Gay News Headlines: Mardi Gras

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	Flora margarine under fire for homophobic advert that compares a son coming out to a father being shot through the heart - Flora should chat to their Unilever colleagues, Ben & Jerry, about gay friendly advertising dailymail.co.uk 2 Sep 13
GAY PRIDE Pride events next weekend: - Torbay, Warrington and Limerick Gay Pride Calendar
	Millennium Stadium for the first time hosts Wales' annual Mardi Gras festival in Cardiff. Thousands of revellers paraded through the streets of Wales' capital walesonline.co.uk 2 Sep 13

	Leicester Pride festival was opened with a parade starting from the Curve theatre before reaching the carnival destination of Victoria Park thisisleicestershire.co.uk 2 Sep 13
RUSSIA Russians charge 24 y.o. under anti-gay propaganda law after a teen allegedly told his mother that he'd seen images of Dmitry Isakov's one-man protest online americablog.com 2 Sep 13 SHOW BIZ
	The Gates inspired by London's 'Bohemian' Gateways club - how will the glamorous Butch and Femme patrons of The Gates react to the tragic death of a beloved friend? West Side Story meets Cabaret meets Chicago - Edinburgh 16-19 Oct, Glasgow 23-26 Octconfab.org.uk 2 Sep 13

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	Pride Scotia Hundreds take to Edinburgh's streets in same-sex marriage march stv.tv 1 Jul 12
Gay pride march held in Bulgaria, protected by hundreds of riot police canada.com 1 Jul 12 Paris Gay Pride buoyed by promise of same-sex marriage law rawstory.com 1 Jul 12 Elton makes emotional appeal to Ukraine to stop persecution of gays reuters.com \| LGBT leader beaten 1 Jul 12 GAY MARRIAGE Irish deputy PM's support for same-sex marriage 'an historic turning point' irishexaminer.com 1 Jul 12 John Boehner asks Supreme Court to take gay marriage ban DOMA case politico.com 1 Jul 12 GAY TRAVEL Maiden gay cruise to Muslim land hits Morocco snag -tourism minister said its passengers were welcome reuters.com 1 Jul 12 SEX - LIFE Student sues Nevada College over Human Sexuality course - told to masturbate twice as much as usual abcnews.go.com 1 Jul 12 USA Gay senior centers growing in number around the nation usatoday.com 1 Jul 12 Tyler Clementi's family speak out - Mother Jane concluded long ago that being gay is not a choice bostonherald.com 1 Jul 12 Mormons quit church in mass resignation - over church's political activism against gay marriage todayszaman.com 1 Jul 12
	Dr. Richard A. Isay has died aged 77. In 1996 he convinced the psychoanalytic world that its views on homosexuality were wrong nytimes.com 1 Jul 12