Chief executive officer of Pride in London Christopher Joell-Deshields is being investigated over alleged misuse of funds, but still remains in his role. Joell-Deshields, who has been chief executive of the non-profit since 2012, is under internal investigation over claims he abused his position, as revealed in a Guardian exclusive. Claims made by whistleblowers include […]
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Republican senator Rand Paul has said a former Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) official had “no business being in government” due to his “lifestyle.” The notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ Kentuckian remarked that he believed former CDC director, Demetre Daskalakis, was unfit for the position over what he described as his “risky” lifestyle. Daskalakis resigned as […]
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A gay refugee who fled to the UK from Nigeria after holding the country’s first Pride celebration has slammed the government’s changes to rules which allow refugees to apply for their family members to join them. On Monday (1 September), home secretary Yvette Cooper announced that the government would temporarily suspend new applications to its […]
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