The practice has been described as torture and a breach of human rights. LGBT rights group, All Out, has restarted a campaign to stop Tunisia’s so-called “anal testing” of gay men. The practice was brought to the attention of the international community and 45,000 people across the globe signed a petition, […]
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“It sounds like Munroe’s coming from a place of great pain, I hear that coming through. Those are not the words that I would choose to describe my thoughts on racism or white supremacy but I’m not going to attack her.” The dust has settled a little following the Munroe Bergdorf […]
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The Sunday Brunch wine man launches wine delivery service (just in time for Christmas!) Don’t know your Chablis from your Chardonnay? Fear not, because Channel 4’s celebrity wine guru Raul Diaz is on a mission to help. The Sunday Brunch regular has launched a new wine delivery service which he says […]
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A Christian businessman who refused to print business cards for a trans customer has been suspended from his networking group. US-based networking franchise BNI contacted Out News Global this morning to confirm that iti is investigating allegations of discrimination against 52-year-old Joanne Lockwood. In a statement, the company’s National Director, Tim Cook said: “As a […]
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Crimes involving hostility on grounds of sexual orientation and transgender identity receive tougher sentencing Record numbers of tougher hate crime sentences are being passed by the courts after applications made by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), data published today reveals. In 2016/17, more than half of all cases involving hostility on […]
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A Christian printer who refused to produce the business cards of a transgender diversity consultant is defending his decision and enlisted the support of the Christian Institute. Now Out News Global can exclusively reveal that Joanne Lockwood has been harassed by email and phone following national interest in her story. Hampshire […]
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This year’s Iris LGBT Film Winners announced at carnival celebration in Cardiff Mother Knows Best (Mamma Vet Bäst) directed by Swedish filmmaker Mikael Bundsen has been announced as the winner of the 2017 Iris Prize, Cardiff’s International LGBT Short Film Prize. The £30,000 prize will allow Bundsen to make a new short film […]
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“Before allowing remarks like these to stand, editors need to ask themselves what kind of harm they might do.” Channel 4 bosses have been told to give producers better training after they aired a ‘transphobic’ scene in hit show, First Dates. In the scene which remains online, cage fighter Ricky claims that […]
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“Seeing this steady stream of alleged putridity emanating from Weinstein’s past comes as no surprise to me at all.” Silence, they say, is the most powerful noise in cinema. We know now that there has been an awful lot of silence behind the cameras when it comes to Harvey Weinstein. Today, […]
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A gender-neutral campaigner has been given the go-ahead for a challenge that would allow for gender-neutral passports. Christie Elan-Cane says the UK’s passport application process says it’s wrong for people to have to offer their gender in applications. They are calling for another option, allowing people to put an ‘X’ instead […]
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