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Pride Month: Important LGBT+ stories and what more needs to be done
From fleeing persecution to fighting for the right to donate blood, Metro.co.uk have put a spotlight on issues from across the LGBT+ community this week. Here's a collection of some inspiring and powerful stories, as well as a look at the things we need to do to better support all members of the LGBT+ community.
Powerful stories
A teacher reveals how she’s recently watched an incredible transformation in the way young people learn about LGBT+ people. ‘In the 15 years I’ve been …
‘You’ve landed the role as Emmerdale’s first ever transgender character’. It was a sentence my younger self would have never imagined hearing – not …
For Alison van Uytvanck and Greet Minnen, two female Belgian tennis players who are engaged as of last year, the message is clear: It’s just normal. …
Standing in the kitchen, my dad took out the sheets of paper he’d printed off from the NHS Blood and Transplant website, which had a list of around …
What more needs to be done?
‘Celebrate Pride Month with our new Pride Van!’ read the enthusiastic tweet from British model railway brand Hornby on 1 June. Shortly after, …
The pandemic has been a struggle for so many. But it’s been particularly challenging for the LGBT+ community – a group that’s already at greater risk …
Phyllis Akua Opoku-Gyimah, more commonly known as Lady Phyll, is one of the most influential figures in the British LGBT+ community. Born and raised …
Love Island bosses are currently against producing a LGBT+ version of the show because gay contestants would pose ‘logistical difficulty’. So …
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