2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (550+ words) Eight members of the LGBTQ+ community have been trained to support others across Hertfordshire. Thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund and Hertsmere Borough Council, they will use skills they have learned to mentor others. Andrew Waite from LGBTQ+ not-for-profit…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1095+ words) A ban on sexuality and gender conversion practices could be on the way for Northern Ireland - but there is limited time left before the next Stormont election and opposition is expected. Introduced to the assembly on Tuesday, it contains provisions…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (629+ words) Guernsey has to strengthen its discrimination laws before a conversion therapy ban is introduced, a politican and prominent campaigner has said. Deputy Jayne Ozanne experienced conversion therapy - whereby processes are used to try to change someone's sexual orientation or gender…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1015+ words) Those who carry out conversion practices - commonly known as "conversion therapy" - could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises "abusive acts" aiming to change someone's sexual orientation or transgender…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (648+ words) Displays celebrating Pride month have been replaced in libraries across part of Merseyside after a new Reform UK council leader announced the authority would not be engaging with the event in any way. Members of the LGBTQ+ community and opposition…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1836+ words) A shadow industry of law firms and advisers is charging thousands of pounds to help migrants pretend to be gay in order to stay in the UK, the BBC has found. They then apply for asylum claiming to be gay…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (494+ words) A man who campaigned against a law prohibiting local authorities from "promoting" homosexuality has given a historical gay rights poster to the London Transport Museum. Ian Wilmott presented the museum with one of the "last remaining original" Never Going Underground…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (940+ words) A pair of veterans who say they were driven out of the armed forces for being gay have threatened to take legal action against the Ministry of Defence after being refused access to financial reparations. The former servicemen say that,…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (232+ words) Equality campaigners and Guernsey Deputy Jayne Ozanne said it was "quite surprising" to be awarded an OBE in the King's New Year's Honours List. She has been honoured for services to religion and the LGBTQ+ community. She worked with senior…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1700+ words) Warning - this story contains distressing content and references to suicide Police failed to properly investigate allegations that a gang was blackmailing men on the gay dating app Grindr, the BBC can reveal. Our investigation has learned of five cases of…...