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UK Civil partnerships ban challenged by heterosexual couple | |
 | Charles Keidan and Rebecca Steinfeld, of Notting Hill, London, say their case is a "basic issue of discrimination and equality". They are filing a judicial review at the High Court in London to have the ban lifted bbc.co.uk 23 Dec 14 |
GAY BUSINESS 13 pro-gay bakers refuse Christian wedding cake order | |
 | Director for Rescue Christians called 13 pro-gay bakeries and asked them if they would bake a cake donning the words "gay marriage is wrong" for a traditional marriage appreciation event. Not one of them would oblige charismanews.com 23 Dec 14 |
Social media apps close New Zealand's longest-running gay venue | |
 | Urge in Auckland is the ninth gay bar to shut down in New Zealand over the past two years because of dwindling patronage, echoing the closures of international gay hotspots in New York, San Francisco and Sydney stuff.co.nz 23 Dec 14 |
WORLD 35 gay activists attacked in Zimbabwe | |
 | A dozen unidentified men crashed an end-of-year party thrown by the Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) at a private venue in the capital Harare, and started beating people using logs, iron bars, empty beer bottles and clenched fists zimeye.com 23 Dec 14 |
Sunflowers and sunshine for Tori Johnson funeral | |
 | The Sydney seige cafe manager has been hailed as a hero for his attempt to wrestle the weapon away from gunman Man Haron Monis. Mr Johnson's partner, Thomas Zinn, read a tribute and was first to exit the church after the service smh.com.au 23 Dec 14 |
BONKERS | |
| 'Gay donkey raped my horse' becomes latest Ukip rally-cry morningstaronline.co.uk 23 Dec 14 My Husband's Not Gay - TV special follows Mormon husbands who admit they're 'attracted to other men' but refuse to identify as homosexual dailymail.co.uk 23 Dec 14 Milton Keynes church leader Jacqueline Green is planning to attend a homophobic anti-gay rally in Uganda for the second time stopugandanantihomosexualitybill 23 Dec 14 Gaylard Williams anti-gay pastor 'squeezed man's genitals and requested oral sex' mirror.co.uk 23 Dec 14 | |
GAY BOOKS Robbie Rogers gives advice for closeted gay athletes | |
 | In his new book Coming Out To Play, gay soccer player Robbie Rogers says: "I would hope that they would see my experiences and to see that it's possible and to be successful." Buy Book 23 Dec 14 |
SHOW BIZ How Whitney Houston biopic handles singer's alleged lesbian relationship | |
 Yaya DaCosta as Whitney Houston and Yolanda Ross as Robyn Crawford | Movie actress Yolonda Ross plays Robyn Crawford, Houston's longtime friend, personal assistant and alleged lesbian lover, in Lifetime TV's Whitney thewrap.com 23 Dec 14 |
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