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“A step backward for equality”: Activists react to Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill

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Ghana recently passed one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQIA+ bills, sparking global outrage from activists and community figures alike. WORDS BY CONOR CLARK HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN Lawmakers in Ghana last week passed a bill that, if signed into law by President Nana Akufo-Addo, would see simply identifying as LGBTQIA+ punishable by up to three years in prison. “It’s actually really a step backward for equality,” said Jesse Sperling, the Interim Executive Director of Kaleidoscope Trust, a charity fighting for the human rights of LGBTQIA+ people across the Commonwealth, which…

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West Midlands Police refuses to apologise for history of LGBTQ+ “witch hunts”

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West Midlands Police has “politely declined” calls to apologise for its prior homophobic treatment of LGBTQ+ people. Peter Tatchell, one of the UK’s most prominent human rights activists, demanded that the force to make amends for “its past homophobic witch hunts” as part of the #ApologiseNow campaign being launched on 7 June by the Peter Tatchell Foundation and Baroness Helena Kennedy KC. He accused the force, which is the country’s second largest, of being “one of the most homophobic in Britain” for going “out of its way to target consenting,…

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Church of England to bless same-sex unions – though ban on marriage remains

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The Church of England will offer blessings to same-sex couples in civil partnerships and marriages, though they will still be unable to get married in church. The motion was passed in all three of the Synod’s – the Church’s equivalent of a parliament – ‘houses’ following a near-eight-hour debate across 8 and 9 February. The Archbishop of York, the Most Revd Stephen Cottrell, told the Synod that priests can still choose not to bless same-sex couples. “No-one has to offer these services and no one will be disadvantaged if they…

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“Deeply unjust”: Activists demand LGBTQ+ equality in Church of England

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Dozens gathered outside Lambeth Palace on 23 January to demand equality for LGBTQ+ people in the Church of England. Organised and led by Jayne Ozanne, a gay Christian activist who chairs the Ban Conversion Therapy Coalition, the peaceful demonstration took place ahead of a reception for around 100 parliamentarians. Activists stood in silence as they held candles and placards, which had messages such as “Apology not accepted, Archbishop!” and “Discrimination is not a Christian value!” written on them. It was attended by Church of England clergy, ordinands and lay members…

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Gay Liberation Front retrace original Pride march route on 50th anniversary

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Veterans of the UK’s first Pride march celebrated the 50th anniversary by retracing the exact route that was walked in 1972. Well over a thousand people met at the steps of St Martins-in-the-Field church on Charing Cross Road before walking through Oxford Street to Hyde Park. Ted Brown, one of the organisers of the UK’s first official Gay Pride, told GAY TIMES he felt “a strong sense of achievement” as he marched once again in 2022. “We now have civil partnerships, we have gay marriage, we have legal protection, and…

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Thousands protest trans people’s exclusion from ‘conversion therapy’ ban outside Downing Street

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Thousands of people took to Downing Street on 10 April to protest the UK government’s decision to exclude trans people from a ban of so-called ‘conversion therapy’. “Trans rights are human rights” and “LGB with the T” were among the many phrases chanted by the crowd, which tripled in size in the space of around 30 minutes. GAY TIMES attended the demonstration, which was so big that the police had to redivert Whitehall’s traffic around it due it spilling onto the street. An array of LGBTQ+ activists and celebrities showed…

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Exclusive: 9 in 10 people believe UK media’s reporting on so-called ‘trans debate’ is harmful

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The vast majority of the LGBTQ+ community believe framing the discussion of transgender rights as a ‘debate’ is harmful, a GAY TIMES survey has found. The findings come as the UK media puts topics like self-identification and using the spaces that align with someone’s gender identity in the spotlight, despite trans and non-binary people being estimated to make up just 1 per cent of the population in Britain. This is often framed as the so-called ‘trans debate’, which frequently sees human rights issues tossed around as if they are a…

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MediaWatch: Shahmir Sanni and Peter Tatchell discuss fear tactics used by the press

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For the latest instalment of MediaWatch – a GAY TIMES Original Podcast Series – host Shahmir Sanni is joined by prominent human rights and LGBTQ+ activist Peter Tatchell. In the episode they discuss a recent column by Sonia Sodha which was published by The Observer and takes aim at Stonewall’s integral and unwavering support of trans rights here in the UK. The LGBTQ+ charity has faced attacks from outside and within the community for their work to protect trans rights, and Sonia focuses particularly on the transphobic, dangerous and incorrect…

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