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UK Tories should apologise for the way gay marriage was introduced | |
 | Commenting on a Conservative Home poll Lord Ashcroft said: "This will probably mean a swallowing of pride with a sincere apology for the way gay marriage was introduced" theguardian.com 28 May 14 |
EQUALITY Extend hate crime laws to transsexuals, says UK Law Commission | |
 | Report calls for wholesale review of aggravated offences legislation or - alternatively - extending the law to cover the disabled, transsexuals and people targeted because of their sexual orientation telegraph.co.uk 28 May 14 Download report |
A quarter of elected European Parliament committed to LGBTI equality | |
 | 185 (25%) newly elected members of the 751-seat European Parliament have signed ILGA-Europe's European Elections 2014 Come Out Pledge, committing themselves to advancing human rights and LGBTI equality over the next five years ilga-europe.org 28 May 14 UKIP and Tory MEPs fail to sign LGBT rights pledge pinknews.co.uk |
GAY PRIDE Oxford Pride 2014 is a diverse festival of LGBT events | |
 | Launch party, LGBT history workshops and walks, arts events, discussions, a dog show, quizzes, book clubs, club nights, social gatherings, and parade workshops - climaxing on Saturday 7 June with the Parade and Community Fair Day - Fri 30 May - Sun 8 Jun oxford-pride.org.uk 28 May 14 |
Sir Ian McKellen and Christopher Biggins to open Walk For Life 2014 | |
 | The dynamic duo have kindly donated their time to send off hundreds of caped and costumed walkers on the 10km sponsored walk around central London, which this year has a 'Heroes, Heroines and Villains' theme, in aid of Terrence Higgins Trust - Sun 8 Jun tht.org.uk 28 May 14 |
SHOW BIZ Queen to release new album with possible Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson duet | |
 | Queen are set to release a new album including unheard tracks sung by late frontman Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May has confirmed independent.co.uk 28 May 14 |
Robert De Niro: Me & My Gay Dad | |
 | The legendary actor shares the story of his father's despair about his sexual orientation and his stagnant artistic reputation in a new HBO documentary out.com 28 May 14 |
Hungary's "queer lobby" has taken over performing arts | |
 | The prime minister's trustee and former theatre director, Imre Kerényi, has been accused of homophobia after making controversial statements at a Christian Theatre Festival: "The queer lobby has infiltrated the international theatre and opera world. It has to be taken on," he said politics.hu 28 May 14 |
GAY HISTORY Storme DeLarverie who took part in Stonewall riots dies at 93 | |
 | The lesbian activist died Saturday at a Brooklyn nursing home. She took part in the Stonewall riots in 1969 - "It was a rebellion, it was an uprising, it was a civil rights disobedience - it wasn't no damn riot" nydailynews.com 28 May 14 stonewallvets.org |
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