“Feeling nervous is not a panic attack. Realising you forgot to buy an avocado is not a panic attack.” It’s World Mental Health Day and social media is alive with a very genuine and sincere buzz of much-needed discussion around mental health issues. It’s great to see so many people challenging […]
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Research suggests the Russian government paid Facebook to promote posts targeted at specific voter groups during 2016 US Presidential election LGBT United, a Facebook page that claimed to speak “for all fellow members of LGBT community across the nation”, is one of six pages to have been named by the Washington […]
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The gay owner of an LGBT-friendly cafe ejects customers after being “offended” by anti-abortion poster The incident, which according to Facebook took place last week, involved the owner of Bedlam Coffee and members of the group Abolish Human Abortion who videoed the interaction and posted it online. The video uploaded by […]
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“I’m sure if they had rung him a year ago…he would have said yes so: shut up!” British drag legend, Paul O’Grady has thrown some serious shade at Rupaul’s Drag Race in an interview on BBC Radio 4. “No, I can’t bear it.” He said. “No really I can’t. “That’s not […]
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The shortlist for the 2017 DIVA Literary Festival is now online! The DIVA Literary Festival celebrates the best of lesbian and bi women authors. Kicking off on the evening of Friday 3 November and seeing us through until the Sunday, gongs will be handed out to the cream of the crop in […]
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Users including the British LGBT Awards have turned to the social media site to condemn “transphobic comments” made by the presenter Twitter users are hitting back over comments apparently made by the Today programme presenter earlier this morning. Hi @BBC. We recommend you urgently give #JohnHumphries of @BBCRadio4 some diversity training. […]
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Warwick Rowers to teach acting legend Denise how to row for Sports Allies charity The Warwick Rowers, famous for their annual naked calendar, offered to teach the Loose Women legend and long-time supporter of LGBT causes in a special charity session. The calendar raises money for Sport Allies, a charity helping to […]
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Number of LGB people in UK grows to more than 1 million The number of lesbian, gay and bisexual people living in the UK has grown significantly in the last year, from 1.7% to 2%, according to new statistics released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). In 2016, just over 1 […]
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Out News Global Investigation. A Trans woman says: “I was gobsmacked. After a while I felt hurt and like I’d been bullied or harassed.” A Christian businessman is refusing to print business cards for a trans woman because her company works for diversity and helps trans people at work. Joanne Lockwood approached Nigel […]
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The Trump/Pence administration is under fire from LGBT rights organisations after the vote The US is one of 13 countries to have voted against a United Nations resolution condemning the death penalty for having “consensual same-sex relations”. Although the vote condemning the death penalty has been passed, America joined Botswana, Burundi, […]
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