Married At First Sight’s Booka Nile apologises for ‘transphobic’ Facebook post from eight years ago and says she is now ‘a different person’ By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:08 BST, 15 July 2021 | Updated: 02:22 BST, 15 July 2021 Married At First Sight star Booka Nile has apologised for sharing a … Read more
Auckland’s exclusive Saint Kentigern Boys’ Presbyterian College has produced many star athletes over the years, but none quite as divisive as Laurel Hubbard. The 43-year-old competitive weightlifter was this week selected to represent New Zealand at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics – making her the first transgender athlete to compete at sport’s highest level. Hubbard transitioned … Read more
Transgender people reveal how they’re REALLY treated in the workplace – from being too scared to tell ‘close-minded’ colleagues in case they lose their job to thought of as ‘less qualified’ since coming out Transgender people posted their experiences at work on Whisper sharing app Some said on the anonymous US-based community were afraid of … Read more
Vatican tells Italy to stop plans for anti-homophobia laws as they would force Catholic schools to participate in LGBT events Equality laws in Italy will create national holiday celebrating LGBT community Catholic schools would not be exempt from participating in the events That prompted the Vatican to lodge an ‘unprecedented’ protest against rules Holy See … Read more
New Zealand’s PM throws her support behind transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard and argues she has every right to be included in the Tokyo Olympic team By Australian Associated Press Published: 07:43 BST, 22 June 2021 | Updated: 07:43 BST, 22 June 2021 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has backed the selection of trailblazing athlete Laurel Hubbard … Read more
A 71-year-old gay rights activist and a 69-year-old transgender actress have reflected on what they’d like to tell their younger selves in a video for British Vogue to mark Pride Month. In a touching clip, actress Adèle Anderson and activist Ted Brown, are joined by David James, 75, who recalled the first ever pride march … Read more
Lego to launch rainbow-themed LGBTQ+ set called ‘Everyone Is Awesome’ with no gender assigned to all but one of the figures Pale blue, white and pink represent the transgender community, while black and brown stand for the different skin colours across the LGBTQ+ community Purple figure is the only one which has a specific gender … Read more
A transgender woman who committed a string of sexual assaults on girls as young as four over a 17-year period has been jailed for 22 years. Jessica Brennan, known as Allan Brennan at the time of the offences, groomed then sexually abused the four children between 1998 and 2016. The 54-year-old tried to rape one of … Read more
UK’s first pedestrian crossing permanently painted in the colours of the transgender flag is unveiled in south London The mural has been permanently painted in the town centre of Sutton, London Transgender flag was created in 1999 and features colours blue, pink and white It is first of its kind in UK and follows from … Read more
Two married transgender women prisoners denied phone calls or visits with each other have won a High Court battle after a judge found their relationship had been reduced to ‘pen pals’. The two prisoners, neither of whom have been named, brought legal action against HMP Whatton, HMP Stafford and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to … Read more