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Holocaust Memorial Day takes place on 27 January each year. It’s a time for us to pause to remember the millions of people who have been murdered or whose lives have been changed beyond recognition during the Holocaust, Nazi persecution and in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda and Darfur. On HMD we ask you [...]

For the first time in Wales, leading dignitaries will declare their support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people at the opening event of LGBT History Month Cymru 2012. Every February the contribution that LGBT people have made to history will be acknowledged by a series of celebrations throughout Britain. In only its second [...]

The Foreign Affairs Minister for Canada, John Baird, spoke strongly last night about the need to unify the Commonwealth’s core values when it comes to LGBT issues. Speaking to an audience in London, Baird said that Canada would not stand by its Commonwealth cousins who still criminalise homosexual acts and limit personal freedom. “Dozens of [...]

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, announced the nominees for its 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards.   By recognizing and honoring media for outstanding images of the LGBT community, the GLAAD Media Awards serve as a benchmark for the media [...]

As always the Schools OUT Conference will be held on the first Saturday of February 2012. It is entitled: Educating OUT Prejudice through the LGBT Lens. Featuring the Classroom, The Rainbow Project and presenters and speakers from the other protected characteristics, the Conference will be rich in resources and ideas for practitioners in the classroom [...]

The general Medical Council has decided the controversial psychiatrist Dr Paul Miller should not be struck off for providing ‘gay cures’ to patients. Miller was at the centre of controversy last year when gay journalist Patrick Strudwick visited his private clinic in Belfast posing as a gay man seeking to change his sexuality. His experiences [...]

Young British tennis star Laura Robson has denied that she wore a rainbow coloured hairband onto court at the Australian Open yesterday to make a pro-LGBT statement. The 18 year old from London was unaware that there was a call to take rainbow flags onto the court after the player who the arena is named [...]

Human Rights Watch has sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Sweden after the Government failed to overturn an archaic law which states individuals who wish to change their legal gender must also be sterilised. The letter reads… New York, January 14, 2012 Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt c/o Roberta Alenius Rosenbad 4 SE-103 33Stockholm, [...]