Tuesday 8 October 2013

GAY SPORTS IOC can't say the word 'gay' insists that "the IOC will do everything it can to ensure that the Olympic Games in Sochi as well as any future Games' edition will be free of any form of discrimination." towleroad.com 8 Oct 13
	Paris awarded 2018 Gay Games ahead of London and Limerick The decision was announced by the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) at its Annual General Assembly in Cleveland insidethegames.biz london2018.info 8 Oct 13
UK Gay 'divorce' jumps 20% as 'seven year itch' hits civil partnerships since civil partnerships were introduced in 2005, a total of 60,454 gay and lesbian couples have opted to form one telegraph.co.uk 8 Oct 13 Body of trans woman stabbed to death left to decompose for a month Romy Maynard, 28, is accused of killing 22-year-old Chrissie Azzopardi at her home in Finsbury Park in April last year, court hears london24.com 8 Oct 13 Man found in canal at Manchester's Gay Village named 39-year-old Sean Markey from Newton Heath was discovered on Sunday manchestereveningnews.co.uk 8 Oct 13 Christian B&B owners who banned a gay couple go back to court Peter and Hazelmary Bull said they want to avoid a "collision" between two different lifestyles as they prepare to take their case to the Supreme Court westernmorningnews.co.uk 8 Oct 13 Are gay people in the UK divided by the pink pound? Is the commercialisation of gay and lesbian lifestyles turning the community into one of the haves and the have-nots? theguardian.com 8 Oct 13 Going on the offensive over that gay bus slogan Leader writer still thinks being gay is a personal choice expressandstar.com 8 Oct 13
	School leaders reticent to allow diversity teaching 'you can't use books like that in this school', hears Shaun Dellenty huffingtonpost.co.uk 8 Oct 13
	Spencer Livermore to manage Labour's general election campaign Gordon Brown's former adviser was previously dubbed "The most powerful gay man in British politics" huffingtonpost.co.uk 8 Oct 13
	Office for National Statistics Data should withdraw misleading LGB statistics The claim that 1.5 per cent of adults in the UK identified themselves as GLB is dangerous as it is prone to misreporting and may lead to funding problems for organisations focused on the health of LGB people outnowconsulting.com 8 Oct 13
WORLD Gulf states will have clinical screenings at airports to 'detect' homosexuals and stop them entering Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) such as Kuwait independent.co.uk 8 Oct 13
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