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Ukraine may have won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest but they won’t be hosting the event next year. With organisers declaring that staging the competition in the war torn nation would be unfeasible, instead they’ve offered it to this year’s runners-up The United Kingdom. With local broadcaster the BBC agreeing to take up the reins, […]
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6 Aug 2022 /
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Britain has announced their representative for Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam. The UK will be hoping that James Newman can turn around their poor fortunes with his tune My Last Breath. The catchy song sees Newman making a comparison between his relationship commitment and being a deep sea diver running out of air. Speaking to BBC radio […]
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1 Mar 2020 |
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British Prime Minister Theresa May has told a gathering of Commonwealth leaders that Britain deeply regrets its colonial era laws that outlawed homosexuality, and wants to help other nations change their laws. Thirty six of the 53 Commonwealth Nations still have laws that outlaw homosexuality, most of them were introduced during British colonisation. Today at […]
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17 Apr 2018 |
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Following a disastrous election result British Prime Minister Theresa May is hoping to cling to power by forming a government through a partnership between her Conservative party and the smaller Democratic Unionist Party. LGBTI groups however have raised concern about what effect this might have on gay rights in the UK given the smaller party’s […]
Tags: Britian, Ruth Davison, Ruth Hunt, theresa may, United Kingdom
10 Jun 2017 |
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The Westboro Baptist Church have blamed the recent terror attack in London on the organisations ban from the United Kingdom. The horrific attack in the heart of London earlier this week claimed the lives of four people and saw 20 more injured after a man drove a car into a crowded area and stabbed a […]
Tags: God Hates Fags, theresa may, UK, United Kingdom, Westboro Baptist Church, westminster
24 Mar 2017 |
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The Isle of Man has announced it will be moving forward with plans to pardon historical convictions for gay offences. The former Home Affairs Minister, Juan Waterson, has indicated he’s pushing for the pardon’s to be included in a new sexual offences act that will be open for public consultation before the end of the […]
Tags: Alan Turing, Bisexual, Colin Barnett, Daniel ANdrews, gay, historical convictions, Intersex, Isle of Man, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Mark McGowan, queer, theresa may, trans*, transgender, United Kingdom, Victoria, Western Australia
2 Oct 2016 |
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A British newspaper says pedestrian crossing lights that promote LGBTI+ inclusion are causing confusion for tourists and people from the countryside. For this year’s Pride celebrations in London the lights at pedestrian crossings around Trafalgar Square were switched from the traditional ‘man crossing street’ image to an images of same-sex couples crossing and symbols for […]
Tags: baffle, lights, pedestrian, Pride, sadiq khan, Same-Sex, Sunbday Express, United Kingdom
5 Sep 2016 |
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British politician Andrea Leadsom, who is in the running to replace David Cameron as the Prime Minister of Great Britain has declared she remains opposed to marriage equality despite thousands of British couples tying the knot. Speaking to ITV Leadsom said she would have preferred it if civil partnerships had been available to all couples, […]
Tags: Andrea Leadsom, conservative, David Cameron, Marriage, marriage equality, Prime Minister, Ruth Davidson, United Kingdom
10 Jul 2016 |
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Carl Austin-Behan is the new Lord Mayor of Manchester, the first openly gay man to hold the role. At his swearing in ceremony the new Lord Mayor promised to do his best, quoting camp music legends ABBA. “I’m going to do my very best and it ain’t no lie. “You’re going to take me to […]
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21 May 2016 |
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Over 15,000 same-sex couples have wed in the United Kingdom since marriage equality was achieved. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed a total of 15,098 couples had legally married since 2014. Of those, 7,366 were marriages while 7,732 were conversions from civil partnerships to marriage. The number of couples opting for civil partnerships fell […]
Tags: Civil Partnerships, Eric Abetz, Marriage, marriage equality, same se marriage, United Kingdom
21 Oct 2015 |
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