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COMING OUT British Army general on verge of coming out | |
 | A married British Army general is on the verge of coming out as gay - an announcement which would send shockwaves through the Armed Forces. He has kept his homosexuality secret since joining 25 years ago mirror.co.uk 26 Jan 15 |
ALAN TURING Alan Turing private notebook to be sold at auction | |
 | A notebook belonging to the gay man who helped break the Nazi code, Alan Turing, is to be sold at auction. The book from 1942 showcases his mathematical genius, and gives an insight into his private thoughts bbc.co.uk 26 Jan 15 |
SEX - LIFE Alan Titchmarsh, a gay lecturer and a row over teenage sex | |
 | The television gardener has attacked Professor Eric Anderson, 46, who boasted in a lecture that gay sex is best, that he targets 16 to 18-year-olds, that he had already had sex with more than 1,000 teenagers and men, and that he planned to double the total even if he had to pay young prostitutes dailymail.co.uk 26 Jan 15 |
"If you love she-males come to the United Kingdom" | |
 | Nigel Farage's top UKIP aide Matthew Richardson condemned the NHS as "the biggest waste of money in the UK," and said "Socialists think that if somebody wants to reassign their gender the state should pay" mirror.co.uk 26 Jan 15 |
HIV AIDS Bill Gates predicts HIV vaccine by 2030 | |
 | Microsoft founder told the World Economic Forum in Davos that new intensive drugs to combat HIV should be available by 2030 and end most new cases of the virus theguardian.com 26 Jan 15 |
GAY BUSINESS Irish Schools and hospitals to lose right to sack gay staff | |
 | Religious-run schools and hospitals will be stripped of the ability to sack staff for being gay, divorced, or unmarried parents by Easter, Equality Minister Aodhán Ó Ríordáin says irishexaminer.com 26 Jan 15 |
China's first ever sexual-orientation discrimination lawsuit | |
 | Mu Yi, said he was "outed involuntarily" because of a viral video, and is now suing his employers for firing him because he is gay shanghaiist.com 26 Jan 15 |
Illinois tourism appoints gay chief | |
 | Cory Jobe has been picked to be the state's new director of tourism - "I'm the kind of guy who wants to bring people together" windycitymediagroup 26 Jan 15 |
Gay mecca on Fire Island sells for $10.1 Million at auction | |
 | A strip of commercial real estate along the harbor in Fire Island Pines sold for $10.1 million at auction on Thursday to developers with plans to continue the revival of a former mecca for closeted gay men nytimes.com 26 Jan 15 |
Vietnam breaks up $47m gambling ring led by gay magazine owner | |
 | Police have detained To Cong Hung, 33, the owner of Attitude's Vietnam edition in Ho Chi Minh City tuoitrenews.vn 26 Jan 15 |
GAY ADVERTISING  You Don't Say campaign explains why we are uncomfortable with certain words Student athletes at Duke University are taking part in a powerful promotional campaign to challenge homophobia, transphobia, and other prejudice facebook.com 26 Jan 15 | |
RUSSIA Russian LGBT activist fined for disseminating 'Gay Propaganda' | |
 | Yelena Klimova, the founder of the DETI-404 online support group for LGBT teenagers, has been fined 50,000 rubles ($780) for violating Russia's controversial law against the "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations among minors." Russia's media watchdog, Roskomnadzor,opened a case against Klimova last November themoscowtimes.com DETI-404 26 Jan 15 |
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GAY BUSINESS Stephen Fry: Save Soho from threat of property boom | |
 | In an open letter to Chancellor George Osborne and Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles, actor Mr Fry and other leading names from the creative industries lament the dearth of "office and studio space" at the expense of housing - and an "imminent crisis for London's creative businesses" standard.co.uk 25 Jan 15 |
Lawyer arrested after boyfriend dies of suspected drugs overdose | |
 | Henry Hendron, a 34-year-old civil barrister, was arrested in London on Tuesday morning, after the sudden death of his boyfriend, 18-year-old Miguel Jimenez. Mr Hendron is a close friend of gay senior Tory MP Nigel Evans pinknews.co.uk 25 Jan 15 |
HIV AIDS Ukip's official health spokesperson disagrees with Farage over HIV | |
 | Mr Farage said that he wanted to control "the quality" of people allowed to live in the UK - and suggested "people who do not have HIV" as an example. Louise Bours disagrees, saying: "HIV is rather a bad example though, to be honest. HIV is managed now, isn't it." independent.co.uk 25 Jan 15 |
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