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UK Middle class Britons 60% more likely to admit to being gay | |
 | Office for National Statistics' annual household survey suggests the British class system is still affecting how likely people are to come out as gay: - Middle class professionals in the UK are almost 60% more likely to be openly gay than working class people - Only 1.6% of those who responded described themselves as gay, lesbian or bisexual telegraph.co.uk 7 Oct 14 |
Ray Cole's family set up legal fund | |
 | Ray has been sentenced to 4 months imprisonment in Morocco for 'homosexual acts'. This account has been set up to help cover the costs involved in the 'legal process' and the appeal to come. Twitter: #freeraycole Facebook: freeraycole Support campaign 7 Oct 14 European Parliament President to write to Morocco over arrested gay tourist Ray Cole pinknews.co.uk 7 Oct 14 |
GAY MARRIAGE US Supreme Court decision not to hear case has profound impact on rights | |
 | Few predicted this decision. And if the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds same-sex marriage bans in Texas and Louisiana later this year, becoming the first appeals court to do so, the Supremes will have a harder time staying on the sidelines economist.com 7 Oct 14 US supreme court decision paves way for sweeping expansion of gay rights theguardian.com 7 Oct 14 |
WORLD 91% of Jamaicans want to keep Buggery Law intact | |
 | Jamaica-Gleaner poll suggests lawmakers should make no attempt to repeal Jamaica's controversial buggery law: - 82% believe homosexual men were not treated fairly by either the legal system or the police -68% said they should not have the same rights as others - 72% felt transgender persons should not have the same rights as other people jamaica-gleaner.com 7 Oct 14 |
The crackdown on gay men in Egypt | |
 | The government's crackdown has vilified a community that had hoped the popular uprising in 2011 would bring minorities greater freedom. But in the last year more than 85 men have been detained nytimes.com 7 Oct 14 |
SHOW BIZ "This is hell for homosexuals" | |
 | HBO's documentary Hunted: The War Against Gays in Russia gets unusual access to vigilante groups in Russia who - emboldened by the government's "propaganda law" and its anti-gay stance - target homosexuals with Internet entrapment, fear and intimidation tactics, and gruesome assaults hbo.com 7 Oct 14 |
'Best Asian Film' explores disability and bisexuality | |
 | Margarita, With a Straw is a sweet, edgy, stereo-type busting, coming-of-age drama telling the story of a teenage Indian girl with Cerebral Palsy, who encounters life's up and downs as she copes with her disability, her family and her emerging bi-sexuality. 58th BFI London Film Festival - 17 Oct, Vue West End - 18 Oct, Vue Islington Trailer | Tickets 7 Oct 14 |
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