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Thursday, May 9, 2024

LGBT+ and… smog

If there is a more smug and obnoxious creature then someone who is righteous in their own eyes, I do not know what it is. Norman Tebbit, in his overweening arrogance, has declared that LGBT+ (sounds like a new exciting Subway sandwich) or transgendered people are the result of air...
Heath Ledger, a luminary of the silver screen, left an indelible mark on the world of cinema that transcends time. Born on April 4, 1979, in Perth, Australia, Ledger's magnetic talent and captivating presence set him apart as one of the most extraordinary actors of his generation. His life,...
President Donald Trump’s order to suspend refugee resettlement – as well as his directive to refuse entry into the U.S. from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen — has prompted international outcry and domestic protests, the likes of which haven’t been seen in decades.  Obviously, the anti-Muslim orders...
Twitter have removed a series of tweets posted by North Dorset Conservative MP Simon Hoare for hate speech against LGBTQ members of society. Twitter's response was quick and decisive. The tweets, homophobic in nature, were reported to twitter who took them down within about 20 minutes. The tweets were: This is yet...
Bournemouth University is pleased to announce that the research-based, award-winning short film, RUFUS STONE, goes live and can be viewed for FREE on the Internet from today. The University has championed the film as ‘an outstanding example of public engagement at BU’ and as ‘inspirational’ in the University’s Annual...
Space Youth Project are continuing to deliver vital support services to young people across Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole who identify or are questioning within the LBGT+ community.   Our team leaders and volunteers have worked hard to find ways of connecting with both individuals and groups in order to...
In this moving video, two groups that have long struggled to connect finally let their guards down. https://vimeo.com/465923867 To find out more about the project: https://wearenotdivided.reasonstobecheerful.world/lgbtq-religious-people-talk-face-to-face/?utm_source=Reasons+to+be+Cheerful&utm_campaign=14f2e2e8d6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_10_09_04_29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_89fb038efe-14f2e2e8d6-389505568 PLEASE SUPPORT US FOR JUST £2 A MONTH https://dorseteye.com/donate/
The National Union of Students LGBT is taking the next steps to push for marriage equality, as the government announces plans to bring forward the legislation in early 2013. Maria Miller, Culture Secretary, today announced the government’s plans to bring forward marriage equality, and that the intention was for...
The government has dropped plans to introduce a new law to ban conversion therapy. Theresa May had initially promised in 2018 the practice, which attempts to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity, would be outlawed - and her successor Boris Johnson also said it would be. But on Thursday,...
We provide this alert to community members and fellow LGBT & LGBT allies in regard to suspicious perceived homophobic discriminatory phone calls. The Network received such a call today, and wishes to alert community members and other community supportive organisations and groups. The particulars indicate a religious fundamentalist and/or...