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UK West Ham and Tottenham ask fans to behave at Premier League opener | |
 | David Sullivan and David Gold appeal directly to supporters: 'Racism, antisemitism and homophobia will not be tolerated' theguardian.com 16 Aug 14 |
GAY PRIDE gaytoz Pride Calendar 2014 Weston-super-Mare's inaugural Gay Pride this weekend | |
 | The parade, fronted by a drumming procession, will go down the High Street and into Grove Park, where the main event,which includes live music and children's activities, start at mid-day - Sat 16 Aug bristolpost.co.uk 16 Aug 14 wsmpride.co.uk |
USA American Bar Association is all for LGBT employee nondiscrimination measures | |
 | The organization voted unanimously to endorse laws that protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation salon.com 16 Aug 14 |
GAY RESEARCH Americans are changing their minds about gays at a startling pace | |
 | Driven by young people coming of age in a new era and by people of all ages increasingly familiar with gays and lesbians in their families and their lives, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll: - 75% those aged 18-29 favor same-sex marriage. 50% aged 60 and older oppose it - 71% American adults say they know someone who's gay - 48% said they wouldn't be upset if one of their children told them they were gay mcclatchydc.com 16 Aug 14 |
WORLD Lebanon targets gay men in 3 raids, 45 arrests | |
 | Journalist Dan Littauer reports on a wave of Lebanese police raids targeting men at the Agha Hammam Turkish bath in Beirut - Why are authorities targeting poor gay men 76crimes.com 16 Aug 14 |
Activists tell Sultan of Brunei, rumored buyer of the Plaza, to take a hike | |
 | They say that the sultan's implementation of a strict penal code in his country could lead to the stoning of women and gays, and that a promoter of that kind of barbarism should not be the owner of the Plaza Hotel, one of New York's key landmarks nydailynews.com 16 Aug 14 |
GAY HISTORY How the advent of AIDS advanced gay rights | |
 | Three decades after the "gay plague" began, there is an once-unthinkable acceptance of same-sex relationships in the Western world theglobeandmail.com 16 Aug 14 |
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