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New £50 note featuring LGBTQ icon Alan Turing revealed
The gay WWII codebreaker has been immortalised on a British banknote, joining Winston Churchill, Jane Austen and JMW Turner.
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Royal Mint rejected coin commemorating decriminalisation of homosexuality due to ‘lack of appeal’
Newly-released documents show plans to mark the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 were rejected back in 2015.
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Casey Spooner claims he co-wrote Madonna’s ‘God Control’ but hasn’t been paid
The former Fischerspooner lead singer took to Instagram to blast Madonna
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Man jailed for two years and four months after blackmailing men he met on Grindr
Patryk Hrymak was found guilty of eight counts of blackmail and two counts of disclosing photographs and films with intent to cause distress
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University student sets up fundraising account to help fund his gender confirmation surgery
Matt Trenner was forced to go private due to long waiting times within the NHS
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‘Schitt’s Creek’ fans donate more than $20,000 to LGBT charity to celebrate co-creator Dan Levy’s birthday
The money will be donated to the LGBT Youth Line in Ontario, Canada
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Alan Turing unveiled as the face of the new £50 note
The pioneering mathematician, WWII codebreaker and LGBTQ icon will appear on Britain's most valuable banknote from from 2021.
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Israel Folau pleads with fans to help him pay his legal bills after being fired by Rugby Australia
The Australian rugby player has set up a GoFundMe page to raise $3million for his lawsuit
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Northern Ireland Office spent only £318 in recent years to advance LGBTQ rights
The money was allegedly spent on rainbow lanyards and nothing else
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London’s largest charity for the older LGBTQ community has been awarded a £300,000 grant
Opening Doors London helps give a voice to the older LGBTQ community
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Jussie Smollett to be sued by the City of Chicago after failing to pay costs for his criminal investigation
The actor allegedly claimed he was attacked by two white men who tied a noose around his neck
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Man who blackmailed a married man he met on Grindr has been told to prepare for prison
Timothy Ruge threatened to expose the married Grindr user if he did not hand over 1,300 Australian dollars
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National Lottery Fund to award transgender charity Mermaids UK with funding after ‘reviewing’ a number of ‘concerns’
In December, the Big Lottery Fund said they would donate £500,000 to the charity
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Twelve organisations awarded government funding to help improve lives of LGBT people
The funding marks the start of LGBT History Month
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South Yorkshire LGBT charity given government funding to help victims of domestic abuse
The SAYiT charity has been given nearly £113,000 by the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government
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Man who tried to extort money from Grindr hook-up has identity hidden in controversial court ruling
The 26 year old threatened to expose a married man to his family unless he paid him £500
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LGBT people in US more likely to be paid less and go into overdraft, according to new study
The study found the LGBT community earned less than the non-LGBT community
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National charity awarded funding to help restorative justice for LGBT victims of hate crime
Why Me? Victims of Restorative Justice was awarded £57,000 to help support victims of hate crime
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Activists hit back at the Sunday Times for transphobic fear-mongering
Kate Lister took to Twitter following an article claiming transgender charity Mermaids is 'transphobic'
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Stonewall hits back at ‘vicious’ and ‘inaccurate’ Sunday Times article
The article claimed Stonewall employee Morgan Page was a 'former trans stripper'