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London Mayor Sadiq Khan during the parade at Pride in London 2019. (Tristan Fewings/Getty for Pride in London) A reformed Pride in London will return this summer. Pride in London has been twice cancelled due to the pandemic, while complaints of racism and bullying within its highest levels led to its co-chairs stepping down last

Boris Johnson and Joe Lycett. (Getty/ Daniel Leal-Olivas – WPA Pool and Getty/ Anthony Harvey) Joe Lycett had followers in stitches with a spoof “Partygate” report that you would be forgiven for thinking came from Sue Gray herself. Senior civil servant Sue Gray’s report on lockdown-breaking parties at Downing Street was expected to arrive this

Pope Francis meets with attendees during the weekly general audience at Paul-VI Hall in the Vatican on 26 January 2021. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty) Pope Francis has urged parents worldwide to unconditionally support, not condemn, their children if they are gay. The leader of the Catholic Church made his latest gesture of outreach to the

France bans barbaric conversion therapy once and for all (Kay Nietfeld – Pool/Getty Images) France’s law banning conversion therapy has passed its final stages, with president Emmanuel Macron declaring “being yourself… is nothing to be cured”. The sweeping ban, which gives no exemptions for religious conversion therapy, was voted in by parties on both sides

Lesbian sues US Army and Air Force over boss’ pressure to ‘appear more feminine’ (Screenshot via Fairness West Virginia) A lesbian member of the National Guard is suing the US Army and Air Force after her boss allegedly pressured her to “appear more feminine”. Kristin M Kingrey of the West Virginia Air National Guard (WVNG)

MP Päivi Räsänen arrives at the Helsinki District Court in Helsinki, Finland on 24 January. (AFP via Getty/ Lehtikuva / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO) An MP in Finland went to trial on Monday (24 January), accused of hate speech after she said that gay people have a “developmental disorder”. Päivi Räsänen, a seventh-term member of the Finnish

The Cologne Cathedral (L) and the church Gross St Martin (R) are seen in the background as a man hoists a rainbow flag. (OLIVER BERG/DPA/AFP via Getty Images) More than 120 German Roman Catholic priests and officials have jointly come out as LGBT+ and called on the church to do better by queer Catholics. Presenting

A protester holds a ‘We Belong’ placard during a trans rights demonstration. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) An Arizona Senate committee has pushed through a bill that would ban trans youth from competing on sports teams that align with their gender identity. Senate Bill 1165 (SB 1165) would prevent trans youth from participating in

An employment tribunal dismissed a case from a teacher who was sacked from New Christ Church Primary School in Reading over hateful behaviour. (Google street view) A primary school teacher who was sacked after calling colleagues “fat s***s” and “bloody lesbians” had her unfair dismissal claim thrown out in court. Iqbal Khanem was sacked for

Sha’Carri Richardson. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images) The trailer for a new film by Vigil Abloh about the firey-haired star sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has dropped. Before Abloh, the barrier-breaking Black designer who redefined luxury fashion, passed, he founded the film studio ARCHITECTURE FILMS. Now his film, Sub Eleven Seconds, is set to premiere at the 2022 Sundance  Film

Jack Monroe. (Mike Marsland/WireImage) Budget cooking blogger Jack Monroe has laid bare the brutal and “infuriating” reality of Britain’s cost of living crisis. Prices in Britain rose at their fastest pace in 30 years in December, the Office for National Statistics said Wednesday (19 January). Energy bills, grocery expenses, household goods, motor fuel costs and