Hallmark says it will "reinstate" TV ads featuring same-sex couple after outcry

The Hallmark Channel on Sunday moved to reinstate ads featuring a same-sex couple that had been removed from the cable network. The decision came after considerable backlash over the initial decision to stop airing the ads from the wedding-planning company Zola.

UK: Could Boris Johnson’s Landslide Majority Be Good For LGBT People?

by Jamie Wareham

The Conservative party does not have the most reliable political record on voting for LGBT rights. And Boris Johnsons 1998 "bum boy" remarks have haunted him throughout this campaign to this week’s vote.So on Friday morning many LGBT people, though far from all, will have woken up with a sense of dread.

They may have woken with this fear even though they may know, our new Prime Minister was a supporter of David Cameron's drive for same-sex marriage, and has even defied the Tory whip to vote for other LGBT rights. But they’ll also know, his party will always be known for having more Conservative MPs vote against their own same-sex marriage bill, than for it.

Indeed, this legislation played a key part in the story for not only Friday’s result, but the whole Brexit debate. As the BBC documentary The Cameron Years detailed, this was a significant reason the Brexit referendum even happened. Read more via Forbes

Bulgaria should counter harmful narratives endangering human rights and step up efforts to fight hate speech and domestic violence

“The government should step up its efforts to fight the hate speech prevailing today in Bulgaria in particular against Roma, LGBTI people and other minority groups” said the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, today after a 5-day visit to the country.

Australia: Religious discrimination bill: what will Australians be allowed to say and do if it passes?

The government’s explanatory memo outlines how the bill’s far-reaching effects will change public life dramatically – in medical services, schools, offices and hospitals