Friday 20 June 2014

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GAY PRIDE

Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins on why the bank is the headline sponsor of Pride in London
Antony Jenkins "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'
Dan Osborne Spornosexual20 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 JohanssonJack 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
Drag King Richard IIIplay 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

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