National Student Pride, in association with Rainbow Migration, platformed a panel of individuals with knowledge and experience of asylum and immigration detention, calling for the audience to use their voices to stop “the government’s dehumanisation of asylum seekers”.
Many of the UK’s most prominent activists have come together to form the Human Rights Forum to discuss cancel culture, transphobia, the importance of joint activism, feminism and white supremacy in pride in a new video released online by LGBTQ+ charity Manchester Pride.
New BBC LGBT+ correspondent Ben Hunte reveals appalling levels of homophobia he is facing before even starting in his new role. Ben told an audience at National Student Pride, “I have never received so much abuse in my life… I knew it’d be bad, but not that bad”.
Award-winning journalist, Ben Hunte, begins new role as the first LGBT+ correspondent for BBC News starting in the New Year. This newly created role will report on the stories, issues and debates surrounding sexuality and gender and focus on providing insight and analysis on matters affecting LGBT+ communities throughout the UK.
