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A member of the House of Lords in the UK who previously campaigned against civil unions for same-sex couples said that his daughter is married to another woman. David Trimble is a big deal in conservative politics in Northern Ireland. From 1995 to 2005, he led the Ulster Unionist Party, and now he’s a Conservative member of the House of Lords. In 1998, he and John Hume won the Nobel Peace Prize for helping negotiate the Good Friday Agreement, which helped...

The London police said on Friday they have launched an investigation into the alleged leaks of the official memos that led to the resignation of the British ambassador to Washington. British ambassador Kim Darroch quit on Wednesday after US president Donald Trump called him "stupid" and "wacky" following the publication of the confidential memos by a newspaper. In the memos, Darroch had called Trump's administration inept. The London Metropolitan Police said its counter-terrorism command, which takes national responsibility for investigating...

Boris Johnson is in pole position to become the next UK Prime Minister but even before the final vote takes place on the leadership race to Number 10, he is already is at the centre of a diplomatic storm. His underwhelming endorsement of the former British Ambassador to the U.S. Kim Darroch in a TV debate earlier this week is believed to have been a factor in Darroch's decision to resign. Now Johnson's allies are demanding that the empty post...

A shopper at a UK supermarket flew into a rage over LGBTQ garden gnomes, apparently angered over the concrete statues’ rainbow flags. The man was at an Asda last Sunday afternoon, according to Plymouth Live, when the man caused a disturbance over the popular yard decoration. An anonymous witness claims that the man was unaccompanied, aside from having the rainbow-capped gnome shoved in his bag. “ causing a disturbance over a gnome, sort of gay pride flag colors, which I’m all...

A teenager was left bleeding and bruised after she was beaten up by two other women from her school. Ellie-Mae Mulholland, 18, of Hull, UK, said that she confronted “one of her friends” yesterday afternoon over some money that the friend owed her. “She had seen a couple of her friends, who are usually her friends, and one of them owed her a tenner and Ellie asked about it,” Mulholland’s sister Stevie-Leigh Ansell told Hull Live. “The lass said she never had...

The iconic tv series Queer As Folk is returning in two different iterations. / Image via Channel 4 Not only are we getting a Queer As Folk reboot in the UK, but we’re getting a French one too?! Queer as Folk was an iconic tv series, created by tv legend Russel T. Davies and produced by Nicola Shindler, that originally ran in the UK for eight episodes in 1999 and then a two-episode follow-up in 2000. Despite its short run, the...

A baby clothes store said that a pink T-shirt was returned to them because a dad won’t let his son wear it. The UK clothing store Fred & Noah posted on social media that a pink T-shirt with a giraffe on it was returned to them, along with a note from the mother. “Beautiful top but my husband won’t let my son wear it,” the note said. They posted an image of the shirt, too. “This got me thinking, are we dressing our...

Penguins often pair up with a penguin of the same sex, with many of those turning out to be great parents for baby chicks, so much so that a zoo opted to display a pride-themed banner for their penguins. But a Catholic journalist is outraged because people are telling children that the penguins aren’t all straight. In honor of Pride Month, the London Zoo placed a miniature banner in the style of others designed by the Stonewall UK charity. It read...

A man allegedly threw a giant temper tantrum at a grocery store when he saw rainbow-themed garden gnomes for sale. According to PlymouthLive, police had to be called this past Saturday afternoon to an Asda store in the UK when a man created a disturbance over garden gnomes. A witness said that the man had a rainbow gnome like the one in the picture below in his bag when he started “causing a disturbance.” We're proud to be supporting Pride events across...

A 12-year-old boy has been arrested following a shocking knife attack on a gay couple in England. Police are still searching for two other boys after the gang of pre-teens stabbed the men multiple times. According to police, the two men, who are in their 30’s, were walking down a road on Saturday evening when they were approached by three teen boys. The boys, who are believed to be between ages 12 to 15, shouted homophobic insults at the men. One...

Prince William said that he would be “nervous” for his children if they turned out to be LGBTQ. He was visiting the Albert Kennedy Trust in London, a nonprofit that works with homeless LGBTQ youth, when he was asked what he would do if one of his kids came out. “It is something I’m nervous about,” he said. “Not because I’m worried about them being gay or anything, it’s more about the fact that I’m worried about the pressure, as you...

Several teenagers attacked two gay men with a knife in what appears to be a homophobic hate crime. According to police, the two men, who are in their 30’s, were walking down a road at 9:20 p.m. this past Saturday in Liverpool, UK, when they were approached by three teen boys. The boys, who are believed to be between ages 12 to 15, shouted homophobic insults at the men. One of them pulled out a knife and attacked the men. One of...

Two women in London were attacked in a bus when they refused to kiss for straight men’s viewing pleasure. Melania Geymonat, 28, and her girlfriend Chris were taking a night bus in London on May 30. According a Facebook post Geymonat wrote about the incident, she kissed Chris and then four young men started harassing them. The couple and the young men were alone together in the top level of the bus. “They started behaving like hooligans, demanding that we kissed so...

Teachers are “in tears” after over a month of protests outside an elementary school over LGBTQ curriculum, according to a lawyer who is trying to mediate the situation. For months now, protestors have been marching in front of the Anderton Park Primary School in Birmingham, UK. At issue is the school’s diversity curriculum, called “No Outsiders.” Developed by Andrew Moffat, the curriculum teaches kids about different kinds of people and families in order to bring schools into compliance with the UK’s...