16-17 November 2013

UK Call to consider lowering age of consent for sex to 15 Faculty of Public Health president Prof John Ashton said the move would make it easier for 15-year-olds to get sexual health advice from the NHS bbc.co.uk 17 Nov 13 Weymouth's first official gay bar to open Bar 314 will be transformed into The Closet and will open its doors on Friday 29 November. The bar will eventually team up with gay friendly BBs in the town to appeal to the LGBT tourist market dorsetecho.co.uk 17 Nov 13
	Nikki Sinclaire MEP reveals she had a sex change at the age of 23, and first realised she should have been female at the age of three. She left UKIP and founded the We Demand A Referendum party metro.co.uk 17 Nov 13
GAY BULLYING
	Ayden Olson The teenage son of a leading child abuse campaigner found dead at his Colchester home was "bullied to death", his mother has claimed mirror.co.uk 16 Nov 13
GAY PRIDE Pride in London open meeting Reporting back on Pride in London 2013 and the progress we have made to put the festival onto a sustainable footing, and plans for 2014 Congress House, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3LS - 6-8.30pm, Tue 10 Dec Free tickets 16 Nov 13 RUSSIA Lady Gaga tour promoters fined under Russian gay propaganda law Trade Union of Russian Citizens spokeswoman Darya Dedova said Lady Gaga had harmed the well-being of children by exposing them to what she says is harmful information ria.ru 16 Nov 13 Moscow gay nightclub attacked by two armed men When guards refused to allow them into the Central Station club, the men opened fire, but there were no injuries inside the club edgeonthenet.com 17 Nov 13 JAMAICA Jamaica's Supreme Court throws out claim against local TV stations Activist Maurice Tomlinson challenged the media on their refusal to air public service advertisements promoting tolerance for homosexuals jamaicaobserver.com 17 Nov 13 International Day For Tolerance in Jamaica United Nations has celebrated diversity and the building of tolerance and trust within diverse communities since 1996 facebook.com 17 Nov 13 WORLD
	Luxembourg to have gay PM AND deputy Xavier Bettel, the mayor of Luxembourg City, will be prime minister, while Etienne Schneider of the Socialist Workers Party will be his vice-prime minister. Making gay marriage legal in Luxembourg would be one of his first acts news.com.au
Polish protestors burn rainbow sculpture in Warsaw's Public Square Polish protestors torched a huge rainbow sculpture in Warsaw's Public Square during an Independence Day March that turned violent youtu.be 16 Nov 13

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