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LGBTQ Americans are 9 times more likely to be victimized by a hate crime

In our recent analysis of the National Crime Victimization Survey, we found that the odds of being a violent hate crime victim for LGBTQ people was nine times greater than it was for cisgender and straight people from 2017 to 2019.

The Conversation

It will take lots of work to revive the image of Scotland as a progressive utopia

THE numbers are such that we can expect some form of the Gender Recognition Reform Bill to be passed by the Scottish Parliament today, yet for those…

The National (Scotland)

LGBT trailblazers HotScots FC lacking faith in FIFA after 'ludicrous' World Cup

DRAWING Qatar in the World Cup sweep at work would have been a blow to anyone with hopes of pocketing a few quid.

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The Mancunian Way: Mad Friday landslide

A new Greater Manchester MP PLUS Lycett vs Becks AND Ambulance scam revealed

Manchester Evening News

Polish president says he will not sign proposed education bill

Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Thursday he would for a second time refuse to sign into law proposed reforms to education which critics say would limit students' access to lessons on issues such as LGBT rights.

Reuters

Club Q shooting survivors tell Congress that anti-LGBTQ rhetoric encourages violence

James Slaugh barely lifted his right arm when he swore to tell the truth Wednesday morning. He’d been shot in the Club Q attack in Colorado, and his left hand helped prop up his right as he prepared to testify about the anti-LGBTQ rhetoric that had proliferated before the shooting.

The Denver Post

Club Q mass shooting survivors testify to Congress against anti-LGBT+ violence: ‘We are being slaughtered’

Survivors of the Colorado Springs massacre urge lawmakers to condemn anti-LGBT+ rhetoric that advocates argue has fuelled the attack and a wave of harassment

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Liverpool FC helps LGBT+ fans be their 'authentic selves' over last decade

The Reds were the first Premier League team in the country to be officially represented at a Pride event

Liverpool Echo

Commissioner Karen Webb says police willing to cooperate with gay hate inquiry

A special commission of inquiry investigating dozens of unsolved cases in NSW that may have been LGBT hate attacks is read a statement from Police Commissioner Karen Webb.

ABC News

The Leeds bookshop tucked away but so vital to the city's LGBTQ+ community

Ray said that it's important to have the shop as a daytime venue

Leeds Live

Former LGBT Derry nightclub 'Envy' could soon be rebuilt and reopen under new plans

The application is only at the early stages

Belfast Live

Russia Bans All Public Pro-LGBT Speech

Taking “Don’t Say Gay” to the next level.

Reason

Restaurant cancels reservation of anti-LGBT group after staff refuse to serve them

A group from The Family Foundation who campaigned against LGBT rights and for gay-conversion therapy were refused service by staff many of who are LGBTQ+

Daily Mirror

Across the Muslim world, LGBTQ people remain marginalized

Many Muslim nations criminalize gay sex — including World Cup host Qatar. Appeals for change from LGBTQ-friendly nations are routinely dismissed as unwarranted interference.

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The Independent UK

Friction over LGBTQ issues worsens in global Anglican church

Friction has been simmering within the global Anglican Communion for many years over its 42 provinces’ sharp differences on whether to recognize same-sex marriage and ordain LGBTQ clergy

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Another bite at the rotten apple: SCOTUS should reject anti-gay designer’s arguments

The Supreme Court yesterday heard arguments over whether business owners can refuse service to LGBT couples based on their religious objections to the would-be customers’ marriage. If you’re getting déjà vu, it might be because that circumstance played already, exactly five years before to the day, when the court heard…

Reason

Prof. Michael McConnell (Stanford) on 303 Creative (the Web Site Designer / Same-Sex Wedding Case)

Prof. McConnell is one of the top First Amendment law scholars in the country, and I was delighted that he passed along this item: Much of the commentary on today's argument in 303 Creative starts from the premise that the case pits free speech (or maybe religious freedom) against LGBTQ…

Reuters

Polish court clears IKEA manager who fired employee for anti-LGBT remarks

A Polish court ruled on Tuesday that an IKEA manager who dismissed an employee for posting anti-LGBT comments on an internal work forum was not guilty of religious discrimination.

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Reuters

Putin signs law expanding Russia's rules against 'LGBT propaganda'

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law expanding Russia's restrictions on the promotion of what it calls "LGBT propaganda", effectively outlawing any public expression of LGBT behaviour or lifestyle in Russia.

The Independent UK

Influential Iraqi cleric launches anti-LGBTQ campaign

An influential Iraqi cleric who announced his withdrawal from politics four months ago has broken a period of relative silence to launch an anti-LGBTQ campaign

Manchester Evening News

BBC radio presenter shows off fabulous legs in racy new video as he announces 'huge honour' in his career

The LGBTQ+ star is showing off one of his best assets

The Independent UK

Conservative MP raises ban on conversion therapy with equalities minister

Peter Gibson (Darlington) told the Commons ‘we are still to see any draft legislation’, despite the ban appearing in ‘multiple Queen’s speeches’.

Reuters

Japan court upholds ban on same-sex marriage but voices rights concern

A Tokyo court upheld a ban on same-sex marriage on Wednesday but said a lack of legal protection for same-sex families violated their human rights, a comment welcomed by plaintiffs as a step towards aligning Japan with other G7 nations.

Reuters

Even as Singapore lifts gay sex ban, LGBT families feel little has changed

Olivia Chiong and her wife, Irene Chiong, feel like the Singapore government has made clear to them and their two young children that they don't belong in the city-state.

The Independent UK

Mother of Club Q mass shooter arrested hours after attack in Colorado Springs LGBTQ night club

Ms Voepel was warned ‘multiple times’ to stop causing a disturbance, police claim

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