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UK The law has changed, but the work of LGBT campaigners is far from over | |
 | LGBT Consortium makes the point that legal equality does not remove discrimination and good policy does not mean that things actually change. Phobic bullying in schools remains a big issue for LGBT teenagers. And the challenges facing LGBT rights campaigners in this country are dwarfed by the dangers facing activists in countries such as Russia and Uganda thirdsector.co.uk 1 May 14 |
Man who killed wife after discovering lesbian affair jailed for life | |
 | Tony Vita, 47, was convicted by jury on April of murdering his wife, Crown Office worker Marion Vita, in the family home in Baillieston, Glasgow, on September 20, last year, by stabbing her four times stv.tv 1 May 14 |
Muggers threw Hull man in River Humber for being gay | |
 | Serial offenders Kallum Crosby and Jamie Norris followed their victim as he walked home alone from Fuel bar. The pair later boasted about the attack to a worker in a takeaway, telling her they did it because he was gay. Their victim was trapped in thick mud, but managed to call 999 from his mobile phone and was freed hulldailymail.co.uk 1 May 14 |
 Homosexual relationships are never based on love - - "only lust", one of Ukip's major donors told Channel 4 News last night. The words of Greek shipping and investment tycoon Demetri Marchessini - Ukip's sixth largest individual cash donor - express a prevalent view from the right that gay life is one long torrent of sexual adventure mirror.co.uk 1 May 14 TRANS The National Trans Manifesto launched | |
 | A collaborative document between 15 trans organisations across the UK will now be used to encourage all political parties to include trans issues within their own developing manifestos in the run up to the General Election next year lgbtconsortium.org.uk 1 May 14 |
GAY MARRIAGE Divided opinions ahead of Stormont gay marriage debate | |
 | A legal challenge is likely if Northern Ireland is left as the only part of the UK without marriage rights for same-sex couples, Amnesty International has warned -video newsletter.co.uk 1 May 14 |
O-M-G Vatican to debate teachings on divorce, birth control, gay unions
Liberal reformers have been excited by the Vatican's shift in tone under Pope Francis. His remark regarding gays, "Who am I to judge?" has gone viral, as has his warning to the church not to obsess over "small-minded rules"
latimes.com 1 May 14 GAY PRIDE Man gets 6 months for shooting BB gun at 'pride' parade | |
 | Police say Cornelius Davis was yelling homophobic slurs at a group of men marching at St. Petersburg Pride in Florida last June when he fired the BB air gun at them. One man was hit, but officials said he wasn't seriously injured wptv.com 1 May 14 |
WORLD Brunei's 'stone the gays' law phased in today | |
 | The law, which has been condemed by the UN and celebrities including Ellen DeGeneres, Stephen Fry and Sharon Osbourne, who chose to boycott the Sultan's hotel chain The Dorchester Group, will be phased in over a two-year period gaynewsnetwork.com.au 1 May 14 |
Russian politician condemns Eurovision as 'Europe-wide gay parade'
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 | St Petersburg legislator Vitaly Milonov proposes boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest before demanding exclusion of Austrian drag-queen contestant Conchita Wurst, aka Tom Neuwirth theguardian.com 1 May 14 |
Life as a gay couple in India | |
 | LGBT people are likely to form a substantial vote bank in the forthcoming elections. One gay couple in Delhi told BBC News why they are fighting for their right to dignity and life, after India's Supreme Court overturned a 2009 court ruling that decriminalized gay sex bbc.co.uk 1 May 14 |
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