Friday 13 February 2015

UK Dover Health Centre displays 'offensive' sign turning away gay men
	An NHS trust has apologised after Jayce Carberry, 24, from Ramsgate, was made aware of the issue by a friend who was waiting to be seen in Dover Health Centre. The clinic had a sign stating that patients who had been sexually assaulted, who are male and have sex with men, or sex workers could not be tested there kentonline.co.uk  13 Feb 15
Steve Strange of Visage dies aged 55: The custodian of New Romantic pop
	He ran the most sought-after clubs in London - Billy's, Blitz and the Camden Palace, booking the likes of Spandau Ballet and Culture Club at the start of their careers. What set the clientele apart was Steve Strange's rigorous door policy. Outrage guaranteed entry bbc.co.uk  13 Feb 15
Michael Mason: Journalist and activist dies aged 67
	Michael helped make the paper Capital Gay a fun read, but with a serious side in the era of Aids Mason's finest hour was being asked, in 1979, to lead the Pride parade in San Francisco on the 10th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots independent.co.uk  13 Feb 15
Weatherman Fred Talbot guilty of abusing teenage boys
	Ex-TV weatherman Fred Talbot has been found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenage boys when he was a teacher. The 65-year-old was cleared of eight other indecent assault charges bbc.co.uk  13 Feb 15
Former Irish equality minister comes out
	Pat Carey says speaking out as gay man may help others of his generation. "The part of the country I came from the word gay wasn't even heard of," the ex-Minister says irishtimes.com  13 Feb 15
GAY MARRIAGE Alabama official ordered to issue marriage licenses to gay couples
	U.S. District Judge Callie Granade's order clarified that Mobile County Probate Court Judge Don Davis was compelled to adhere to her previous ruling striking down the state's gay marriage ban despite a contravening order from Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore that led many state judges to refrain from issuing licenses to gay couples reuters.com  13 Feb 15 Fudge packers are in shock says Klu Klux Klan splcenter.org  13 Feb 15
WORLD North Korea calls Michael Kirby 'disgusting old lecher'
	North Korea state media has launched an anti-gay attack on former High Court judge Michael Kirby, who is now the current chairperson of a UN agency that published a report criticising human rights in the isolated communist nation starobserver.com.au  13 Feb 15
O-M-G Pope Francis scolds childless families as selfish
	After saying in a press conference several weeks ago that Catholics should not breed "like rabbits," Francis scolded childless families this week as selfish bustle.com  13 Feb 15

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Tuesday 3 February 2015

UK Tributes paid to pioneering gay journalist Michael Mason
	Michael Mason, who died at the weekend, was news editor at Gay News from 1972 until the early 1980s. During his time he covered many seismic events, including the political demise of former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe. Michael Mason founded Capital Gay in 1981, which ran for a total of 14 years pinknews.co.uk
Labour vow homophobic bullying crackdown after true scale of playground abuse revealed
	Labour has vowed to make every school free from homophobic bullying after shocking stats revealed 70,000 pupils suffer from abuse. Tristram Hunt MP, Shadow Education Secretary, has called for a 'zero tolerance' attitude to homophobic bullying mirror.co.uk  2 Feb 15 Bullied at school for being gay: 'It was a living hell' newsbeat  2 Feb 15
Family discover explicit gay porn at Jimmy's restaurant in Greenwich
	A mum-of-three was left feeling sick after her young children viewed an explicit gay sex scene on a restaurant booking screen. Archie and Alfie viewed the explicit content on the way back from the toilet newsshopper.co.uk  2 Feb 15
UKIP candidate stands down after backing BNP post calling homosexuality a 'perverted corruption'
	Donald Grewar, has resigned from UKIP following an investigation into the allegations made against him by a fellow party member southwalesargus.co.uk  2 Feb 15
O-M-G Man survives being thrown from 7-storey building by Isis for being gay then stoned to death
	According to reports from the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, members of Isis threw the man seven storeys, but despite surviving the fall, he was then stoned to death metro.co.uk  2 Feb 15

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Thursday 22 January 2015

GAY JOBS NUT seeks Senior LGBT Organiser
	The post will include campaigning activity and ensuring the Union delivers on priorities for under- represented groups particularly amongst our LGBT members teachers.org.uk  22 Jan 15
GAY BUSINESS Out and abroad: businesses have a responsibility to support gay staff
	"Corporations have a significant ability to influence society, not through government lobbying, but just through their actions and being role models," claims Vincent Cipollone, corporate development executive for IBM. theguardian.com  22 Jan 15
McDonalds doorman suspended after man was 'told to stop kissing male friend'
	Matthew Dummigan said he was told no kissing was allowed in the Leicester restaurant when his friend "pecked" him on the lips. When he asked the doorman whether it would be acceptable if they were male and female, he was told it would be leicestermercury.co.uk  22 Jan 15
WORLD How Marine Le Pen is winning France's gay vote
	The Front National now has the support of a quarter of Paris's gay voters - and only 16 per cent of the straight ones spectator.co.uk  22 Jan 15
Is Egypt's press collaborating with the regime against gays?
	According Monsour Ibrahim, editor of liberal publication Tahrir News, the government sends instructions to the media on the topics they should cover, including the arrests of homosexuals Fyagg.com 22 Jan 15
SHOW BIZ Doctor Who nominated for a GLAAD award
	The episode which featured the show's first lesbian kiss has been nominated for Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular LGBT character). Other nominations include: Pride, The Imitation Game, Orphan Black, Vicious, and Sam Smith glaad.org  22 Jan 15

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Wednesday 7 January 2015

OMG Gunmen massacre staff at French magazine that published Islamic gay kiss
	Gunmen have killed at least twelve people, after attacking the offices of Charlie Hebdo that published a cartoon of a gay Muslim kiss pinknews.co.uk  7 Jan 15
UK Alex Kay-Jelski is the new Sports Editor at the Daily Mail
	Alex Kay-Jelski sais: "It's a great place to work, they have always been very supportive of me, especially when I got married in November, and I hope people realize that you can be gay and work in sports journalism without any problems at all" outsports.com  7 Jan 15
Gay row MBE councillor hits back at celebrity critics
	Northern Irish politician Maurice Mills said he should be judged on his record of public service over 43 years - and repeated his claim that a devastating hurricane could have been God's punishment for the promotion of homosexuality newsletter.co.uk  7 Jan 15

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Saturday 11 October 2014

UK Digby Jones doesn't want people coming to Britain to 'Give Him Aids'
	Lord Digby Jones, the former director general of the CBI and Labour trade minister, has backed Nigel Farage's controversial call for people with HIV to be banned from entering the United Kingdom huffingtonpost.co.uk  11 Oct 14
Civil Service Diversity and Equality Award winners named
	Among the winners was Sharon Drewell, who won the Leading, Championing, and Role Modelling Award. She works in the HM Prison Service on the Isle of Wight and was credited by the award judges for making a "massive difference to the management of transgender prisoners at HMP Isle of Wight and across the prison service" civilserviceworld.com  11 Oct 14
USA Gay Nevada state senator proposes to boyfriend live on TV
	Nevada state Sen. Kelvin Atkinson (L) and Sherwood Howard kiss after being married in Las Vegas - 'I always felt I'd stay and I'd stick it out and hopefully Woody would stick it out with me and we'd wait until this was done so that I could do what I thought I wanted to do... and that was to propose to him.' metro.co.uk  11 Oct 14
Congressional candidate Carl DeMaio accused of lewd acts by ex-staffer
	Todd Bosnich says he was subjected to unwelcome touching and repeated sexual harassment while working on the congressional campaign for the former San Diego city councilman nbcsandiego.com  11 Oct 14
WORLD ILGA's 27th World Conference this year in Mexico City
	The International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans & Intersex Association conference theme "Decolonizing Our Bodies" is meant to encourage reflection about the multiple intersections of oppression and highlight means of healing and empowerment - Mexico City, 27-31 Oct ilgaworldconference.org  11 Oct 14
SEX - LIFE Just how 'gay' is anal play, really?
	The kind of sex that gay men are having isn't exclusive to the LGBT community. It's just that few straight people admit having it theguardian.com  11 Oct 14
Gay flamingo couple adopt cute baby chick
	A little flamingo chick has been taken under the wings of a gay couple after it was abandoned by its parents. "Male-male pairs are equally able to rear youngsters," said Edinburgh Zoo mirror.co.uk  11 Oct 14
GAY BUSINESS Financial Times editor: UAE distributors removed gay supplement from circulation
	Lionel Barber reiterated a commitment by the newspaper to stand for all minorities. The FT published the OUTstanding Top 100 Business Leaders list worldwide, but the supplement was removed from the newspaper in the UAE by distributors who feared legal challenge pinknews.co.uk  11 Oct 14
Beleaguered Las Vegas wedding industry pins its hopes on gay marriage
	The Wedding Capital of the World has been hurting badly since the recession, but business owners expect a 'tremendous boost' from same-sex couples looking to get married theguardian.com 11 Oct 14
Philadelphia site hailed as model for LGBT housing
	The John C. Anderson Apartments - a six-story building that opened recently in Philadelphia - caters to low-income LGBT seniors, many of them pioneers of the gay rights movement pressherald.com  11 Oct 14

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