HIV AIDS
HIV evolving 'into milder form'
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 | Scientists at the University of Oxford say the virus is being "watered down" as it adapts to our immune systems. It was taking longer for HIV infection to cause Aids and that the changes in the virus may help efforts to contain the pandemic
bbc.co.uk 2 Dec 14
Efforts should remain focused on encouraging the quarter of people with HIV in the UK who remain undiagnosed to come forward for testing, say THT
it starts with me 2 Dec 14 |
UK
EU court blocks gay asylum tests
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 | The EU's top court has ruled that refugees who claim asylum on the grounds that they are homosexual should not have to undergo tests to prove it
bbc.co.uk 2 Dec 14
UK asylum seekers 'told to prove they are gay'
bbc.co.uk 2 Dec 14 |
A long list of sex acts just got banned in UK porn
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Spanking
Caning
Aggressive whipping
Penetration by any object "associated with violence"
Physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual)
Urolagnia (known as "water sports")
Female ejaculation
Strangulation
Facesitting
Fisting | The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2014 requires that video-on-demand online porn now adhere to the same guidelines laid out for DVD sex shop-type porn by the British Board of Film Censors
independent.co.uk
Images of bondage, fetish wear, role play, watersports, and domination/submission are not "extreme"
spannertrust.org
British Board of Film Censors
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Stonewall joins #GivingTuesday movement
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 | A perfect opportunity to give something back after the frenzy of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and join us in ending bullying and discrimination around the world
- Tue 2 Dec
stonewall25.org.uk 2 Dec 14 |
SEX - LIFE
Homosexuality may have evolved in humans because it helps us bond, scientists say
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 | 'because sexual behavior is intimate and pleasurable, it is also used in many species, including non-human primates, to help form and maintain social bonds,' say researchers from the University of Portsmouth
huffingtonpost.com 2 Dec 14 |
Shrien Dewani to be sued by wife's family for failing to reveal he was bisexual
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 | The parents of Anni Dewani - who was murdered during her honeymoon in Cape Town - are to sue Shrien Dewani, her husband, after he failed to declare that he was bisexual before the wedding
telegraph.co.uk 2 Dec 14 |
GAY MARRIAGE
Finnish Church resignations hit 7,800 after gay marriage vote
Nearly 8,000 people have resigned from the Lutheran Church since parliament on Friday approved a law allowing same-sex marriages. Their Archbishop had earlier made comments supporting gender-neutral marriage
yle.fi 2 Dec 14
Australian PM throws doubt on same-sex bill
Supporters of same-sex marriage won't find much to encourage them after Prime Minister Tony Abbott yesterday poured cold water on the latest attempt to allow coalition MPs and senators a conscience vote
skynews.com.au 2 Dec 14
GAY BUSINESS
Gay Games pumped $52 million into Cleveland-area economy
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 | The 2014 Gay Games, which attracted nearly 8,000 athletes to Northeast Ohio in August, added $52 million to the local economy during the eight-day event, according to a just-completed study by two economics professors at Kent State University
cleveland.com 2 Dec 14 |
WORLD
Robert Biedron becomes first gay mayor in Poland
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 | In 2011, Biedron, a political scientist by trade, made national and LGBT rights history by becoming the EU member state's first openly gay member of parliament - the same year that Poles voted in Anna Grodzka, the country's first transgender lawmaker
dw.de 2 Dec 14 |
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