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Top Republican Mitch McConnell steps down – here’s why that’s good news for LGBTQ+ people

Mitch McConnell, the US senate’s longest-serving Republican leader, is stepping down. It’s an end to his era on Capitol Hill, largely marked by opposition to LGBTQ+ rights.  The 82-year-old Kentucky lawmaker, who has served in the senate since 1985 a

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World’s largest psych organisation says ‘damaging’ gender affirming care bans are wrong

Gender-affirming care bans are damaging and wrong, according to the largest psychological organisation in the world. Following a resolution taken on Wednesday (28 February), the American Psychological Association (APA) announced that it is fully supportiv

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Stabbed teenager taunted with homophobic slurs in LA beach attack that left him with punctured lung

A 16-year-old teen boy reportedly spent days in intensive care after being stabbed and beaten on a Southern Californian beach. The attackers also yelled homophobic slurs at the victim. The incident is believed to have occurred at a beach on Dockweiler Bea

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Hollyoaks begins dark self harm storyline for teen Lucas Hay as gay conversion therapy plot deepens

Hollyoaks’ so-called gay conversion therapy storyline has taken another harrowing turn in scenes featuring Lucas that aired on Channel 4 streaming yesterday (28 February). In the episode, which will air on TV on E4 tonight (28 February) at 7pm, teen Lucas

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