Homophobe Margaret Court refuses to attend Margaret Court Arena for Australian Grand Slam

• Released Date: 05-Jan-2018

Court, who has received an intense backlash over her homophobic vitriol, including her remarks that the introduction of same-sex marriage would lead to the cancellation of Christmas, led to several tennis players claiming that they would refuse to pl

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Chinese court agrees to review ‘gay relationships’ video ban

• Released Date: 04-Jan-2018

The court agreed to review the case and said that they would clarify their position within six months, reported state media.

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More Conservative Party members support the death penalty than same-sex marriage

• Released Date: 04-Jan-2018

Most Conservative Party members still oppose the right of same-sex couples to marry, according to new research.Academics at Queen Mary University of London found almost six in ten card-carrying Tories aren’t supportive of marriage equality, despite t

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Hong Kong equality watchdog: Transgender people should be recognised without surgery

• Released Date: 04-Jan-2018

A Hong Kong equality watchdog has said transgender people should have their legal status recognised without gender surgery.The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) has urged the territory’s government to change the law on this issue. The status of t

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Donald Trump’s judicial nominee: Gay judges shouldn’t hear LGBT cases

• Released Date: 04-Jan-2018

One of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees has said that gay judges shouldn’t hear LGBT cases – because they’re biased.Howard C. Nielson Jr.’s comments came after the 2010 Hollingsworth v. Perry case which made same-sex marriage legal in Calif

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All the medical organisations who think gay cure therapy is bulls**t

• Released Date: 03-Jan-2018

As proponents of gay ‘cure’ therapy take to the internet to target vulnerable gay people, we take a look at everyone who has disavowed the practise.

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Lesbian couple sue Bulgarian court in first ever fight for same-sex marriage recognition

• Released Date: 03-Jan-2018

A trailblazing lesbian couple in Bulgaria have become the first to fight a legal battle for the recognition of their same-sex marriage.Lilia Babulkova and her wife, who goes by the initials DK, could set a court precedent in the battle for recognitio

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Meet the lesbian sheriff who’s running against an anti-gay Governor – in Texas

• Released Date: 03-Jan-2018

A lesbian sheriff is trying to become governor in the deeply right-wing state of Texas.Guadalupe Lupe Valdez, a four-term sheriff, will be running as a Democrat in the primaries this year, and is expected to win. Valdez is part of a wave of LGBT can

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There are just eight safe house spaces for LGBT people in Ukraine

• Released Date: 02-Jan-2018

It may be legal to be gay in Ukraine, but the country still needs to take significant strides in accepting its LGBT citizens.

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None of America’s 100 largest churches affirm LGBT people

• Released Date: 01-Jan-2018

Church Clarity launched earlier this year to monitor the way that LGBTQ issues are taught about in churches across the US. The organisation looks at the teachings of individual churches, to break down a list of those that are welcoming to LGBT peopl

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None of America’s 100 largest churches affirm LGBT people

• Released Date: 01-Jan-2018

Megachurches across the US are preaching rejection of LGBT people, a study has found.Church Clarity launched earlier this year to monitor the way that LGBTQ issues are taught about in churches across the US. The organisation looks at the teachings o

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Illinois becomes second state to ban the ‘gay panic’ defence

• Released Date: 01-Jan-2018

As of January 1 2018, Illinois has banned the defence which allowed defendants to blame a victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity as a reasoning behind violent crimes committed against LGBTQ+ people. 

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