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Five states, the District of Columbia, Miami and Cincinnati have also banned the widely discredited practice. The Seattle City Council unanimously voted Monday to ban conversion therapy for queer youth, becoming the third American city to independently outlaw the practice. Under the new ordinance, mental health providers will be barred from offering or advertising conversion therapy to minors. The practice, which claims to help gay people overcome same-sex attraction, has been widely discredited by mental health professionals and called potentially harmful...

The boys are back with an important message for everyone. The Warwick Rowers are back once more with a brand new video, but this one’s a little different, according to Paper. Their new video highlights why the Rowers’ work is so important in the aftermath of Brexit and the Trump election and also features the group stripping down and getting naked. The athletes have been supporters of LGBT rights and year after year the group have released a naked calendar in which all proceeds...

'Please know that there are good, loving people out there who embrace your light'. Openly gay singer Steve Grand is reaching out to young fans in the wake of Donald Trump’s unexpected win in the election for president of the United States. ‘My LGBTQ+ brothers and sisters (especially our young ones), please remember you are not alone,’ the All-American Boy singer wrote in an Instagram post. ‘The world can be an ugly, dark place, but please know that there are good, loving...

Those may be the three scariest words in the English language. Unfortunately, they are also reality for the next four years. The pundits will spend countless hours trying to figure out just what combination of events led Trump to pull the most stunning political upset since Truman’s defeat of Dewey in 1948. Was it that Clinton was too damaged and establishment of a candidate? Was it that the polls seriously underestimated Trump’s appeal? Was it that white working class voters...

Exit polls have thrown up some rather thought-provoking statistics. Exit polls have revealed 14% of LGBT voters chose Donald Trump for president. Back in September, a pre-election survey ran by NBC News and SurveyMonkey found that 20% of LGBT voters planned to support Trump, while 72% were in favour of Clinton – and those results weren’t too far off. The New York Times has published results of a national exit poll of 24,537 voters from 350 voting stations across the United States, suggesting that...

Find out where America's new President-elect stands on LGBT equality. The American people have voted for Donald Trump to become the 45th President of the United States. The conclusion to a campaign that’s been widely regarded as one of the most socially divisive in modern American history is one that few LGBT people and their allies had hoped for, with many newfangled freedoms under threat, and the march towards equality at risk of being halted – or quite possibly reversed. In the...

The head of an Indonesian university has initiated a program to “normalise” gay students. The State University of Gorontalo (UNG) in northern Indonesia issued the new policies which target members of the LGBT community. Syamsu Qamar Badu, the rector of the university, announced that a “special team” will be employed to look out for and offer counselling too students who they suspect may be within the community. “This identification process will not be easy, but we can’t just let it happen if...

Tens of thousands of LGBT+ people and their allies took to the streets of Taiwan’s capital Taipei this weekend to celebrate the city’s annual Pride. Many who marched this week carried placards calling for the legalisation of same-sex marriage. Attendees marched past the presidential palace and at 2.30pm, two giant rainbow banners were unfurled and a brass band started playing. Taiwan is considered one of the most liberal of the Asian countries in terms of human rights, and it’s widely believed they...

“A haircut can be a revolving door — it’s a transformation.” San Francisco-based barber Jaz Limos is the woman beind Saints of Steel, a non-profit that works to provide communities in need with a simple but necessary service — a great haircut. Having grown up in San Francisco, Limos recently decided to quit her stable full-time job to start an organization that would allow her to give back to the community that has given her so much. “There are so many communities...

Donald Trump has been damaging his own brand with his bigoted, xenophobic, gaffe and scandal plagued presidential campaign, and the fallout is starting to spread to those who have unwisely hitched their wagon to his falling star. Eric Trump, son of Donald Trump, toured the D. G. Yuengling & Son’s brewery in Pottsville, Pennsylvania on Monday, meeting with owner Richard “Dick” Yuengling. “This is an amazing American success story,” Trump said during a brief news conference at the brewery, Reading Eagle...

"Equality is about changing hearts and minds" As the world counts down the days until we discover whether Hilary Clinton or Donald Trump will become the next US President, the former has taken the time to remind voters that she is committed to preserving and enhancing rights for LGBT people in the country. Entitled Hilary Clinton: Equality is about changing hearts and minds, the video showcases LGBT families of all shapes and sizes while Hilary explains how she will ensure the...

October is LGBT History Month and Equality Forum is honoring an icon a day all month long, including David Bowie, who was honored October 7, despite the fact that he would probably look askance at such a title. David Bowie played with identity throughout his career, trying on different persona and presentations as regularly as he changed up his musical styles. This included his sexuality. Bowie came out as gay in an interview with Melody Maker in 1972 with writer Michael Watts, saying, “I’m gay, and...

Longtime LGBT ally and judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race, Michelle Visage, came to the rescue of a gay teenager after he was kicked out his home for coming out to his parents. “I came out to my family last night and got kicked out of the house. I just want to die, please tell me it gets better,” Jake asked her on Twitter. “Honey your life is just beginning,” Visage said. “I’m proud of you. Do you have anywhere to go?” The...

Indonesia’s president has condemned rampant anti-LGBT discrimination in his country. After months of silence, Joko Widodo has finally spoken against the worsening climate for LGBT people living in Indonesia, who have faced a sharp increase in legal and social prejudice over the last year. He told the BBC: “The police must act . There should be no discrimination against anyone.” The short statement comes following what Human Rights Watch describes as “months of increasingly hateful rhetoric from government officials and religious organisations”...