GAY PRIDE
	Brighton Pride £204,000 in debt and no money has been distributed to local LGBT groups and charities following last years event, council told gscene.com 3 Feb 12
GAY HEALTH Prostate cancer drug too costly for NHS bbc.co.uk 3 Feb 12 SEX - LIFE
The Bareback Issue The Bareback Issue is a 27 minute documentary film about bareback culture in London and Berlin by Alexander Huber and Discodamaged 3 Feb 12
GAY BUSINESS Home Businesses tv pilot looking for LGBT characters who run businesses from home around the UK gaytoz Star on TV 3 Feb 12 Lawyer wins gay discrimination claim against law firm, accused of only selecting gay barristers equalityhumanrights.com 3 Feb 12 Entrepreneurs meet LGBT professionals at the GBA networking meeting in London - Thu 16 Feb gba.org.uk 3 Feb 12 MGM Resorts International expands supplier diversity program to LGBT-owned businesses marketwatch.com 3 Feb 12 22,500 thank J.C. Penney for choosing Ellen DeGeneres as a spokesperson glaad.org 3 Feb 12 USA One town's war on gay teens. After a rash of suicides, the kids are fighting back rollingstone.com 3 Feb 12
	No one is "born gay" Flyer from PFOX, Parents And Friends Of Ex-Gays And Gays tells teenage students that people can choose their sexual orientation myfoxdc.com 3 Feb 12
GAY MARRIAGE First lesbian couple to legally marry in Los Angeles, where they sued for the right, are now getting divorced shewired.com 3 Feb 12 Californian court won't release Prop 8 gay marriage trial videos abcnews.go.com 3 Feb 12 WORLD 16 million Chinese women married to gays says expert newkerala.com 3 Feb 12
	antihomofobi Euro MPs have voiced alarm after two men were arrested in Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus under a British-era law criminalising gay sex bbc.co.uk 3 Feb 12
SHOW BIZ Madonna says 'work all year, save your pennies' to see her tour - at $300 a pop nypost.com 3 Feb 12 Besties! Cynthia Nixon buys $3.25m NYC loft around the corner from Sarah Jessica Parker observer.com 3 Feb 12
	Ellen DeGeneres challenges Michelle Obama to a push-up contest - video washingtonpost.com 3 Feb 12

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Thursday 2 February 2012

GAY SPORTS All 20 Premier League clubs have signed the Sports Charter that tackles homophobia and transphobia in sport premierleague.com | thefa.com Home Office | Sign charter 2 Feb 12 "Think Before You Speak" TV ads to be shown at Super Bowl XLVI glsen.org | thinkb4youspeak.com 2 Feb 12
	Professional Footballers' Association has sent all 92 teams a poster to raise awareness of homophobia - when you are part of a team you are never on your own dailymail.co.uk 2 Feb 12
GAY MARRIAGE Letter signed by 120 clergy asks Church of England to reverse ban on civil partnership ceremonies in churches bbc.co.uk 2 Feb 12
	York Minster Protesters converge on cathedral over 'anti-gay' Archbishop - video yorkshirepost.co.uk facebook.com 2 Feb 12
	Washington state Senate approves bill to legalize gay marriage, measure now heads to the House, which is expected to approve it AP google.com 2 Feb 12
UK
	Craig Roy Jury take only two hours to find him guilty of butchering teenager Jack Frew - Roy had cheated on his long-term boyfriend and was plagued by guilt dailyrecord.co.uk 2 Feb 12
	Jack Frew murder trial Family and friends weep as they see victim's injuries - he made the mistake of fancying and making sexual suggestions to Craig Roy and for that he was brutally stabbed to death dailyrecord.co.uk 1 Feb 12
USA Gay philanthropist Peter Thiel's Facebook investment could be worth $2.5 billion wsj.com 2 Feb 12 JC Penney offends American Family Association again by hiring comedian Ellen Degeneres onemillionmoms.com 2 Feb 12 Low IQ and conservative beliefs linked to homophobia, new study finds livescience.com 2 Feb 12 Lawsuit filed against Cleveland cops who told couple "Faggots don't deserve to wear pants in jail" instinctmagazine.com 2 Feb 12 GAY SUICIDE
	Letters to My Brother Tyler Clementi jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge in September 2010. His older brother James reclaims his memory from the headlines in a heartbreaking letter out.com 2 Feb 12
	Dan Savage to host 'It Gets Better' Special on MTV, Logo, focusing on the emotional and societal struggles facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth - Tue 21 Feb 11 pm ET/PT mtv.com 2 Feb 12
GAY PRIDE Brighton Equality Walk celebrity hosts will be Jane Hazlegrove and Harry Derbidge - Sun 6 May stonewall.org.uk 2 Feb 12 SHOW BIZ
	Six 15 minute gay plays as three of Manchester's most diverse fringe theatre companies come together - 22-24 Mar queerasfringe 2 Feb 12

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Wednesday 1 February 2012

HIV AIDS
'This could be catastrophic' Protest over plans to market 'HIV prevention pill' in the U.S. - advocates argue that the wide availability of the drug would discourage safe sex dailymail.co.uk 1 Feb 12
	'Infinite Forest' Design chosen for NYC AIDS Memorial Park in Manhattan's Greenwich Village huffingtonpost.com 1 Feb 12
GAY MARRIAGE
Scottish parties unite to back gay marriage The clamour for the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Scotland has grown after the leaders of Holyrood's opposition parties signed a pledge supporting the move scotsman.com 1 Feb 12
New Hampshire Governor vows to veto gay marriage repeal: 'We have a tradition of leaving people alone'  ibtimes.com 1 Feb 12 Washington State Senate to vote on marriage bill Wednesday washingtonblade.com 1 Feb 12 GAY SPORTS
	John Amaechi Pride House Ambassador has branded a park group 'bigoted and outdated' after it objected to the gay festival on Clapham Common during the Olympics wandsworthguardian.co.uk 1 Feb12
	The end of the world "God is my witness, it's not some kind of homophobia but merely common decency that makes me say that this really is the end of the world." says leader of Hungary's National Party politics.hu | Eurogames 1 Feb 12
	Gareth Thomas Gay rugby star tells how a string of sportsmen had secretly come out to him - but their profession is still dogged by homophobia dailystar.co.uk 1 Feb 12
TRANS Transgender military personnel still serving in silence outservemag.com 1 Feb 12 Transsexual schoolboy from Bedfordshire is having a sex change after being inspired by pop star Lady Gaga dailystar.co.uk 1 Feb 12 O-M-G
	Almost anybody can get help for anything from psychotherapists in this country except apparently gays who do not want to be gay - Ann Widdecombe express.co.uk 1 Feb 12
Anti-gay Senator kicked out of Gay Street eatery, Tennessee - 'I didn't want his hate in my restaurant' metropulse.com 1 Feb 12 WORLD Western countries should not to talk down to other governments on gay rights, urge Global LGBT leaders kaleidoscopetrust.com 1 Feb 12 Two more arrests for homosexuality in the north of Cyprus lgbt-ep.eu 1 Feb 12 South Africa: Four men get 18 years for killing lesbian Zoliswa Nkonyana in 2006 bbc.co.uk 1 Feb 12
	First helpline in China for Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays established by PFLAG in Guangzhou pflag.org.cn 1 Feb 12
GAY SUICIDE
	Abbe Land respected health care professional appointed Executive Director and CEO of The Trevor Project prnewswire.com Trevor Project 1 Feb 12
SHOW BIZ Glee's Grant Gustin (Sebastian!) opens up about fan backlash and Michael Jackson tribute episode eonline.com 1 Feb 12
	Stephan Elliott Priscilla, and A Few Best Men director comes out as gay at Australian AACTA awards digitalspy.co.uk 1 Feb 12
GAY BOOKS
	50 best UK bookshops Gay's the Word was recently included in The Independent's list, coming third for London and South East independent.co.uk 1 Feb 12

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Tuesday 31 January 2012

GAY SPORTS Britain's Gay Footballers was watched by 712,000 viewers on BBC3 last night, 50 per cent increase on average radiotimes.com | iPlayer 31 Jan 12 GAY TRAVEL
	Big Time Fraud? asks The Canary News in an investigation into UK-based  Mantrav gay holiday firm thecanarynews.com 31 Jan 12
GAY HEALTH GMFA's stop smoking courses are now open to all members of the LGB&T communities around UK gmfa.org.uk 31 Jan 12 LGBT healthcare project "insulting" to GP's - we already treat patients with dignity, empathy and equality lgf.org.uk 31 Jan 12 TRANS Canada screws up royally and refuses to let transgender people fly jezebel.com 31 Jan 12 Transgender groups criticise tampon ad ruling - like "spitting in the face" of those trying to stop violence ninemsn.com.au 31 Jan 12 11 year old trans girl put into Berlin mental institute simply because father believes transexuality is wrong Sign Petition 31 Jan 12 O-M-G Being gay result of sexual abuse - says Margaret Court heraldsun.com.au 31 Jan 12 GAY SUICIDE
	EricJames Borges Bullied gay teen's suicide note: Exorcisms, beatings and extreme Christianity pervaded his young life and did not "cure" him sdgln.com 31 Jan 12
SHOW BIZ Lesbian love in new series of Upstairs Downstairs as BBC1 drama returns next month radiotimes.com 31 Jan 12 Brian Dowling to host The National Diversity Awards 2012. Nominations close 27 Jul nationaldiversityawards.co.uk 31 Jan 12 George Michael is hoping his voice will be in good enough condition for him to sing again in September virginmedia.com 31 Jan 12 Cynthia Nixon clarifies controversial statements on bisexuality - being bisexual "is not a choice" advocate.com 31 Jan 12 Rock Hudson and Duke and Duchess of Windsor to feature in tell-all book by Scotty Bowers, a former Marine who claims to have run a gay and bisexual prostitution ring for some of Hollywood's biggest names reuters.com 31 Jan 12
	clusion Sex and sexuality are two DIFFERENT things, proclaims new online LGBT magazine clusion.co.uk
	Section 28 Film Club Teenage lesbian and gay film club now has a screening license and hopes to start free monthly screenings in Thanet facebook.com 31 Jan 12
	Hrithik Roshan Bollywood actor voted a gay icon last year, organised a special screening of his latest film Agneepath for his gay fans bhaskar.com 31 Jan 12
WORLD Soweto residents demand harsh sentences for killers of lesbian Zoliswa Nkonyana six years ago sowetanlive.co.za 31 Jan 12 GAY HISTORY
	The Dreambears appear in Islington which is hosting a series of gala events throughout February to celebrate LGBT History Month islingtongazette.co.uk 31 Jan 12

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Monday 30 January 2012

GAY SPORTS
	Joey Barton: We must accept openly gay footie stars - Premier League hard man tells of uncle's secret thesun.co.uk 30 Jan 12
	Justin Fashanu' s niece Amal asks why no gay player has followed in her uncle's boots in 25 years BBC Three tonight 9pm Mon 30 Jan bbc.co.uk | iPlayer 27 Jan 12
	Greg Louganis Openly gay and HIV-positive Olympic diving legend wants to waltz on ABC's Dancing with the Stars next season outsports.com
SHOW BIZ Rock about gay Hollywood legend, wins best online drama in BBC Audio Drama Awards madeinmanchester.tv | Listen again 30 Jan 12 GAY HEALTH New gum swab test for HIV no longer involves invasive blood analysis marieclaire.co.uk 30 Jan 12 O-M-G What happened when Pink Paper infiltrated last week's gay conversion meeting in London pinkpaper.com
	Lesley Pilkington Christian psychotherapist who agreed to 'convert' a gay man is backed by Senior Church of England clerics dailymail.co.uk
USA US Housing Secretary announces new protections for LGBT people - the right to live where they choose ontopmag.com 30 Jan 12 The obnoxious, unrepentant anti-gay bigotry of Tennessee Rep. John Ragan thenewcivilrightsmovement 30 Jan 12 WORLD
	Maurice Tomlinson Jamaican activist wins first David Kato Award for international LGBT rights promotion mask.org.za 30 Jan 12 Discussion at House of Commons Tue 31 Jan kaleidoscopetrust.com 30 Jan 12
Mumbai: two thousand members of the city's queer community took part in the fourth Queer Azaadi March hindustantimes.com
	Maxim Kupreev Russian airline Aeroflot forces gay flight attendant to marry a woman back2stonewall.com 30 Jan 12

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Sunday 29 January 2012

O-M-G Archbishop of Canterbury champions psychotherapist who believes gay men can be 'cured' telegraph.co.uk 29 Jan 12 Archbishop of York reveals his failure to understand LGB&T Anglicans changingattitude.org.uk 29 Jan 12 WORLD UN Secretary General tells African leaders they must respect gay rights, at the opening of African summit timesofoman.com 29 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ Gareth Thomas: Celebrity Big Brother bookies' favourite comes third bbc.co.uk 29 Jan 12
	You are your hair Wisconsin student's video on bullying gets rave reviews from Lady Gaga youtu.be | Facebook 29 Jan 12
	Bishop Gene Robinson Documentary Love Free or Die chronicles efforts to secure the Episcopal Church's blessing for gay clergy and homosexual relationships variety.com | lovefreeordiemovie.com 29 Jan 12
	Old Republic In a new Star Wars game, the biggest threat to the empire may be homosexual activists! frc.org 29 Jan 12
GAY BOOKS
	Tory Pride and Prejudice an authoritative account of the Conservative Party's attitude towards homosexual law reform and gay rights, from the 1950s to the present day Buy Book 29 Jan 12

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Saturday 28 January 2012

GAY MARRIAGE
	John Sentamu Archbishop of York says David Cameron would be like a "dictator" if he lets homosexual couples get married telegraph.co.uk 28 Jan 12
Australia will give same-sex couples who want to marry overseas a certificate of 'no impediment' abc.net.au 28 Jan 12 Cynthia Nixon and Christine Marinoni's wedding to be officiated by gay bishop Gene Robinson queerty.com 28 Jan 12 UK Rev Ian Paisley ends 60 years of full-time ministry bbc.co.uk 28 Jan 12
	Domestic violence helpline New service for trans people to be launched at Valentine's Day cabaret pressitt.com brokenrainbow.org.uk 28 Jan 12
USA Going back in time at Manhattan's new gay disco gawker.com 28 Jan 12 Civil rights leader urges unity among gay activists attending Creating Change conference AFP google.com | Creating Change 28 Jan 12 Two million children have become collateral damage of decades of policies designed to hurt LGBT parents children-matter report 28 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ Special Bafta honour for actor John Hurt - came to prominence with his portrayal of Quentin Crisp google.com 28 Jan 12
	Armistead Maupin confirms new Tales of the City novel will focus on the nonagenarian transsexual Mrs Madrigal armisteadmaupin.com 28 Jan 12
SEX - LIFE Law forcing porn stars to wear condoms comes into effect after being rubber-stamped by LA's mayor dailymail.co.uk 28 Jan 12 GAY ONLINE Twitter may censor LGBT tweets across the Middle East - no tweets today in protest gaymiddleeast.com 28 Jan 12
Shit Grindr Tricks Say youtu.be 28 Jan 12

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