Wednesday 25 February 2015

HIV AIDS 'Give HIV drugs to healthy gay men'
	Healthy gay men should be offered daily HIV drugs to prevent infections, say UK Medical Research Council and Public Health England scientists. Their study, on 545 high-risk men, found one case of HIV could be stopped for every 13 men treated for a year bbc.co.uk  25 Feb 15
GAY BARS Joiners Arms: Can the LGBTI venue be saved?
	A demonstration tonight marks a pivotal moment in the battle to save Shoreditch, London, gay bar the Joiners Arms from demolition gaystarnews.com  25 Feb 15
SEX - LIFE With perfect surveilance, would governments prohibit gay marriage?
	Whistleblower Edward Snowden says the progress of Western civilization and human rights is actually founded on the violation of law - governments today are more concerned with the loss of their ability to control and regulate the behavior of their citizens than they are with their citizens' discontent techcrunch.com  25 Feb 15
O-M-G Loch Lomond Waterfront turns away gay wedding
	Stephen and John Devaney, who have been civil partners since 2006, told how Loch Lomond Waterfront owner Suzanne Cottom showed them the door because they are gay - 'We can't allow people like you here' dailyrecord.co.uk  25 Feb 15 Businesses in Scotland must be open to all customers regardless of their sexual orientation equality-network.org  25 Feb 15 US petition against 'anti-gay' Northern Ireland conscience clause bill gets 100,000 signatures in two days belfasttelegraph.co.uk  25 Feb 15 Christians 'discriminated against' says Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor newsletter.co.uk  25 Feb 15

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Sunday 30 November 2014

WORLD AIDS DAY World AIDS Day quiz to improve public understanding of HIV
	This World AIDS Day the Terrence Higgins Trust is challenging outdated myths and attitudes to HIV. Take the quiz and find out which decade your HIV knowledge belongs to stuckinthe80s.org.uk  30 Nov 14
World AIDS Day events and activities
	GAY to Z Directory links to information, events, support groups, health advice, treatments, condoms, and clincs - Mon 1 Dec World Aids Day  30 Nov 14
GAY BUSINESS The changing face of New York City's Chelsea neighborhood
	From 14th to 23rd Streets, three gay-centric storefront businesses with a combined presence of over nine decades on Eighth Avenue have stood empty for months huffingtonpost.com  30 Nov 14
WORLD Gay Russians face uncertain wait for refugee status in US Anti-gay discrimination in Russia is believed to be partly responsible for rise in asylum cases, with applicants reliant on charity while claims are processed theguardian.com 30 Nov 14 Hundreds march in India capital's gay pride parade after shock ruling
	It's the first parade in New Delhi since India's Supreme Court reinstated a colonial-era ban on gay sex, which marchers branded a violation of equality scmp.com 30 Nov 14
Gambia shuns negotiation with EU on homosexuality
	"We the government and people of The Gambia hereby make it very clear to the Union European and any outside bloc that wants to impose acceptance of homosexuals as a pre-condition for aid that we will never accept that conditionality no matter how much aid is involved" said minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon Bala Garba Jahumpa gambiaaffairs.com  30 Nov 14
SHOW BIZ Sam Smith: 'I used to yearn to fall in love. My fans have filled that hole'
	The singer Smith admits: 'Past gay artists, things have happened to them that haven't been great. All I can say is I'm so unbelievably surprised and happy at how far the world has come' telegraph.co.uk  30 Nov 14

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Monday 3 November 2014

SEX - LIFE London's first condom cycle courier service
	HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust is to run its first ever condom cycle courier service for gay and bisexual men in East London, as part of the Fringe! queer film and arts festival - 3-9 Nov tht.org.uk  3 Nov 14
Men 'dressed as fairies' kick and stamp on their victims during homophobic attack
	Police are hunting thugs who beat up two men while dressed as fairies. The pair, who were wearing pink tutus, shouted abuse as they kicked their victims in the head in Surbiton, south London. Police say the attack was carried out early on Saturday morning by two men in their late 20s itv.com  3 Nov 14 Irish cottage may be haunted by violent fairies usatoday.com  3 Nov 14
WORLD Russians tore down a memorial to Steve Jobs after Tim Cook said he was proud to be gay
	Residents of Saint Petersburg have reportedly torn down a giant interactive iPhone memorial that commemorated the memory of Apple founder Steve Jobs after the company's current CEO, Tim Cook, came out as gay on Thursday businessinsider.com  3 Nov 14
SHOW BIZ Scott Mills gets viewers' sympathy after Halloween Week exit
	It's been a long time coming - Scott Mills has left Strictly Come Dancing. Along with Judy Murray, fans have been calling for his exit for a while now mirror.co.uk  3 Nov 14
Benedict Cumberbatch defends absence of gay sex scene in Alan Turing biopic
	Critics of The Imitation Game have taken it to task for not being 'sexually explicit' enough, on the grounds that there are no scenes of Turing sexually involved with another man. His feelings for Morcom are conveyed by no more than longing glances telegraph.co.uk  3 Nov 14
Britain's first Muslim drag queen's potential Eurovision entry
	Asifa Lahore's first single from her new EP is 'You And I' which has been submitted as a potential Eurovision entry for the United Kingdom youtu.be 3 Nov 14

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Sunday 28 September 2014

UK Why Tony Blair is a gay icon
	He may seem an unlikely recipient of the accolade. But the former prime minister did much to open hearts and minds theguardian.com 28 Sep 14
One in 10 Church of England bishops 'could be secretly gay' says bishop
	Bishop of Buckingham claims as many as a dozen of his colleagues could be trapped in the "episcopal closet" because of power wielded by a tiny "reactionary clique" in the Church of England telegraph.co.uk 28 Sep 14
SEX - LIFE California adopts landmark condom law to protect sex workers
	The condom legislation requires a court to state explicitly that the presence of condoms is pertinent to the individual case, before prosecutors can present them as evidence of prostitution uncovercalifornia.com 28 Sep 14
GAY PRIDE Serbia Gay Pride march returns after four years
	Belgrade's first Gay Pride parade in four years is seen as a key test of Serbia's tolerance as it applies to join the EU. On Saturday night anti-gay demonstrators held a rally in Belgrade to protest against the Gay Pride march bbc.co.uk 28 Sep 14
Exmouth Pride festival planned for next summer
	An 11-strong Exmouth Pride committee, headed up by primary school caretaker Sam Dawes, 27, has formed and a series of fundraising events are planned in the run-up of what organisers hope will be a landmark fixture on the town's calendar - Sat 6 Jun 2015 exeterexpressandecho.co.uk28 Sep 14

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Wednesday 6 November 2013

UK Protest at LSO Barbican concert Peter Tatchell is organising a protest against conductor Valery Gergiev, Putin supporter and defender anti-gay law - at Barbican Concert Hall EC2Y 8DS - 6pm-7pm, Thu 7 Nov petertatchellfoundation.org 6 Nov 13 SEX - LIFE
	"This is one thing you can do, right now, to help halt the spread of HIV" Terrence Higgins Trust urges gay men to use the new  National HIV Testing Week web service - 22-29 Nov tht.org.uk 6 Nov 13
	New condom design The new Origami Anal Condom is the first condom of its kind, and researchers testing it in Boston hope it will help increase safer sex edgeonthenet.com 6 Nov 13
	Condom shatters windscreen dropped from high-rise building, the car owner phoned police after he found the condom on his windscreen wiper mirror.co.uk 6 Nov 13
SHOW BIZ
	Halbwelt Kultur Weimar Germany, musical cabaret, gay emancipation and extraordinary cultural and sexual freedom - Jermyn Street Theatre, London, 26 Nov -15 Dec jermynstreettheatre.co.uk
	Samuel L. Jackson To play a middle-aged gay engineer and former soldier in adaptation of Stephen King's novel CELL queerty.com 6 Nov 13

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