![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
GAY PRIDE Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins on why the bank is the headline sponsor of Pride in London | |
![]() | "There is a great spirit to it," he adds. Schedule permitting, there is a chance that Jenkins will be back among the festivalgoers a week on Saturday as Barclays becomes the headline sponsor of the event after a lower-key association for the past two years standard.co.uk 20 Jun 14 |
SEX - LIFE The metrosexual is dead. Long live the 'spornosexual' | |
![]() | 20 years ago, Mark Simpson coined the term 'metrosexual'. But now a new, more extreme, sex- and body-obsessed version has emerged, he explains telegraph.co.uk 20 Jun 14 |
Meet the new Mr Gay Europe | |
![]() | Jack Johansson from Sweden is the new Mr Gay Europe, but the rest of the delegates did not let him win that easy. Stuart Hatton representing the United Kingdom came third mrgayeurope.com 20 Jun 14 |
WORLD Holland's gay village project revealed as 'serious hoax' to raise homophobia awareness Roze Maandag explained how they were inspired to act by recent surveys showing nearly a quarter of gay men in the Netherlands - regarded as one of the most tolerant countries in the world - did not feel safe in their own neighbourhoods independent.co.uk 20 Jun 14 US imposes sanctions on Uganda for anti-gay law t said Ugandans involved in human rights abuses against gay people would be banned from entering the US. The White House is also cutting funds to a number of programmes it is running with the Ugandan authorities, and cancelling a military exercise bbc.co.uk 20 Jun 14 Obama moves to ensure sick leave for gay couples The Obama administration will work to ensure that gay and lesbian Americans are eligible to take leave from their jobs to care for a same-sex spouse, regardless of whether they live in a state that recognizes gay marriage, the White House said Friday washingtonpost.com 20 Jun 14 GAY MARRIAGE NOM's anti-gay March for Marriage was pathetic Usual suspects like Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee showed up for National Organisation for Marriage event to spout the usual rhetoric: people need the religious freedom to discriminate against whomever they arbitrarily choose, and gay people are bullies for fighting back gawker.com 20 Jun 14 Use of gay kiss photo by conservative group ends in settlement | |
![]() | New Jersey couple Tom Privitere and Brian Edwards, and photographer Kristina Hill, had a "plausible copyright infringement claim," but Court dismissed their allegation that the couple's likenesses had been illegally misappropriated for use on anti-gay marriage campaign mailers washingtonpost.com 20 Jun 14 |
SHOW BIZ Drag King Richard III opens in London | |
![]() | play explores the complexity of switching gender as Laurie (the main character) embarks on the journey of transitioning from female to male - Riverside Studios, Hammersmith - 28 Jul - 3 Aug riversidestudios.co.uk 20 Jun 14 |