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Jack Lynch from Pop'n'Olly and the LGBTQ flag

News UK

Pop’n’Olly lead responds to negative backlash over LGBTQ school sessions

Exclusive: The Workshops & Training Lead at Pop'n'Olly shares with Attitude "It's tough on me personally" having to defend their identity from "aggressive" questions about LGBTQ-inclusive education

News World

Lady Phyll issues call for governments to ‘step up to the challenge’ from anti-LGBTQ efforts

"There is no time for waiting because this is about free, safe, and equal lives for LGBTI+ people around the world"

News Politics

Kemi Badenoch describes gender-affirming care as ‘new form of conversion therapy’

"We are traumatised by what is happening to young children and we are not going to run away from this issue any longer"

News UK

Trans woman punched in attack in Manchester Gay Village

"I keep replaying it over in my head because I'd had a drink. My self-sabotage is blaming myself for walking down that street"

MPs are set to introduce a new bill to ban 'conversion therapy'

News Politics

MPs to table new bill to ban ‘conversion therapy’

"This united, cross-party effort sends a clear political signal"

News UK

Sophie Anderson: Tributes paid for icon and LGBTQ advocate

"So incredibly sad to hear of the passing of darling Sophie Anderson"

News World

Russian Police raid gay bars after LGBT ‘movement’ branded as ‘extremist’

It's the latest step by the conservative nation to defend what they call "traditional family values"

News UK

World Aids Day: Charity official ‘optimistic’ about reaching 2030 HIV goals

"We are making good progress, but it's not the same progress for everybody"

News UK

Sadiq Khan on World Aids Day: ‘It’s not mission accomplished’

Exclusive: "It's really important, particularly on World Aids Day, we remember and honour all those who have been lost to HIV and Aids-related illnesses"

News UK

HIV campaigners celebrate ‘significant step’ as opt-out testing expanded

"We're learning and improving the system as we go"

Trans girl Brianna Ghey was fatally stabbed on Saturday. (Image: Warrington Police, @PoliceWarr)

News UK

Brianna Ghey murder trial continues in Manchester

The two teenagers have both denied a charge of murder

News Sport

Majority of sports fans support LGBTQ+ athletes, research suggests

However, only 23% of people surveyed agreed that sport is a welcoming place for trans athletes

News UK

David Tennant calls on people to ‘banish the hate’ against trans people

Exclusive: "Most people are decent, honest, understanding people who just want to live together harmoniously"

News Sport

Jake Daniels says Jordan Henderson going to Saudi Arabia is a ‘slap in the face’

"I guess the money pays well, and money must mean more to people"

A Bristol family must remove their rainbow roof the local council has ruled

News UK

Bristol rainbow roof has to go, rules City Council

The roof was painted to support the LGBTQ+ community and the NHS

News Sport

Only international female trans cricket player announces retirement after ICC ban

“As quickly as [my international career] begun, it must now end," she wrote

News Sport

Trans women banned from playing international women’s cricket by ICC

The International Cricket Council has declared this will be implemented “regardless of any surgery or treatment taken”

News World

Dwyane Wade praises Marlon Wayans over trans child comments

"It’s great for fathers especially to speak on them from their point of view and how they had to handle it and deal with it"

A 'conversion therapy' bill will be debated in the UK's Parliament after being introduced by the House of Lords

News Politics

New ‘conversion therapy’ ban bill tabled includes unlimited fines

Baroness Burt's bill would ban 'conversion therapy' aimed at changing sexual orientation and gender identity

Pope Francis in 2014 on a pastoral visit to Korea

News World

Pope Francis hosts group of trans women for lunch at The Vatican: ‘People often forget about us’

"I never would have expected this! I am very happy," one of the women said