Tag: England

Secret love lives, stormy reigns and grisly murders England’s ‘gay’ kings and queens defied society – during perhaps the most homophobic era of human history – to have same-sex lovers. Of 41 monarchs since William The Conqueror, we’ve identified seven who were likely lesbian, gay or bisexual. That’s an incredible 17%. And they include some of the most famous rulers in British history. This is the incredible history of their secret love lives, stormy reigns, tragic sicknesses and grisly murders. King William Rufus...

The House of Bishops uphold their view that marriage should be between a man and a woman. In a new report released today, they added that there was still “little support for changing the Church of England’s teaching on marriage.” It’s a view that will continue to frustrate gay rights campaigners and risks the Church being further alienated from modern society’s views and attitudes. The Church of England came to this conclusion after two years of discussions. However, despite refusing to lift their...

Latest LGBT+ will broadcast news and entertainment. Early next month, the UK will get its first LGBT-centric broadcast television channel. Latest LGBT+ TV will spotlight LGBT news, culture and entertainment when it starts hitting airwaves in February. Though its broadcast will initially be limited to the Greater Brighton area, its content will be available online globally. The channel will be fronted by Sophie Cook, who became the first transgender person to lead a news program in Europe. In addition to hosting various specials,...

Same-sex couples could begin to marry in Guernsey as soon as the summer, it has been announced. The Employment and Social Security Committee Vice President Shane Langlois said the UK Privy Council announced that Royal Assent has been given to the law first introduced back in 2015. The measure will now go to the States for final approval before it will come into effect. Despite Langlois saying that it is expected it will do so in the summer, he said before a...

Same-sex couples are continuing to help children in need as overall adoption figures fall. New figures published today by the Department for Education show that, in England, adoptions by same-sex couples accounted for 9.6 per cent of all adoptions this year, rising from 8.4 per cent in 2015. Data released today (December 8) shows that, while the overall number of adoptions have decreased in England, there were the same number of adoptions from same-sex couples in 2015 as there were this...

A court has deemed that the decision to refuse a man a promotion in his workplace because he is in a same-sex marriage is entirely legal. Canon Jeremy Pemberton said he had been offered a job as the chaplain for Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust, but had the offer withdrawn after marrying his long-term partner, who happens to be another man. The Church of England stepped in to block the appointment when he married Laurence Cunnington last April. Nottingham Employment Tribunal had previously...

Is this a new turn in the way the Church views the LGBT community or is it dust in the eyes? Whatever the case may be, things seem to slowly change. This time around 100 senior Anglicans sent a letter to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, saying that the Church should apologize for its homophobic remarks. They began gathering signatures from the country’s cathedral deans, which forced Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury to summon a meeting to...

The most popular month for gays and lesbians weddings became August 2014, when there were registered about 844 same-sex marriages. The Office of the National Statistics said that during the spring of 2014 15,098 same-sex couples got married. The most popular month for weddings of gays and lesbians became August 2014, when 844 marriages were registered. Furthermore, according to the same data, marriages among women had the greater popularity . Among the couples who have entered into the marriage, 55% are female couples...