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Millwall Romans and Zander Murray urge clubs to adopt and fund dedicated LGBTQ+ football teams

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“We won’t disappear”: LGBTQ+ travel brand fights back against Boy Scouts of America lawsuit

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Backlash as minister's comments on gender guidance criticised at start of Pride Month

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East London Pride unveils summer season centred on trans visibility and community voices

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Sir Ian McKellen leads ‘Commonwealth Walk of Shame’ protest against anti-LGBTQ+ laws

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Brighton & Hove council leader, Bella Sankey, raises concerns over EHRC guidance on single-sex spaces

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Millwall Romans and Zander Murray urge clubs to adopt and fund dedicated LGBTQ+ football teams

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Millwall Romans and Zander Murray urge clubs to adopt and fund dedicated LGBTQ+ football teams

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Millwall Romans and Zander Murray urge clubs to adopt and fund dedicated LGBTQ+ football teams

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East London Pride unveils summer season centred on trans visibility and community voices

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New Health Secretary James Murray says he would no longer use the phrase “trans women are women”

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East London Pride unveils summer season centred on trans visibility and community voices

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New Health Secretary James Murray says he would no longer use the phrase “trans women are women”

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Clinicians warn NHS over ‘flawed’ evidence behind trans youth hormone policy

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