British MP Jamie Wallis has accused his colleagues of “weaponising” transgender issues in a letter sent to Prime Minister Liz Truss. Wallis, who came out as transgender earlier this year, said some of his colleagues had exploited the the issue of trans rights and the recent Conservative Party leadership battle was a particularly hard time’ […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to resign within the next few hours following a mass exodus of cabinet ministers over the last 48 hours. The scandal plague leader survived a no confidence vote just weeks ago, but a new scandal has lead to scores of his Ministers and Junior Miniters resigning from their […]
Warning: This story contains references to gender dysphoria, sexual assault and traumatic events. British MP Jamie Wallis has shared that he is transgender, his disclosure has been praised by Conservative party leader, Prime Minister Boris Johnson. In a statement Wallis shared that since taking up his seat in Westminster in 2020 he had been given […]
A production in Leeds has drawn international attention after an audience member disrupted a recent performance with a homophobic outburst. UK company Bite My Thumb’s staging of RENT was interrupted in Leeds on Saturday, as a viewer declared “I didn’t realise this show was about gays”, leaving the theatre. Jonathan Larson’s musical is famously focused on […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been criticised for delivering a speech which spoke of AIDS rather than HIV. Health experts says the incorrect usage of terms promotes misunderstanding and increases stigma for those living with HIV. The British PM was speaking about medical research and vaccines, when he made a comparison to HIV. Johnson […]
Margaret Thatcher was Britain’s Prime Minister when the AIDS crisis grew throughout the 1980’s but her former colleagues have shared that the Iron Lady was not in favour of sharing how HIV could be passed on through specific sexual behaviour. The acclaimed television program It’s a Sin has shone a spotlight how how Britain reacted during the […]
Australian LGBTIQ+ advocacy group just.equal have welcomed the UK’s decision to lift the ban on gay and bi+ male blood donors, and call for action at home. This week the UK Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs made the recommendation that all donors be assessed for individual risk, rather than exclude […]
At the start of the month Britain’s High Court handed down a decision in a case looking into how the nation’s doctors prescribe treatments to teenagers experiencing gender incongruence. The three judge panel said it was “highly unlikely” that a child of 13 or under was “competent to give consent” to receiving puberty blockers, and […]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reiterated his party’s promise to ban the harmful practice of LGBTIQ+ conversion therapy across Great Britain. Originally put in motion by former Conservative PM Theresa May in 2018, Johnson has said his government is working towards the prohibition of conversion practices as reported by the BBC. “On the gay conversion […]
Former professional soccer player Thomas Beattie has revealed he is a gay man, becoming the first UK star to come out as LGBTIQ+ since Justin Fashanu in 1990. The 33-year-old played for the youth squad of Hull FC, taking his skills around the world to the US, Singapore and Canada for more than a decade. […]
