Remembering the journey to equal marriage
As we celebrate our victories in the UK we must not forget those LGBT+ campaigners around the world whose situations are still desperate.
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Five more things the government should do for LGBT rights in the UK
Marriage equality doesn’t mean that the battle for LGBT rights in the UK is over.
Section 28 rears its head again in the UK
The revelation that 46 schools have Section 28-like policies is shocking, but there is a broader issue that the education system must do more for LGBT students.
The English Defence League LGBT division: the dark side of the rainbow
Mostly male, shaven-headed and white, they can be found in almost any of Britain’s urban centres – a jostling crowd beneath a thicket of placards and Crosses of St. George.
Commonwealth progress but more reform is needed
While some progress is being made on LGBT rights in the Commonwealth, it is painfully slow. More reform is needed urgently. Nearly 80 per cent of the 54 Commonwealth countries still criminalise homosexuality, with penalties ranging up to life imprisonment for consenting same-sex behaviour between adults in private.
More history in Northern Ireland: DUP attend LGBT event for first time
The Democratic Unionist Party, Northern Ireland’s biggest party, sent a representative to an LGBT event for the first time last week.
Bigots vow to bring Ugandan anti-gay bill back – we must continue to fight them
Paul Canning, the editor of LGBT Asylum News, writes on the defeat of the Ugandan anti-gay bill – and the prospect of it coming back.