Sunday 14 December 2014

COMING OUT Apple's Tim Cook named Financial Times 'Person of the Year'
	Financial success and dazzling new technology alone might have been enough to earn Apple's steely chief executive the FT's vote as the 2014 Person of the Year, but Mr Cook's brave exposition of his values also sets him apart ft.com  14 Dec 14
UK Farage's golden boy's rant at 'pooftahs'
	In tape-recorded phone calls leaked to The Mail on Sunday, Kerry Smith, chosen to fight Ukip target seat of Basildon South in Essex mocks 'f***ing disgusting old pooftahs' who belong to a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning group, calling them 'BLTs' - bacon, lettuce and tomato dailymail.co.uk  14 Dec 14
WORLD Is France's far right flirting with gay vote?
	France's National Front party announced Friday that Sebastien Chenu, cofounder of the Gaylib gay rights movement, was joining its ranks and will be a future candidate in elections, a surprise move for a group that has long been linked to homophobic views france24.com  14 Dec 14 Front National deputy leader Florian Philippot sues Closer magazine over 'gay partner' photos rfi.fr  14 Dec 14
GAY RESEARCH A single conversation can change a homophobes views Michael LaCour, of UCLA, and Donald Green at Columbia University, have demonstrated that a single conversation can go a long way toward building lasting support for a controversial social issue. In addition the effect tends to spill over to friends and family members esciencenews.com  14 Dec 14 GAY SPORTS Gay skiing legend:  We need more support from IOC Openly gay ski legend Anja Paerson says the International Olympic Committee is out of touch on LGBT issues and that she has little confidence that recent changes to the Olympic Charter will prevent discrimination in the future cnn.com  14 Dec 14 SHOW BIZ Benedict Cumberbatch and Pride  contend Golden Globe awards
	Cumberbatch's citation comes for his role as gay World War II code breaker Alan Turing in The Imitation Game. British indie hit Pride, about about gay activists supporting striking Welsh miners, made the cut for best comedy/musical bbc.co.uk  14 Dec 14

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