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His civil partner, Rev. David Coles, passed away from a long illness earlier this week. Earlier this week, the civil partner of Rev. Richard Coles, Rev. David Coles, passed away following a long illness. And although many people passed their condolences onto Rev. Richard, some used his partner’s death to spread homophobic bile. Writing on Twitter, Rev. Richard revealed some of the messages he’d been receiving, writing: “99.99999% loveliness from people and then a small but lively correspondence from Christians who wish me to know that D is in hell…

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New Jersey could become the ninth US state to have banned the ‘defence.’ New Jersey is incredibly close to becoming the ninth US state to ban the ‘gay and trans panic’ defence, after a bill passed in the New Jersey Senate House with an overwhelming majority. The defence, which is mostly used in assault or murder cases, allows people to defend themselves by blaming the victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity as the reason for the attack. In votes on the bill, held earlier this week, it passed the house…

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“But force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real?” JK Rowling been accused of being a TERF (trans exclusionary radical feminist) after jumping to the defence of Maya Forstater. Forstater is a researcher who lost her job after tweeting that transgender women cannot change their biological sex, in reaction to proposals of the Gender Recognition Act which would allow people to identify as the opposite sex. Earlier today, the Harry Potter author – who hasn’t tweeted since September – wrote on her account: “Dress however you…

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