people say they were removed from Pride in Surrey. Two say they were told it was because they were being removed for being “too political” while...

August 10, 2019

Scotland backtracks on plan to include non-binary option on next census

The body responsible for formulating the census questions in Scotland has quietly announced that it has u-turned on plans to include a non-binary option on the next census. National Records of Scotland (NRS) had proposed to add a third option that would have included non-binary transgender people’s identities in the...

August 10, 2019

Scotland: street festival to be held in Edinburgh for transgender rights

A day of celebration focusing on transgender equality is being held in Edinburgh on Sunday (August 11). Led by campaigners who are seeking reform of the Gender Recognition Act in Scotland, the street festival will celebrate trans identities and call for better trans rights in Scotland. More than 20 performers, artists and...

August 10, 2019

Christian college kicks out Tennessee transgender man for getting top surgery

A private Christian college in the US suspended a transgender man for “sexual perversion” just hours after he got top surgery. Yanna Awtrey is the son of missionaries and grew up in the Free Will Baptist Church. He went to a Free Will Baptist college called Welch College, which was chosen by his parents, who...

August 9, 2019

Straight Pride organiser accidentally says it’s a ‘racist group’

The organiser of a Straight Pride event was heckled at a city council meeting on Wednesday (August 7) for slipping up and saying that he was part of a “racist group.” Don Grundmann is the founder of the “National Straight Pride Coalition,” and is trying to hold the rally in Modesto, California, on...

August 9, 2019

This is how many LGBT people identify as asexual in America

Research from the Williams Institute has shown for the first time how many of America’s sexual minority population identifies as asexual. Out of a sample of around 1,500 lesbian, gay and bisexual people, 1.7 percent said they identified as asexual. The Asexual Education and Visibility Network (AVEN) defines...