Svetlana Powell, a Christian teacher in Bristol, was fired after she lost control of the classroom and made "homophobic" remarks to pupils. She appealed her case, claiming that T2 Apprenticeship Academy was guilty of religious discrimination for firing her. But an employment judge at a tribunal has rejected the appeal.
Why Powell was...
If you thought those tweets from Toby Young were bad, old comments from Boris Johnson have upped the ante.
Homophobic and sexist tweets by Young called into question his appointment to the board of a new university watchdog. And Johnson came out in defence of the Spectator columnist saying the journalist had "caustic wit".
But...
On Tuesday 5 September, ITV breakfast show Good Morning Britain interviewed a guest who claims he can 'cure' gay men of homosexuality. The show and the channel are under fire for creating unnecessary and potentially damaging conflict; and for zero purpose other than ratings.
Be our guest
The show trailed its guest early on Tuesday...
An investigation by Novaya Gazeta has found that 100 gay men were kidnapped and imprisoned in the world’s first concentration camp for LGBT people since Nazi Germany. Reporters discovered that three men have been killed in the Chechen camps. And footage from inside one of the camps has finally triggered a response from outside the...
A bus has been travelling across the US encouraging transphobic hate. Its slogan is "Boys and boys... Girls are girls... And always will be". But people have come out to stop the bus in its tracks.
Christian values?
The bus was organised by anti-LGBTQ+ group CitizenGO. It claims to promote "Christian values", along with free speech and...
Ken Ham, the founder of Answers in Genesis (a 'Creation Museum'), has renounced his Doctor Who fandom following the announcement of a lesbian companion:
https://twitter.com/aigkenham/status/848135392629063680
If you're unfamiliar with it, the Creation Museum is a place that explains how God created the world 6,000 years ago....
While many were celebrating love this Valentine's Day, the creator of the 'ban gay marriage' petition was not. But although the petition itself is pretty toxic, the reaction of most people has been refreshing.
The petition
The petition is hosted on the government's website, and entitled 'To define marriage as exclusively only...
The first UK politician to meet President-elect Donald Trump was UKIP interim leader Nigel Farage. The pair announced the much-vaunted breach of protocol with a laughing image of themselves inside a golden elevator in Trump Tower, New York. But on closer inspection, there is a something very wrong with this image. And it's a lesson from...
WARNING: This piece contains material which readers may find offensive. The purpose of sharing it is simply to convey more accurately what is going on in post-election America.
Donald Trump became the next US President this week in spite of his racist, misogynistic, and inflammatory rhetoric. And while some of his supporters...
A right-wing news editor has caused outrage at the Olympics after posing as a gay man on the dating app Grindr in order to 'out' dozens of athletes.
Nico Hines, London Editor of The Daily Beast, gave specific details of countless individuals who had approached him via Grindr and other apps. In doing so, he may have put some of the...
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