Stephen Ireland was the co-founder a Surrey Pride, a pro LGBT group launched in 2018. He used that position to repeatedly attack J.K. Rowling as a hateful “TERF” over several years. Today, Ireland was convicted of raping a child and sentenced to 30 years in prison. His then-boyfriend was also convicted. A man has been...
Crowds have gathered at Pride celebrations around the world. Up to one million people were expected at the New York City parade, with major cities in India, Venezuela and Ecuador also hosting festivities. June is Pride month – a month dedicated to celebrating LGBTQ+ communities all around the world. The last weekend of Pride month...
Budapest advertises itself as a party town. On Saturday, the party spilled out onto the streets, and occupied, in the scorching heat of summer, the Elizabeth Bridge and the river banks and downtown areas on both shores of the Danube. Between 100,000 and 200,000 mostly young people danced and sang their way from Pest to...
A Budapest Pride march is expected to go ahead on Saturday, defying Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s legal threats against LGBTQ rights activists. The march organisers hope for a record attendance this year, despite mounting pressure from nationalist conservative politicians and police to stop any display of pro-LGBTQ material. Police have issued a ban, in...
Things between the European Union and Hungary’s Viktor Orbán have never been especially warm, but they are downright chilly at the moment. The bombastic Hungarian prime minister, along with being an enormous nationalist thorn in Ursula Von der Leyen’s best-laid plans for total EU domination of every country within their purview, has also rattled nerves...
George Torr BBC News, Derby Steve Beech BBC News, Derby BBC Cornerstone Christian Bookshop said it did not want to have a flag flown above its shop “representing specific political causes” A council in Derbyshire has removed a Pride flag following a complaint from a Christian bookshop. Matlock Town Council said it had received communication...
Nick Thorpe BBC Budapest correspondent Getty Images The government has had Budapest’s Pride march in its sights for some time Police have banned Hungary’s annual Budapest Pride march later this month, prompting a defiant response from liberal Mayor Gergely Karacsony. “Budapest city hall will organise the Budapest Pride march as a local event on 28...
It’s the dog that didn’t bark. In fact, very few people are using “woof” as a pronoun these days, and as far as I can tell, there are very few rainbow logos out there. It’s almost like everybody is acknowledging the sexual dimorphism of the human race. The Pravda Media is portraying this as Trump...
George Thorpe BBC News, Devon BBC Organisers of Torbay Pride are expecting thousands to attend The organisers of a Pride event in south Devon hope the gathering is “heart-warming and soul restoring” for marginalised groups. Torbay Pride is taking place later, marking the third event since it returned to Torquay’s streets in 2023 following a...
Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu & Brandon Drenon BBC News Reporting fromWashington DC Getty Images Across Washington, large rainbow flags are flying next to the stars and stripes as the city plays host to World Pride, a global celebration of LGBTQ culture and identity. But getting the world to come has proved challenging this year. Some international...
This year, Pride Month arrives at an especially dire moment for the LGBTQ+ community. Under the second Trump administration, homophobic vitriol and violence are on the rise. On Elon Musk’s X platform, a “deepfake” video of Donald Trump canceling Pride Month has gone viral. And even as Pride celebrations continue as planned (in many places...
As we enter June, the Communist Party sends solidarity to LGBT people everywhere for Pride Month. We salute and remember those, including Communist Party and YCL members, who have played their part in the struggle for LGBT equality and liberation throughout the years. While significant gains have been made in recent decades and it...
The Ashes drubbing which started the year was one to forget for all of England’s players, but Jones suffered a particularly painful experience in the second ODI at Melbourne which really kickstarted England’s spiral. Tasked with chasing 181 to level the series, Jones was left unbeaten on 47 having failed to marshal the tail and...
Thousands of people are expected at Exeter Pride on Saturday, organisers say. The event takes place in the city centre and organisers want it to be more inclusive than ever before. They said they expected nearly 10,000 people to attend the festivities with almost 2,000 members of the LGBTQ+ community expected to march through the...
Exeter Pride takes place on Saturday (10 May), with free events happening across the city to celebrate equality, equity and inclusion. It’s one of the biggest Pride events in the country, celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and questioning plus (LGBTQ+) communities. Exeter City Council supports Exeter Pride and has given a £2,500 City Grant towards...