Greens gain Queen's Park council seat from Labour in Brighton by-election
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Greens gain Queen's Park council seat from Labour in Brighton by-election

The Green Party has gained a council seat from Labour in Queen's Park after candidate Mark Strong won a by-election on Thursday 24 September. Strong won 1,

Brighton's Ironworks Studios expands LGBTQ+ club programme
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Brighton's Ironworks Studios expands LGBTQ+ club programme

Trans priest, who believes God is trans, responds to transphobic backlash with message of love
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Trans priest, who believes God is trans, responds to transphobic backlash with message of love

Brighton residents invited to have their say on Pride Street Party
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Brighton residents invited to have their say on Pride Street Party

“I am not remotely ashamed." Gay Labour councillor laughs off Grindr profile leak
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“I am not remotely ashamed." Gay Labour councillor laughs off Grindr profile leak

Brighton & Hove Rainbow Run donates more that £7,800 to local charities including LGBTQ+ mental health charity MindOut
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Brighton & Hove Rainbow Run donates more that £7,800 to local charities including LGBTQ+ mental health charity MindOut

Mayor of Brighton & Hove visits Trans Pride Centre
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Mayor of Brighton & Hove visits Trans Pride Centre

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Greens gain Queen's Park council seat from Labour in Brighton by-election
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Greens gain Queen's Park council seat from Labour in Brighton by-election

Brighton's Ironworks Studios expands LGBTQ+ club programme
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Brighton's Ironworks Studios expands LGBTQ+ club programme

Trans priest, who believes God is trans, responds to transphobic backlash with message of love
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Trans priest, who believes God is trans, responds to transphobic backlash with message of love

Brighton residents invited to have their say on Pride Street Party
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Brighton residents invited to have their say on Pride Street Party

“I am not remotely ashamed." Gay Labour councillor laughs off Grindr profile leak
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“I am not remotely ashamed." Gay Labour councillor laughs off Grindr profile leak

Brighton & Hove Rainbow Run donates more that £7,800 to local charities including LGBTQ+ mental health charity MindOut
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Brighton & Hove Rainbow Run donates more that £7,800 to local charities including LGBTQ+ mental health charity MindOut

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INTERVIEW: Gay couple speak out against the adoption gap

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Brighton's Ironworks Studios expands LGBTQ+ club programme
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Brighton's Ironworks Studios expands LGBTQ+ club programme

Award-winning Brighton venue Ironworks Studios has announced an expanded programme of LGBTQ+ club nights and community events following recent upgrades to its sound and lighting systems. The venue, which

Welsh Government's LGBTQ+ equality commitments welcomed but concerns raised over trans healthcare
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Welsh Government's LGBTQ+ equality commitments welcomed but concerns raised over trans healthcare

Neil Patrick Harris says childhood WWE fandom was an early sign he was gay
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Neil Patrick Harris says childhood WWE fandom was an early sign he was gay

Solidarity protests planned across Europe after mass detention of LGBTQ+ activists in Turkey
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Solidarity protests planned across Europe after mass detention of LGBTQ+ activists in Turkey

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Man convicted over racist and homophobic graffiti near Sheffield United ground

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Brighton's Ironworks Studios expands LGBTQ+ club programme
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Brighton's Ironworks Studios expands LGBTQ+ club programme

Award-winning Brighton venue Ironworks Studios has announced an expanded programme of LGBTQ+ club nights and community events following recent upgrades to its sound and lighting systems. The venue, which

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"This is for you." Sugababes announce long-awaited comeback album and unveil new single Ghost

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Why does Britain keep flopping at Eurovision? MPs want answers

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Divina de Campo to star in new musical exploring one trans woman's journey to gender-affirming surgery

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Greens gain Queen's Park council seat from Labour in Brighton by-election
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Greens gain Queen's Park council seat from Labour in Brighton by-election

The Green Party has gained a council seat from Labour in Queen's Park after candidate Mark Strong won a by-election on Thursday 24 September. Strong won 1,

Alyssa Edwards hits back after ultraconservative Ken Paxton uses drag star in attack ad against Senate rival
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Alyssa Edwards hits back after ultraconservative Ken Paxton uses drag star in attack ad against Senate rival

Sarah Huckabee Sanders faces backlash over anti-trans sports campaign advert
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders faces backlash over anti-trans sports campaign advert

Lesbian AfD leader Alice Weidel celebrates election win as concerns grow over party's LGBTQ+ policies
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Lesbian AfD leader Alice Weidel celebrates election win as concerns grow over party's LGBTQ+ policies

Opinion: Queen's Park by-election is a reset for trans+ residents
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Opinion: Queen's Park by-election is a reset for trans+ residents

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Brighton residents invited to have their say on Pride Street Party
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Brighton residents invited to have their say on Pride Street Party

Brighton & Hove City Council is inviting residents, businesses and visitors to share their views on this year’s Pride Street Party at a community feedback session next month. The

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Pride group defiant after vandals target community signs

Channel Islands Pride launches ‘Queer Nature Trail’ celebrating LGBTQ+ diversity in the animal kingdom
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Channel Islands Pride launches ‘Queer Nature Trail’ celebrating LGBTQ+ diversity in the animal kingdom

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New mural unveiled in Manchester's Gay Village ahead of inaugural Manchester Village Pride
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New mural unveiled in Manchester's Gay Village ahead of inaugural Manchester Village Pride

Wales Green Party leader says surgery ordeal helped him understand impact of "ill-thought-out and callous" trans healthcare delays
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Wales Green Party leader says surgery ordeal helped him understand impact of "ill-thought-out and callous" trans healthcare delays

The leader of the Wales Green Party has revealed how undergoing major surgery himself helped him better understand the distress experienced by trans patients whose gender-affirming operations were abruptly

Sarah Huckabee Sanders faces backlash over anti-trans sports campaign advert
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders faces backlash over anti-trans sports campaign advert

'Humiliated': Trans man wins discrimination case after workplace outed him as trans against his will
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'Humiliated': Trans man wins discrimination case after workplace outed him as trans against his will

Trans rights activists protest Haringey debate on single-sex spaces petition
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Trans rights activists protest Haringey debate on single-sex spaces petition

Good Law Project warns schools must not discriminate against trans pupils
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Good Law Project warns schools must not discriminate against trans pupils

HIV charity condemns NICE decision to reject twice-yearly injectable PrEP
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HIV charity condemns NICE decision to reject twice-yearly injectable PrEP

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The Love Tank and Fredde Lanka launch limited-edition STI testing kits for Londoners
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The Love Tank and Fredde Lanka launch limited-edition STI testing kits for Londoners

Chemsex users are three times more likely to say their drug use is harming them, new London survey finds
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Chemsex users are three times more likely to say their drug use is harming them, new London survey finds

National AIDS Trust warns UK will miss 2030 HIV target without action beyond healthcare
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National AIDS Trust warns UK will miss 2030 HIV target without action beyond healthcare

LGBTQ+ young people in Sussex still missing out on inclusive sex education, study finds
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LGBTQ+ young people in Sussex still missing out on inclusive sex education, study finds

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Brighton & Hove Rainbow Run donates more that £7,800 to local charities including LGBTQ+ mental health charity MindOut
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Brighton & Hove Rainbow Run donates more that £7,800 to local charities including LGBTQ+ mental health charity MindOut

The Brighton & Hove Rainbow Run has donated £7,834.65 to local good causes this year, taking the event’s total charitable contributions over five years to more than

Mayor of Brighton & Hove visits Trans Pride Centre
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Mayor of Brighton & Hove visits Trans Pride Centre

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Juno Dawson helps raise £267 for Trans Pride Brighton at Birdcage Bar event

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Brighton & Hove Liberal Democrats back plan to protect Brighton’s LGBTQ+ nightlife
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Brighton & Hove Liberal Democrats back plan to protect Brighton’s LGBTQ+ nightlife

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Brighton & Hove: What Queen's Park by-election candidates have to say about LGBTQ+ rights
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Brighton & Hove: What Queen's Park by-election candidates have to say about LGBTQ+ rights

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INTERVIEW: Hugh Sheehan uncovers the men Britain criminalised for being gay in award-winning Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7 podcast

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Trans priest, who believes God is trans, responds to transphobic backlash with message of love
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Trans priest, who believes God is trans, responds to transphobic backlash with message of love

A sermon by trans Episcopal priest Flourish Klink has sparked a global conversation about faith, gender and inclusion after clips from a service delivered earlier this year resurfaced online and

Alyssa Edwards hits back after ultraconservative Ken Paxton uses drag star in attack ad against Senate rival
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Alyssa Edwards hits back after ultraconservative Ken Paxton uses drag star in attack ad against Senate rival

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Black trans woman Sophie Lee remembered after fatal shooting in Baltimore

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'Pure discrimination': Texas Pride organisers hit out after permit rejection

ICE deports gay Arizona man, Pietro Graza, to Equatorial Guinea despite concerns over LGBTQ+ rights
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Serbian activists renew call for same-sex union law at Belgrade Pride
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Serbian activists renew call for same-sex union law at Belgrade Pride

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History made as Queen Máxima of the Netherlands opens WorldPride in Amsterdam

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LGBTQ+ charity launches Pride campaign to fund legal challenges across Europe

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Netherlands backs sweeping ban on conversion therapy for young people and vulnerable adults

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Three Brussels Pride performers reportedly attacked after event

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Japan moves towards nationwide LGBTQ+ education programme despite political tensions

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Protesters in Hyderabad demand scrapping trans identity bill

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Chinese authorities arrest dozens of women for writing and publishing gay erotic fiction

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National Museum of the Philippines lit up in rainbow colours to celebrate Pride Month

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Tens of thousands gather in Seoul for South Korean Pride

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LOVE WINS: Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples marry in Thailand as country becomes first in Southeast Asia to legalise same-sex unions