4+ hour, 51+ min ago   (775+ words) Newton Emerson writes a twice-weekly column for The Irish News and is a regular commentator on current affairs on radio and television. UNDER a proposed law from Alliance, parents could face up to two years in jail for having “ordinary…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (515+ words) A proposed bill banning the attempted ‘conversion’ of people who come out as non-heterosexual will criminalise parenting, restrict religious freedom and leave teachers in fear of expressing honestly held beliefs, a government minister is claiming. DUP Communities Minister Gordon Lyons…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (780+ words) Hollywood actor Elliott Gould, British screen star Sir David Suchet and Irish Eurovision winner Dana all have one thing in common – they’ve trusted a Belfast cobbler with their footwear. For almost half a century, Christy McIlhone has worked at the…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1002+ words) When Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain was released 20 years ago, it marked a watershed moment for gay representation on screen. Starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as two Wyoming sheep herders who fall in love, the film brought an LGBTQ+ love…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (597+ words) Guidance on use of toilets and changing rooms as single-sex spaces comes into force on Wednesday, almost a year-and-a-half after the landmark Supreme Court ruling on biological sex. The April 2025 Supreme Court ruling was hailed by campaigners as a victory…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (522+ words) Féile an Phobail organisers have claimed victory after a High Court case taken against it by a women’s rights group over a cancelled event at the festival was withdrawn following talks between the parties. The court in Belfast was due…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1261+ words) An estimated 150,000 people marched through central London in the world’s largest trans pride event, organisers have said. Protesters voiced anger at the new guidance on single sex-spaces and called on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to make a positive difference to…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (957+ words) A mother of a trans woman who took her own life has said “more children are going to die” unless the new Prime Minister works to reverse the “anti-trans policies” that Sir Keir Starmer oversaw. Alice Litman, 20, had spent 1,023 days…...

2+ mon, 13+ hour ago   (612+ words) Trans rights campaigners in Edinburgh have said they’re “quite angry” as the scrutiny period for updated guidance has ended. Approximately 80 people gathered at the Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh event at the top of the middle Meadows near Teviot Place on…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1014+ words) Former Olympic swimmer Mark Foster still wonders if he might have won an Olympic medal had he been open with the world about his sexuality. Foster, 56, has multiple World, European and Commonwealth titles to his name, but throughout his long…...