By The Seattle Lesbian As part of the Love is GREAT campaign, the UK government will participate in local Pride events in 10 cities across the U.S. to highlight the UK as a champion of LGBT equality and a global leader in human rights across policy, business, arts and culture, and tourism. The UK is recognized […]
Trans Model Could Be 1st UK Woman to Be Biological & Adoptive Parent of Child
UK Has Most Legal Equality in Europe, New Study Reports
ILGA-Europe, an international human rights organization, found that the U.K. has the most legal equality for the LGBT community. Forty-nine countries were measured and ranked by how much legal protection is provided for the LGBT people. The countries were measured in 48 different criteria from marriage equality to employment discrimination protection to hate crime laws. “We witnessed several […]
Celebrities Demand Pardons For 49,000 Convicted Of Same-Sex Relations In The UK
Entertainment and media’s biggest figures, including the stars of The Imitation Game, are coming aboard a worldwide movement to demand pardons for the estimated 49,000 men who, like Alan Turing, were convicted of consenting same-sex relations under UK anti-gay laws. Matt Breen, Editor-In-Chief of The Advocate and noted gay rights activist, started a petition centered around the cause at […]
Scotland: Queen Elizabeth II Signs Marriage Into Law
March went in like a lion, but will be going out like a lamb now that marriage equality will be the law of the land in England and Wales beginning March 29, 2014. Additionally, Scotland’s Equal Marriage Act was passed in February 2014 and, one month later on March 13, 2014, Queen Elizabeth II has […]