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GAY HEALTH Men who have sex with men experience poor and worsening sexual health in London | |
 | Even though MSM make up only an estimated 2% of the London adult population (3.8% of the male population), they constituted nearly one in five (24%) of all London residents diagnosed with new sexually transmitted infections (STI) in 2013, finds Pubic Health England report gov.uk 23 Sep 14 |
BISEXUAL AWARENESS WEEK It's Bisexual Awareness Week! Here are five ways to celebrate Bisexual people make up more than 50 percent of the LGB community, but media, and even LGBT groups, often erase our experiences. The first ever Bisexual Awareness Week will be a step toward making more space for the B in LGBT autostraddle.com 23 Sep 14 Bi Visibility Day Celebrating Bisexuality every year on 23 September, since 1999 september23.bi.org | Bi Research 23 Sep 14 Popular culture is still afraid of bisexuality It's a shame that comic book character John Constantine's bisexuality is being erased for TV - we need to see more bi figures in the media theguardian.com 23 Sep 14 WORLD London rally against Gambia anti-gay Bill New law increases sentence for homosexuality from 14 years to life. Urge President Yahya Jammeh to not sign the Bill. Rally at Gambian Embassy, 92 Ledbury Rd, London W11 2AH - 4:30-6pm, Wed 24 Sep petertatchellfoundation.org | Sign petition 23 Sep 14 Canadian gay rights activist Jim Deva dies | |
 | Gay rights and anti-censorship activist Jim Deva died after falling from a ladder at his home in Vancouver. Deva, who was co-owner of Little Sister's Book & Art Emporium, was 65 years old vancourier.com 23 Sep 14 |
GAY BUSINESS Half of US adults think businesses should be allowed to reject same-sex couples | |
 | Nearly half of U.S. adults think that businesses like caterers and florists should be allowed to reject same-sex couples as customers if the businesses have religious objections to serving those couples pewforum.org 23 Sep 14 |
SHOW BIZ GFEST 2014 'spectacular' film programme published | |
 | This year's festival theme is 'Myths & Mythology'. The screenings include: Russian feature film STAND; Brazilian gay teen drama The Way He Looks; along with Erin Davies' Fagbug Nation; at Rich Mix in Shoreditch, London - 15-18 Nov gaywisefestival.org.uk23 Sep 14 |
Now+then: three decades of HIV in Merseyside | |
 | Now+then uncovers Merseyside's journey with HIV from the 1980s to the present day, through people's own stories - how local people and communities have responded to HIV and the prejudice and discrimination that still exist today. Free entry - 10 Oct 2014 to 8 Feb 2015 liverpoolmuseums.org.uk23 Sep 14 |
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