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MPs launch inquiry into care discrimination faced by LGBT service-users

By John Pring on 9th August 2018 Category: Independent Living

MPs launch inquiry into care discrimination faced by LGBT service-users
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Disabled activists have given a guarded welcome to the launch of a new inquiry by MPs into the discrimination faced in accessing health and social care services by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities. The Commons women and equalities committee, […]

Global Disability Summit: Mordaunt defends co-host Kenya despite its gay rights record

By John Pring on 26th July 2018 Category: Human Rights

Global Disability Summit: Mordaunt defends co-host Kenya despite its gay rights record
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International development secretary Penny Mordaunt has defended the decision to co-host a major international summit on disability rights with Kenya, a country where it is illegal to be gay. The UK government was co-hosting the Global Disability Summit in east London […]

Ground-breaking study shows care barriers faced by LGBTQI+ disabled people

By John Pring on 26th October 2017 Category: Independent Living

Ground-breaking study shows care barriers faced by LGBTQI+ disabled people
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More than a third of LGBTQI+ disabled people have experienced discrimination or received poor treatment from their personal assistants (PA) because of their sexual identity or gender identity, according to ground-breaking new research. Researchers also found that many LGBTQI+* disabled people […]

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