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GAY HEALTH
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 | LGBT Health Summit As our National Health Service undergoes dramatic re-organisation it is now more important than ever that we promote the fundamental right of all LGBT people to equitable and accessible health and social care services lgbthealth.co.uk 18 Sep 12 |
Youth Chances surveyed 2,840 people around UK:
Discrimination
- 74% experienced name calling/ verbal abuse
- 47% experienced threats/ intimidation
- 47% experienced harassment
- 25% experienced physical assault because they are LGBTQ or people think they are LGBT.
Self-harm
- 53% have hurt themselves on purpose
- 67% of female LGBQ respondents have hurt themselves on purpose, compared to 36% of male LGBQ respondents
- 75% of transgender respondents have hurt themselves on purpose, with a staggering 27% still actively self-harming.
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 | Health resource for transgender people In a UK first, HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust has launched two new guides with health and wellbeing advice for transgender people Trans-Women | Transmen 18 Sep 12 |
A man who visited his GP to discuss his sexuality says he was sent away with anti-depressants
itv.com 18 Sep 12
SCOUTING FOR BOYS
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Twenty years of child molestation records from the Boy Scouts of America finds vast majority of child molesters are not gay men
- 74 children were abused by other children or teens under the age of 18
- 9 children could not identify their abuser
- 2 children were abused by someone identified as gay or lesbian
- 232 children were sexually abused by the heterosexual partner of a close relative
lgbtqnation.com 18 Sep 12
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Nondenominational Church which touts its inclusiveness, asks Scout Troop to find another sponsor
usatoday.com 18 Sep 12
SHOW BIZ
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 | Project Tottenham supports sensational LGBTQI films organised by London arts charity Wise Thoughts - Sat 29 Sep wisethoughts.org 18 Sep 12 |
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Dan Savage and Terry Miller
of the It Gets Better Project accept the Governors Award at the Creative Arts Emmyshollywoodreporter.com
Talk To Me 18 Sep 12
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GAY MARRIAGE
Greenwich Village restaurant owner sued for backing out of gay wedding - gay and feng shui don't go togethernydailynews.com 18 Sep 12
Australian Senator says likely failure of gay marriage vote isn't a set back, parliament debate is a victory in itself
news.com.au 18 Sep 12
Paris mayor slams Catholic bishop for saying same-sex marriage would bring polygamy and incest
expatica.com 18 Sep 12
American support for gay marriage risen from 46 percent to 53 percent in the past three years
washingtonpost.com 18 Sep 12
British support for gay marriage risen from 43 percent to 46 percent since January
angus-reid.com 18 Sep 12
UK
Hate Crime Awareness Week including Trafalgar Square vigil - 13-19 Oct 2012
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 | Michael Black and John Morgan Gay couple not in a civil partnership sue Berkshire B&B owner after she refused to let them stay in a double room because of her religious views telegraph.co.uk |
GAY SPORTS
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 | Yunel Escobar Toronto Blue Jays shortstop took the field with a gay slur printed in Spanish on his eye black: "tu ere maricon" - "you are a faggot" yahoo.com 18 Sep 12 |
WORLD
Nigerian actor gets jail term for sleeping with a fellow man
informationnigeria.org 18 Sep 12
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 | Roger Jean-Claude Mbédé just spent a year in prison in Cameroon for sending a man an SMS that said I'm very much in love w/u. Please support his appeal Sign petition 18 Sep 12 |
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