Peter Tatchell Backs Protest at DUP Conference
Leading gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has given his support to an equal marriage protest at the DUP conference on Saturday called by the Fight4Equality campaign. An activist since 1967, Peter...
View ArticleAmnesty International welcomes marriage equality legal challenge in Belfast’s...
Ahead of a legal challenge in Belfast’s High Court today (Thursday), Amnesty International has reiterated its call for Northern Ireland to lift its ban on same-sex marriage. The High Court is set to...
View ArticlePanti Bliss calls for support for Northern Ireland’s Marriage Equality Fund...
Grainne Close, her partner Shannon Sickles, and Chris and Henry Flanagan-Kane are taking legal action against the Stormont administration to challenge the ongoing marriage equality ban in Northern...
View ArticleTyson Fury: BBC NI Journalist Andy West Suspended For Criticising Sports...
A BBC journalist has been suspended by the corporation after stating he was “ashamed” that his employer had invited the boxer Tyson Fury to its Sports Personality Of The Year show. Andy West confirmed...
View ArticleSign the petition to have Andy West reinstated at BBC NI
A BBC Northern Ireland reporter has been officially suspended by the BBC pending an investigation into his public criticism of the broadcaster’s decision to nominate homophobic world champion boxer...
View ArticleMilton Keynes mum supports journalist son Andy West over BBC suspension
A Milton Keynes mum has spoken of the pride she feels for her journalist son, who was suspended by the BBC after speaking out against Tyson Fury’s inclusion in the Sports Personality of the Year Award....
View ArticleLib Dem Leader Tim Farron accuses the Conservatives of “stalling” on trans...
The Liberal Democrat Party leader claimed that the current Tory majority government is not keeping up with the record it set on equality while in coalition with his party. The UK lost its ranking as...
View ArticleEquality Groups to Protest Tyson Fury Nomination at BBC SPOTY Awards in Belfast
The largest support and advocacy organisation for LGBT people in Northern Ireland, The Rainbow Project along with LGBT Groups Cara-Friend, HEReNI and the grassroots LGBT activist collective...
View ArticleAshers Bakery appoint top human rights lawyer in ‘gay cake’ case appeal
A leading law professor has joined the legal team representing the homophobic bakers at the centre of the so-called ‘gay cake’ case. Professor Christopher McCrudden of Queen’s University has been...
View Article“Freedom of religious expression” forms the basis for Ashers appeal
Lawyers acting for the Christian owned Ashers bakery have now revealed that they will cite similar legal cases from around the world which they believe can support the view that a supplier should not...
View ArticleChurch of Ireland Publication calls for an “affirmation ceremony” for...
The Church of Ireland Gazette has issued a controversial proposal that the denomination creates a new affirmation ceremony for couples in civil same-sex marriages. The exciting proposal comes after the...
View ArticleRally in support of Ashers Bakery told the Christian faith “is under fire”
Several hundred people attending a meeting in support of Ashers Baking Company in Craigavon last night were told that the Christian faith in Northern Ireland “is under fire” and the law must be changed...
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Only 9,000 people sign a petition supporting today’s Ashers Bakery Appeal
A Christian Institute petition calling on people to support Ashers Baking Company has amassed only 9,000 signatures, ahead of today’s court appeal. The limited amount of support gathered for the...
View ArticleAshers Appeal adjourned after Attorney General makes dramatic last minute...
Lawyer for Gareth Lee says “Mr Lee & the commission were absolutely ready to defend the judgement today” The appeal has been dramatically halted following intervention from Attorney General Larkin....
View ArticleThe Rainbow Project condemns distribution of homophobic materials in L’/Derry
Today The Rainbow Project, the largest LGB&T support and advocacy organisation in Northern Ireland, issued a condemnation of the lies and smears against LGB&T people peddled on the streets of...
View ArticleTyson Fury Row: suspended journalist Andy West quits BBC over SPOTY row
Mr West confirmed to The Belfast Telegraph today that he officially left the BBC two weeks ago, on January 20. While he wouldn’t go in to the reasons behind his departure, the journalist said he was...
View ArticleChange.org Petition Launched to Stop the DUP using Petition of Concern to...
‘People in Northern Ireland are sick of living in a discriminatory backwater for gay people’ – Patrick Corrigan (Amnesty International’s Northern Ireland Programme Director). The Northern Ireland...
View ArticleAlliance Leader David Ford “still hurt” at having to give up his church...
Alliance Party leader David Ford has said he is “still hurt” about having to give up his role as elder in his church because of his support for equal marriage. He was part of the Second Donegore...
View ArticleNI’s Attorney General is granted permission to make representations at Ashers...
Northern Ireland’s Attorney General has been granted permission to become involved in a Christian-run bakery’s appeal against being found guilty of homophobic discrimination. The court case was put on...
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Petition Update: Almost at 4,000 Signatures and support from Peter Tatchell,...
Keep up the great work everyone. The petition continues to grow and word is spreading far and wide about the #EndTheVeto campaign. If you haven’t already signed the petition you can follow this link....
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