Friday 16 August 2013

UK Ban lifted for NHS staff with HIV Healthcare staff in England, Wales and Scotland having HIV treatment will be able to take part in all tasks, including surgery and dentistry bbc.co.uk 16 Aug 13 Ignore the luddites gay marriage is putting life back into the Tory Party telegraph.co.uk 16 Aug 13 Gay campaigner in final of Homo Hero awards Bury-born Simon Clark, aged 33, credits setting up organisation Rainbow House Project with saving his life burytimes.co.uk 16 Aug 13 GAY PRIDE Gay and black 'pride' are meaningless badges  that hold minority children back, says academic dailymail.co.uk 16 Aug 13 'Time to bring gay pride festival to Croydon' CGP could be coming to Croydon after a mysterious social media campaign revealed its true meaning thisiscroydontoday.co.uk 16 Aug 13 O-M-G Free Church calls for 'conscience' clause in gay marriage laws Scottish clergymen should be given greater legal protection by the inclusion of a "conscientious objector" clause in the legislation telegraph.co.uk 16 Aug 13
	My gay and lesbian friends would say that I let them down says former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams theguardian.com 16 Aug 13
GAY SPORTS Another €10k needed for Limerick's Gay Games bid asking 100 organisations, clubs, businesses or individuals to donate €100 for 2018 event limerickleader.ie 16 Aug 13
	WWE superstar Darren Young comes out Look at me. I'm a WWE superstar and to be honest with you, I'll tell you right now, I'm gay. And I'm happy tmz.com 16 Aug 13
	Orlando Cruz and José Manuel First openly gay male boxer proposes to boyfriend on Facebook usatoday.com 16 Aug 13
RUSSIA Russian pole-vaulter says anti-gay remarks were 'misunderstood' Yelena Isinbayeva insists she is against discrimination. "We consider ourselves, like normal, standard people, we just live boys with women, girls with boys. It comes from the history" bbc.co.uk 16 Aug 13 Russia's gay propaganda law fuels homophobic attacks Activists are less concerned by the substance of the legislation ... than about the message of state-condoned homophobia they believe it sends ft.com 16 Aug 13 USA Gay military couples welcome Pentagon decision to extend benefits Extension of marriage benefits to gay military spouses underscores the sweeping cultural change in America theguardian.com 16 Aug 13 SEX - LIFE Why insects have gay sex a new review of homosexual insect encounters suggests the acts may not be that straightforward livescience.com 16 Aug 13 SHOW BIZ
	'I hung around hairdressers to find gays' Alan Carr gets chatty about teenage years standard.co.uk 16 Aug 13

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