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GAY MARRIAGE Northern Ireland Assembly rejects motion for third time A total of 51 assembly members (MLAs) voted against the Sinn Féin motion, while 43 MLAs voted in favour. It is the third time in the past 18 months that Stormont has rejected same-sex marriage bbc.co.uk 29 Apr 14 UK People should be able to dislike gay people - like they do different types of tea | |
 | Ukip MEP Roger Helmer told The Sun that some people find homosexuality "distasteful if not viscerally repugnant." And the former Conservative politician even said that gay children were choosing the "wrong gender." independent.co.uk 29 Apr 14 |
Stonewall's Youth Volunteers honoured for leading anti-homophobia campaigns
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 | Sir Ian McKellen presented Stonewall's Annual Youth Awards, supported by Lloyds Banking Group. 18-year-old Alice McKee from Kent set up a website that links local schools' LGBTQ student societies. 21-year-old Michael Young from Newcastle carried out detailed research and spoke to over 100 school pupils and teachers before producing a report against homophobic bullying youngstonewall.org.uk 29 Apr 14 |
Proud2Be getting social in Devon
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 | A social weekend has been set up to enable LGBT folks to develop friendships and will include a number of optional activities, skill shares, a disco night, a river walk, LGBT films and books and shared meals. £80/70 conc. - Fri 30 May-Sun 1 Jun proud2beproject.org 29 Apr 14 |
Gay couples in Dorset discuss challenges of becoming homosexual parents A support group for parents of gay children in Dorset is appealing to gay parents to attend one of its meetings to share the challenges of becoming a homosexual parent westerngazette.co.uk 29 Apr 14 GAY RESEARCH 37 of 40 straight British men have 'cuddled' with another man | |
 | What we can learn from a new paper on homosociality in Britain? ''I love a quick cuddle, just so you remember your friends are about and are there for you.'' newrepublic.com 29 Apr 14 |
GAY BUSINESS After 37 years, oldest LGBT bookstore in USA to close doors | |
 | Ed Hermance, 73, who's owned Giovanni's Room since 1976, said with the advent of online retailers, the grass roots just aren't enough to keep the specialty bookstore - one of only a handful of dedicated LGBT stores remaining in the country - afloat anymore philly.com 29 Apr 14 |
WORLD Uganda drafts new anti-gay law targeting NGOs | |
 | Uganda has drafted a new law that would bar non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from promoting homosexuality, tightening rules further after anti-gay legislation in February was widely condemned as draconian newsweek.com 29 Apr 14 |
How Russia 'protects' kids from 'gay plague'
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 | On the day lawmakers passed the "anti-gay" law, a small group of LGBT activists picketed the Duma. Russian Orthodox adults threw the protestors to the ground and invited the assembled children to kick them. The adults than handed the children condoms filled with feces and urine. Laughing, the youngsters threw the condoms at the protestors themoscowtimes.com 29 Apr 14 |
Pakistani paramedic murdered three gay men because they were "spreading evil"
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 | Muhammed Ejaz, 28, said he killed the men by sedating them and breaking their necks to stop them "spreading evil in society". Police insist the married father of two had sex with his victims before the killings, which took place in Lahore in April and March sky.com 29 Apr 14 |
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