Thursday 6 March 2014

UK High Court must re-investigate Boris's ban on 'gay cure' bus ads Lawyers for Core Issues Trust, which was banned by Boris Johnson from advertising on London buses, are seeking a High Court order for the Mayor to be brought to court and answer under oath, the accusation that he acted for his own political gain christianconcern.com 6 Mar 14
	ITV launch joint anti-bullying schools project X Factor finalist Marcus Collins appears in a short film, and ITV Pride, ITV's internal network for LGB employees, and Stonewall will invite students to create their own anti-bullying campaigns itv.com 6 Mar 14
HIV AIDS HIV gene therapy using GM cells hailed a success after trial Radical treatment helps patients' defences against virus by replacing immune cells with genetically modified versions theguardian.com 6 Mar 14 Early treatment 'cures' second US HIV-positive baby Antiretrovial drugs were reportedly administered to the baby in California just four hours after birth. The unidentified nine-month-old child is now said to be HIV negative bbc.co.uk 6 Mar 14 SEX - LIFE
	Ex-vet accused of killing lover during violent S&M sex game Kirk Thompson, 46, is accused of the manslaughter of David Kochs, 43, as they engaged in extreme drug-fuelled sado-masochistic sex and the victim's mouth was stapled shut thenorthernecho.co.uk 6 Mar 14

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Thursday 6 December 2012

UK
	Alex MacLeod Highland councillor does not believe only one incident of homophobic bullying occurred in region's schools last year ross-shirejournal.co.uk 6 Dec 12
	Lee Howett Gay hairdresser stabbed train passenger with scissors after he made a homophobic comment dailymail.co.uk 6 Dec 12
	Stuart Walker was killed by Ryan Esquierdo, 19, who choked Stuart to death and set fire to his body, after he was confronted about his own sexuality. Esquierdo is jailed for 12 years stv.tv 6 Dec 12
GAY HEALTH Quit smoking in 2013! Free stop smoking course for the LGB&T communities in London - starts Sun 27 Jan gmfa.org.uk 6 Dec 12 GAY SPORTS
	Nigel Owens gay referee says football would benefit from gay 'champion' like Alfie walesonline.co.uk 6 Dec 12
Swedish Club Sörskogens sack entire first team for homophobic abuse of gay opponents whoateallthepies.tv 6 Dec 12 GAY PRIDE Manchester Pride 2012 raises £52,000 for good causes- down by 50% on 2011 because of rain manchesterpride.com 6 Dec 12 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras begins formal community consultation to gather feedback on their name change mardigras.org.au 6 Dec 12 GAY MARRIAGE Gay couples will have legal advantage under Cameron plan - UK ban on hetero civil partnerships to remain petertatchell.net 6 Dec 12 Mexican Supreme Court rules for marriage equality salon.com 6 Dec 12 Colombian politician warns that gay marriage 'would open the door to pedophilia and necrophilia' eltiempo.com 6 Dec 12
53% Americans now support same-sex marriage - attitudes toward gays changing fast, finds Gallup poll usatoday.com 6 Dec 12 Bi-national gay couples anxiously wait for US marriage law reuters.com 6 Dec 12
In Washington, a historic day; Gay marriage, marijuana are legal npr.org 6 Dec 12
USA Montana man denies infecting his unsuspecting partner with HIV - and killing 55 dogs billingsgazette.com 6 Dec 12 GAY SUICIDE
	Josh Pacheco Gay Michigan teen commits suicide, his parents believe bullying is to blame queerty.com 6 Dec 12
GAY BUSINESS National Stonewall Democrats will likely shut down if it does not close a $30,000 budget gap washingtonblade.com 6 Dec 12
	2013 National Business & Leadership Conference The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual conference in Dallas, Texas - 30 Jul-2 Aug nglcc.org 6 Dec 12
WORLD Life for LGBT people is better than it was 20 years ago, says Belgium's gay Prime Minister europe1.fr 6 Dec 12 UGANDA Tutu urges Uganda to drop bid to jail gays and lesbians ncronline.org 6 Dec 12 SHOW BIZ
	LGMC back to its roots London Gay Men's Chorus will give a festive performance on London Underground in aid of World AIDS Day campaign - 5pm Mon 10 Dec lgmc.org.uk 6 Dec 12
	London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival BFI's 27th event will take place at BFI Southbank, with 11 days of explosive features, shorts, events, club nights and more - 14-24 Mar 2013 bfi.org.uk 6 Dec 12

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Wednesday 13 July 2011

UK
Equality and Human Rights Commission - The EHRC's decision that religious rights take precedence over gay rights is dangerous and deluded guardian.co.uk 13 Jul 11 - At last, equality police decide Christians DO have right to follow beliefs dailymail.co.uk 13 Jul 11
Lesbian couple awarded £200k in damages after 'bullying' neighbour made their lives hell northamptonchron.co.uk Jersey: Channel Island approves Civil Partnerships channelonline.tv 13 Jul 11 BBC, Apple, Microsoft unwittingly helping to finance American religious gay 'hate' groups ukgaynews.org.uk | change.org 13 Jul 11
Chris Bryant MP demands an apology from Kay Burley onSky News 13 Jul 11
Johann Hari gay journalist suspended from the Independentfollowing plagiarism row guardian.co.uk 13 Jul 11 Could community relations survive a homophobic campaign? What happened after homophobic stickers appeared guardian.co.uk 13 Jul 11
	Robert Segwanyi UK halts deporting of gay man who was tortured in Uganda -  Home Office are institutionally homophobic says his MP Mike Hncock sdgln.com 13 Jul 11
GAY PRIDE Liverpool Pride announce LGBT films in festival's extensive arts and culture programme - 2-15 Aug picturehouses.co.uk 13 Jul 11 Ms Dynamite headlines UK Black Pride 2011 - Sat 20 Aug ukblackpride.org.uk | tickets 13 Jul 11 USA Gay community gears up for Tammy Baldwin first openly gay Senator bid rollcall.com 13 Jul 11 Anderson Cooper keeps Michele Bachmann honest on 'Gay Therapy' controversy mediaite.com 13 Jul 11 New York town clerk quits over gay marriage licenses reuters.com 13 Jul 11 School allowed gay teen to wear high heels and make-up in weeks before he was shot and killed in 'hate crime' dailymail.co.uk 13 Jul 11 New York bus driver orders gay couple to the back of the bus lgbtqnation.com 13 Jul 11 GAY SPORTS
	Michael Irvin one of a small band of straight sports star allies who have stood up for fairness and tolerance, shoulder-to-shoulder with their LGBT peers out.com 13 Jul 11
Thank you, Michael Irvin CBSsports.com 13 Jul 11
FIFA: Activists to Converge in Frankfurt on "Day Against Discrimination" - Wed 13 Jul thenewcivilrightsmovement.com 13 Jul 11 WORLD Why are Islamic States reluctant to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights? alarabiya.net 13 Jul 11 Chile preparing Bill to legalize gay civil union bloomberg.com 13 Jul 11 SHOW BIZ Producer of Coronation Street, Phil Collinson, claims gay agenda jibes are because he's gay atvtoday.co.uk 13 Jul 11
	James Franco is preparing himself for another gay scandal after revealing he will appear to perform a sex act on another man in a new biopic contactmusic.com 13 Jul 11

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Saturday 4 June 2011

UK
Google and Stonewall bring 'It gets better' phenomenon to UK TV. New Google Chrome TV ad to raise awareness in the UK of the urgent need to tackle homophobic bullying and to inspire young people YouTube | stonewall.org.uk 4 Jun 11
Man who stabbed his gay lover escapes jail - after his victim urged a judge not to lock him up yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk 4 Jun 11 Scottish Lib Dem election chief Andrew Reeves dies suddenly, aged 43 dailyrecord.co.uk 4 Jun 11 30 YEARS OF HIV AIDS British public still don't understand the basics of HIV, finds NAT survey nat.org.uk | Download report (1.3Mb) 3 Jun 11 Beverley Knight is perform at THT's Walk for Life post-walk event on - Sun 5 Jul walkforlife.co.uk 3 Jun 11 AIDS, the silent killer of the black community cnn.com 4 Jun 11 GAY PRIDE Manchester Pride is seeking charity collectors to help out on Sat 27 Aug jackie.crozier@manchesterpride.com 4 Jun 11 Pride Bristol festival main stage features Clare Maguire -Sat 16 Jul pridebristol.org 4 Jun 11 Conservatives call on Federal Reserve to take down gay pride flag washingtonpost.com 4 Jun 11 Los Angeles officials proclaim first LGBT Heritage Month latimes.com 4 Jun 11 GAY BUSINESS 14 LGBT leaders chosen for Harvard professional development program gaypolitics.com 4 Jun 11 Challenge old thinking and inspire new at the GLBT Business Leaders Forum in Rome - 9-10 Jun GLBT Business Leader Forum 4 Jun 11 Ask the Experts - your chance to meet LGBT professionals in London and find some business expertise - Thu 16 Jun gba.org.uk 4 Jun 11 Why GLAAD gay rights group is endorsing AT&T's merger with T-Mobile theatlanticwire.com 4 Jun 11 Home Depot tells the American Family Association to take a hike lezgetreal.com 4 Jun 11 Obama overlooks gay nominees in pick for Commerce Secretary washingtonblade.com 4 Jun 11 WORLD Syrian government closes internet service. Gay Girl in Damascus unable to update her blog damascusgaygirl 4 Jun 11 German Protestants meet to tackle LGBT exclusion and discrimination as never before dw-world.de 4 Jun 11 GAY TEENS Message for transgender kids from one who's been there: You matter npr.org 4 Jun 11
Being gay in High School today Three southeast Michigan students are leading the way with the love and support of their families. metroparent.com 4 Jun 11
GAY SPORTS World's governing swimming body refuses NZ swimmer's Outgames records gaynz.com 4 Jun 11 GAY TRAVEL 10 Hottest Gay Beaches around the world gaytravel.com 4 Jun 11 Gay Ski Week NZ 2011 is to be held in Queenstown from July 23-31 gayskiweeknz.com 4 Jun 11 SHOW BIZ 'Glee' coach Jane Lynch to host Emmy Awards independent.co.uk 4 Jun 11 N.J. politician blames Hollywood for growing acceptance of marriage equality ontopmag.com 4 Jun 11
	WHOF Wipeout Homophobia on Facebook has hit the treble: 1 million hits; over 2000 hate pages removed; and now 100,000 Friends facebook.com 4 Jun 11

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Tuesday 15 December 2009

UK

Christian registrar loses discrimination appeal
google.com 15 Dec 09

TUC welcomes civil partnerships ruling
tuc.org.uk 15 Dec 09

New Belfast LGBT centre officially opened
belfasttelegraph.co.uk 15 Dec 09

Knifeman facing life for attack on gay couple
independent.co.uk 15 Dec 09

Gibraltar 'indirectly' discriminated against a lesbian couple
chronicle.gi 15 Dec 09

Teenage bully detained for girl's window fall death
bbc.co.uk 15 Dec 09

SHOW BIZ

X Factor's Joe McElderry insists he's not gay
mirror.co.uk 15 Dec 09

Now Gordon Brown can't even count on Sir Elton John's vote
telegraph.co.uk 15 Dec 09

Jordan turns into a gay man
thesun.co.uk 15 Dec 09

Loud sex woman admits Asbo breach
bbc.co.uk 15 Dec 09

USA

Porn star dies during arrest
dallasvoice.com 15 Dec 09

Gay sex fuels opposition to male prostitutes in Nevada
ontopmag.com 15 Dec 09

Proven destructive behavior should not be promoted by Governments, says Senator
huffingtonpost.com 15 Dec 09

D.C. gay marriage bill expected to pass council vote
npr.org 15 Dec 09

WORLD

Honduran gay activist assassinated
direland.typepad.com 15 Dec 09

Anti-gay bill may cost Uganda dearly
iol.co.za 15 Dec 09

Buju Banton allegedly tried to sell cocaine to undercover federal agents
radiojamaica.com 15 Dec 09

German referee called 'dirty homosexual'
outsports.com 15 Dec 09

Zimbabwe: School expels pupils over lesbian affair
sundaynews.co.zw 15 Dec 09

Saturday 18 April 2009

UK NEWS

Bradford Teenager was beaten up over 'gay' jibe
thetelegraphandargus.co.uk

Conference to 'cure gays' in London - 24-25 Apr
core-issues.org | ukgaynews.org.uk

Glaxosmithkline and Pfizer join to combat the global threat of HIV AIDS
involves 11 products with global sales of £1.6 billion
timesonline.co.uk

USA NEWS

Saab: gay men 18 times more likely to own one than general public; Lesbians 11 times
bnet.com

Ohio teacher took students to male strip club
google.com

Breaking the silence around bullying
boston.com

Washington Foes Mount Effort To Repeal Gay Partner Law
ontopmag.com

'WE ARE NOT A GAY BAR!' sign at karaoke bar mobilzes protest
chicagotribune.com

WORLD NEWS

Iraqi gays face 'lives of hell'
bbc.co.uk

Shadowy group posts signs around Sadr City listing alleged homosexuals
france24.com

Gay Games 2014: three City bids unveiled
ebar.com