Monday 16 March 2015

STICKS & STONES Facebook clarifies policy on hate speech
	The social network's updated guidelines also cover nudity, self-harm, bullying and harassment, violence and graphic content theguardian.com  16 Mar 15
GAY PARENTS Dolce and Gabbana clarify remarks: 'We do believe in freedom and love'
	Dolce and Gabbana have expanded on their views about gay adoptions following a social media boycott of their fashion line started by Sir Elton John. "We firmly believe in democracy and the fundamental principle of freedom of expression that upholds it," Stefano Gabbana said independent.co.uk  16 Mar 15 Dolce and Gabbana say 'Boycott Elton John' vigorously defending criticism of gay adoptions bbc.co.uk  16 Mar 15
GAY PRIDE Irish Dancing Queens float wins at Sydney's St Patrick's Day parade
	A Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras float had a second outing at Sydney's St Patrick's Day festivities yesterday - and walked away with the award for best in show starobserver.com.au  16 Mar 15

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Wednesday 18 February 2015

HIV AIDS Stopping HIV with an artificial protein
	A Scripps Research Institute team has shown that a lab-made molecule that mimics an antibody from our immune system may have more protective power than anything the body produces, keeping four monkeys free of HIV infection despite injection of large doses of the virus sciencemag.org  18 Feb 15
TRANS Trans rights versus free speech?
	Peter Tatchell expresses alarm at attempts by some trans activists to ban their feminist critics from speaking at universities and other institutions petertatchellfoundation  18 Feb 15
Already six trans women reported murdered in the U.S. in 2015
	'I am aware that my sisters do not need to be reminded of their vulnerability and the threat of violence that looms over their lives,' writes Janet Mock janetmock.com  18 Feb 15
GAY BUSINESS Apple fires anti-gay lobbyist
	Apple recruited, then fired, conservative lobbyist Jay Love after the company discovered the former state house speaker once sponsored legislation praising a beauty pageant contestant for opposing same-sex marriage cultofmac.com  18 Feb 15
CYBER GAYS Cork LGBT community warned of 'catfish' attacks
	Members of Cork's LGBT community have been warned to take safety precautions when meeting online dates after reports of orchestrated attacks by assailants using websites and dating apps to attract their victims irishexaminer.com  18 Feb 15
GAY PRIDE Mormon singer supports Brighton's Hand In Hand LGBT Choral Festival
	Justin Utley, the proudly gay ex-Mormon singer/songwriter, will be performing a gig in Brighton to support the Hand In Hand National UK/Ireland LGBT Choral Festival taking place in the summer - Sun 15 Mar handinhandbrighton  18 Feb 15
Activist urges students to hold gay pride march through Hatfield
	Campaigner Peter Tatchell gave a lecture at the University of Hertfordshire's College Lane campus and march to be held through Hatfield whtimes.co.uk  18 Feb 15 Pride Calendar 2015
SHOW BIZ Broadchurch viewers shocked by middle-aged women's lesbian kiss ...
	... because they thought the characters were sisters. The passionate embrace between lawyer Jocelyn Knight and newspaper editor Maggie Radcliffe, atmospherically staged on the programme's iconic cliff top, was clearly meant to cause a stir among the 5.7million viewers dailymail.co.uk  18 Feb 15

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Saturday 31 January 2015

ALAN TURING Benedict Cumberbatch calls for overturn of 'intolerable' gay convictions
	Benedict Cumberbatch, the actor, is leading a campaign to convince the government to overturn historic 'indecency' convictions handed to 49,000 gay men. The star of The Imitation Game, will ask for ordinary men to be offered the same official pardon as Alan Turing, who was prosecuted for gross indecency in 1952 telegraph.co.uk  31 Jan 15 Benedict Cumberbatch and Stephen Fry are among signatories of an open letter asking the government to pardon 49,000 men who were prosecuted for being gay - an estimated 15,000 of them are still alive bbc.co.uk  31 Jan 15 Alan Turing Gay Page
GAY BUSINESS Dead tycoon's former partner fights over £6m gay village estate
	Helen Roocroft is fighting for a bigger share of her ex's estate claiming Carol Ann Ainscow misled her about her wealth when they 'divorced'. Miss Ainscow was instrumental in transforming Manchester's Canal Street into a thriving gay village telegraph.co.uk  31 Jan 15
Premium rate scam: Grindr users hit with fun-killing charges
	The iOS version has recently started dialling (without any user choice, input or confirmation) a premium rate number - 0913 666 0010 - which carries a hefty connection charge and per minute rate, and even if you cancel it quickly you still get hit with the connection charge theregister.co.uk 31 Jan 15
Coca-Cola and Michael Sam #MakeItHappy for the Big Game US athlete Michael Sam has experienced firsthand how the Internet has grown increasingly negative. In this Super Bowlcommercial for Coke he channels this negativity into positivity: "One nasty email she pretty much told me that we don't belong - that we're evil. She is really the only hate message that I replied to. And what I said was, 'I am sorry that you feel that way, but even though you hate me so much I still love you, and I wish you have a great day.' She never replied back."  youtu.be  31 Jan 15
Virginia scraps bill to allow businesses to discriminate
	A House panel has effectively killed legislation that would allow anyone holding a state license, including business owners, lawyers and doctors, to deny services to gay people without facing disciplinary action ... but have not added LGBT discrimination as an unlawful housing practice richmond.com  31 Jan 15
SEX - LIFE 24 questions about gay Polyamorous relationships you wanted to ask ...
	... but were too polite to!   A conversation last year with Jason, John, Mark and Sid - the first polyamorous 'unit' I met which consisted of a primary couple, in which each partner had a secondary boyfriend huffingtonpost.com  31 Jan 15
TRANS Bruce Jenner 'IS transitioning into a woman, family sources confirm'
	Olympic gold medalist runner and Kardiashian reality star Jenner is definitely undergoing the transition to change sex, and will open up about his journey in a docu-series which is due to air when he is ready mirror.co.uk  31 Jan 15

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Thursday 29 January 2015

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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