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British lawmaker to introduce bill to ban conversion therapy in the U.K.
LONDON — A British parliamentarian from Wales has announced plans to introduce legislation that would ban licensed therapists from performing controversial gay-to-straight reparative therapy in the United Kingdom.
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Christian group files suit seeking removal of pro-gay ads from London buses
LONDON — An anti-gay Christian group which advocates for gay-to-straight conversion therapy has lodged a legal challenge against a London transportation company for displaying advertisements that read “Some People Are Gay, Get Over It!”
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Campaign against gay abuse causes stir at British football clubs
LONDON — The boxes of rainbow-colored laces landed at the training grounds of English Premier League clubs unannounced at the start of the week.
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British footballers asked to wear rainbow laces in support of gay players
LONDON — Professional football players across Britain are being asked to wear rainbow-colored shoe laces at matches this weekend in support of a campaign to show support for gay footballers and to tackle homophobia in soccer.
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Transgender Muslim woman at center of Islamic religious debate
LONDON — A week after the a story of the first openly Muslim transgender woman was published, Lucy Vallender has been barred from her Mosque and shunned by her local community.
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UK transgender youth denied hormone treatment to prevent puberty
LONDON — A 12-year-old transgender boy has been denied hormone blockers by his general practitioner that he hopes would halt the onslaught of puberty on his biologically female body.
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Cameron to confront Putin on LGBT rights while in Russia for G20 summit
LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron will confront Russian President Vladimir Putin over LGBT rights in Russia during a previously scheduled private meeting later this week at the G20 summit in St. Petersburg, a British government official confirmed Wednesday.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron rules out Sochi boycott
LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron ruled out a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics, saying Saturday that attending the games is a better way of tackling prejudice against gays.
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UK to finally pardon famed code breaker, ‘convicted homosexual’ Alan Turing
Nearly 60 years after his death, officials in the United Kingdom plan to formally pardon famed British mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing who was chemically castrated after being convicted in 1952 of the crime of homosexuality.
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Advocacy groups tell Scotland to ‘get a move on’ and legalize gay marriage
EDINBURGH, Scotland — Scotland’s lawmakers on Wednesday were told to “get a move on” after England and Wales legalized marriage equality on Tuesday.