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UK Why Stonewall isn't boycotting the Dorchester | |
 | Ruth Hunt, Acting Chief Executive of Stonewall, writes: 'By turning the issue into a battle between gay people and the Sultan - which it isn't, it affects everyone in Brunei, not just gay people' stonewall.org.uk 18 May 14 |
LGF launch Hate Crime Reporting app | |
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The new app was developed after research by the Lesbian and Gay Foundation and Greater Manchester Police found that 62% of people who experience a hate crime do not report it
lgf.org.uk 18 May 14 Download APP |
GAY KISS 47% Americans think it was inappropriate to show Michael Sams' kiss on TV | |
 | A YouGov/Huffington Post survey of 1000 US adults shows that most Americans are happy with their sports team signing an openly gay player, but tend to think it was inappropriate of ESPN to broadcast the kiss yougov.com 18 May 14 |
WORLD Anti-gay rally on anti-homophobia day | |
 | Demonstrators marched in Tbilisi, Georgia, led by Orthodox clerics, in an attempt to counter the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia civil.ge 18 May 14 |
Obama nominates sixth openly gay diplomat to ambassador post | |
 | US President Barack Obama has nominated Ted Osius as the next Ambassador to Vietnam, the White House has announced lgbtqnation.com 18 May 14 |
GAY MARRIAGE Cork Bishop backs same-sex civil marriage | |
 | Dr Paul Colton said that the Church of Ireland has not yet caught up with or responded to the current debate on same-sex marriage thejournal.ie 18 May 14 |
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O-M-G Gay marriage made God angry and he is probably making it rain | |
 | Sid Cordle of the Christian People's Alliance told Andrew Neil on the BBC's Daily Politics programme that God was angry that gay people could get married in Britain and there would be consequences huffingtonpost.co.uk 17 May 14 |
COMING OUT Corporate America doesn't have any openly gay CEOs. Or does it? | |
 | The New York Times claims that of the 1,000 largest companies in America, exactly zero of them are led by an openly gay CEO. That depends, of course, on how you define "openly" thewire.com 17 May 14 |
GAY PRIDE Barclays to sponsor Pride in London | |
 | Barclays Bank is one of the biggest supporters of Pride in London, alongside the Mayor of London, and will play a central role for the third year running and triple its investment in the event - Sat 28 Jun prideinlondon.org 17 May 14 |
Lesbian Latin Love comes to London for Pride | |
 | Smirnoff supports Girlie Carnival in conjunction with One Love London and Girlie Circuit Barcelona to recreate the euphoric vibe of a Latin street party for London Pride at Soho's eclectic Grace Bar - 9pm-5am, Sat 28 Jun Tickets 17 May 14 |
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