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UK 54% of LGBT voters backing Yes | |
 | The online poll of 2,163 Scottish readers of PinkNews found that 54% plan to vote Yes in Thursday's referendum, 44% plan to vote No, while 2% remain undecided. "The battle for the gay vote indicates possibly just how close the vote for independence will be," said editor Joseph Patrick McCormick heraldscotland.com 17 Sep 14 Scottish party commitments to advancing LGBTI equality after referendum equality-network.org |
Gay By Degree names UK's most gay-friendly universities | |
 | Stonewall's University Guide will help prospective students to choose a university that will welcome you and support you in being yourself. It measures each university against 10 criteria including: tackling homophobic bullying, LGBT societies, and support for LGB staff. gaybydegree.org.uk 17 Sep 14 Six UK universities get top marks for gay-friendliness theguardian.com 17 Sep 14 |
Gendered Intelligence receives £19,000 donation | |
 | KOKO in Camden recently held a memorial concert in honour of a dear friend named Julia Brightly, who lost her battle with cancer in July 2014. The concert raised over £19,000 which will enable Gendered Intelligence to host even more youth groups, including two outside of London in Leeds and Bristol google.com 17 Sep 14 |
The tricky business of policing sex in public | |
 | Decades ago, the police in the UK did their utmost to stop gay men having sex in public toilets and outdoor "cruising grounds". Men were frequently arrested, prosecuted and often jailed. Now police across much of the UK take a softly-softly approach, writes Julie Bindel bbc.co.uk 17 Sep 14 |
GAY MARRIAGE Gay marriage set to make grand US Supreme Court return | |
 | While courts across the United States have been hearing gay-marriage cases, the Supreme Court said it will use a September 29 private conference to consider appeals that concern whether gay marriage can be legal in some states but not in others businessinsider.com 17 Sep 14 |
WORLD Egyptian police use dating sites to hunt down gay people | |
 Liberty for Arabic homosexuals! Love is not a crime | Though homosexuality is not illegal in Egypt, police have been using social media and smartphone applications to hunt down and arrest gays and lesbians france24.com 17 Sep 14 |
5 reasons to fix Jamaica's flawed Sexual Offences Act | |
 | Activist Maurice Tomlinson writes an open letter to all Jamaican parliamentarians 76crimes.com 17 Sep 14 |
GAY MEDIA The media pioneers will be gay | |
 | Gay and lesbian journalists are now out and leading innovative new publications. Have generations of marginalization in media created the best, most skeptical minds? advocate.com 17 Sep 14 |
Target agrees gay families are "Made to Matter" | |
 | A new ad for Target's "Made to Matter" campaign features a same-sex couple and their son hrc.org 17 Sep 14 |
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