Wednesday 14 March 2012

UK Campaign to erase archaic anti-gay convictions passes last hurdle in House of Lords stonewall.org.uk 14 Mar 12
	Surrogacy centre for same sex couples opened by Barrie and Tony Drewitt-Barlow, the first gay couple to become fathers in UK dailymail.co.uk 14 Mar 12
GAY MARRIAGE
Civil partnerships very similar to those of married couples, finds Manchester University study: - many interviewees described themselves as 'ordinary married couples' - most enter into civil partnership to express their love for one another - legal rights, parenting, immigration are also factors. Study also looks at how couples in civil partnership deal with money, sex and family. manchester.ac.uk 14 Mar 12
Ten key moments in the history of marriage bbc.co.uk 14 Mar 12 Denmark to legalize same-sex marriage this year channel6newsonline.com 14 Mar 12
Brother responds to Bob Katter's Homophobic advertisement! Australian campaign group Get Up record response to anti gay marriage ad as a 'message of hope' YouTu.be | getup.org.au 14 Mar 12
GAY PRIDE Double Jeopardy Conference on LGBTI forced migration, asylum seekers and refugees, Greenwich - 4-6 Jul Call for papers 14 Mar 12 Summer Rites returns, Shoreditch - Sun 2 Sep SummerRites 14 Mar 12 Cyndi Lauper named as one of the Grand Marshalls for New York Pride - Sat 16 Jun nycpride.org 14 Mar 12 USA Southern Poverty Law Center adds 11 organizations to its growing inventory of antigay "hate groups" advocate.com | splcenter.org 14 Mar 12 Ravi trial: Prosecution, defense attempt to sway jurors a final time before deliberation nj.com 14 Mar 12 Orlando to bid for 2018 Gay Games orlandosentinel.com 14 Mar 12 SEX - LIFE America's public morality crisis: The real ethical breakdown is in Wall Street boardrooms, not private bedrooms salon.com 14 Mar 12 Wellbeing of gay men and lesbian women studied by University psychology department. Please take survey: Men | Women 14 Mar 12 San Diego man is first arrested for public nudity for wearing thong under a gladiator kilt, at pride courthousenews.com 14 Mar 12 SHOW BIZ Gillian Anderson: I've had lesbian affairs film-news.co.uk 14 Mar 12 WORLD India has 2.5m gays, government tells supreme court bbc.co.uk 14 Mar 12 Strasbourg rules on anti-gay speech for the first time ukhumanrightsblog.com 14 Mar 12 Germany's conservative shooting association bans gay "king" marksmen appearing with their partners telegraph.co.uk 14 Mar 12 TRANS Swedish Court slams sex change forced sterilization clause thelocal.se 14 Mar 12
	Germaine Greer 'glitter bombed' by New Zealand's Queer Avengers, for allegedly denouncing transsexuals nzherald.co.nz 14 Mar 12
	Rose Venkatesan India's first transgender television host launches political party ibnlive.in.com 14 Mar 12

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