Lyra McKee Friends and family of murdered Lyra McKee embark on three-day peace walkmetro.co.uk - James Hockaday Friends of murdered journalist Lyra McKee have started a three-day peace walk from Belfast to Londonderry. Ms McKee, 29, was shot in the head by the …
LGBTQI Crowds of LGBT Muslims to lead first ever pride march in historymetro.co.uk - Basit Mahmood British Muslims are leading the first ever pride march in Birmingham today, in what is a first in the event’s 22-year-history. Members of Birmingham’s …
Taiwan Hundreds of couples tie the knot on the first day of legal same-sex marriage in Taiwanmetro.co.uk - Ellen Scott Last week Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage. Today, that big decision comes into effect – and hundreds of couples …
LGBTQI ‘Being able to marry my wife was life changing’ says lesbian mum-of-twometro.co.uk - Zoe Drewett Laura-Rose Thorogood would not have been able to marry her wife of eight years were it not for groundbreaking campaigning by LGBT activists. She says …
IKEA Ikea’s big blue bag gets a rainbow version to celebrate Pridemetro.co.uk - Ellen Scott Ikea’s big blue bag – or the Frakta bag, as it’s formally known – has long been iconic. It’s used for everything from moving house to stashing …
Transgender Trans people need to fight to protect abortion, this ban impacts us toometro.co.uk - Owl Recent news of abortion bans in the US makes it hard to believe that we are – supposedly – living in an open and liberal society in 2019. It seems as …
Celebrity (UK) Joe Lycett schools MP on LGBTQ+ equality and invites him on epic night out in one fell swoopmetro.co.uk - Emma Kelly Joe Lycett has called out his MP perfectly for calling LGBTQ+ equality teaching in primary schools ‘inappropriate’ – and invited him for an epic …
Lesbian Gay woman financially penalised at work for speaking out against harassmentmetro.co.uk - Lucy Middleton A woman who was harassed at work because of her sexuality says she was financially penalised by her employers when she decided to speak out. Leah …
Dads explain what it's like to live with their new adopted sonmetro.co.uk - Faima Bakar Married couple Paul and Gregg LeBlond recently adopted their first child, seven-year-old Gavin. The new dads warmed the collective heart of the …
Deportation Gay rugby player fighting deportation begs for help to end ‘limbo’metro.co.uk - Kate Buck A gay rugby player who is fighting deportation to Kenya over fears of persecution has called on the home secretary to end his ‘limbo’ and decide on …
Ofsted Headteacher sent death threats for teaching children about same-sex relationshipsmetro.co.uk - Zoe Drewett A headteacher has revealed he once received death threats from parents because his school began teaching children about same-sex relationships. Jamie …
Little Mix Little Mix, Ellie Goulding and Cynthia Nixon take home prizes at British LGBT Awards 2019metro.co.uk - Tobi Akingbade Little Mix and Ellie Goulding were among the celebrity allies to collect prizes at the 2019 British LGBT Awards on Friday night. Famous faces from far …
West Sussex Homophobic woman launched wine bottle at man’s head after Brighton Pridemetro.co.uk - Lucy Middleton A woman who damaged a man’s hearing in a homophobic attack at a Pride event has been jailed for eight and a half years. Jasmine Shepherd, 20, hurled …
Eurovision Song Contest The Netherlands’ Eurovision entry Duncan Laurence comes out as bisexual during press conferencemetro.co.uk - Emma Kelly Eurovision favourite Duncan Laurence came out as bisexual after getting The Netherlands through to Saturday night’s grand final. The 25-year-old’s …
LGBTQI LGBTQ employees being sexually harassed at work is ‘hidden epidemic’metro.co.uk - Lucy Middleton Almost seven out of 10 LGBTQ workers have said they have been sexually harassed at work, a new study has found. Most of those affected also said that …
Harvard TV star and activist Jazz Jennings has been accepted to Harvard Universitymetro.co.uk - Nola Ojomu Transgender activist Jazz Jennings has already done some pretty impressive things at the tender age of 18. The 18-year-old reality star announced the …
Eurovision Song Contest Belarus Eurovision commentator calls for ‘values to be preserved’ in homophobic commentsmetro.co.uk - Emma Kelly A Belarusian TV presenter made homophobic comments during the broadcast of the first Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals, when same-sex couples were …
Scottish Parliament Unless you understand what it is to be trans you’ve no right to question my existencemetro.co.uk - Owl The debate on trans issues in the UK over the last few years has been turbulent to say the least. Experts on trans rights and people who have been …
Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision celebrates same-sex love with Dana Internationalmetro.co.uk - Emma Kelly Eurovision Song Contest legend Dana International returned to the Eurovision stage after 21 years with a touching performance about love in every …
LGBTQI Anti-LGBT protester returns to Birmingham school gates despite council’s warningmetro.co.uk - Basit Mahmood An anti-LGBT protester has returned to the gates of a primary school in Birmingham, demanding an end to LGBT books and discussions, despite a council …
Non-binary Trans students more likely to be sexually assaulted when denied bathroom rightsmetro.co.uk - Jessica Lindsay A new study has found that trans and non-binary students are more likely to be assaulted if they aren’t given access to the correct bathrooms. The …
Transwomen Woman declares LGBT community ‘homophobic against lesbians’ and transwomen sleeping with them ‘rape culture’ on live TVmetro.co.uk - Tilly Pearce The M&S LGBT sandwich debate is still raging as a woman against its creation claimed the LGBT community was homophobic against lesbians and that it’s …
Brunei Brunei says it won’t stone gay people to death after global outcrymetro.co.uk - Elisa Menendez Brunei has announced it will not introduce the death penalty for gay sex after facing a global backlash. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on Sunday extended a …
Madonna Madonna gets emotional at GLAAD awards as she delivers rousing Advocate For Change acceptance speechmetro.co.uk - Emily Baker Madonna, or Madam X as we are supposed to call her in the run up to her new album of the same name, accepted her GLAAD Avocate for Change award with …
London Public Transport ‘Drunk bully’ screams homophobic abuse at man on tube before spitting in his facemetro.co.uk - James Hockaday A shocking video shows a ‘drunk woman’ abusing a man on the London Underground ‘because he is gay’ in what appears to be a random attack. The woman …
London, UK LGBT+ and Aids activist Sarah Schulman is helping London with its liberationmetro.co.uk - Luisa Bider ‘Help us, we’re dying’ was the main claim of Aids activists during the 1980s and 1990s. Many weren’t receiving the medication they needed, because it …
Northern Ireland Assembly Historic moment as woman becomes DUP’s first openly gay candidate to be electedmetro.co.uk - Martine Berg Olsen Alison Bennington has become the Democratic Unionist Party’s first openly gay candidate to be elected. Bennington hugged supporters at a Belfast count …
Kevin Hart I forgive Kevin Hart for his past, it’s people being homophobic today that I want to apologisemetro.co.uk - Stephen Bailey In a recent interview, Ricky Gervais offered up his opinion on Kevin Hart’s homophobic tweets saying that he cannot be expected to keep …
Europe Preacher who said ‘gays should face death penalty’ to be banned from most of Europemetro.co.uk - Elisa Menendez An anti-gay preacher has been banned from entering most of Europe, Dutch officials have confirmed. Steven Anderson, from Arizona, US, has previously …
