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Scotland to be the first country to teach LGBT history in schools.

In 2021, all public schools will receive lessons in issues faced by the LGBTQ+ community such as same-sex marriage, same-sex parenting, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia and the HIV and AIDS epidemic. John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Education Secretary, praised the historic…

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Gay man says he has COVID but still visits a packed Fire Island.

Video from the beaches at Fire Island, New York, went viral on Twitter for being packed over the holiday weekend, with little sign of social distancing or masks. Despite COVID-19 coronavirus numbers spiking across the nation, the popular vacation spot…

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Polish pres. wants a constitutional ban on gay couples adopting.

Polish president Andrzej Duda has proposed a constitutional ban on same-sex couples adopting children and plans to introduce this in an amendment on Monday (6 July). During a meeting in Szczawno-Zdrój, in the south of the country, Notes from Poland reports…

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LGBT asylum seekers will be given special priority in Norway.

For the first time Norway will prioritise LGBT+ asylum seekers as part of a new post-coronavirus refugee scheme. Announced on July 5 by the Storting, Norway’s federal government, the new policy will give LGBT+ refugees priority both as individuals and as…

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Trump’s latest move threatens LGBT activists worldwide.

President Donald Trump’s appointed head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Michael Pack, wants to use the agency’s multi-million dollar Open Technology Fund (OTF) to fund closed-source technology that could endanger LGBTQ activists and other online organizers fighting for…

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London gay bar owner condemns reopening as a disaster.

Jeremy Joseph, the owner of London club G-A-Y, has branded overcrowding in Soho last night (July 4) as a disaster – and lashed out at the government for easing lockdown restrictions too early. Jospeh was just one of many people who expressed…