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First love, gay love, take center stage in ‘Call Me By Your Name’.

“Call Me By Your Name” became a landmark for gay romantic fiction when it was first published in 2007, but the makers of a new movie version say it will appeal to anyone who enjoys a good love story. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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The first openly transgender mayor has been elected in Canada.

An openly transgender woman has just become the first mayor to be elected in Canada. Julie Lemieux is also the first female mayor in Montreal town Très-Saint-Rédempteur’s 136-year history. Many supporters of the new mayor have said they did not think about the fact that Lemieux was transgender when voting for her. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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A school where LGBT is part of everyday life.

The 400 pupil Balbriggan Educate Together prides itself on being a school for all. It has a rich diversity of pupils, many of them from families whose history is not Irish. Its inclusive approach extends well beyond creating a welcome for pupils from many ethnic and cultural backgrounds, to being a model of best practice around positive representation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students and their families. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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Rainbow Laces campaign for LGBT inclusion backed by Sky Sports.

This month, Sky Sports is again helping to activate Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign which aims to ‘make sport everyone’s game’. The initiative is focused on inclusion at all levels of sport for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT), and it’s supported all year round by Sky Sports in our capacity as a member of TeamPride, a group of businesses and organisations who help bring the campaign to life. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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‘It’s just the start’: LGBT community in Turkey fears government crackdown.

Turkey’s LGBT community says the government’s banning of LGBT eventsis not only an illegal curtailing of personal freedoms but further proof of the government’s anti-secular agenda, with some saying they are increasingly worried for their safety. Respondents to a Guardian callout said they thought Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was waging a war against them… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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More LGBT couples are applying to adopt children in the UK.

More gay couples and fewer heterosexual couples are applying to adopt children in Britain, new figures show. Last year, one in seven adoption orders was made by a gay couple. Wilsons, a private law firm that analysed the figures, noted that the number of gay couples applying… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality