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Scotland’s First Minister apologizes for gay convictions
Scotland’s devolved government today (November 7) issued an apology to men that had previously been convicted of same-sex activity that is no longer illegal. It simultaneously passed new legislation that would allow them to clear their names and see such convictions wiped from criminal records. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the country’s parliament that it…
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Mother Knows Best wins the £30,000 Iris Prize
Swedish filmmaker Mikael Bundsen has just won the 2017 Iris Prize, Cardiff’s International LGBT Short Film Prize. This prestigious Award now referred the being part of the ‘Gay Oscars’, comes with a massive £30,000, thanks to the generosity of The Michael Bishop Foundation. The prize money will allow Bundsen to make a new short…
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We mourn Gwynevere River Song the 17th transgender US citizen murdered in 2017
Whatever else is going on globally this week in these very tough and trying times, we still need to take a moment to honor the memory of Gwynevere River Song who was the 17th transgender person to be killed in the United States in 2017. Song, aged 26 and a 2015 graduate of the University of…
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Legendary UK entertainer Sir Bruce Forsyth dies.
The legendary British entertainer Bruce Forsyth who died today aged 89 may not have much name recognition in the rest of the world, but in the UK where his career lasted a staggering 75 years, he was regarded as a national treasure. Forsyth’s stage act had him playing the Variety Theaters for years until…
