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July 1, 2022

Tory minister Sajid Javid changing law to let researchers access trans people’s medical records

Health secretary Sajid Javid intends to change the law to let researchers access trans people’s private medical histories. In the Tory minister’s latest chilling attack against trans rights, Javid announced Friday (1 July) he will overhaul the law to open up the medical records of around 9,000 trans people who...

July 1, 2022

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reads ‘insecure’ Lindsey Graham after ‘assault on democracy’ rant

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez penned the perfect response to Lindsey Graham whining about an alleged left-wing “assault on democracy”. The New York representative called out Graham after he posted a tweet on Friday (1 July) praising the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs Wade, the 1973 ruling that...

July 1, 2022

Marvel just unveiled a gay Spider-Man with a ‘fearlessly femme identity’

July 1, 2022

Woman ‘choked’ by Ezra Miller in disturbing video breaks silence as more allegations surface

A woman apparently choked by Ezra Miller in a 2020 video has spoken out about the incident amid a raft of allegations. In April 2020, a video appearing to show Miller grabbing a woman’s throat and then pushing her to the ground surfaced on the internet. Two years on, following a series of troubling allegations...

July 1, 2022

Scotland leaving UK would ‘create best possible future’ for LGBTQ+ rights, say pro-independence MPs

July 1, 2022

Gay Liberation Front veterans reflect on ‘radical’ changes since UK’s first-ever Pride march

On 1 July 1972, hundreds of queer people marched defiantly through the streets of London to demand that they be treated with respect by a society that loathed them. It was a seismic moment in what was then a small, burgeoning liberation movement. The queer people who took to the streets that day were angry …...

July 1, 2022

Theresa May urges Boris Johnson to keep his promise and ban trans conversion therapy

Former prime minister Theresa May has urged Boris Johnson to ban trans conversion therapy, four years after she promised to do so. Plans for a ban on conversion therapy were first announced by May in her 2018 LGBT Action Plan. The proposals were based on a huge national survey which found that five per cent …...

July 1, 2022

Boris Johnson urged to sack Chris Pincher MP after claims he groped two men

July 1, 2022

Argos, Currys and more urged to stop pinkwashing and get serious about inclusion

As big brands pack their Pride flags away for another year, it’s time for many to start being serious about inclusivity all year-round, writes Include Mx campaigner Tom Pashby. Most people probably sail through online order forms hardly even thinking about what they’re typing. For many people like me, it can be an...

July 1, 2022

LGBTQ+ pay gap could deepen as queer workers lose out on thousands, unions warn

The LGBTQ+ pay gap is at risk of deepening because employers are failing to take action, new research suggests. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is demanding the government take action by introducing statutory LGBTQ+ pay gap reporting. Research into the LGBTQ+ pay gap has previously found that queer people are paid on...