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The Premier League Can't Afford to Just Wait for Its Own Jason Collins

Matthew Handley | Posted 30.04.2013 | UK Sport
Read More: John Fashanu, Gay Rights, Lgbtq, Sol Campbell, Football, Soccer, Jason Collins, Graeme Le Saux, Premier League, Basketball, Gay, Nba, Joey Barton, Justin Fashanu, UK Sport News
Matthew Handley

The ultimate encouragement for a player to come out, would probably be that there were sufficient other gay peers for it not to be such an issue, or at least enough to be able to offer support. As it stands, that day seems a long way off. If the Premier League is to wait for its own Jason Collins, it may be waiting a very long time.

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Lesbians' Relationships: Fetishes, Formality and Forward Assumptions

Gabrielle Leimon | Posted 19.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Lgbt, Ignorance, Relationships, Lgbtq, Lesbian, Same Sex Couples, Sex-Positive, Tolerance, Gay Issues, UK Lifestyle News
Gabrielle Leimon

If I had a pound/dollar for every comment I'd had from a man saying they want to 'get in between' my partner and I in bed, or told me I was some sort of 'abomination' by a stranger, or heard some guy say they want to try to 'turn' us to make us straight my rent would be paid this month.

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Why Transphobia Needs A Place In The Dictionary

Claudia White | Posted 12.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Lgbt, Transphobia, Transgender, Lgbtq, Women's Issues, GRIN Campaign, Trans, Gender, UK Universities & Education News
Claudia White

Last month, I started a Change.org petition to get the term "transphobia" added to the both the Oxford English Dictionary and Microsoft Office's dictionary lexicon. The petition gained 500 signatures in just five hours and now stands at over 9,000.

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Oppose Christian Marriage: A Take on the Opposition to Equal Marriage Rights

Ben Deaner | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Lgbt, Lgbtq, Equal Marriage, Gay Marriage, UK Conservative Party, UK Politics, David Cameron, UK Religion, Christianity, UK Universities & Education News
Ben Deaner

As a strict, practising homosexual I simply cannot condone Christianity and so I certainly cannot accept that a union between two Christians is equivalent to a union between two, loving, committed homosexuals such as myself.

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Come Out, Come Out

B.J. Epstein | Posted 07.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Coming Out, LGBT Rights, Lgbt, LGBT Issues, Lgbtq, International Coming-Out Day, UK News
B.J. Epstein

Come out, come out, wherever you are. It's time to tell your friends, relatives, peers, colleagues, and others that you're lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or otherwise queer, because the 11th of October is International Coming-Out Day.

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Pussy Riot Sentence Jeopardises the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games

Andy Miah | Posted 17.10.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Russia, Winter Games, Pussy Riot, Lgbtq, UK Politics News
Andy Miah

While today's sentencing of the Pussy Riot trio and the accompanying 100 year law banning Pride marches is devastating for many Russian citizens, it also jeopardises the integrity of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, which will take place in less than two years.

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