Category: Gay Rights

Queer rally to be held in protest of Suella Braverman’s LGBTQ+ migrants comments

Pride in London is staging a “Stand against Suella” protest to “hold the government accountable” for its anti-LGBTQ+ agenda. The demonstration is due to take place on Sunday (1 October) at 3pm in Parliament Square, and will be co-hosted by African Rainbow Family. “Why are we protesting? Our prime minister still hasn’t banned conversion therapy,” […]

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Worrying number of British teen boys still approve of Andrew Tate, study finds

Professional misogynist Andrew Tate is still having a worrying effect on young boys in the UK, a YouGov poll has found. Data suggests that 23 per cent of UK boys aged between 13 and 15 have a positive view of the influencer, while 25 per cent agree with what he has to say. The former […]

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Disgraced Republican Lauren Boebert targets US veteran with transphobic rant

Lauren Boebert deliberately misgendered a transgender US veteran during a House debate on Wednesday (27 September). The Republican lawmaker refused to recognise Department of Defense (DoD) deputy under secretary Shawn Skelly’s gender during a debate in the House of Representatives, deliberately using the wrong pronouns throughout the session. Boebert accused Skelly of “failing at [her] […]

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Posie Parker’s political party rejected by electoral commission

A political party proposed by gender-critical activist Posie Parker has been rejected by the Electoral Commission.  Parker, whose real name is Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, is one of the UK’s best-known anti-trans campaigners and has courted controversy for her views on the transgender community, with Nazi groups attending her Let Women Speak events.  In May, Parker posted […]

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‘Soulless monster’ awaits sentencing 37 years after homophobia-fuelled Sydney murder

Convicted murderer Stanley Early has been described as a “soulless monster” as he awaits sentencing for the murder of married man Raymond Keane, who he believed to be gay. In June, Stanley Bruce Early, 77, was found guilty of the murder of Keane, a 43-year-old married man, back in 1987 in Sydney, Australia. A New […]

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