Monday 22 December 2014

UK Meet the first transgender RAF pilot
	Flight Lieutenant Ayla Holdom, 34, is the first and currently the only openly transgender military pilot in Britain. She spoke out about returning to work at RAF Chivenor in North Devon as a search and rescue helicopter pilot, having undergone two years' of operations to become a woman independent.co.uk  22 Dec 14
Christian printer who refused gay magazine backs conscience clause Bill
	Northern Irish printer Nick Williamson has refused work from a gay magazine, saying the publication of sexually explicit images went against his faith belfasttelegraph.co.uk  22 Dec 14
NAT welcomes Government commitment to maintain national HIV prevention funding
	Minister for Public Health, Jane Ellison MP, said: "I want to take this opportunity to make absolutely clear that this Government will protect funding for HIV prevention." Over 1400 people wrote to the Minister to voice their concerns nat.org.uk  22 Dec 14
Gay Irish emigrants come home for Christmas
	A 'Yes' result in next year's same-sex marriage referendum would herald a positive shift in attitudes, say visiting LGBT Irish people. 'I've never felt any homophobia' says returned emigrant Tom Lawlor irishtimes.com  22 Dec 14
WORLD LGBT Ugandans launch online magazine
	Kuchu Times is the first collective online media platform for LGBTI Africans, whose objective is to create attitude change within African society kuchutimes.com  22 Dec 14

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Wednesday 12 November 2014

UK Government committee recommends HPV vaccinations for MSM aged 16-40 years
	Terrence Higgins Trust said: "We welcome this recommendation from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, who have clearly recognised the current approach to vaccination leaves groups including gay and bisexual men out in the cold and at increased risk of infection gov.uk  12 Nov 14
Transgender teen tells CBBC 'I am Leo'
	'I just want people to finally see me the way I see myself,' pleads irresistibly honest Leo, the transgender 13-year-old whose story opens the new run of CBBC's award-winning My Life strand - 6pm, Mon 17 Nov  bbc.co.uk  12 Nov 14
Shout Festival heads to Birmingham
	Shout Festival, a celebration of gay arts with theatre, comedy and performances comes to various venues across Birmingham - 12-16 Nov birminghammail.co.uk  12 Nov 14

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Monday 13 October 2014

GAY MARRIAGE Scotland to host same-sex weddings from 31 December
	Health Secretary Alex Neil announced gay couples can tie the knot in marriage ceremonies from December 31. Mr Neill said Hogmanay would be "a proud and no doubt emotional day for many" and said: " I, for one, can't wait." thecourier.co.uk
TRANS Britain's oldest sex change as James becomes Ruth at 81 thanks to NHS surgery
	A former RAF navigator has become the oldest person in Britain to have sex change surgery - at the age of 81. The NHS op for Ruth Rose, once a man named James, drew criticism because of her age. But she said: "I always knew I was in the wrong body." mirror.co.uk  13 Oct 14
SHOW BIZ All God's Creatures wins Iris Prize
	A film about the relationship between two young brothers following the death of their father has been announced as winner of the 2014 Iris Prize - Cardiff's International Gay and Lesbian Short Film Prize supported by The Michael Bishop Foundation. The £25,000 prize will allow the filmmaker to make a new short film in the UK irisprize.org  13 Oct 14

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Monday 3 March 2014

UK GMFA's Poz Pub Crawl paints the town red New monthly event increases the visibility of gay men living with HIV on the scene - London: 3rd Thursday of every month - Birmingham: Fri 28 Mar gmfa.org.uk 3 Mar 14 Scotland offers asylum to gay Ugandans Humza Yousaf MSP urges Foreign Secretary William Hague to "offer asylum to any Ugandans who feel threatened or persecuted by the legislation" policymic.com 3 Mar 14 Home Secretary visits Brighton AIDS Memorial Theresa May said that Brighton had lessons to offer police in other areas about working with the LGBT community brightonandhovenews.org 3 Mar 14 Tom Daley named biggest inspiration to teenagers Olympic medallist Daley came top in a poll organised by theNational Citizen Service, just months after coming out as gay plymouthherald.co.uk 3 Mar 14
	Hate on the Terraces Channel 4 Dispatches filmed undercover at clubs across the country and reporter Morland Sanders exposes how some supporters take part in systematic and flagrant homophobic chanting - Mon 3 Mar, 8pm channel4.com 3 Mar 14
	Could you be a family for a child who needs one? Find events and agencies all year round - 3-9 March 2014 LGBTadoptfosterweek.org.uk 3 Mar 14
OSCARS Hollywood turns emphatic on causes like gay rights but it's still hard to think of romantic leads - male or female - who are A-list Hollywood movie stars and also openly gay nytimes.com 3 Mar 14
	Jared Leto's Best Supporting Actor acceptance speech 'this is for the 36 million people who have lost the battle to Aids and to those of you out there who have ever felt injustice because of who you are or who you love' independent.co.uk 3 Mar 14
Did Jared Leto's acceptance speech focus enough on transgender people? He won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Rayon, a transgender woman, in Dallas Buyers Club slate.com 3 Mar 14
Ellen DeGeneres' Oscars selfie beats Obama retweet record on Twitter Host of 86th Academy Awards sees what she calls the "best photo ever" - an image costarring Hollywood's finest - soar past president's Twitter record theguardian.com 3 Mar 14
TRANS
	'I was burnt alive and now I'm a beautiful woman' Tori Banks was known as Russell and working as a barman when a thug set him alight but surviving the attack gave her the courage to take the biggest step mirror.co.uk 3 Mar 14
UGANDA
	Aid cuts a small price to pay Ugandan lawmaker David Bahati said cuts imposed by disapproving Western donors were a price worth paying to protect the east African nation's moral values reuters.com 3 Mar 14
GAY PRIDE New York and Boston St Patrick's Day parades face gay rights controversy Boston parade may allow MassEquality to march - Mayors de Blasio and Walsh threaten boycotts theguardian.com 3 Mar 14 GAY BOOKS
	Polari partners with  WH Smith The Polari First Book Prize announces retail partnership with WH Smith and opens for submissions - deadline 1 May 2014 polariliterarysalon.co.uk 3 Mar 14

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Saturday 23 March 2013

UK
	Stonewall's bus poster campaign neither successfully "tackles prejudice" nor is likely to "promote understanding", says Core Issues Trust core-issues.org 23 Mar 13 Homophobic opinions should be challenged not banned petertatchell.net 23 Mar 13
Young TV star used a teenage boy for a 'sexual game', court has heard belfasttelegraph.co.uk 23 Mar 13 TRANS
	Lucy Meadows Trans teacher's death turns town against press - Primary school teacher suffered 'monstering and harrassment' after stories about her were published in newspapers guardian.co.uk 23 Mar 13
The Daily Mail should fire Richard Littlejohn for victimizing Lucy Meadows, leading to her possible suicide Sign Petition 23 Mar 13 Press coverage of a teacher's death - more bad coverage and again raises questions about press ethics gaystarnews.com 23 Mar 13
GAY BUSINESS Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz slaps down anti-gay marriage activist at shareholder meeting businessinsider.com 23 Mar 13
	Entrepreneurs Cabaret Gay Business Association members were treated to a musical evening at the GPN meeting for LGBT professionals in London this week gba.org.uk 23 Mar 13
SEX - LIFE David Bowie: Did he change attitudes to sexuality? bbc.co.uk 23 Mar 13 Bill Gates will grant you $100,000 to invent a next-gen condom betabeat.com 23 Mar 13 ALAN TURING
	Great British Innovation Stephen Fry is voting for Universal Machine, the theoretical basis for all modern computers was laid down by Alan Turing - cast your vote topbritishinnovations.org 23 Mar 13
GAY HEALTH Meningitis vaccination recommended for all gay men, NYC health officials say natureworldnews.com 23 Mar 13 SHOW BIZ
	Sony Pictures' Amy Pascal Chairman encourages Hollywood and film industry to rid scripts of gay slurs and stereotypes hollywoodreporter.com 23 Mar 13
	Blue's Duncan James 'I was so frightened about my bisexuality being exposed I had to leave the country' mirror.co.uk 23 Mar 13
	The gay movers and shakers behind British pop gay trailblazers like Brian Epstein and Simon Napier Bell, Joe Meek was a maverick music-making trail-blazer and Kenny Everett the most influential DJ of his era - BBC Radio 2 (20 March 2013) bbc.co.uk 23 Mar 13

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