Furious Peter Tatchell brands Commonwealth ‘a homophobic institution’.
On the eve of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, activist Peter Tatchell has labelled the organisation “a homophobic institution”.
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“LGBT rights are human rights”. Meet the UK’s new Special LGBT Envoy.
In 2005, Nick Herbert became the first ever out Conservative MP and he’s just been appointed as the UK’s Special LGBT Envoy.
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Short film exposes anti-LGBT+ hate crime in Commonwealth.
The Human Dignity Trust’s new film, A Wake Up Call: Hate Crime Law in the Commonwealth, is funded by the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
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Why we still need Pride
Some people think that there are no more battles to fight. Rob Harkavy begs to differ. The starting gun has been fired for the UK Pride season, with Birmingham Pride – the first major event of the season – having taken place over the May Bank Holiday weekend, setting the tone […]
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LGBT+ rights organisations protest CHOGM 2018
LGBT+ rights movements come together to protest Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting A number of high-profile UK and global LGBTQIA+ rights movements are coming together this week in a series of events and protests while The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) takes place in the UK, to demand that they put […]
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Does Britain (or the Queen) even care how homophobic the Commonwealth is?
Britain has been accused of “caving in” to pressure from the governments of Commonwealth states which criminalise homosexuality. There’d been a planned UK effort to promote gay rights at the bloc’s upcoming summit in London but that now seems less likely. A guide on international best practice on sexual orientation and […]
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