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24 votes
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Suicide rates fall among LGBT+ community in Sweden and Denmark – reduced stigma for minorities is likely driving the drop, the report said
11 votes -
Trans athletes are posting victories and shaking up sports
8 votes -
Liberal mom forces son to be transgender? - The Younger Case
11 votes -
LGBTQ individuals, how's life?
I'm curious how many of us there are on here. This was asked awhile ago but I'm curious how things might have changed since then. Some ideas for discussion: When did you realize you weren't...
I'm curious how many of us there are on here. This was asked awhile ago but I'm curious how things might have changed since then. Some ideas for discussion:
- When did you realize you weren't cis/straight/etc?
- Are you out or still in the closet?
- How's the social situation where you live? (Are you accepted?)
- In a relationship? If so, how did you meet?
- Anything on your mind? (Doesn't have to be related to your identity/orientation.)
28 votes -
Beautiful tomboys of the 1930s
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Set to rights – Iceland's new Gender Autonomy Act
7 votes -
Steam LGBTQ+ Games Sale
11 votes -
Christian right tactics to fight trans rights: seperate the T from LGBT
12 votes -
Transgender man who gave birth must be registered as "mother" on the birth certificate
11 votes -
Doctors working for the Department for Work and Pensions must respect a service user's pronoun choice
This is a bit complicated. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is the government department that pays social security benefits in the UK. There are a range of benefits. Some of these...
This is a bit complicated.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is the government department that pays social security benefits in the UK. There are a range of benefits. Some of these benefits are for people who cannot work because of disability. In order to qualify for some of these disability benefits you need to have a medical assessment with an "independent" doctor. This doctor is independent from the patient. They're employed by companies who are paid by the DWP, so there's supposed to be some kind of arm's length arrangement there.
A doctor was employed by one of these companies to do this assessment work for the DWP. He was a committed Christian. He held that he would not be able to refer to people by anything other than the gender they were assigned at birth.
The DWP is clear: you must respect a person's choice of pronouns.
The General Medical Council (the registrant body for doctors in England) is also clear: you must not impose your personal views upon your patients, especially if it's going to cause distress.
This doctor was spoken to about his beliefs. He declined to change his stance. He lost his job. He took his employer to employment tribunal for unfair dismissal based on discrimination against his protected characteristic: his religious views.
He lost his case.
Here's the legal document: https://christianconcern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CC-Resource-Judgment-Mackereth-DWP-Others-ET-191002.pdf
It's pretty long! 42 pages! The last pages give a summary.
You'll notice the URL. He was supported by the Christian Legal Centre. I won't say anything about them, but I'll link this page which gives some useful information: https://nearlylegal.co.uk/2018/04/on-the-naughty-step-the-questionable-ethics-of-the-christian-legal-centre/
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October 1 1989 – Thirty years after Denmark became the first country to allow same-sex couples to register in legal unions
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Who are your favorite fictional LGBT characters?
The question follows the lead of our community name: LGBT in the title refers to the LGBT umbrella and isn't limited to the identities represented by the initials. The character can be from any...
The question follows the lead of our community name: LGBT in the title refers to the LGBT umbrella and isn't limited to the identities represented by the initials.
The character can be from any media source: shows, movies, anime, books, comics, videogames, even song lyrics, or anything else I've missed. The only criteria is that they have to be fictional.
- Who is the character and how are they portrayed?
- What do you like about them?
- Do they resonate with your own experience or those of people you know in any way?
11 votes -
Merriam-Webster adds sense of ‘they’ as a pronoun for nonbinary people to the dictionary
22 votes -
LGBT+ women face “significant barriers” when it comes to accessing healthcare, according to a pioneering new report.
11 votes -
The secret gay history of Islam. In Muslim cultures, homosexuality was once considered the most normal thing in the world – so what changed?
18 votes -
Teacher sues Christian School over marriage equality beliefs
6 votes -
Gay Anglican priests fight to get church blessing of their same-sex marriage
11 votes -
Holocaust-denial, religious bigotry and pepper spray: An account of what really happened at Boston’s Straight Pride
20 votes -
When feminism supports trans rights everybody wins – just like in Iceland
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Conversion therapy group founder comes out as gay, apologizes
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Pride flags greet Mike Pence on arrival in Iceland – Guðni Jóhannesson also pictured wearing rainbow bracelet to meet US vice-president
9 votes -
Philippines Supreme Court thumbs down same-sex marriage petition
7 votes -
What's it like to have conversion therapy?
9 votes -
No distractions: An NFL veteran opens up on his sexuality
9 votes -
Massive study of nearly 500,000 people shows there's no 'gay gene', but genetics and environmental factors are linked to same-sex behavior
14 votes -
Hong Kong activists booted from Montreal Pride parade after alleged pro-Communist threats
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Modesto protesters outnumber Straight Pride supporters at tense but peaceful rally
9 votes -
Pianist Jack Gibbons pulls out of Carnegie Hall concert because it had links to an anti-LGBT newspaper
7 votes -
Boss of holiday firm bans bigots
8 votes -
You can’t deny people their rights and be nice about it
17 votes -
The Guardian newspaper has lost two trans employees over its reporting on trans issues
19 votes -
LGBT in Russia: smashing stereotypes and creating a queer future
7 votes -
How the queer community can embrace the asexual spectrum
9 votes -
Why I’ve stopped coming out to my mum
8 votes -
For nonbinary people, struggle for recognition extends to romantic relationships
6 votes -
CBC Arts presents Super Queeroes: Celebrating Canada's LGBTQ pioneers
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At Drag Queen Story Hour, ‘a difference between getting upset online and showing up in person'
7 votes -
Public Universal Friend, the genderless evangelist
11 votes -
What the media get wrong in coverage of LGBTQ politicians
5 votes -
Those complicit with oppression have no place at Pride
7 votes -
Samoa's 'third gender' delicately balances sex and religion
9 votes -
Gay Star News is closing: a letter from the founders, Tris Reid-Smith and Scott Nunn
8 votes -
Queer people of color reflect on being told to “go back”
8 votes -
Intersex liberation
7 votes -
Pansexuality 101: Five key facts you need to know
17 votes -
Transgender women explain what it's like when they don't 'look trans'
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Gay artist devastated by removal of artwork from Llandudno gallery after complaints of homophobia
News article: Gay artist 'devastated' to have THIS artwork 'censored' by Llandudno gallery after 'homophobia' complaint to police Direct link to the artwork on Paul Yore's Instagram:...
News article: Gay artist 'devastated' to have THIS artwork 'censored' by Llandudno gallery after 'homophobia' complaint to police
Direct link to the artwork on Paul Yore's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz2OF2EA4mR/
Is it homophobic to depict homophobia in art?
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Russian LGBTQ+ activist found dead after being named on ‘gay-hunting’ website
18 votes -
Bulgaria court recognises same-sex marriage in landmark ruling
11 votes