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GAY MARRIAGE "I'm in a same-sex marriage... the sex is always the same." | |
 | Alfie Moore makes it into the Top 10 funniest jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe bbc.co.uk 1 Sep 14 |
70 couples take their vows at London mass wedding event | |
 | The Southbank art centre's Festival of Love, which is culminating with the Big Wedding Weekend, hosted about 6,000 guests who were invited by the couples bbc.co.uk 1 Sep 14 |
Victory for Christian sacked over gay weddings | |
 | Margaret Jones, 54, who had been dismissed for "bringing the council into disrepute", was offered her job back after an appeal hearing ruled that her employer had failed to take a "balanced view" of her religious beliefs thesundaytimes.co.uk 1 Sep 14 |
GAY PRIDE Parade of colour takes over city for Leicester Pride | |
 | Around 700 people met outside Curve theatre to kick off the parade at midday, before making their way through the city centre. The streets were lined with rainbow banners as the most flamboyant parade in Leicester's social calendar reached Victoria Park leicestermercury.co.uk 1 Sep 14 |
Grimsby partygoers celebrate differences and unity in our community | |
 | Councillor Cliff Barber, deputy mayor for North East Lincolnshire, officially opened Grimsby Pride 2014. An estimated crowd of about 2,000 people enjoyed the singing acts, including favourites Bears Aloud grimsbytelegraph.co.uk 1 Sep 14 |
Colour and glamour from the 11th year of Reading Pride | |
 | The colour and exuberance of Reading Pride was captured by Dave Cole this weekend in another great gallery. Headline acts included X Factor finalist Sam Callahan, Amanda Wilson of the Freemasons, and local favourite Nicolette Street getreading.co.uk 1 Sep 14 |
Fantastic day in Cassiobury Park in Watford | |
 | Organisers thank everyone for making Herts Pride a great suucess hertspride.co.uk 1 Sep 14 |
GAY BOOKS Polari grant will fund a national tour in the Autumn | |
 | The LGBT literary salon Polari tour will include events in Brighton, Homotopia in Liverpool, shOUT in Birmingham and the Manchester Literature Festival and will feature the best in established and emerging LGBT literary talent. It will also help to promote The Polari First Book Prize - 16 venues nationwide - 25 Sep - 26 Nov polariliterarysalon.co.uk 1 Sep 14 |
GAY MARKETING How proud is the Proud Whopper? | |
 | The new slogan "Be your way" was part of a Burger King Proud Whopper project. Is it actually what the company believes, or is this corporate lip service? advocate.com 1 Sep 14 |
GAY RESEARCH Federal study on lesbian obesity costs $3 million | |
 | The study to determine why 75 percent of lesbian women are obese, and gay men are not, has totaled nearly $3 million. They determined that gay males had a "greater desire for toned muscles" than straight men, while lesbians have lower "athletic self-esteem" washingtontimes.com 1 Sep 14 |
WORLD Tributes paid to Irishmen who drowned off coast of Crete | |
 | Irish civil servant Kevin Devine, 46, was holidaying with his musician partner John Lynch, 45, and the bodies of both men were recovered from the sea off the island of Crete rte.ie 1 Sep 14 |
Robert Mugabe says he prefers Chinese aid because Beijing does not force him to accept homosexuality | |
 | Mr Mugabe's comments came during a trip to China in which he was trying to generate support for Zimbabwe's crumbling economy telegraph.co.uk 1 Sep 14 |
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