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Queer East Film Festival returns to cinemas and online from this month!

The previously postponed Queer East Film Festival returns to cinemas across the UK with an additional seven films added to the original programme this October.

By Graham Robson • 2 min read

General News

Tokyo politician blames LGBTQ+ community for falling birth rates

Masateru Shiraishi of Japan’s ruling party has faced criticism after claiming his north Tokyo ward would ‘no longer exist’ if LGBTQ+ people had legal protections.

By Rachel Badham • 1 min read

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New Zealand prime minister vows to ban conversion therapy

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern promised to outlaw LGBTQ+ conversion therapy if re-elected on October 17.

By Rachel Badham • 2 min read

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Trans woman attacked by police in Sydney

Anya Bradford, 25, was reportedly attacked by police officers in Sydney, Australia after being questioned at a pub.

By Rachel Badham • 2 min read

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Poland appoints anti-LGBTQ+ education minister

The Polish government has appointed anti-LGBTQ+ university professor and MP Przemyslaw Czarnek as the new education minister.

By Rachel Badham • 1 min read

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First Out gay man running for Michigan congress

Democrat state representative Jon Hoadley could become Michigan’s first out gay congressman if he is voted in over his Republican opponent Fred Upton.

By Rachel Badham • 2 min read

Business News

Stonewall Lists Top Global Employers 2020 for LGBT Equality

Stonewall Lists Top Global Employers 2020 for LGBT Equality whilst 120 countries still have no workplace protection for LGBT staff.

By Paul Wright • 2 min read

General News

Trans woman shot in Philadelphia

A black trans woman, Mia Green, 29, was fatally shot on Monday 28 September in Philadelphia, US by Abdullah lbn El-Amin Jaamia.

By Rachel Badham • 2 min read

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Polish leader blames LGBTQ+ activist for international backlash

Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki has blamed LGBTQ+ activist Bart Staszewski, who organised a protest against the country’s LGBTQ+ free zones, for the global backlash the Polish government has received regarding their treatment of the queer community.

By Rachel Badham • 2 min read

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Study shows early care benefits trans youth mental health

A new study demonstrates that trans youth are less likely to experience mental health issues if they have early access to gender-affirming health care.

By Rachel Badham • 2 min read

General News

Diplomats sign open letter in solidarity with LGBTQ+ Poles

Political figureheads from over 50 countries have signed an open letter urging the Polish government to end their unjust treatment of the LGBTQ+ community in country.

By Rachel Badham • 2 min read

General News

US police excused for shooting trans woman

Police in Pennsylvania, US are being allowed back on the force with no disciplinary actions after shooting 29-year-old Roxanne Moore, a black trans woman.

By Rachel Badham • 2 min read

General News

Trans woman killed in Puerto Rico

Michellyn Ramos Vargas, 35, is the sixth known trans person to have been murdered in Puerto Rico this year.

By Rachel Badham • 1 min read

Community News

Twitter users flood #ProudBoys hashtag with images of #LGBTQ+ pride

Twitter users flood the #ProudBoys hashtag on social media with images of LGBTQ+ pride, displacing posts made by neo-Nazis and white supremacists using the tag.

By Contributor • 1 min read

General News

Trans activist Soraya Santiago dead at 73

Puerto Rican trans activist Soraya Santiago has died at 73 due to cancer- she was the first person from Puerto Rico to undergo gender-reassignment surgery.

By Rachel Badham • 1 min read

General News

New trans inclusive ruling for students in Minnesota

A court in Minnesota, US, ruled that schools must allow trans students to use gendered facilities that they feel best aligns with their gender identity.

By Rachel Badham • 1 min read

General News

Trans woman appointed as Belgium’s deputy prime minister

Petra De Sutter – a gynaecologist, Green politician, and LGBTQ+ activist – is the first trans woman to be serving as Belgium’s deputy prime minister.

By Rachel Badham • 1 min read

International News

Eric Trump faces backlash for statement on LGBTQ+ community

Donald Trump’s son Eric, 36, caused confusion and sparked backlash after implying he was part of the LGBTQ+ community in a TV appearance.

By Rachel Badham • 2 min read

General News

Canada to criminalise LGBTQ+ conversion therapy

Canada has reintroduced a previously unsuccessful bill to criminalise the practise of LGBTQ+ conversion therapy after past efforts were interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.

By Rachel Badham • 1 min read

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Polish authorities deny persecuting LGBTQ+ people

Pawel Jablonski, Poland’s deputy foreign minister, has denied that the LGBTQ+ community are being persecuted in the country.

By Rachel Badham • 1 min read

General News

Half of gender non-conforming people want to abolish legal gender categories

A new study which interviewed gender non-conforming people found half of respondents thought legal gender categories should be abolished altogether.

By Rachel Badham • 2 min read

General News

HIV: Timothy Ray Brown, Berlin patient “cured” of HIV, dies of cancer

“After three months there was no HIV in my body” Timothy Ray Brown had said after his transplant.

By Paul Wright • 2 min read

Arts

Cyndi Lauper reunites with GRAMMY-winning producer Tracy Young for ‘Hopeful’ remix

With one month to go until the high-stakes US election, LGBTQ+ icon Cyndi Lauper has enlisted GRAMMY-winning producer/remixer Tracy Young to create an amped up version of ‘Hope’.

By Graham Robson • 2 min read

Arts

Brighton & Hove goes red for #WeMakeEvents global campaign

Last night, despite the inclement weather, 333 people who work in the events industry came together, socially distanced, at Brighton & Hove seafront for #WeMakeEvents, an international movement to highlight that the live events sector urgently needs support from local governments to survive the Covi

By Graham Robson • 2 min read