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UK Government moves to make LGBTQ+ hate crime an aggravated offence under new law
If approved, it would change how certain hate crimes are charged and sentenced in England and Wales
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Question time: As Labour breaks promises to LGBTQs, who will be our voice in Westminster?
Over the last year, Labour and much of the UK government has shifted to a less supportive position of queer people. Here, Attitude examines the policies of all of the political parties
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UK government apologises to 20 gay Army veterans, including Linda Garnham, over past dismissals
Garnham and 19 other veterans were issued formal apology letters by the UK government after being dismissed from the British Army because of their sexuality
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Relationships, Sex and Health Education update says trans identity is up for ‘significant debate’ (EXCLUSIVE)
"There’s no debate: when someone tells us who they are, we believe them," advocate Cheryl Green tells Attitude
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Thousands flood London streets in protest march against Supreme Court gender ruling
"We stood strong in the face of our oppressive government and the ever harsher police force," a Trans Kids Deserve Better spokesperson told Attitude
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‘Lives were ruined’: 25 years after Armed Forces ‘gay ban’ repeal, LGBTQ+ veterans share their memories
12 January marks the 25th anniversary of the lifting of the Armed Forces’ ‘gay ban’ which prohibited all LGBTQ+ people from serving in the military
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LGBT veterans to receive up to £70,000 in compensation for gay ban in the Armed Forces
The total amount set aside for payments is £75 million, well above that which was recommended in the Etherton Review into the treatment of LGBT veterans
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LGBTQ+ charity blasts UK government’s ‘cruel’ Rwanda policy as it becomes law
"This government has signed off a policy to banish and abandon people who fled to the UK, seeking to find safety here"
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LGBTQ charity warns schools against UK government trans guidance
"We encourage teachers to stand for inclusion, not exclusion"
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Gay refugee warns Georgia ‘cannot be considered safe’ as UK government tries to add to safe list
The UK government's own guidance warns of anti-LGBTQ attitudes in Georgia
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UK government warned of legal challenges to schools trans guidance, leak suggests
Lawyers have warned of a "high risk of successful legal challenge" on several fronts in the new trans guidance for schools
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Government blasted over ‘cruel’ trans guidance for schools
One lawyer called the guidance "a cruel attack on a vulnerable minority by a nasty government"
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UK government reverses plans to scrap ‘military gay ban’ parliamentary debate
The debate will reportedly now be held in the New Year
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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"
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UK Government slammed for ‘total moral failure’ over ‘conversion therapy’ ban
"The government promised to outlaw this practice five years ago, and further delay will only put more LGBTQ+ people in danger"
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‘The Prime Minister will come to rue the day he decided to choose silence over action’
Opinion: Jayne Ozanne, the Chair of the Ban Conversion Therapy Coalition, gives her thoughts on continued delays to a 'conversion therapy' ban
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Human rights coalition calls for ‘compassion and support’ for LGBTQ and women refugees from UK government
"Every day, the signatories to this letter work with women and LGBTQ+ refugees and bear witness to their scars from being persecuted"
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Man subjected to homophobic abuse at immigration detention centre, damning report finds
A charity has called for an urgent end of the use of immigration detention centres.
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UK Government confirms plans to scrap gender neutral toilets for new buildings
New public spaces in England will be required to provide separate male and female or unisex facilities
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‘Too little too late’ after UK government offers military ‘gay ban’ apology
”I lost my career, home and family ... all for being gay - how can that be made up for?" says one veteran