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GAY SPORTS TUC Toolkit to tackle homophobia in sport | |
 | The TUC is encouraging trade unions to collectively challenge the prejudice faced by many LGBT people in football and wider sport. The kit is primarily designed for use by trade union groups and not individuals tuc.org.uk 29 Jan 15 |
COMING OUT Broadway legend Joel Grey opens up about his sexuality | |
 | He reached the heights of stage and screen, was married for 24 years and proudly raised two children. Now, at 82, the Cabaret Oscar winner talks about his sexuality. "I don't like labels," says Grey, "but if you have to put a label on it, I'm a gay man." people.com 29 Jan 15 |
SEX - LIFE Students turn to porn for sex education | |
 | An NUS survey shows 60% of students access porn to get informati on about sex - and 75% say issues they need to know about are not covered in class. Under a fifth discussed LGBT issues and 75% felt the education they received was not diverse enough nus.org.uk 29 Jan 15 |
GAY BUSINESS ICANN orders re-evaluation of dot-gay top-level domain | |
 | Controversially, the community application was rejected last year for not being gay enough. The independent evaluators argued, peculiarly, that since a large number of gay people were not public about their sexuality that the application was not sufficiently broad enough theregister.co.uk 29 Jan 15 |
You know gay ads have gone mainstream when even Hallmark is making them | |
 | The greeting-card company is gay friendly - it's been making gay marriage cards since 2008. But ... it's one thing to sell gay-friendly merchandise - it's another to feature a gay couple in a commercial, as Hallmark has now done in its new "Put Your Heart to Paper" campaign for Valentine's Day adweek.com 29 Jan 15 |
RUSSIA Ukraine rejects 'gay propaganda' bill | |
 | After the election last October it appears that Ukraine now wants nothing to do with Russia - including its anti-gay policies dosmanzanas.com 29 Jan 15 In post-revolutionary Ukraine, homophobia and oppression deepen lgbtweekly.com 29 Jan 15 Russia: Leap backward in rights hrw.org 29 Jan 15 |
BONKERS AFA ousts Bryan Fischer as group spokesperson | |
 | Fischer, a prominent voice for the American Family Association for many years, often made ugly and ridiculous comments, recently connecting Nazis and homosexuality msnbc.com 29 Jan 15 |
GAY BOOKS Reverend Richard Coles in conversation with Dr Giles Fraser | |
 | Hear the only vicar in Britain to have had a Number 1 hit single (with The Communards) discuss his brilliant and searingly honest new autobiography, Fathomless Riches, and how he first met Jimmy Somerville in Gay's the Word bookshop, at this LGBT History Month event at The British Library - Fri 20 Feb, 6:30-8pm Tickets 29 Jan 15 Buy Book |
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