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| UK | |
 | Kevin Cook Former cub scout abused by Jimmy Savile reveals how he was lured to his dressing room aged just NINE dailymail.co.uk 17 Oct 12 |
 | John Whaite 23 year old gay law student is crowned winner of the Great British Bake Off bbc.co.uk |
 | Lewisham's only gay pub Two8Six has been closed after the building's new owner sent in bailiffs and changed locks newsshopper.co.uk 17 Oct 12 |
 | Bleddyn Rees King Teenager faces life sentence over murder of elderly gay widower David Evans walesonline.co.uk 17 Oct 12 |
HIV AIDS | |
 | There is no Government strategy for tackling HIV in England The last national strategy for sexual health and HIV came to an end two years ago - so National AIDS Trust launches 'shadow' stratgey nat.org.uk | Download |
USA Facebook accidentally "Outs" gay kids to their parents sfweekly.com 17 Oct 12 | |
 | Westboro Baptist Church member was tackled at a military funeral for Army Staff Sgt. Donna Johnson, who was killed in Afghanistan. She is survived by her wife Tracy Dice - video guardianofvalor.com 17 Oct 12 |
 | Mollywhopped* Straight guy calls gay dudes "F*gs" and gets smacked by everyone in an Atlanta Wafflehouse *slang term that carries implications of violence towards women worldstarhiphop.com |
GAY TRAVEL | |
 | Travel scholarships to be offered by the IGLTA Foundation, set up to expand educational opportunities for students in LGBT tourism iglta.org 17 Oct 12 |
WORLD Transsexualism is still part of the list of World Health Organization's mental illness list Sign Petition 17 Oct 12 | |
 | Largest LGBTI conference of the year is to take place in Dublin this week, over 30 workshops, 235 participants from 42 countries - 18-21 Oct ilga-europe.org 17 Oct 12 |
Australian Red Cross insists anti-gay Facebook post was a simple mistake - all gays engage in risky behaviour theaustralian.com.au 17 Oct 12 SHOW BIZ | |
 | Censored Downton Abbey gay kiss edited out in Greece today.com 17 Oct 12 |
 | Marc Elliott 'I don't want to be remembered as that gay muslim from EastEnders' thesun.co.uk 17 Oct 12 |
 | Patrick Sammon director of Codebreaker says Alan Turing's story needs to be told. The movie is being premiered in the USA and Hong Kong washingtonblade.com 17 Oct 12 |
LGBT ARTS FESTIVALS | |
 | Get caught up in the drama The SHOUT queer film festival for Birmingham and West Midlands introduces a line up of international films - 18 Oct-17 Nov Shout Festival 17 Oct 12 |
 | Traditional family values is the theme for Homotopia, Liverpool's arts festival's in all its queer diversity - 30 Oct-25 Nov homotopia.net 17 Oct 12 |
 | Love and Revolution Outburst, Belfast's annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender arts festival, kicks off - 9-18 Nov outburstarts.com 17 Oct 12 |
GLASGAY! - Scotland's annual celebration of queer culture. A monthly long celebration of theatre, dance, comedy, visual arts, clubbing and comedy - 15 Oct-3 Nov GLASGAY! | Trailer 17 Oct 12 | |
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