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From COVID to court battles: 10 top LGBT stories in 2020

Coronavirus dominated news around the world in 2020, creating particular challenges for the LGBT+ community in terms of mental health, access to HIV medication and scapegoating by religious groups seeking to apportion blame for the virus. The year provided the backdrop…

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The lesbian couple who changed the course of LGBT history

On 26 March, 1977, a couple of lesbian feminist activists in a secret relationship pulled off an incredible lovers’ plot: holding the first-ever meeting on LGBT+ rights at the White House. When Jean O’Leary, co-executive director of the National Gay Task Force…

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Google’s most searched-for LGBT terms in 2020

Google’s most searched-for LGBT+ terms in 2020 have been revealed, and it is blindingly obvious that the UK needs some serious queer education. On Wednesday (9 December) Google released its 2020 Year in Search, revealing the questions, people, topics and events that were…