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Human Rights Campaign

This organisation is based in the USA, and their primary focus is understandably on where they live. The shared heritage between the UK and USA means that a lot of it is relevant however.

Tools for equality and inclusion.

Our goal at the Human Rights Campaign is to ensure that every LGBTQ+ person is free to live their life openly, with their equal rights ensured. We know that goal requires that we keep educating, supporting and inspiring ourselves and each other. In the spirit of that continual growth, we’ve compiled information and advice on a range of topics, including resources from the HRC Foundation.

They have published a quick report on faith positions in the USA to LGBTQ+

(Episcopal in this context means American Episcopal)

https://www.hrc.org/resources/religion-faith

Political change might be slow, but it does happen. If you are a minority changes which are significant to you might take place without the general population even knowing. Up until the 1980’s in Scotland not only were same sex relationship not protected by the rule of law, some couples would be criminalised by it. Since then things have changed.

However this timeline (again from the USA) charts a story of real fears of what a hostile government might do in a short space of time.

https://www.hrc.org/resources/trumps-timeline-of-hate

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