Wednesday 1 April 2015

UK Man 'rejected from London flatshare because he is gay' offered room ...
	... by someone who had same experience last year. Since posting the message on Twitter Olly Barter, 29, has been inundated with messages of support - and has even been offered a room by someone who had a similar experience last year standard.co.uk s1 Apr 15
David Cameron tells Attitude: 'Clare Balding is my gay hero'
	Asked which LGBT person he most admired in the new issue, the Prime Minister says that while World War Two code breaker Alan Turing was also an "amazing man", he's a "big fan" of the 44-year-old sports broadcaster attitude.co.uk 1 Apr 15
Head of Christian Party UK is Parliamentary Candidate in Cardiff
	A Christian guesthouse owner Jeff Green, who was warned it was illegal to turn away unmarried couples from his B&B, has revealed plans to stand as a general election candidate walesonline.co.uk  1 Apr 15
JAMAICA Pro-gay reggae singer defies Jamaican homophobia
	Ground-breaking pro-gay Jamaican reggae singer Mista Majah P, aka The Maverick and the King of Tolerance, has launched a two-part stinging video rebuke to the homophobia and murder music commonplace throughout Jamaican reggae and dancehall scene ibtimes.co.uk 1 Apr 15 youtube.com  1 Apr 15
USA Walmart takes firm stand against Arkansas Religious Freedom Bill
	Walmart CEO Doug McMillon is asking Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson to veto a bill that "threatens to undermine the spirit of inclusion." On Tuesday, Arkansas' House approved a religious freedom measure that is similar to the one signed into law in Indiana abcnews.go.com  1 Apr 15
The political war over gay culture is over, and the gays won
	In a press conference Tuesday morning, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) announced that he was asking his state's legislature to amend a bill it passed last week to make explicit that discrimination against same-sex couples by businesses is not acceptable washingtonpost.com 1 Apr 15

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Sunday 29 March 2015

GAY MARRIAGE First year anniversary of UK same-sex marriages The Gay Wedding Guide has collated stats for Manchester, Brighton and three London boroughs: - Brighton: 165 same-sex weddings in the week running up to the 1st year anniversary - Manchester: 120 in the week running up to the 1st year anniversary - London Borough of Camden held 91 same-sex weddings in the first 11 months of the legalisation of same-sex marriage - London Borough of Westminster held 146 in the first 11 months of the legalisation of same-sex marriage - London Borough of Islington held 188 in the first 11 months of the legalisation of same-sex marriage thegayweddingguide.co.uk  29 Mar 15 USA There's an Internet conspiracy to make Indiana seem like anti-gay bigots, says Govenor
	Indiana Gov. Mike Pence insisted that people on the Internet had conspired to create a "misunderstanding" that a so-called "religious freedom" law was about denying services to LGBT people. But at the same time, he repeatedly refused to answer if it effectively gave Christians a legal defense for discriminating against same-sex couples rawstory.com  29 Mar 15 Over twenty anti-LGBT laws have been proposed in Texas this year thedailybeast.com  29 Mar 15
JAMAICA Jamaican Prime Minister rebukes gay-rights protestors at New York Townhall
	Protestors have complained that there have been no real efforts by Portia Simpson Miller and her Government to follow through on her 2011 election promise for a review of the buggery law jamaica-gleaner.com  29 Mar 15
SEX - LIFE Male students turn to sex work to make ends meet
	HE institutions must recognise that there are students who work in the sex industry, after Swansea University research found: - 2.4% of males had been escorts - 3.5% had made money through webcam shows or porn thestudentsexworkproject  29 Mar 15
'I went on a gay sex app with my mum'
	Irish radio journalist Riyadh Khalaf let his mum go through his Grindr messages. What possessed him to create this viral video? telegraph.co.uk  29 Mar 15

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Monday 9 March 2015

UK One in five gay teenagers claim they have suffered homophobic bullying from teachers and other adults in school
	National Aids Trust research also strongly suggested that poor sex education lessons are driving a rise in the number of young gay men contracting HIV independent.co.uk  9 Mar 15 No cross-party consensus on LGBTI inclusive Sex and Relationships Education nat.org.uk  9 Mar 15
Man dies hours after collapsing at gay sauna Pleasuredrome in Waterloo
	The 37-year-old man was rushed to hospital after he was taken ill at the Pleasuredrome gay sauna in Cornwall Road yesterday. Doctors at St Thomas' Hospital called police when he died at 3.40pm. His death is being treated as unexplained standard.co.uk  9 Mar 15
TRANS Finding a public bathroom just got much easier for Trans People
	Refuge Restrooms is an app that tells "transgender, intersex, and gender non-conforming individuals" which bathrooms are safe to use all over the world buzzfeed.com 9 Mar 15
JAMAICA Gay youth stoned to death in Jamaica
	An angry mob stoned a young, allegedly gay man to death in Jamaica and filmed themselves hurling rocks at his head gaystarnews.com  9 Mar 15
SHOW BIZ 'Star Wars' introduces first LGBT character
	Moff Mors is an Imperial who has made some very serious mistakes but she is an incredibly capable leader and spends much of the book working hard to prevent absolute failure. She also happens to be a lesbian bigshinyrobot.com 9 Mar 15

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Sunday 15 February 2015

GAY PRIDE Eros oversees kiss-in protest launching 'Freedom to Kiss' Campaign
	#FreedomTo kiss forms part of Pride in London's greater award-winning 'FreedomTo' campaign which launched last year and resulted in the biggest Pride event the capital had ever seen - Sat 27 Jun prideinlondon.org  15 Feb 15
Pompey fans set to meet Portsmouth Pride
	At Pompey's match against Exeter City on Valentine's Day, the teams backed the FA's national campaign to stamp out homophobia in football. And now Portsmouth Pride are helping supporters set up a group of lesbian and gay fans - Sat 20 Jun portsmouthpride.co.uk  15 Feb 15 Pride Calendar 2015
ALAN TURING Stephen Fry appeals for gay pardons
	Stephen Fry is lending his support to calls for Her Majesty's Government to pardon all the men, alive or deceased, who, like Alan Turing, were convicted under 'anti-gay' laws Sign Petition  15 Feb 15
GAY TRAVEL What's it really like to be a gay traveler in Jamaica?
	... it has Chris Blackwell, the community-minded music producer turned forward-thinking hotelier, who is hopeful that things will turn around yahoo.com 15 Feb 15
NOT COMING OUT Louis Tomlinson did NOT say "I'm Gay, it's pretty unfortunate"
	Boy band star Louis Tomlinson did not announce "I'm gay," despite rumors dominating Twitter on Sunday. "Someone had said they have the same birthday as Louis, and he said 'it's pretty unfortunate' gossipcop.com  15 Feb 15

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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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