Tuesday 3 March 2015

ALAN TURING Ed Miliband proposes 'Turing's Law' to 'pardon' convicted gay men
	Labour leader wants convictions of gay men under historic indecency laws to be struck off telegraph.co.uk  3 Mar 15
WORLD Boris Johnson's fierce attack on 'Jihadi John' sympathiser
	"I really, really, think that the focus of your indignation and your outrage should be on people who go out to join groups that throw gays off cliffs... They should be the object of your wrath, not the security services who are trying to keep us safe" itv.com  3 Mar 15
Protesters gather outside the Royal Courts to support LGBT asylum seeker
	Aderonke Apata, 47, faces deportation from UK back to Nigeria - where she will face persecution for her sexuality - if she does not win her case today in the High Court kings.tab.co.uk  3 Mar 15
Russia tries to block benefits for families of gay U.N. employees
	Last June, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a far-reaching administrative ruling that offered marital benefits for the first time to all of the United Nations' lesbian and gay employees. On Monday Russia gave the plan a resounding nyet foreignpolicy.com  3 Mar 15

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Saturday 28 February 2015

UK Nigel Farage to change Ukip position on gay marriage
	Nigel Farage is set to announce a change in Ukip's stance on gay marriage which risks alienating traditional party supporters. Ukip is currently opposed to churches being forced to perform gay marriage ceremonies, but the party does support civil partnerships mirror.co.uk  28 Feb 15
Gay Ukip MEP David Coburn got slow hand-clapped on Any Questions
	Coburn is no stranger to controversy. In a recent interview with The Huffington Post, Coburn, who is gay, said supporters of same-sex marriage were "equality Nazis" huffingtonpost.co.uk  28 Feb 15
WORLD ISIS killers blindfold another 'gay' man, throw him from roof
	Horrific images revealed by ISIS show the barbaric killing in front of a baying crowd carried out at a building in Raqqa, Syria. It is believed the man was sentenced to death by a sharia court for being a 'child of Lot' mirror.co.uk  28 Feb 15

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Tuesday 3 February 2015

UK Tributes paid to pioneering gay journalist Michael Mason
	Michael Mason, who died at the weekend, was news editor at Gay News from 1972 until the early 1980s. During his time he covered many seismic events, including the political demise of former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe. Michael Mason founded Capital Gay in 1981, which ran for a total of 14 years pinknews.co.uk
Labour vow homophobic bullying crackdown after true scale of playground abuse revealed
	Labour has vowed to make every school free from homophobic bullying after shocking stats revealed 70,000 pupils suffer from abuse. Tristram Hunt MP, Shadow Education Secretary, has called for a 'zero tolerance' attitude to homophobic bullying mirror.co.uk  2 Feb 15 Bullied at school for being gay: 'It was a living hell' newsbeat  2 Feb 15
Family discover explicit gay porn at Jimmy's restaurant in Greenwich
	A mum-of-three was left feeling sick after her young children viewed an explicit gay sex scene on a restaurant booking screen. Archie and Alfie viewed the explicit content on the way back from the toilet newsshopper.co.uk  2 Feb 15
UKIP candidate stands down after backing BNP post calling homosexuality a 'perverted corruption'
	Donald Grewar, has resigned from UKIP following an investigation into the allegations made against him by a fellow party member southwalesargus.co.uk  2 Feb 15
O-M-G Man survives being thrown from 7-storey building by Isis for being gay then stoned to death
	According to reports from the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, members of Isis threw the man seven storeys, but despite surviving the fall, he was then stoned to death metro.co.uk  2 Feb 15

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Saturday 17 January 2015

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Isis throw man off roof in Iraq for being gay Harrowing photographs show the shocking final moments before a man was thrown from the roof of a building in Iraq by Isis as 'punishment' for being gay metro.co.uk 17 Jan 15
Being an Atheist as hard for Tories as being gay, says MP
	James Arbuthnot, who has served as a the chair of the defence committee as well as a defence minister and Chief Whip in his time in parliament, told the Commons on Friday that he had kept secret the fact he was not religious for almost thirty years huffingtonpost.co.uk 17 Jan 15
Pope says same-sex marriage threatens family
	"The family is also threatened by growing efforts on the part of some to redefine the very institution of marriage," the pope said during his visit to the Philipines, "...forces which threaten to disfigure God's plan for creation" catholicnews.com  17 Jan 15
GAY MARRIAGE US Supreme Court to rule on gay marriage
	The US Supreme Court will rule this year on whether gay couples have a right to marry across all states. The justices said they would hear a combined case about marriage bans in four states bbc.co.uk  17 Jan 15
Michael Sam proposes to Vito Cammisano in Vatican City
	Michael Sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted into the NFL, has taken another leap of confidence - and likely controversy - by proposing to his longtime love from what is renowned as one of the holiest Catholic sites dailymail.co.uk 17 Jan 15
COMING OUT What it's like to be gay in the Armed Forces
	Just 15 years ago, openly gay people were banned from serving in the military - now the Ministry of Defence is asking recruits to declare their sexuality in a bid to improve diversity. One serviceman shares his experience of being 'out' in the Forces telegraph.co.uk 17 Jan 15
GAY SPORTS Sarah Watts soccer campaigner dies aged 49
	Sarah, together with her friend and colleague, Liz Costa, worked with the Gay Football Supporters' Network in an effort to end the homophobic abuse that Brighton & Hove Albion supporters had been subjected to for many years gfsn.org.uk 17 Jan 15
SHOW BIZ Glee coach is transitioning from a woman to a man
	Dot Marie Jones who plays coach Shannon Beiste revealed that the character is transitioning from a woman to a man. To tell the story, Gleearmed the character with a letter from a psychologist diagnosing her with gender dysphoria. Her transition wasn't about who she wanted to go to bed with but who she wanted to go to bed as hollywoodreporter.com 17 Jan 15

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Tuesday 30 September 2014

UK Cameron wrong to redefine marriage, say councillors
	Responding to a survey conducted by ComRes for BBC Sunday Politics, most Conservative councillors (58%) think that legalising gay marriage will cost the party more votes than it gains at the next election. Just 31% believe David Cameron was right to pursue legalising gay marriage comres.co.uk 30 Sep 14
Richard Barnes, former Conservative Deputy Mayor of London, defects to Ukip
	The politician, who is gay, dismissed claims that Ukip is a homophobic party independent.co.uk  30 Sep 14 Vacuum cleaner abuse - Mayor Boris Johnson risked outraging Ukip supporters with a bizarre jibe that would-be defectors were people who might inflict "barely credible" injuries on themselves standard.co.uk  30 Sep 14
I'm comfortable with men kissing, says David Cameron in relaxed Newsnight interview The Prime Minister said he would prefer children to be taught in pounds and ounces, was "fine" with gay men kissing in public and hoped British firms were able to hire British workers telegraph.co.uk  30 Sep 14 Evan Davis - gay journalist gets off on right foot on Newsnight with gentler interrogation style theguardian.com  30 Sep 14 Former MP Adam Price tells how Miners' Strike helped him come out
	Former Plaid Cymru MP Adam Price reveals how the miners' strike helped him find a bridge between being gay and living in a coal mining valley walesonline.co.uk
TRANS New swimming group in London for trans and gender non-conforming peeps
	We are starting a swimming group in London for trans and gender non-conforming peeps, first in Lewisham and in other areas if need and interest exists facebook.com  30 Sep 14
O-M-G Anti-Islam, but pro-gay? How mosque opponents tie themselves in knots
	Wherever Islam spreads, homophobia follows - that's the rhetoric mosque opponents use against their leftwing foes. The real issue is the bigots' own inconsistency theguardian.com  30 Sep 14
WORLD Luka Magnotta trial hears how torso found in trash
	Canadian court heard Magnotta has admitted to the killing of 33-year-old university student Jun Lin, but claims he is not criminally responsible because of mental illness. Within hours of Mr. Lin's death he mailed his hands and feet across the country cbc.ca

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