Pride in London announces five new appointments to its board as it begins second term One of the biggest and longest-running Pride events in the world, Pride in London is distinguished by the fact that it is led and run by a team of unpaid volunteers. Its five new appointments come […]
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Blogger Chrissy says she knows why India Willoughby reacted so angrily to being misgendered. So, this year’s Celebrity Big Brother has already brought us it’s first eviction. From a personal viewpoint, I felt sad that India Willoughby, an openly Trans Woman, was so swiftly ejected from the house. Public opinion towards […]
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Rebekah Shelton is not dead. Her Twitter account was hacked and a false tweet was sent and then corrected by the very much alive former Big Brother star, but not before a number of national papers reported otherwise. The malicious tweet stated: “We’re sorry to inform everyone of the sad news […]
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This series of Celebrity Big Brother has confronted LGBT+ issues like no other and the whole country is talking about one housemate only: India Willoughby, the UK’s first trans newsreader and, according to social media, the most divisive character on the show in years. The outspoken former Loose Women presenter has […]
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London joins initiative in major push to reduce new HIV infections and eliminate stigma Khan signed the Paris Declaration on Fast-Track Cities Ending the AIDS Epidemic, along with borough leaders, Public Health England and NHS England. Their ambition is to cut rates of new HIV infection in the capital and eliminate discrimination […]
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Submissions are now open for the 2018 Iris Prize Festival, with a total prize fund of £50,000! Organisers of the Iris Prize have today confirmed that the £30,000 Iris Prize, awarded to the best LGBT short film, will continue to be the world’s largest short film prize, thanks to the generous […]
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It’s approaching two years since I entered the famous Big Brother house but it still feels so real and watching this series (albeit a little behind the curve) is fascinating and so weird. The last few series have been great but maybe a bit lacking in depth but this series has […]
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Will Young has demanded the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan helps track down a bus driver who called him a gay slur. The singer and radio presenter tweeted yesterday morning saying: “Homosphobic abuse from a tfl bus driver calling me a poofter. Reported it ten minutes after it happened and TfL […]
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“Katie Hopkins may give her words a punching steroidal boost but she means what she writes.” Some years ago now I was working as a producer on the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2. I was booking something linked to a news story along the lines of ‘would you employ someone […]
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The controversial ‘journalist’ and often-biffed newspaper columnist and presenter, Katie Hopkins has been on an all-too-short break from Twitter lately following her latest seeming professional crash-and-burn, this time from the Daily Mail. She’s back. The foghorn mouthpiece of the bitter, ignorant and vindictive in our society has returned like a bad smell […]
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