Wednesday 8 October 2014

UK Gay Briton Ray Cole released from Moroccan jail
	Ray Cole, from Deal, Kent, was sentenced to four months with his Moroccan partner after homosexual images were found on his phone. Following his release his family thanked the Moroccan authorities for "showing compassion" bbc.co.uk 8 Oct 14 Foreign Office guidelines state homosexuality is a crime in the north African country gov.uk  8 Oct 14
Parliamentary aide to appear as prosecution witness at Shrien Dewani trial
	The unnamed adviser - said to mix in high circles at Westminster - allegedly met the millionaire businessman at The Hoist gay nightclub in London. He claims Dewani was a 'submissive' who enjoyed S&M and leather. Leopold Leisser (left), who is nicknamed the 'German Master', is also expected to testify dailymail.co.uk  8 Oct 14
LSE Men's Rugby Club to be disbanded
	The London School of Economics says that: 'booklets distributed by the LSE Rugby Club are clearly sexist, and demonstrate a culture within a club that is unable to challenge misogyny, sexism and homophobia' lsesu.tumblr.com  8 Oct 14 King's students enjoy 'homosexual humiliation' says LSE Rugby Club roarnews.co.uk  8 Oct 14
Yob attacked Canal Street volunteer who was trying to help him
	Jaroslaw Psiuk (left) swore at Lee Macintosh, from the Lesbian and Gay Foundation's 'Village Angel' scheme, then Psiuk punched Mr Macintosh when two other 'angels' tried to move him on. Psiuk was sentenced to a 12-month community order and 40 hours unpaid work manchestereveningnews  8 Oct 14
GAY MARRIAGE Same-sex marriage "designed and delivered by Lib Dems"
	At the LibDem conference Nick Clegg outlined a string of coalition government measures which he said were "designed and delivered by Lib Dems", including raising the income tax allowance, parental leave reforms and same-sex marriage bbc.co.uk  8 Oct 14
Archbishop of York beset by gay protesters
	The Archbishop of York, John Sentamu's victimisation of gay married priest Jeremy Pemberton was condemned by gay and Christian protesters as he attended the opening of the restored Archbishop's Palace at Southwell Minister, Nottinghamshire petertatchellfoundation 8 Oct 14
It's game over for gay marriage opponents. These dodos need to find a new obsession
	There will soon be 30 US states with full marriage equality. Time to stop worrying whether or not nice lesbians get to hold the hand of their dying life partners theguardian.com 8 Oct 14 Mapping gay marriage in the U.S. wsusignpost.com  8 Oct 14
Las Vegas to host gay weddings as ban struck down
	Same-sex marriage now allowed in 30 US states as judge effectively legalises homosexual ceremonies in Idaho and Nevada telegraph.co.uk 8 Oct 14
WORLD Uganda's President to attend London Summit
	Anti-gay President Museveni will showcase 14 projects at The Global African Investment Summiton October 20 to court top institutional investors allafrica.com 8 Oct 14
GAY PRIDE "Queer Montenegro" parade on 2 November ?
	Organisers of Montenegro Pride said last week that the parade will be held on 26 October. However, since Podgorica marathon is being held that day, traditionally at the end of October, it has been decided to change the date of the Parade inserbia.info  8 Oct 14 queermontenegro.org  8 Oct 14
SEX - LIFE Scientists ready to test lab-grown penises on men
	Research aims to develop organs to help patients who have injuries or congenital abnormalities theguardian.com 8 Oct 14
SHOW BIZ BBC asks public for Eurovision Song Contest entries
	Public submissions must be sent in by 7 November and will be heard by the judging panel by the following week. The video entries must contain the complete Eurovision package with both song and artist, but do not have to be of a professional standard bbc.co.uk  8 Oct 14
Morrissey deluged with messages of support following cancer revelation
	The former Smiths frontman has been in hospital several times over the last 18 months, and has only now spoken out about the fact that doctors have been dealing with cancerous tissue in his body mirror.co.uk  8 Oct 14

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Monday 6 October 2014

UK Campaign to free gay Briton Ray Cole from Morocco jail
	A #freeraycole hashtag has been set up on Twitter and a Facebook page has also been set up calling for Ray Cole's release after he was detained with his Moroccan partner by police who approached the pair at a bus stop in Marrakech last month bbc.co.uk  6 Oct 14 Nigel Evans MP lashed out at the "archaic" law that has sent Mr Cole to prison hastingsobserver.co.uk  6 Oct 14 Call for boycott of Morocco after British tourist jailed for 'homosexual acts' telegraph.co.uk  6 Oct 14 Family of gay Briton 'incredibly worried' bbc.co.uk  6 Oct 14
SEX - LIFE Shrien Dewani: Gay double life focus in honeymoon murder trial
	Shrien Dewani has appeared in the dock in South Africa to face justice over the honeymoon killing of his new wife Anni Dewani. It is alleged Dewani lived a dark double life, featuring drug- and bondage-fuelled gay sex in murky night clubs. A male prostitute who calls himself 'The German Master' has claimed Dewani paid for kinky sex on three occasions ibtimes.co.uk  6 Oct 14 Dewani is bisexual, court hears iol.co.za  6 Oct 14
GAY MARRIAGE Supreme Court declines to intervene in gay marriage cases
	The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up the hotly contested issue of gay marriage, a surprise move that will allow gay men and women to marry in Virginia, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin and Indiana where same-sex weddings were previously banned reuters.com  6 Oct 14
Any 'biblical' objection to gay marriage is nonsense. The Church of England must admit this
	'Pretending that the church's present stance is biblical is not going to fool anyone who doesn't want to be fooled, and fewer and fewer people do,' blogs Alan Wilson theguardian.com 6 Oct 14
O-M-G Corrie's gay vicar storyline 'doesn't represent reality' say Christians
	"Coronation Street never seem to put churchmen like those you and I know on the show. They go out of their way to squeeze LGBT storylines in, but how often do we have an evangelical minister sympathetically portrayed? said the Christian Institute's Simon Calvert christian.org.uk  6 Oct 14
Stonewall drops controversial 'Bigot of the Year' Award
	Coutts Bank, told Christian Concern supporters that "we have advised Stonewall that we will be withdrawing our support of the awards unless they remove [the Bigot of the Year] category." In 2013, Stonewall continued the Award but big corporate names including Barclays and PwC who had been contacted by Christian Concern supporters dropped their sponsorship of the event christianconcern.com  6 Oct 14
First gay Catholic congress to press pope for change
	Some 30 associations representing homosexual Catholics from around the world are holding an international congress in Portugal this week as they seek to make their voices heard by the Vatican businessinsider.com  6 Oct 14
WORLD Protesters take to Paris streets over French govt's 'familyphobia'
	Tens of thousands of protesters, including a mix of hardline Catholics and traditional conservatives, declared their opposition to a number of causes, including surrogate mothers and artificial insemination technology for non-married couples france24.com  6 Oct 14
Indian man kills gay partner after latter attacks his mother for opposing their relationship
	During an argument he pulled out a home-made revolver and shot her. "When the accused saw this, he snatched the revolver from his hand and fired three rounds at him, killing him on the spot," police said indianexpress.com  6 Oct 14
Kenyan film explores gay life in a homophobic country
	With homosexuality against the law, film-makers fear censors will refuse to allow Stories Of Our Lives to be screened locally theguardian.com  6 Oct 14

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Sunday 21 September 2014

UK Gay councillor targeted by hardline loyalists in Glasgow
	Scotland's youngest councillor has spoken of his "shock and sadness" after he was singled out for homophobic abuse by loyalists in George Square. The SNP's Austin Sheridan, 21, videoed the tirade by two men, who screamed insults in his face after he left Glasgow City Chambers on Friday heraldscotland.com
'Gimp Man of Essex' aiming to spark debate while fundraising
	A rubber fetishist who raises money by going out in public in a bondage suit said he hoped his efforts would start a debate on stereotypes. 'The Gimp Man of Essex' gives £1 to Colchester Mind every time someone posts a photo with him to his Facebook page, which has more than 2,000 likes bbc.co.uk 21 Sep 14
GAY HISTORY The night that Edward confronted Wallis over her gay lover
	After 60 years, secret notes reveal truth about playboy pal. The private notebooks of Anne Seagrim, which she kept secretly during her service with the royal couple, offer further evidence that after 13 years of marriage, the Duchess had became bored with her husband, leading to an affair with a young American 19 years her junior, Jimmy Donahue, who until then had been a promiscuous homosexual dailymail.co.uk 21 Sep 14
Behind the harness: The extraordinary history of The Folsom Street Fair
	This Sunday, Folsom Street in San Francisco between 8th and 13th streets will close down to car traffic and welcome over 400,000 people to the largest kink and leather event of its kind. To dig into the history of the Folsom Street Fair is to walk through the development of San Francisco - Sun 21 Sep queerty.com 21 Sep 14
USA Big gay power couples are 'ripe for the picking' by the GOP. Just add marriage!
	With one battle in the culture war - marriage equality - winding down, could the dawn of full marriage equality keep the sun from setting on the Republicans? theguardian.com 21 Sep 14 Firing gay people is 'freedom', GOPer allegedly says msnbc.com 21 Sep 14
'God Loves Gays' billboard rejected by Utah firms
	A Utah activist says Salt Lake City's two major outdoor advertising companies have refused to carry a billboard that reads "God Loves Gays." Mark Lawrence of Restoring our Humanity says representatives from Reagan Outdoor Advertising and Yesco called the subject matter too controversial standard.net 21 Sep 14

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Thursday 11 September 2014

UK Man, 53, arrested over distribution of anti-gay leaflets in Stoke
	Lawyers are now deciding whether to prosecute him after the literature condemning homosexuality was posted through doors around Longton and Fenton. They stopped the 53-year-old suspect in King Street after residents raised the alarm stokesentinel.co.uk 11 Sep 14
GAY SPORTS Should there be one world LGBT sports event?
	Federation of Gay Games (FGG) and the Gay and Lesbian International Sports Association (GLISA) have developed this survey to canvas the views of their member organizations worldwide. The purpose of the survey is to establish the parameters for a single joint global event - One World Event (One WE) Take survey 11 Sep 14
HIV AIDS Dates announced for National HIV Testing Week 2014
	Terrence Higgins Trust and HIV Prevention England (HPE) are calling on organisations across England to start planning activities to mark the third annual National HIV Testing Week - 22-30 Nov hivpreventionengland.org.uk11 Sep 14
WORLD Men arrested in Egypt 'test negative for homosexuality'
	Men who appeared in a video purporting to show 'Egypt's first gay wedding' were arrested and 'tested' for homosexuality. Precisely what the test involved hasn't been revealed, but it's thought to be an intrusive anal examination dailymail.co.uk 11 Sep 14
SHOW BIZ Pride In Hull Film Festival
	Event organisers from the Pride in Hull LGBT+ Film Festival are seeking support and contributions towards their first event in which a diverse range of films and documentaries will be shown at Kardomah 94 in Hull - 19-23 Sep crowdfunder.co.uk 11 Sep 14
Tom of Finland postcards arrive in UK
	The first sightings of these leather-themed stamps from Finland Post Office have begun to arrive in the UK Buy stamps 11 Sep 14

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