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Non-binary activist in Madrid, Spain, 2021. (Aldara Zarraoa/Getty Images) Non-binary people have worse mental health than other genders, according to a new report. On average, more than one in two non-binary people (51 per cent) are clinically distressed or struggling, the second-ever Mental State of the World Report 2021 found. The researchers at Sapiens Lab,
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Real Housewives star Luann de Lesseps attends “Gory849” Halloween Ball at Kimpton Hotel Eventi on 30 October 2021 in New York City. (Getty/John Lamparski) Real Housewives of New York City star Luann de Lesseps has denied claims that she was kicked out of a gay piano bar for drunken singing.  On Thursday (17 March), Page Six reported the
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You may want to double-check your alarm after reading this story. Good Morning Britain‘s anchors couldn’t help but roast meteorologist Laura Tobin after she overslept and was late to work on Friday, March 18.   After newscaster Ben Shephard notified viewers that they were “a man down on the team this morning,” he explained that the Ultimate News Quiz had
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Environment minister Zac Goldsmith. (Franklin Jacome/Agencia Press South/Getty Images) Conservative environment minister Zac Goldsmith, known for failing in his bid to become London mayor, has compared gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth to lobotomies. In a tweet Friday morning (18 March), Goldsmith described puberty blockers as a “brutal pathway” despite the treatment being safe, well-studied and
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Republican lawmakers in Idaho have killed a bill that would have criminalised doctors and parents who helped trans kids receive gender-affirming treatment.  The reviled bill, House Bill 675 (HB 675), would have made it a felony to provide gender-affirming medical care to trans minors in the state. Under the bill, anyone who provided or knowingly gave
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Gabrielle Union on the red carpet at the premiere of Disney’s Cheaper By The Dozen. (FilmMagic/ Axelle/ Bauer-Griffin) Gabrielle Union has criticised Disney for its response to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, saying: “You should not fund hate and oppression.” Disney has faced immense backlash for its lacklustre reaction to the bill, which would ban LGBT+ topics
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Nine people, including six students and their coach, were killed when a pickup truck collided with a vehicle carrying members of the men’s and women’s golf teams of the University of the Southwest. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Steven Blanco said in a statement to E! News that the accident occurred on the evening of Tuesday, March 15, on a two-lane
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SNP MSP John Mason argued against a total conversion therapy ban in Scotland. (Twitter) SNP MSP John Mason has compared conversion therapy, often described as torture, to the “self-control” of not “eating too much chocolate”. Mason has previously opposed retrospective pardons for historically criminalised gay people in Scotland and argued against same-sex marriage, describing it
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Kai Shappley denounces directive from the governor of Texas calling on state agencies to investigate gender-affirming medical care for trans youth as child abuse. (CBS Austin) An 11-year-old trans girl asks Texas legislators to “please stop” attacking her as she fears being “taken away” from supportive mum. Protestors gathered outside the Texas Capitol on Monday
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