Marriage Equality was passed by the House of Lords in England Marriage equality in England and Wales reached a milestone on this day ion 2013 when the House of Lords passed the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill. The Queen gave the bill its royal ascent two days later, and the first same-sex weddings were allowed to […]
Fanny Lye Deliver’d | Dir: Thomas Clay | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It is 1657 and Fanny Lye (Maxine Peake) lives on a remote Shropshire farm in a simple thatched cottage with her husband John (Charles Dance) and young son Arthur (Zak Adams). Surrounded by mud and continually shrouded in mist and smoke, the cottage becomes the […]
A British school teacher who told children that “gay people have a disease” has been banned from the profession. Joshua Onduso was teaching at a specialist school for students who have difficulty attending regular school, many of the students have emotional and mental health issues. In May 2015 when students asked the teacher what he […]
The UK government has announced major changes to its rules over who can donate blood. Under the new procedures gay men in England and Scotland will only have to abstain from sex for three months, previously they had to wait a full year before being able to donate blood. Sex workers will also be allowed […]
Recently elected Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced that he plans to make the English capital more safe for trans people by introducing gender neutral toilets around the city. Khan campaigned for the position with a raft of LGBTIQ positive policies including promoting HIV and mental health awareness, more job opportunities, more trans-inclusive decision […]
On March 29th, the England’s equal marriage law will be coming into effect, meaning that thousands of British couples will be able to have their commitment to each other legally recognized. One of these couples is Benjamin Till and Nathan Law, who will be wed in a televised musical ceremony. The pair have said it […]
UK Diving champion has posted a video on his YouTube account declaring that he is dating a man Daley revealed that since spring this year he has been in a same sex relationship. “I met someone who made feel so happy, so safe and everything just feels great, and that someone is a guy,” said […]
Both England and Wales have voted in favour of same-sex marriage, with a Commons vote taking place last night that went in favour of The Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Bill by 400 to 175. Despite the majority being strongly in favour of the bill; almost half (136) of the Conservative MPs voted in opposition. Both the […]
