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HIV AIDS HIV evolving 'into milder form' | |
 | Scientists at the University of Oxford say the virus is being "watered down" as it adapts to our immune systems. It was taking longer for HIV infection to cause Aids and that the changes in the virus may help efforts to contain the pandemic bbc.co.uk 2 Dec 14 Efforts should remain focused on encouraging the quarter of people with HIV in the UK who remain undiagnosed to come forward for testing, say THT it starts with me 2 Dec 14 |
UK EU court blocks gay asylum tests | |
 | The EU's top court has ruled that refugees who claim asylum on the grounds that they are homosexual should not have to undergo tests to prove it bbc.co.uk 2 Dec 14 UK asylum seekers 'told to prove they are gay' bbc.co.uk 2 Dec 14 |
A long list of sex acts just got banned in UK porn | |
| Spanking Caning Aggressive whipping Penetration by any object "associated with violence" Physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual) Urolagnia (known as "water sports") Female ejaculation Strangulation Facesitting Fisting | The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2014 requires that video-on-demand online porn now adhere to the same guidelines laid out for DVD sex shop-type porn by the British Board of Film Censors independent.co.uk Images of bondage, fetish wear, role play, watersports, and domination/submission are not "extreme" spannertrust.org British Board of Film Censors |
Stonewall joins #GivingTuesday movement | |
 | A perfect opportunity to give something back after the frenzy of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and join us in ending bullying and discrimination around the world - Tue 2 Dec stonewall25.org.uk 2 Dec 14 |
SEX - LIFE Homosexuality may have evolved in humans because it helps us bond, scientists say | |
 | 'because sexual behavior is intimate and pleasurable, it is also used in many species, including non-human primates, to help form and maintain social bonds,' say researchers from the University of Portsmouth huffingtonpost.com 2 Dec 14 |
Shrien Dewani to be sued by wife's family for failing to reveal he was bisexual | |
 | The parents of Anni Dewani - who was murdered during her honeymoon in Cape Town - are to sue Shrien Dewani, her husband, after he failed to declare that he was bisexual before the wedding telegraph.co.uk 2 Dec 14 |
GAY MARRIAGE Finnish Church resignations hit 7,800 after gay marriage vote Nearly 8,000 people have resigned from the Lutheran Church since parliament on Friday approved a law allowing same-sex marriages. Their Archbishop had earlier made comments supporting gender-neutral marriage yle.fi 2 Dec 14 Australian PM throws doubt on same-sex bill Supporters of same-sex marriage won't find much to encourage them after Prime Minister Tony Abbott yesterday poured cold water on the latest attempt to allow coalition MPs and senators a conscience vote skynews.com.au 2 Dec 14 GAY BUSINESS Gay Games pumped $52 million into Cleveland-area economy | |
 | The 2014 Gay Games, which attracted nearly 8,000 athletes to Northeast Ohio in August, added $52 million to the local economy during the eight-day event, according to a just-completed study by two economics professors at Kent State University cleveland.com 2 Dec 14 |
WORLD Robert Biedron becomes first gay mayor in Poland | |
 | In 2011, Biedron, a political scientist by trade, made national and LGBT rights history by becoming the EU member state's first openly gay member of parliament - the same year that Poles voted in Anna Grodzka, the country's first transgender lawmaker dw.de 2 Dec 14 |
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