UK ready to roll out PrEP trial
The United Kingdom will launch a PrEP trial that will allow 10,000 people to access game-changing HIV preventative medication. Britain’s National Health Service had ruled out offering PrEP treatment to...
View ArticleFIFA 17 rainbow uniform causes outrage, may break Russian law
A rainbow striped outfit in the latest FIFA video game has caused outrage online with anti-LGBT gamers and even the Russian government. The rainbow kit which was available as optional downloadable...
View ArticleUK man found guilty of murdering police officer met on Grindr
A man in the UK has been handed a life sentence for murdering a police officer he had met using Grindr. Stefano Brizzi was found guilty of murdering 59-year-old Police Constable Gordon Semple, who was...
View ArticleAndrew Hastie dismisses marriage equality warnings from British MP
Liberal MP Andrew Hastie has dismissed comments from former UK minister Nick Herbert about the perils of conservative governments ignoring the issue of marriage equality. The member for Canning in...
View ArticleWestboro Baptist Church says their ban from UK caused Westminster attack
The Westboro Baptist Church have blamed the recent terror attack in London on the organisations ban from the United Kingdom. The horrific attack in the heart of London earlier this week claimed the...
View ArticleHundreds protest Chechnya’s gay purge in London
Protesters gathered at London’s Russian Embassy today to speak out against reports of gay ‘concentration camps’ in Chechnya. The reports from Russian media have revealed allegations of gay men being...
View ArticleUK Police welcome first gender-fluid officer
A new initiative from Britain’s Metropolitan Police has encouraged the country’s first gender-fluid officer to reveal their identity in the workplace. Callum/Abi, who has been an officer for 13 years,...
View ArticleBibliophile | Danger Music finds beauty in a brutal place
Danger Music by Eddie Ayres Allen & Unwin When Emma was 12 years old, they were desperately unhappy and wanted to get as far away as possible from their home in Shropshire, England. The ordered,...
View ArticleUK teacher banned from profession over gay statements
A British school teacher who told children that “gay people have a disease” has been banned from the profession. Joshua Onduso was teaching at a specialist school for students who have difficulty...
View ArticleBritish government apologises for banning gays from the military
Twenty years after it lifted its policy banning gays from the military the British government has apologised for the policy and the service personnel who were discharged. Addressing a group of veterans...
View ArticleFormer professional soccer player Thomas Beattie comes out as gay
Former professional soccer player Thomas Beattie has revealed he is a gay man, becoming the first UK star to come out as LGBTIQ+ since Justin Fashanu in 1990. The 33-year-old played for the youth squad...
View ArticleBoris Johnson promises to bring forward ban on conversion therapy
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reiterated his party’s promise to ban the harmful practice of LGBTIQ+ conversion therapy across Great Britain. Originally put in motion by former Conservative PM...
View ArticleBritain’s High Court transgender decision could be overturned on appeal
At the start of the month Britain’s High Court handed down a decision in a case looking into how the nation’s doctors prescribe treatments to teenagers experiencing gender incongruence. The three judge...
View ArticleAdvocates welcome UK decision to lift gay/bi blood donation ban
Australian LGBTIQ+ advocacy group just.equal have welcomed the UK’s decision to lift the ban on gay and bi+ male blood donors, and call for action at home. This week the UK Advisory Committee on the...
View ArticleThatcher didn’t want to mention sex in AIDS awareness campaigns
Margaret Thatcher was Britain’s Prime Minister when the AIDS crisis grew throughout the 1980’s but her former colleagues have shared that the Iron Lady was not in favour of sharing how HIV could be...
View ArticleBoris Johnson criticised for not knowing difference of HIV and AIDS
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been criticised for delivering a speech which spoke of AIDS rather than HIV. Health experts says the incorrect usage of terms promotes misunderstanding and...
View Article‘RENT’ prompts walkout as audience member realises musical is queer
A production in Leeds has drawn international attention after an audience member disrupted a recent performance with a homophobic outburst. UK company Bite My Thumb’s staging of RENT was interrupted in...
View ArticleBritish MP Jamie Wallis shares that he is transgender
Warning: This story contains references to gender dysphoria, sexual assault and traumatic events. British MP Jamie Wallis has shared that he is transgender, his disclosure has been praised by...
View ArticleBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnston set to resign within hours
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to resign within the next few hours following a mass exodus of cabinet ministers over the last 48 hours. The scandal plague leader survived a no...
View ArticleUK MP Jamie Wallis says Tory MPs “weaponised” transgender issues
British MP Jamie Wallis has accused his colleagues of “weaponising” transgender issues in a letter sent to Prime Minister Liz Truss. Wallis, who came out as transgender earlier this year, said some of...
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