Thursday 22 August 2013

UK
Edinburgh comedians rally for LGBT rights in Russia Impromptu Edinburgh Festival Fringe gig outside Russian Consulate, Edinburgh - TODAY Thu 22 Aug, 2:30pm equality-network.org
Addison Lee cabbie suspended over claim he kicked out 'dirty' gay couple standard.co.uk 22 Aug 13 Suspect held after man raped on Brighton beach Police have arrested a 32-year-old man brightonandhovenews.org 22 Aug 13 Arabic Turkish Urban Rai NB and Balkan Habibi Club London mashes up the music at Dukes in East London - Sat 14 Sep facebook.com 22 Aug 13
	Dwayne Jones London rally planned to protest brutal murder of Jamaican trans teen - Jamaican Embassy, SW7 2BZ, 4:30pm Wed 28 Aug acebook.com 22 Aug 13
USA Bradley Manning: 'I want to be a woman' I am Chelsea Manning," Manning, 25, said in a statement provided to NBC's Today programme. "I am a female." bbc.co.uk 22 Aug 13 RUSSIA Eddie Mair interviews Vitaly Milonov the man behind Russia's anti-gay laws says he is against 'modern unproved values' audioboo.fm 22 Aug 13 Russia says anti-gay law will not affect Games "We have today received strong written reassurances from the Russian government that everyone will be welcome at the Games in Sochi regardless of their sexual orientation," says IOC President Jacques Rogge reuters.com 22 Aug 13
	Gay history book stirs controversy in Russia GAYS: They Changed the World is the first book deemed dangerous to the traditional Russian-Orthodox values espoused by the Putin regime nydailynews.com 22 Aug 13
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	CODEBREAKER Momentum continues growing with worldwide cinema showings, and soon available to own on DVD Buy DVD 22 Aug 13
GAY PRIDE Ban on Malaysia's LGBT festival upheld by Appeals Court Organisers of Seksualiti Merdeka say the event was not being used for deviationist activities nst.com 22 Aug 13 SHOW BIZ
	Wentworth Miller Prison Break star has just revealed he's a gay man ... in a statement that reads as a giant "F YOU" to Russia tmz.com 22 Aug 13

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