2+ week, 4+ day ago   (546+ words) Wes Streeting has described receiving a mass of homophobic abuse since he was made defence secretary last month, while also saying his appointment had been welcomed by some in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) as a sign of change. Until…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (775+ words) ‘There’s male, there’s female, and then there’s mental illness,’ Tyron Whitten says on YouTube show One Nation senator Tyron Whitten has claimed parents supporting their children who identify as transgender are engaging in “child abuse”, telling a fringe YouTube show:…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (684+ words) LGBTQ+ support service says men from countries where homosexuality is illegal are targeted for attacks via dating apps International students from countries where homosexuality is illegal are being lured into meetings via gay dating apps before being assaulted and extorted…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1156+ words) Solidarity between LGBTQ+ people and unions has saved an event denied ‘a single penny’ of council money As the annual Pride parade weaved its way through Durham, the rainbow flags, trans rights placards and sequined cowboy hats filled the medieval…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (623+ words) For some transgender men and women – and the campaigners who support them – the updated guidance confirms their worst fears Among the floral displays, 70-year-old Whittle did not stray from habit. “Of course I used the male facilities, as I have…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1082+ words) It’s recently been accused of turning ‘woke’ – but the institution has been gay since the beginning, argues this deeply researched bookWhen it emerged that the National Trust had put vegan scones on the menu, it was seized on by some…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (545+ words) Actor says he has struggled with the backlash to his decision to play Albus Dumbledore in the new Harry Potter show, and says books are about ‘kindness versus cruelty’ John Lithgow has called JK Rowling’s views on transgender rights “ironic…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (881+ words) A wave of violence has left transgender people afraid to go out, as experts say the global rise of far-right ideology is fuelling transphobia It was past midnight but Zehrish Khanzadi and Bindiya Rana were still up, drinking tea, when…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (672+ words) As high court considers trans kids’ participation in school sports, tensions run high between opposing protest groups As the US supreme court heard arguments on Tuesday for a case that could determine whether transgender children can participate in school sports…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago   (835+ words) Original script from 1954 referring to ‘troubles of this kind’ to be brought to life on stage for LGBT+ History Month “All the homosexuals I’ve known have been extremely eager, like alcoholics, to spread the disease from which they suffer,” the…...