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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Saturday 7 April 2012

UK Equity enlists famous names to support young gay actors who fear coming out will damage their careers guardian.co.uk 7 Apr 12 USA Los Angeles TV station posts names and mug shots of 18 men arrested during an undercover sex sting mediabistro.com 7 Apr 12 Gay couple will ask President Obama for executive order banning workplace discrimination at Easter Egg roll politico.com 7 Apr 12 GAY MARRIAGE National Organization for Marriage demands a federal investigation of the Human Rights Campaign and IRS hrc.org 7 Apr 12 Studies show Latinos and African Americans are broadly supportive of LGBT equality - 74% of Latinos and Hispanics support legal recognition for gay couples - 50% of African Americans support marriage equality hrc.org 7 Apr 12 Buenos Aires may soon allow gay and lesbian foreigners to marry sdgln.com 7 Apr 12 SHOW BIZ Harvey Weinstein film Bully given PG-13 rating - bullied teenager Alex Libby appealed to have rating cut bbc.co.uk 7 Apr 12

The top 5 of the Mr Gay World 2012 sports challenge As the Mr Gay World 2012 contest takes place in Johannesburg this wekend, the top 5 in the sports challenge are from New Zealand, Australia, Finland, Canada and South Africa mrgayworld.org

GAY HISTORY 'The Piers: Art And Sex Along The New York Waterfront' - photos of Manhattan's gay subculture huffingtonpost.com | leslielohman.org 7 Apr 12 WORLD Mr Gay World raises storm in Africa - African participants face intense discrimination and prejudice sowetanlive.co.za 7 Apr 12 ILGA publishes its Annual Report for 2011 Download 7 Apr 12 COMING OUT Gay Mormon students From Brigham Young University Produce 'It Gets Better' Video youtu.be 7 Apr 12

Is Homophobia self-phobia? University of Rochester study that looks at the roots of homophobia and how this attitude is more pronounced in individuals with an unacknowledged attraction to the same sex and who grew up with authoritarian parents who forbade such desires. youtu.be | rochester.edu 7 Apr 12

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Thursday 26 January 2012

UK
	Is it safe to be out in the entertainment industry? Equity survey of LGBT actors finds: - 81% are out in their professional lives - 94% are honest about their sexuality to their fellow performers - 57% are not open about their sexuality to their agent - 35% have experienced homophobia in their profesional lives thestage.co.uk | equity.org.uk 26 Jan 12
	Strip night under threat 600 sign petition saying the White Swan, in East London, should be excluded from Tower Hamlets sex establishment consultation bbc.co.uk | Sign Petition 26 Jan12 And in Washington DC
	Godfrey Bloom MEP Homophobic UKIP MEP asks European Commission to justify the grants given to ILGA for LGBT work lgbt-ep.eu 26 Jan 12
	Jack Frew murder trial Murder accused claimed Jack Frew 'exposed himself' shortly before he was stabbed to death bbc.co.uk 26 Jan 12
	Leonard Watters dance teacher jailed for six months for falsely accusing X Factor judge Louis Walsh of groping him in Dublin nightspot Krystle last April telegraph.co.uk 26 Jan 12
	The L Project the UK's most talented lesbian artists are to release a single It Does Get Better to help charities working to prevent LGBT bullying among young people facebook.com 26 Jan 12
GAY SPORTS QPR warns fans about offensive chanting - after signing player who was banned for singing homophobic song thesun.co.uk 26 Jan 12 GAY MARRIAGE Petition against same-sex 'marriage' put on hold until after Scottish Government publishes consultation sconews.co.uk 26 Jan 12 Margaret Court's views increase gay suicide risk says Australian health advocate theaustralian.com.au 26 Jan 12 Seven Republicans who stood up for gay marriage in Washington State seattletimes 25 Jan 12 WORLD
	Be Bothered Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament and 184 Members signed ILGA-Europe's Be Bothered Pledge, a 10-point manifesto for LGBT rights ilga-europe.org  26 Jan 12
Maltese brothers to be charged over assault on lesbians timesofmalta.com 26 Jan 12 Anti-gay Twitter hashtag hijacked by wit @LGBTfacts - Can I join the Gaystapo? I bet the uniforms are HOT! cnet.com 26 Jan 12 GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE DAY Californian unversity halts creation of LGBT Club on campus, says it's against 'God's will' laweekly.com 25 Jan 12
	Gay-Straight Alliance with over 500 clubs established in schools and colleges across the USA, today is National Gay-Straight Alliance Day - Wed 25 Jangsaday.org 25 Jan 12
GAY MARKETING Targeting gay people takes more than running generalised ads in the gay media, says new study marketingweek.co.uk 26 Jan 12 O-M-G Former Jewish school students concerned about "gay cure" group JONAH - ask London school to address teaching of homosexuality thejc.com 26 Jan 12 Conservative Christian parents in Minneapolis demand teachers teach about the "ex-homosexual" movement tcdailyplanet.net 26 Jan 12 Amsterdam's Chief Rabbi says he fears for his safety after signing a declaration against homosexuality thejc.com 26 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ
	Barry Humphries displayed all of the modesty of Dame Edna Everage or Sir Les Patterson after receiving the Australian of the Year award in the UK heraldsun.com.au 26 Jan 12
	Kylie at Sydney Mardi Gras Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is excited to confirm that Kylie is to party with us all weekend long! youtu.be 26 Jan 12
	Cynthia Nixon bisexual Sex and the City actress shows off her bare new look and tells why she shaved her head for a new part youtube.com 26 Jan 12
	Tom Marshman is bringing his show Move Over Darling to Luton for LGBT History Month lutontoday.co.uk 26 Jan 12
SMASH A musical drama about the life of Marilyn Monroe that celebrates the beauty and heartbreak of the Broadway theater as it follows a cross-section of dreamers and schemers who all have one common desire - to be a 'Smash' - NBC pilot available free on iTunes and Amazon youtu.be

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Thursday 5 January 2012

STICKS & STONES
I Am Nobody's Nigger  Gay poet Dean Atta asks rappers to remember that was one of the last words Stephen Lawrence heard deanatta.tumblr.com 5 Jan 12
UK There's 'no doubt' Shakespeare was gay, says Ian McKellen dailymail.co.uk 5 Jan 12 Liverpool council scales back 'bar ban plan' for city centre liverpoolecho.co.uk 5 Jan 12 Hepatitis C vaccine: Oxford researchers' trial 'promising' bbc.co.uk 5 Jan 12
	Trevor Love and Josh Munoz Brighton Registrar Trevor celebrates his own civil partnership to partner Josh after a whirlwind romance theargus.co.uk 5 Jan 12
	Educating OUT Prejudice Schools OUT Annual Conference 2012 - Celebrates new website 'the Classroom' - London Sat 4 Feb schools-out.org.uk 5 Jan 12
USA Predictions And Hopes For 2012 by prominent LGBT figures huffingtonpost.com 5 Jan 12 Michele Bachmann drops out of Presidential race - husband's gay-cure clinic tried to "pray the gay away" abcnews.go.com 5 Jan 12 Rick Santorum wants to ban straight sex freedoms, too, says Dan Savage metroweekly.com 5 Jan 12 Teen gets 60 days in jail for his role in gay-bashing at Stonewall Inn nydailynews.com 5 Jan 12 Governor says it is right for Washington to become the 7th state in America to legalize same-sex marriage seattlepi.com 5 Jan 12 Deportation threat lifted from San Francisco gay spouse sfgate.com 5 Jan 12
	LGBT Marketing Conference comprehensive research, advertising, marketing, and communications forum, helping you better understand and serve gay and lesbian consumers - New York Fri 27 Apr communitymarketinginc.com 5 Jan12
	Club Escuelita the legendary NYC club, says the State Liquor Authority is trying to put it out of business nypost.com 5 Jan 12
WORLD Gay Marriage in Germany and France? SDP and Sarkozy back marriage equality care2.com 5 Jan 12 Former tennis great Margaret Court defends her views on gay marriage nytimes.com 5 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ TV presenter Sue Perkins is on her own after splitting from long-term partner, artist Kate Williams dailymail.co.uk 5 Jan 12 Sir Elton John's busy schedule won't allow him time to shoot an upcoming episode of Glee contactmusic.com 5 Jan 12 Meryl Streep was shocked to discover she's a gay incon showbizspy.com 5 Jan 12 GAY BOOKS
	Why Men Need To Cheat most men aren't cheating because they don't love their partner; they cheat because they just want to have sex with others huffingtonpost.com | Buy Book 5 Jan 12
	Is fatty food heterosexual? Simon Doonan issues tongue-in-cheek diet advice in new book Gay Men Don't Get Fat dailymail.co.uk | Buy Book 5 Jan12

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Monday 2 January 2012

ALAN TURING Codebreaker Alan Turing gets stamp of approval  Gay mathematician convicted of gross indecency in 1952 among those to be celebrated in Royal Mail stamps in 2012 guardian.co.uk 2 Jan 12 USA ACLU's report card for presidential candidates on torture, gay rights and immigration - no one gets an 'A'  mysanantonio.com 2 Jan 12 Rick Santorum vows to invalidate gay marriage vows, gets glitterbombed: video towleroad.com 2 Jan 12 GAY SENIORS Spain's first gay retirement home passes its first hurdle guardian.co.uk 2 Jan 12 Gay seniors fear housing discrimination - at least 1.5 million US seniors are gay, expected to double by 2030 msnbc.msn.com 2 Jan 12 WORLD Swiss gays only lose the right to adopt when they enter into a registered partnership - paradox swissinfo.ch 2 Jan 12 Call for patience in Australian same sex marriage push smh.com.au 2 Jan 12 Adelaide's street preachers take hate messages aboard city trains - "you are all sinners and will be killed by God" adelaidenow.com.au 2 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ WestLife's Mark Feehily split from partner Kevin McDaid - were set to wed after seven years together mirror.co.uk 2 Jan 12

Pam St Clement may have bowed out of EastEnders - but she expected hate mail when she first joined PA google.com 2 Jan 12

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Sunday 11 December 2011

GAY SPORTS Gay footballers should feel free to come out, say fans - clubs, agents forcing players to keep quiet independent.co.uk | Take Survey 11 Dec 11 GAY HISTORY 2011: A good year to be gay - From marriage equality to the end of don't ask, don't tell, this has been an extraordinary year guardian.co.uk 11 Dec 11
	Out100 2011 Gareth Thomas is among those honoured in this years OUT magazine 100 most influential people out.com 11 Dec 11
USA Rick Perry's anti-gay ad uses music composed by a gay Jew gather.com 11 Dec 11 WORLD Cameroon: Petition asks President Biya for the release of those recently arrested for being gay Sign Petition 11 Dec 11 SHOW BIZ Glee creator pushes for Newsweek boycott - over article about gay actors playing straight ew.com 11 Dec 11 Newsweek travels back to 1952 to argue against gay actors in straight roles ew.com 11 Dec 11
	Debbie Roberts How transsexual Bond girl Caroline Cossey inspired Welshman to start a new life - as Debbie walesonline.co.uk 11 Dec 11
	Lindsay Lohan is baring all for the upcoming issues of Playboy magazine gaysocialites.com 11 Dec 11
	Hulk Hogan sues ex-wife for claiming he had gay affair usmagazine.com 11 Dec 11

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Sunday 16 October 2011

UK
	Marcus Collins X Factor star bullied for being gay and black - family and boyfriend David helped him through tough times mirror.co.uk 16 Oct 11
Andrew Mitchell International Development Minister denies cutting aid to anti-gay countries will punish the poor huffingtonpost.co.uk 16 Oct 11 Serjeant at Arms quits after bust-up over length of queue to a gay-rights event at Westminster dailymail.co.uk 16 Oct 11 The Pink List inspired me to shed my fear, says Gareth Thomas independent.co.uk 16 Oct 11 USA Gays In Military: 'Inclusion without equality is incomplete' huffingtonpost.com 16 Oct 11 Gay troops on active duty say coming out at work post-ban has brought cheers and shrugs washingtonpost.com 16 Oct 11 Gays are far from politically powerless says US House group in gay marriage suit google.com 16 Oct 11 WORLD A serial killer might be after your booty - raiding Johannesburg gay clubs for affluent victims sundayworld.co.za 16 Oct 11 SHOW BIZ Gay actors have found an unexpected place to come out: television boston.com 16 Oct 11

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