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QUEENS NEW YEARS HONOURS Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy made a dame | |
 | The lesbian Scottish poet and playwright Carol Ann Duffy, 59, is being made a dame in the new year list independent.co.uk 31 Dec 14 |
Jenny Broughton made an MBE | |
 | Jenny Broughton, 80, helped set up Fflag (Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) more than 20 years after her own daughter came out at the age of 17 and she found there was "a great desert of help" for gay people and their relatives. The librarian, who is made an MBE, helped campaign against the draconian Section 28 legislation which banned the promotion of homosexuality in schools independent.co.uk 31 Dec 14 Nigel George Warner MBE - ILGA-Europe's Council of Europe adviser Dr Jay Stewart MBE - co-founder of Gendered Intelligence Jenny-Anne Bishop OBE - services to the trans community - Interview |
GAY MARRIAGE Glasgow hosts Scotland's first lesbian and gay marriages | |
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| Joe Schofield and Malcolm Brown, and Susan Douglas-Scott and Gerrie Douglas-Scott, first couples to marry on Hogmanay theguardian.com 31 Dec 14 | |
TRANS First serving sex-change vicar Carol Stone dies | |
 | The Reverend Carol Stone, formerly Peter Stone, died on Saturday following a battle with pancreatic cancer, aged 60. The vicar of St Philip's Church in Upper Stratton and St Peter's Church in Penhill, Ms Stone underwent a sex change operation in 2000 bbc.co.uk |
HIV AIDS HIV transmission on Nevada porn set once again ignites condom debate | |
 | An actor tested positive for the virus after having unprotected sex with other male actors during two separate film shoots. He had tested negative before the shoot but developed symptoms later dailynews.com |
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