Day: February 16, 2017
Ten years of free Newcastle Pride
One of the UK’s largest free LGBT festivals will return for the tenth year this summer, thanks to festival sponsor NE1.
Church Synod victory for LGBTI love & equality
“This vote to reject the Bishops’ report is a triumph for love and equality. It is the biggest defeat for the Anglican leadership in many decades. Synod rightly refused to endorse the anti-LGBTI exclusion and discrimination advocated by the Bishops,” said Peter Tatchell, Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation.
Dekkoo’s originals “Feral” nominated for Queerty Award
Dekkoo’s original dramatic series “Feral” (like “Looking” or “Girls” but set in the Bible Belt) is up for a Queerty Award* for “Best Web Series.”
Nepal’s Civil Service Increasingly Transgender-Inclusive
More than 600 transgender people applied for civil service jobs in Nepal last year, according to a government report released last week. LGBT rights activists hail the announcement as practical progress toward implementing Nepal’s identity-based legal third gender category.