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However, Nigeria still remains a dangerous place to be LGBTQ. A survey from The Initiative for Equality Rights has found that homophobic attitudes in Nigeria are decreasing. The survey was last conducted in 2017, and this time it talked to 2,400 residents of the country. Although numbers were still fairly low, they did show that more Nigerians were becoming accepting of the LGBTQ identity. In 2017, only 17% of people believed that LGBTQ people should have the same rights, this has now increased to to 27%. The amount of people…

The match was stopped for around a minute because of the chanting. French football referee Mehdi Mokhtari has been praised for stopping a football match after hearing homophobic chants from the crowd. The incident happened just before half-time in a match against second division teams Nancy and Le Mans. The chants were reportedly aimed at league authorities, and the match continued after players from Nancy asked fans to calm down. Marlène Schiappa, France’s equality minister, praised Mokhtari, writing on Twitter: “Congratulations to referee Mehdi Mokhtari for bravely interrupting the match,…

The mayor of the Canadian city of Ottawa, Jim Watson, has come out as gay. Jim Watson, the mayor of Ottawa has come out as gay, just before Pride celebrations begin in the city. Writing an op-ed in the Ottawa Citizen, he wrote: “I’m gay, There – I said it; or rather, wrote it. Those two words took me almost four decades to utter, but as they say, ‘Better late than never.’” Writing about how he came to realise his sexuality, he wrote: “As a grade 7 student, I remember…

The ‘gay cake’ row is now heading to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). After the Supreme Court found in favour of the bakery that refused to bake a cake with the slogan ‘Support Gay Marriage’, Gareth Lee is now taking the case to the European Court of Human Rights. In their judgement, Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr, Lord Hodge and Lady Black from the Supreme Court ruled that the bakery’s refusal to make a wedding cake supporting same-sex marriage was not discriminatory. “It is deeply humiliating, and…