Saturday 7 March 2015

UK Broken Rainbow gets stay of execution from the Home Office
	LGBT Domestic violence charity Broken Rainbow has received over £25,000 for the campaign 'There is no Pride in Domestic Abuse', and the funding for their helpline is secure for another 12 months brokenrainbow.org.uk
GAY PARENTS Surrogate mum speaks of joy after giving birth to gay son's baby
	Anne-Marie Casson, 46, fell pregnant after a donor egg was fertilised with sperm from her supermarket worker son, Kyle Casson. The baby she gave birth to via C-section - her grandson Miles - is now eight months old and has been adopted by Kyle, his biological father mirror.co.uk  7 Mar 15 I've had a surrogate baby! Gay radio tycoon emails staff his happy news dailymail.co.uk  7 Mar 15
GAY BUSINESS Irish printers refuse to print gay couple's wedding invites
	Jonathon Brennan is set to wed John Kierans this August. Beulah Print came to the decision that they could not do business with him because of his sexual orientation. Brennan has been a customer of the printing firm for the past four years irishcentral.com  7 Mar 15
GAY PRIDE Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras floods the streets with colour
	After an imitation Kim Jong Un, complete with new hair cut, waved the crowd goodnight atop a fabulous tank equipped with a phallic gun, the 37th Mardi Gras came to a close smh.com.au  7 Mar 15
GAY MARRIAGE Apple asks Supreme Court for marriage equality across the U.S.
	While the filing made a predominantly business case for LGBT rights, there's no doubt that it is a human rights issue that has been particularly close to Apple's heart over the past few years cultofmac.com  7 Mar 15

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Thursday 15 January 2015

UK LGBT domestic violence helpline is facing closure
	Broken Rainbow, the service that is a crucial lifeline for thousands of LGBT people experiencing domestic violence and abuse, is coming to the end of its main funding stream in March and has had no clear confirmation from the Home Office whether it will be extended for another year brokenrainbow.org.uk  15 Jan 15
Public figures come out as Tatchell patrons
	Eleven leading public figures from politics, broadcasting, film, music, law and campaigning have become patrons of the human rights organisation, the Peter Tatchell Foundation petertatchellfoundation.org Donate  15 Jan 15
Woman found dead in King William IV pub in Hampstead
	Police were called at 10.05am this morning to the King William IV pub in Hampstead High Street to find a 36-year-old woman who was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say the death is being treated as non-suspicious hamhigh.co.uk 15 Jan 15
NHS staff told to stop helping patients get gay conversion therapy The treatment isn't offered on the NHS, but it's understood some staff have occasionally put patients in touch with organisations who provide it. Experts say attempting so-called "gay cures" can be "dangerous" and "damaging" bbc.co.uk 15 Jan 15 COMING OUT  Twins come out to their dad in emotional YouTube video
	Austin and Aaron Rhodes' video shows them sharing the news with their nearly 56,000 subscribers and then calling their Dad to tell him. The confession takes an emotional turn towleroad.com  15 Jan 15
SHOW BIZ Alan Turing biopic  The Imitation Game  gets EIGHT Oscar nominations
	The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, has been nominated for eight Oscars including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress. The film has also received nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Film Editing and Production Design manchestereveningnews Alan Turing Gay Page  15 Jan 15
SHOW BIZ Naomi Campbell claims she 'wouldn't exist without gay men'
	Speaking on the red carpet at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) awards last night, the supermodel said: "Hair, make-up, designer, photographer, stylist, manicure, hair-dresser, I mean, I just wouldn't exist" independent.co.uk  15 Jan 15

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Thursday 18 December 2014

UK Equality Commission launches new project to help tackle LGBT hate crime
	The Commission has launched a 16-month-long project to tackle significant under-reporting of hate crime against LGBT people in Great Britain. Recent figures in England and Wales show less than 4,500 homophobic and transphobic incidents and crimes reported to police between 2012 and 2013, with just under 750 reports in Scotland. However, the Crime Survey for England and Wales indicate 39,000 homophobic incidents took place in the same period equalityhumanrights.com  18 Dec 14 New domestic abuse law on controlling behaviour unveiled bbc.co.uk 18 Dec 14
TRANS Transgender people must make 'odious' decision for legal recognition, Amnesty warns
	The new report, entitled The state decides who I am: lack of legal recognition for transgender people in Europe, focuses on seven countries and explores how transgender people across Europe can often only have their new gender legally recognised if they are: - diagnosed with a mental disorder - agree to undergo hormone treatments and surgery resulting in irreversible sterilisation - can prove they are single amnesty.org.uk 18 Dec 14
BONKERS Liverpool FC 'cursed by God for supporting gay pride event' says ex-UKIP member liverpoolecho.co.uk  18 Dec 14 UK right-wing fringe group asks if marriage equality in New Zealand led to Wellington earthquake gaynz.com  18 Dec 14 Gay population will 'die out because they don't reproduce' thinks evangelist Pat Robertson inquisitr.com  18 Dec 14 Vaccines are responsible for homosexuality, claims anti-vaccine group autismdailynewscast.com  18 Dec 14
GAY BOOKS J.K Rowling confirms that LGBT students would have gone to Hogwarts
	The Harry Potter creator confirmed that Ron, Hermione and Harry would have shared their school with LGBT students as well as those from a variety of religious denominations. The only students that wouldn't have attended the school were Wiccans - which is no doubt a response to claims from certain parts of America that the books promoted witchcraft dailyrecord.co.uk  18 Dec 14
Between world wars, gay culture flourished in Berlin
	In Gay Berlin, Robert Beachy describes the rise of a gay subculture in the 1920s and '30s, how it contributed to our understanding of gay identity and how it was eradicated by the Nazis npr.org  18 Dec 14 Buy Book

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Wednesday 26 November 2014

UK Rise in number of violent homophobic crimes being reported to police
Homophobic offences: East Anglia London Manchester Merseyside Midlands Northern Ireland South West South Yorkshire	19 forces have recorded more violent homophobic offences so far in 2014 than in whole of last year. Gay rights charities said that while it was encouraging that more people were reporting hate crime, many victims felt silenced by abuse on the street. theguardian.com  26 Nov 14
Stonewall marks 25th anniversary with launch of older LGBT role models guide
	LGBT Voices features the stories of 25 people who have contributed to the campaign for equality in Britain and around the world. The guide will ensure that the stories of a generation who have faced persecution and discrimination will live on - lovingly archived and preserved for a new generation to experience stonewall.org.uk  26 Nov 14
First UK guide for lesbian and bisexual women affected by sexual violence
	The LGF booklet provides survivors of rape or sexual violence with information to find the support they need. Funded by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester, research suggests that LGB&T people often fail to access support services for fear of experiencing homophobia lgf.org.uk 26 Nov 14
Brighton trio jailed for homophobic attack
	The men attacked the first victim with bottles causing wounds that needed hospital treatment, then moved on to the bottom of St James's Street where they hurled homophobic abuse at a 34-year-old man before punching him and chasing him brightonandhovenews.org 26 Nov 14
COMING OUT Man jumped off Severn Bridge after coming out as gay
	Popular 23-year-old Darren Crotty, whose body was found by the side of the river at Sharpness Docks earlier this year, had committed suicide shortly after coming out as gay, an inquest has heard gazetteseries.co.uk  26 Nov 14
The gay Latvian foreign minister whose coming out stunned Eastern Europe
	When Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics announced that he was gay ... some of his political allies said they would start a public discussion about granting more legal rights to domestic partners, other lawmakers said they would try to block any efforts to liberalize those rules washingtonpost.com 26 Nov 14
FDNY is fine with rookie firefighter's gay-porn past
	After the Daily News revealed Jonathan Jesensky's former career as the star of at least 10 gay porn films, an FDNY spokesman said his job is not at risk, even though other firefighters have been disciplined for similar activities nydailynews.com 26 Nov 14
WORLD ISIS stones 2 'gay men' to death in Syria: observer
	The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group stoned two men to death in Syria Tuesday after claiming they were gay, a monitor said, in the militant organization's first executions for alleged homosexuality alarabiya.net 26 Nov 14
GAY MARRIAGE Gay marriage bill to be introduced in Australia
	A bill which would make same-sex marriage legal in Australia will be introduced in the country's Senate this week by Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm marilynstowe.co.uk  26 Nov 14
SHOW BIZ Brighton Gay Men's Chorus strike up "bromance" with Adam Ant
	Brighton Gay Men's Chorus has received a message of support from Adam Ant, conveying his personal best wishes for their upcoming show "Putting On The Glitz" at the Theatre Royal Brighton - Sun 30 Nov, 7.30pm tickets  26 Nov 14

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Wednesday 29 October 2014

UK Government to spend £2m tackling homophobic bullying in schools
	Equalities minister Nicky Morgan says "young people can sometimes use language either thoughtlessly or deliberately, particularly around the use of the word 'gay'," bbc.co.uk 29 Oct 14 I've changed mind and support gay marriage, says Nicky Morgan bbc.co.uk  29 Oct 14
HIV AIDS We need a coalition to address the spiraling AIDS crisis again
	Elton John writes: '... as engaged as the gay community and civil rights activists have been in the fight for marriage equality, we have lost ground on the fight that so intensely galvanized the gay community to begin with: HIV and AIDS.' nytimes.com  29 Oct 14
French study: PrEP protects against HIV when taken before sex
	A French study investigating Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, or PrEP, has determined that the drug is still effective at reducing the transmission of HIV when taken on-demand, as opposed to every day metroweekly.com  29 Oct 14 NHS must decide urgently how to introduce PrEP effectively to reduce the current record numbers of HIV diagnosis nat.org.uk  29 Oct 14
Legal high party drugs are leading to increase in HIV
	Public Health Wales said there was evidence of increased blood-borne virus transmission in Wales as a consequence of "new psychoactive substances" use, particularly among the gay community walesonline.co.uk  29 Oct 14
SHOW BIZ EastEnders shows domestic violence in the LGBT community
	"In the Tosh and Tina storyline, the one main issue that differs is the lack of support services available to LGBT survivors or perpetrators," said Jo Harvey Barringer, managing director of LGBT domestic violence charity Broken Rainbow bbc.co.uk  29 Oct 14

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