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| Tache yourself Support and help raise awareness about Freddie For A Day for the Mercury Phoenix Trust - fighting AIDS worldwide - Wed 5 Sep mercuryphoenixtrust.com Freddie app 5 Sep 12 | |
| Brighton Aids memorial 'desecrated' during Pride Residents awoke yesterday to find the statue had been dressed in clothing and had a banana strapped to it theargus.co.uk | |
UK Labour leader is insufficiently "butch", suggests Mr Cameron telegraph.co.uk 5 Sep 12 | |
| Maria Miller MP who takes on responsibility for "equalities", is opposed to full gay rights mediatel.co.uk 5 Sep 12 | |
| Nick Herbert MP gay MP for Arundel and police commissioners champion quits amid reshuffle independent.co.uk 5 Sep 12 | |
| Lynne Featherstone MP Departure from Equalities Office raises uncertainty about equal marriage unitarianchiefofficer 5 Sep 12 | |
GAY HEROES | |
| Allan Horsfall Peter Tatchell recalls the contribution of LGBT rights pioneer Allan Horsfall, who died from heart failure on 27 August 2012, aged 84 petertatchellfoundation.org 5 Sep 12 | |
GAY BUSINESS Marketing and PR Firm set up to serve Here Media's The Advocate, Out, HIV Plus, Here TV, Gay.com, SheWired advocate.com 5 Sep 12 USA Four Marines arrested for assaulting man at Long Beach gay bar presstelegram.com 5 Sep 12 Democrats reveal platform backing gay marriage, abortion rights, and higher taxes on wealthier Americans foxnews.com 5 Sep 12 | |
| Michelle Kosilek Prison officials must provide taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder because it is the only way to treat her "serious medical need" telegraph.co.uk 5 Sep 12 | |
WORLD Smoking is healthier than gay marriage, says Australian Christian Lobb theage.com.au 5 Sep 12 Australian doctor banned after prescribing a drug to a boy to "cure" his homosexuality sowetanlive.co.za 5 Sep 12 GAY BOOKS Arbery books catalogue: Emerging Voices - books of gay, lesbian and transgender interest 1858-1950 - now online arberybooks.co.uk 5 Sep 12 SHOW BIZ | |
| George Michael says it is "great to be alive" during a Vienna gig attended by hospital staff who helped him fight pneumonia sky.com 5 Sep 12 | |
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