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The Hub, which offers support services to young people under the age of 18, is asking those in minority groups such as LGBT+ to get in touch. The Hub is running an “Inclusion Day” this Sunday 15th January, from 12 noon until 3pm at their premises in The Bordage, St Peter Port. They want to…
US Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has called gay and lesbian rights “evil” and has called on president-elect Donald Trump to reverse the wins that have taken place in recent years. Michele Bachmann has repeatedly demonstrated over the years that she does not understand the United States Constitution, which not only has an article forbidding religious tests…
Same-sex marriage could be available in Guernsey as early as this summer it has been announced. The legislation to allow same-sex marriage in Guernsey was recently approved by the Privy Council. The next step is for it to be registered in the Royal Court, which could happen at the next court sitting on 16th January.…
Do you know anyone in Guernsey who will be alone or excluded this Christmas or New Year, because of their gender identity or sexuality? Maybe that person is you… We’ve had a very kind offer from one of our members, who would like to open their home/arrange for people to get together. If you’d like…
On Thursday 1st December there is a Back Bench Debate in the Houses of Parliament on transgender equality. The debate was scheduled by the Backbench Business Committee, following a representation by three female MPs. You can read the full article on the Huffington Post website. The link to the transgender equality motion is here. This…
Fancy getting involved in any of the events that we have planned for the next 6 months? Whether it’s the soon to be infomous ‘Liberate Lip-Sync Battle’, ‘The 2017 Exhibitionist Ball’, ‘First Dates’, ‘BinGAY’ or if you have any other slightly off-the-wall ideas that you’d like to host…come along. The ‘events event’ will be fun…
We’re delighted to announce we’ve been shortlisted in two categories for this year’s Guernsey Community Foundation Awards, taking place this Thursday 3rd November. CI Pride parade on the streets of St Peter Port We have been shortlisted in the Organising Committee of the Year category for CI Pride, and in the Outstanding Individual Achievement category…
It was recently announced in the UK that the government would be issuing pardons, some posthumously, to gay people who had been previously convicted of being gay. Alan Turing (pictured), was an English computer scientist and mathematician, who was prosecuted in 1952 for engaging in homosexual acts, which was a crime at that time. He…
Local churches have stated that they will not be performing same-sex marriages in Guernsey when it becomes available by law next year. Some churches, such as those which are Church of England or Methodist, say it is because the rules are made as a whole for their organisation, usually in the UK, and they would…
The States of Guernsey today passed the law allowing same-sex marriage in Guernsey, by a vote of 33 to 5. Apart from Northern Island, Guernsey was the only place left in the British Isles where equal marriage wasn’t available, after Jersey voted to bring it in last year. That imbalance has now been rectified in…