United Kingdom

SHEFFIELD, England -- In a study released this week to coincide with Britain's National Anti-Bullying Week, researchers from the Centre for Education and Inclusion Research at Sheffield Hallam University have revealed that many schools in the United Kingdom fail to properly address homophobic bullying. [ Read more → ]

LIVERPOOL, England -- The city of Liverpool is installing new street signs in the city's famed gay quarter, the first of which was unveiled outside the Lisbon pub on Stanley Street. [ Read more → ]

LONDON -- British politician Alan Craig -- head of Britain's christian political party, Peoples Christian Alliance -- has compared gay rights campaigners to Nazis. [ Read more → ]

A British housing official at the Trafford Housing Trust in Bolton has been demoted for questioning on his Facebook page whether same-sex marriage ceremonies should be permitted in churches in the United Kingdom. [ Read more → ]

LONDON -- First Out Cafe -- Central London's oldest gay cafe -- announced it would be closing in two weeks, one of several businesses affected by the development of the Crossrail rail network, reported the BBC. [ Read more → ]

The North Wales Police Department on Friday said that it will be reinforcing its commitment to equality and diversity by displaying rainbow flag stickers at police front counters across its jurisdiction to encourage LGBTQ people to report anti-gay bias-based crimes. [ Read more → ]

Britain's Tory led government has announced that it will reduce financial aid to nations that persecute their LGBTQ citizens. [ Read more → ]

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday urged reluctant Tory members of Parliament, as well as the Tory party regulars, to support same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]

The British Equalities Minister, Lynne Featherstone, is unveiling plans for introduction of a measure before Parliament that legalizes same-sex marriage in Britain before 2015. Featherstone, a Liberal Democrat, has also vowed to make Britain "a world leader for gay rights." [ Read more → ]

A GIRL trapped in a boy’s body has made the brave decision to return to school for the new term as a girl. The 10-year-old, a year six pupil at primary school in Worcester, was born a boy but took the decision with her family over the summer holidays to return as a girl. [ Read more → ]

A groundbreaking research poll commissioned by the LGBTQ charity and advocacy group Stonewall UK, showed that lesbian, gay and bisexual persons in Britain are far more likely to end up living alone and have less contact with family in later life than heterosexual people. [ Read more → ]

The United Kingdom will become the latest country to lift the ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, relaxing a policy that officials said does not improve the safety of the blood supply. [ Read more → ]

The staff of London's famed "Gay's The Word" bookstore on Monday arrived for work to find the front window smashed and that the storefront vandalized with eggs. [ Read more → ]

Marriage equality advocates are planning a demonstration at Buckingham Palace on Monday to raise awareness that that same-sex couples in Britain are still banned from getting married, and to deliver a giant wedding card to Prince William and Kate Middleton ahead of their wedding on Friday. [ Read more → ]

Several hundred demonstrators gathered outside the locked doors of a London pub Friday evening to to attended a 'kiss-in' protest after a gay couple claimed they were thrown out for kissing. [ Read more → ]

British health officials said Sunday that gay men will soon be allowed to donate blood for the first time, provided they are not sexually active. [ Read more → ]

The Isle of Man, a self-governing British dependency, is the newest country to grant same-sex couples the right to civil partnerships. [ Read more → ]

The British government is expected to announce full marriage equality for gays and lesbians under reforms to marriage laws expected to be announced later this week by the Liberal Democrat equality minister, Lynne Featherstone. [ Read more → ]

Teachers at a London secondary school say they have almost eradicated anti-gay bullying in classrooms and playground after it started teaching its students lessons on LGBT history. [ Read more → ]

Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in central London on Saturday, angered by the Pope's response to the child abuse scandal, his homophobic comments about gay relationships and his claims that condoms spread rather than prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS. The march proceeded... [ Read more → ]