| UK Business minister Matt Hancock apologises after homophobic retweet | |
 | After composing his own gaff-free limerick about "a young man called Red Ed", Hancock retweeted one describing the Labour party as being "quite full of queers", which ended "no wonder the faithful have fled" cityam.com 2 Oct 14 |
Is homophobic leaflet-drop part of a national campaign targeting UK Pride events? | |
 | Cheshire Police are investigating after the religious flyers, entitled 'Homosexualism - A Summary', were hand-delivered to addresses in the city centre, Garden Quarter and Hoole days before Saturday's Pride parade chesterchronicle.co.uk 2 Oct 14 |
CYBER-GAYS Victory for drag queens as Facebook apologises for 'real-name' policy | |
 | Facebook's chief product officer, Chris Cox, said: "I want to apologise to the affected community of drag queens, drag kings, transgender, and extensive community of our friends, neighbours, and members of the LGBT community for the hardship that we've put you through in dealing with your Facebook accounts over the past few weeks." theguardian.com 2 Oct 14 |
O-M-G Lambeth Conference 2018 cancelled in ongoing gay clergy issue | |
 | The worldwide Anglican Communion's next Lambeth Conference, scheduled for 2018, has been cancelled for the first time in its history - due to ongoing division over the gay clergy issue. The 2008 conference was marred by a significant boycott over the same issue irishtimes.com 2 Oct 14 |
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