“I hear you,” said Madonna in the video, while draped in one of her Madame X Rainbow Flags, “I will be on Pride Island, where I was born.” Madonna will debut, “Dark Ballet” on June 7 from her highly anticipated 14th studio album Madame X. The album will be released globally on June 14 from Live […]
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Madonna to Make Appearance at WorldPride NYC 2019 | Stonewall 50
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BohooMan Pride Collection
Online fashion retailer boohooMAN will be launching their third Pride collection. This year, the capsule has been designed to empower, support and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community by offering a wide range of trend led designs appealing to people from all walks of life – both inside and outside of the community. The inspiration behind the […]
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England’s Oldest Town Holds England’s Newest Pride Event
Following on from the unanimous decision by the newly elected Abingdon Town Council to fly the Rainbow Flag from Abingdon’s County Hall in support of Oxford Pride, the town will host its own Pride event in two weeks. The town’s former council had opposed flying the flag in two separate votes back in 2016, which […]
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Two decades plus of safer LGBT+ communities in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
Inspector Kirsten Troman from Hampshire Constabulary on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. Having the trust and confidence of transgender, bisexual, lesbian, gay and plus communities is key to our ability as police to tackling crime and protecting those who need our help. It’s an approach to policing that Hampshire Constabulary takes year-round, and […]
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Rhondda Cynon Taf showing support for IDAHOBIT.
Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) and we celebrate this on May 17th as it commemorates the day in 1990 when the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from its list of mental diseases. This day celebrates and recognises sexual and gender diversity and Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is proud to be […]
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IDAHOBIT – Justice and Protection for all
Nicola Stephens, Diversity and Inclusion Manager, National Assembly for Wales In recognition and celebration of the advances made towards improving LGBT rights, the theme for International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) for 2019 is Justice and Protection for all. It is hard to believe that in 1990, just over 30 years ago, homosexuality […]
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“I Do” Declare… Wedding Looks, Tracks and Venues with Blair St. Clair
Last year Blair St. Clair’s debut dance pop album Call My Life reached the number one spot on iTunes Dance and Billboard Dance & Electronic charts. She is also a former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant, providing one of season ten’s most poignant moments by revealing her first sexual experience was as a victim of a […]
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Andrea Gibson: Hard Truths
The winner of the first ever Women of the World Poetry Slam talks Trump, guns and Christianity with Sam Bennett Are you shy? I ask Andrea Gibson. The American spoken word performer laughs. “Yeah – I’m sort of a hermit when I’m home.” Where they live there are plenty of llamas, pigs and bunnies, “and […]
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Policing, Safe Spaces and this Challenging World
Dr Clifford Williams joined the “extremely homophobic” police force in 1987. He recalls his training, which saw the Sexual Offences Act regarding homosexual activity taught via the mnemonic ‘POOF’s Charter’. For such activity to be lawful it had to be in private (P), practiced by those over 21 (O), and involving only two people (O) […]
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Our Hidden Histories
2015 marked the tenth anniversary of LGBT History Month in the UK. Playwright in residence for LGBT HM, Stephen M Hornby, explains how in the years following its 2005 introduction, the initiative “bubbled along nicely as a sort of grassroots happening.” The charity spearheading things, Schools OUT, would “set a theme, tie it in with […]
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