ILGA-Europe warns of increasing hostility towards LGBTQ+ people
ILGA-Europe, has released its annual review, in which it found there is an increasing level of hostility towards the continent’s LGBTQ+ community.
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Tory MP apologises for anti-LGBTQ+ remarks
64-year-old Desmond Swayne, a long-serving Tory MP for New Forest West, has apologised for referring to same-sex relations as ‘unnatural’ in 1999.
Study finds LGBTQ+ more likely to experience workplace harassment
A new report has found LGBTQ+ employees are more likely to feel unsafe and experience harassment in the workplace.
Angola decriminalises same-sex relations
The country of Angola, on the west coast of Africa, has decriminalised same-sex relationships in a historic victory for it’s LGBTQ+ community.
LGBTQ+ free Polish zone loses €1.7m in funding
The Polish region of Podkarpackie has lost €1.7m in European Heritage funding after declaring itself an LGBTQ+ free zone.
German actors create LGBTQ+ diversity campaign
185 LGBTQ+ actors in Germany have collaborated to create a campaign which calls for greater diversity in film, TV, and theatre.
Gibraltar lesbian couple in race for equal parental rights
Natalie and Katie Perez-Muldoon, a lesbian couple living in Gibraltar, are in a legal battle for Katie to obtain equal parental rights before the birth of their child next month.