Thursday 16 April 2015

UK Campaign for the future of the Royal Vauxhall Tavern
	Join the campaign for the RVT to be the nation's first building to be listed in recognition of its importance to LGBTQ community history. Because we think the RVT is such a unique and indispensable part of our country's LGBTQ history, we want it to become a listed building with  English Heritage rvt.community  16 Apr 15 Protest outside Black Cap Saturday 18 April, 1-5pm facebook
GAY MARRIAGE Call for Indiana-style conscience clause in Irish same-sex marriage referendum
	A petition calling on Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald to include a conscience clause as part of the same-sex marriage referendum has been initiated online rte.ie  16 Apr 15
Hillary Clinton's views evolve on gay marriage, just in time for presidential campaign
	After dodging questions and facing Bill Clinton's legacy, team shifts support from state-by-state decisions to federal, right ahead of supreme court arguments theguardian.com  16 Apr 15
SHOW BIZ Hollywood shows increase in the racial diversity of LGBT characters
	GLAAD's 2014 Studio Responsibility Index looked at 114 releases from the major studios and found 20 (17.5%) contained characters identified as either LGB or T. This is a slight increase from the 16.7% in 2013 glaad.org 16 Apr 15

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Monday 14 January 2013

UK Police are demanding DNA samples from gay men who were in the past convicted of consenting, victimless same-sex behaviour petertatchell.net 14 Jan 13 GAY HEALTH 46% of the general public wrongly think you can get HIV from being spat at finds NAT survey nat.org.uk 14 Jan 13 Gay men having unprotected sex at unprecedented levels, HIV prevention money gone to waste, says Queensland health minister couriermail.com.au 14 Jan 13 TRANS Demand an apology from The Guardian for publishing hate speech Sign Petition Lynne Featherstone calls for Observer's Julie Burchill to be sacked following 'disgusting rant' against transsexuals telegraph.co.uk 14 Jan 13 Julie Burchill has ended up bullying the trans community - list of negative epithets legitimising the currency of hate speech guardian.co.uk 14 Jan 13 How to portray transgender issues and people - guidance for journalists transmediawatch.org 14 Jan 13
	Trans Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Study 2012 - Over 90% had been told that trans people were not normal - over 80% had experienced silent harassment - 50% had been sexually objectified or fetishised for being trans - 38% had experienced sexual harassment - 13% had been sexually assaulted and - 6% had been raped for being trans Download Report 14 Jan 13
	Kylan Arianna Wenzel first transgender contestant in Miss California USA, loses out to Miss Greater San Diego pasadenastarnews.com 14 Jan 13
GAY MARRIAGE Gay couple who underwent a UK civil partnership officially recognised as married by a foreign court lawontheweb.co.uk 14 Jan 13 More than 500,000 people marched against gay marriage in Paris on Sunday independent.co.uk 14 Jan 13 GAY CURE Bloemfontein arts academy claims 'cure' for homosexuality through "rehabilitation" timeslive.co.za 14 Jan 13 WORLD Tunisian pro-gay NGO accuses pro-Islamist militants of attacking and vandaising their office jeuneafrique.com 14 Jan 13 SHOW BIZ
	£25,000 available to make a new short film! Film makers are invited to submit their films for the 2013 Iris Prize - Cardiff 9-13 Oct 2013 irisprize.org 14 Jan 13
	Jodie Foster 'comes out' in opaque Golden Globes speech guardian.co.uk 14 Jan 13 Jodie Foster's complete, amazing Golden Globes speech - transcript vulture.com
	Rupert Everett tells BBC HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur that straight actors could play the part of gay people and win awards - but the roles were rarely reversed bbc.co.uk 14 Jan 13

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Monday 8 October 2012

GAY MARRIAGE Nearly a thousand Conservatives attend a rally against same-sex marriage on Monday ekklesia.co.uk 8 Oct 12 Ann Widdecome leads fringe backlash over same-sex marriage standard.co.uk 8 Oct 12 Gay marriage backed by George Osborne and William Hague bbc.co.uk 8 Oct 12 GAY PARENTS Stem cell discovery will allow gay men to create their own eggs for surrogate birth guardianlv.com 8 Oct 12 I hope our kids don't turn out gay. It's a constant fight even in today's society thesun.co.uk 8 Oct 12 Millionaire gay fathers 'feared they were going to die' when their car became trapped in rising floodwater dailymail.co.uk 8 Oct 12 COMING OUT
	Will Young's porn addiction "What I've realised is that growing up knowing I was gay from a young age, I always felt extremely ashamed. It's a cliché but it's true." stv.tv 8 Oct 12
Coming Out about mental health - How could I talk to someone else about something I didn't even understand myself? lgf.org.uk 8 Oct 12 GAY PRIDE
	Madrid wins race to host 2017 World Gay Pride facebook.com gaystarnews.com 8 Oct 12
	Games for gays and literature for lesbians (and vice versa). HERO launches new social groups for LGBT Londoners. If interested please email: Michael.Flaherty@gmfa.org.uk
O-M-G
	Do we need a 'Gay' Church in the 21st Century? An opportunity to see the film Call Me Troy about the life of the founder of the Metropolitan Community Churches, Rev. Troy Perry - Sat 13 Oct lgcm.org.uk 8 Oct 12
WORLD Ban on all Moscow gay clubs sought by Orthodox believers - entice fragile members of society into the gay community themoscowtimes.com 8 Oct 12 Helping the Malaysian Government spot gay guys with Grindr vice.com 8 Oct 12 V-Neck Day no joking matter, says Malaysia education minister: continues to attack homosexuality as if it is a disease bikyamasr.com 8 Oct 12
	Advancing LGBTI equality in challenging economic times ILGA-Europe conference in Dublin - 18-21 Oct ilga-europe.org 8 Oct 12
ALAN TURING
	Imitation Game Graham Moore's screenplay about Alan Turing's story has been bought by Black Bear Pictures, after Warner Bros passes deadline.com 8 Oct 12

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Thursday 13 September 2012

GAY MARRIAGE London Assembly backs government proposals to allow same-sex couples to have civil marriage ceremonies Watch the webcast, debate starts at approx 2:56 Churches 'need gay marriage safeguards', says UK Cabinet minister Eric Pickles telegraph.co.uk 13 Sep 12 Clegg seeks end to gay marriage 'bigots' uproar independent.co.uk 13 Sep 12 UK Trainee solicitor guilty of making homophobic remarks and attacking two students outside Edinburgh club legalcheek.com 13 Sep 12 David Laws deserved second chance, David Cameron says - motivated by a wish keep his sexuality a secret bbc.co.uk 13 Sep 12 British producer faces jail term for play about the condition of Uganda's gays washingtonpost.com 13 Sep 12 O-M-G March against religious attacks on human rights - Defend religious freedom, oppose religious privilege - 13:30 Storey's Gate, London SW1P, Sat 15 Sep petertatchell.net 13 Sep 12
	Catholic Care goes back to court wants to prevent gay couples using its Leeds-based adoption services civilsociety.co.uk 13 Sep 12
	Church Q&A for kids about homosexuality tell your friends, in a nice way, that no one needs to be "gay" missionamerica.com 13 Sep 12
GAY SPORTS Gay player in German Bundesliga fears public outing thelocal.de 13 Sep 12 GAY BUSINESS
	LGBT entrepreneurs meet at Pause in the City of London at next week's GBA and GPN meeting - Thu 20 Sep gba.org.uk 13 Sep 12
	When LGBT public workers experience on-the-job discrimination it isn't only the workers who suffer, but US taxpayers too, shows new report world-psi.org 13 Sep 12
	The Ten Most Innovative Companies and the LGBTs who got them to the top advocate.com 13 Sep 12
USA HIV-positive man, 30, arrested for attempted murder after having sex with male teen newsone.com 13 Sep 12 New bill would ban same-sex ceremonies on military bases tulsaworld.com 13 Sep 12 SHOW BIZ
	Buffyverse comic gets its first gay male slayer out.com 13 Sep 12
	Andrew Koch Florida man discharged from Navy for doing gay porn as Patrick Hunter southfloridagaynews.com 13 Sep 12
	Sarah Millican joins the ladies of laughter at Stonewall's Girls' Night Out - Bloomsbury Theatre, Mon 24 Sep stonewall.org.uk 13 Sep 12

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Saturday 28 July 2012

GAY SPORTS 'Gay athletes should seek asylum during Games' reuters.com 28 Jul 12 21 out athletes - so far outsports.com 28 Jul 12
	First Lesbian Kiss Danny Boyle sneaks in clip shown worldwide from Olympics opening ceremony youtu.be 28 Jul 12
	Greg Louganis Documentary on gay and HIV+ Olympic diving legend looks for funding kickstarter.com 28 Jul 12
	Carl Lewis on Mitt Romney: 'some Americans shouldn't leave the country' guardian.co.uk 28 Jul 12
UK Islington Council published online personal details of over 2,400 of its residents, including their sexual orientation publicservice.co.uk 28 Jul 12 TRANS April Ashley Heritage Project, launched by Liverpool's LGBT arts festival Homotopia clickliverpool.com 28 Jul 12 TranSquat iPhone App finds nearby gender neutral restrooms transgenderequality 28 Jul 12 GAY BUSINESS Branding at Risk for Chick-fil-A and the Boy Scouts? wharton.upenn.edu 28 Jul 12
	Target Wedding Registry new advert invites gay couples to sign up to gift registry thenewcivilrightsmovement 28 Jul 12

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