Monday 19 January 2015

GAY MARRIAGE First Pagan same-sex wedding
	The UK's first Pagan same-sex wedding took place in Edinburgh yesterday as Tom Lanting (34) and Iain Robertson (39) were married in a ceremony which saw them literally tie the knot Pictures by Cherrie Coutts  19 Jan 15
No plan to allow nude weddings
	Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has dismissed reports the government is planning to allow nude weddings. The government was looking into humanist marriages in England and Wales, he said bbc.co.uk 19 Jan 15
GAY BUSINESS HSBC boss: 'Being gay helped me rise to the top'
	António Simões told a Portuguese newspaper that gay people have a 'personal duty at the professional level to come out of the closet' telegraph.co.uk  19 Jan 15
GAY PARENTS Family Court magistrate suspended for objecting to gay parents
	Christian magistrate Richard Page told colleagues that he thought it would be better for a child to be brought up in a traditional family rather than by a gay couple. He was reported to the judges' watchdog for alleged prejudice dailymail.co.uk  19 Jan 15
GAY PRIDE Kent Pride comes to Margate
	Organisers need sponsors, and volunteers to help with Distribution of Flyers and as Stewards - Sat 29 Aug facebook.com  19 Jan 15 Pride Calendar 2015

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Sunday 18 January 2015

GAY MARRIAGE Stephen Fry and Elliott Spencer marry
	Stephen Fry and Elliott Spencer married in the Norfolk town of Dereham on Saturday afternoon. The author and TV presenter tweeted: "Gosh. @ElliottGSpencer and I go into a room as two people, sign a book and leave as one. Amazing" hellomagazine.com  18 Jan 15
COMING OUT Leo Varadkar becomes Ireland's first openly gay minister
	Health minister tipped as future party leader tells radio show: 'I am a gay man. It's not a secret' theguardian.com  18 Jan 15
GAY BUSINESS Bakery that refused anti-gay cake slapped with 'religious discrimination complaint'
	"He wouldn't allow me to make a copy of the message, but it was really hateful," said Marjorie Silva of Denver's Azucar Bakery, "I remember the words detestable, disgrace, homosexuality, and sinners." outfrontonline.com  18 Jan 15
GAY PRIDE Oxford Pride's celebration rally is returning to Paradise Street
	Oxford Pride had been held in Oxpens since 2003 but this year it will return to Paradise Street, where it first took place in 2002 oxfordmail.co.uk  18 Jan 15 Pride Calendar 2015

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1-2 January 2015

ALAN TURING
Alan Turing Year 2015 All best wishes for a very Happy New Year - specially from Hong Kong Turing fans Loke Lay and Winnie Fu who created a beautiful Alan Turing Year 2015 card Alan Turing Gay Page  2 Jan 15
TRANS SUICIDE Petition calls for transgender teenager's chosen name to be used on her tombstone
	Leelah Alcorn took her life on Sunday by stepping in front of a truck. Her message on Tumblr explained that her parents, who are devout Christians, would not allow her to live as a woman. A petition calling for the family of Leelah Alcorn to use her chosen name on her headstone has attracted more than 50,000 supporters independent.co.uk 2 Jan 15 Parents 'should be prosecuted' says Dan Savage independent.co.uk  2 Jan 15
GAY MARRIAGE No more Courthouse weddings in 3 Florida counties to avoid gay marriage ceremonies
	In response to the likelihood that a federal judge will rule that a lift on the state's gay marriage ban will apply to all Florida counties, three Jacksonville-area counties have decided that they'll stop conducting ALL courthouse weddings christianpost.com  2 Jan 15 All 67 counties may issue marriage licenses to gay couples - UPDATE tampabay.com  2 Jan 15
Miranda ends with a gay wedding
	The mood shifted from sitcom to romcom and, eventually, just rom as Miranda and Gary ended the penultimate episode with a bleak falling-out over commitment and then the ultimate one with a sweet reunion at a gay wedding theguardian.com  2 Jan 15
JAMAICA Jamaican principal embroiled in a sex scandal
	A cloud of controversy surrounds a central Jamaica high school, after several photos were posted online recently, bearing images of homosexual conduct between a senior member of staff and a younger man jamaica-star.com  2 Jan 15 Principal is alive - rumour he had either killed himself or was murdered jamaicaobserver.com  2 Jan 15
COMING OUT Marcus Collins to 'out' A-list gay celebs during his stint on Celebrity Big Brother?
	Former X Factor finalist Marcus Collins seems to have a number of fellow celebrities on edge as they fear they could be 'outed' during Marcus' time in the CBB house - Wed 7 Jan, Channel 5 unrealitytv.co.uk  2 Jan 15
My gay siblings expect me to live in the closet to please our parents
	I feel so much self loathing for being gay, and have far too much guilt to tell my parents, while my out-and-proud sister just kicks me when I'm down - Problem page theguardian.com  2 Jan 15

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Wednesday 31 December 2014

QUEENS NEW YEARS HONOURS Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy made a dame
	The lesbian Scottish poet and playwright Carol Ann Duffy, 59, is being made a dame in the new year list independent.co.uk  31 Dec 14
Jenny Broughton made an MBE
	Jenny Broughton, 80, helped set up Fflag (Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) more than 20 years after her own daughter came out at the age of 17 and she found there was "a great desert of help" for gay people and their relatives. The librarian, who is made an MBE, helped campaign against the draconian Section 28 legislation which banned the promotion of homosexuality in schools independent.co.uk  31 Dec 14 Nigel George Warner MBE - ILGA-Europe's Council of Europe adviser Dr Jay Stewart MBE - co-founder of Gendered Intelligence Jenny-Anne Bishop OBE - services to the trans community - Interview
GAY MARRIAGE Glasgow hosts Scotland's first lesbian and gay marriages
Joe Schofield and Malcolm Brown, and Susan Douglas-Scott and Gerrie Douglas-Scott, first couples to marry on Hogmanay theguardian.com 31 Dec 14

TRANS First serving sex-change vicar Carol Stone dies
	The Reverend Carol Stone, formerly Peter Stone, died on Saturday following a battle with pancreatic cancer, aged 60. The vicar of St Philip's Church in Upper Stratton and St Peter's Church in Penhill, Ms Stone underwent a sex change operation in 2000 bbc.co.uk
HIV AIDS HIV transmission on Nevada porn set once again ignites condom debate
	An actor tested positive for the virus after having unprotected sex with other male actors during two separate film shoots. He had tested negative before the shoot but developed symptoms later dailynews.com

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Saturday 20 December 2014

UK Government confirms it will not cut HIV prevention budget The UK Government has refuted claims that it was to halve its HIV prevention budget for 2015, reiterating support for the strategy and saying "It will continue" pinknews.co.uk 20 Dec 14 UK will not deport Uganda lesbian, victim of torture and exorcism, for now
	Judith Twikirize, 23, is walking free after a sudden decision to release her from Yarl's Wood detention centre gaystarnews.com  20 Dec 14
Nicola Sturgeon in row over first gay wedding
	Scotlands' First Minister has accepted an invitation to be a witness at the December 31 wedding ceremony of Gerrie and Susan Douglas-Scott, but the Humanist Society Scotland were planning a "first" gay wedding for another gay couple from Clackmannanshire scotsman.com  20 Dec 14
WORLD Egypt's gays go deeper underground, fearing crackdown
	After a raid on a Cairo sauna last week activists say 2014 is the worst year in a decade for Egypt's gay community. There to film it all was an Egyptian television presenter, who claims she actually triggered the raid by tipping off police about alleged homosexual activity in the bathhouse yahoo.com 20 Dec 14

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