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Auburn High School

Criticism After Rainbow Flag Displayed to Promote Diversity in Alabama School

Auburn High School, in the US State of Alabama, has found itself caught up in controversy following the display of a rainbow flag that...
LGBTI Youth

Canada to Outlaw Advertising of Conversion Therapy to Youth

A new bill that would make it illegal to advertise conversion therapy to youth has been introduced in Canada's Senate. The legislation (known as Bill...
Istanbul Pride

Déjà Vu As Istanbul Abandons Pride Festival

Organisers of the Istanbul Pride Festival have officially announced the celebrations' cancellation for the second year in a row, following repeated threats from an anti-LGBTI group. Sighting...
UK Passport

UK MP Calling For De-gendered Passports and Licenses

Conservative MP Maria Miller has called for all UK passports and driving licenses to be "de-gendered." Maria Miller, who is the chair of the recently formed women...
Same-sex Marriage Japan

Majority of Japanese Support Same-sex Marriage

New research funded by Japan’s Education, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry has shown that the majority of Japanese citizens now support and are in favour same-sex marriage. The Hiroshima...
Kim Burrell

Kim Burrell’s Hate Speech Receives Widespread Condemnation

American gospel singer from Houston, Texas, Kim Burrell has received widespread condemnation and disapproval from around the world in response to a recent homophobic outburst. The...
lgbti education

More Than Half the British Public Support Primary School LGBTI-Inclusive Education

A majority of British people (60 per cent) believe it’s right to teach primary school pupils about different kinds of families, including same-sex parenting. New...
Neal Hovelmeier

Courageous Zimbabwean School Teacher Resigns Amid Hatred and Abuse

In a dramatic postscript to the amazing courage by one teacher to come out to his whole school in Zimbabwe, he has now been...
Pulse Nightclub Vigil

6 Months On – Somber Vigil Held For Victims Of the...

A somber vigil has been held six months on from the shooting that took the lives of forty-nine innocent people inside an Orlando gay...

Backlash From Grindr and Tinder Following STD Billboard Campaign

An American AIDS Foundation is defending its decision to run a billboard ad campaign that links popular dating apps Grindr and Tinder to spreading...

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