LGBTQ+ Durham university students face online harassment
Students from an LGBTQ+ association at the University of Durham has reported an incident in which a group of 15 ‘hijacked’ a Zoom meeting and harassed them.
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First blurred film to raise awareness of nation’s worsening eyesight
Focus on Life, the first completely blurred short film shot entirely out of focus, hopes to bring attention to the worsening eyesight of the UK population.
Survey shows LGBTQ+ care home residents unlikely to disclose sexuality
A new survey, conducted by researchers at both the University of Nottingham and Manchester, found care home residents were unlikely to disclose their sexuality to staff.
TikTok bans conversion therapy content
Social media app TikTok has updated its UK guidelines to ban content which promotes LGBTQ+ conversion therapy, leading many to encourage prime minister Boris Johnson to speed up the ban of the practise.
Hampshire police face misconduct review after using anti-LGBTQ+ slurs
Six police officers based in Basingstoke, Hampshire underwent a disciplinary hearing after they were recorded using homophobic and transphobic slurs.
Trans woman commits suicide after not receiving mental health care
The parents of a trans woman who committed suicide last year have publicly said their daughter felt “marginalised and fobbed off” by mental health services and was not given the proper care that could have prevented her death.
UK census undergoes LGBTQ+ inclusive reforms
Next year’s UK census will be the first to include questions about sexual orientation and gender identity after government reforms to national survey.