Tuesday 10 March 2015

UK LGBT older people with dementia should not be forced back into the closet
	There are 1.2 million older lesbian and gay people in the UK, yet they are an invisible population. The National Care Forum is exploring the needs of this community, asking how to provide its members with more appropriate support theguardian.com  10 Mar 15 housingandcare21.co.uk
TRANS Pay-out for transgender man thrown out of Tiverton nightclub
	Kay Browning was kicked out of the blokes' and asked to use the disabled facilities. The nightclub owners have now reached an out-of-court settlement of £1,500 - and the agreement that he can use the male toilets any time he pleases westernmorningnews  10 Mar 15
SEX - LIFE The Black Lesbian Handbook
	Channel 4 has produced a series of short films to view online about the DownLow lesbian scene, including masculine and girly roles, toys, and relationships channel4.com  10 Mar 15

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28-29 June 2014

GAY PRIDE Big Pride Picnic in the Park on Sunday
	Featuring the Pride Carnival Stage hosted in conjunction with UK Black Pride; sports events, Doggy Walk; and Switchboard@40 Cake Bakeoff - Sun 28 Jun, 1-8pm, Vauxhall prideinlondon.org 28 Jun 14
Conchita wows the crowd in Trafalgar Square
	Pride in London saw massive crowds brave the rain to parade through central London and see the live show in Trafalgar Square Conchita Time: 1 | 2 Parade Pictures: 1 | 2 | Video Pride London on facebook 28 Jun 14
Dublin Pride festival - pictures EuroPride, Oslo - pictures WorldPride, Toronto - pictures Sheffield Pride - video Gay pride in London, Paris and Singapore bbc.co.uk Rainbow Crossing unveiled in London in time for Pride
	London has officially unveiled a rainbow crossing just in time for this year's London Pride Parade. The zebra crossing, which is only temporary is placed at the crossing of Pall Mall east and Suffolk Street. It was unveiled by Conservative MP Mike Free thepridepages 28 Jun 14
A Pride in London message from the Prime Minister - David Cameron youtu.be 27 Jun 14

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Tuesday 26 November 2013

UK
	Acceptance of same-sex partnerships increasing 82% of men and 78% of women reported at least one sexual partner of the opposite sex in the past year, in the latest National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles natsal.ac.uk | thelancet.com 26 Nov 13
	Lisa Power is now Policy and Comms Director at Terrence Higgins Trust tht.org.uk
New gay bar plans for Aldershot Rob Cooper is running a trial LGBT night in Aldershot to measure its success before deciding whether to open a gay bar gethampshire.co.uk 26 Nov 13 NATIONAL HIV TESTING WEEK
	Dr Christian Jessen presenter of Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies, said: "I fully believe that one day, we will stop HIV in its tracks. Supporting National HIV testing Week is something every one of us can do to show we still care about HIV, and we still want to keep ourselves and others safe." tht.org.uk 26 Nov 13
USA
	Sarah Kate Ellis has been elected as GLAAD's new CEO and president. As co-chair of OUT at Time Inc., she educated the organization's straight allies on a wide range of LGBT issues glaad.org 26 Nov 13
GAY PRIDE Madrid accused of 'strangling' gay pride Mayor Ana Botella provokes anger among organisers of city's gay celebration after levying fines for noise violations theguardian.com 26 Nov 13 WORLD Lebanon's gay-friendly reputation challenged by abuses Gay rights activists are calling for Lebanon's penal code to be amended bbc.co.uk 26 Nov 13 SHOW BIZ
	Passing By a charming romantic comedy about the love between two men, in aid of the MAD Trust. Tristan Bates Theatre, 1a Tower Street, Covent Garden, WC2H 9NP until 30 Nov tristanbatestheatre.co.uk 26 Nov 13
	Gay women need more celesbians There are plenty of gay male 'national treasures' but not enough celebrity lesbians who speak openly about their sexuality, says Amelia Abraham theguardian.com 26 Nov 13

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Friday 17 August 2012

RUSSIA
	Pussy Riot guilty, sentenced to 2 years lezgetreal.com 17 Aug 12 Pussy Riot hit Putin where he's seldom hit: his manipulation of Russian Orthodoxy telegraph.co.uk 17 Aug 12
Moscow rains on appeal against 100-year ban on gay pride parades queerty.com 17 Aug 12 TRANS Trans woman receives compensation from First Direct - bank refused to change account name during transition pinkpaper.com 17 Aug 12 GAY SPORTS Manchester FA signs up to the Government's Charter for Action Against Homophobia and Transphobia in Sport thefa.com 17 Aug 12
	John Amaechi Former NBA player is joiningLondon Cruisers men's basketball taster session - 7pm Fri 17 Aug outforsport 17 Aug 12
GAY PRIDE New pride events announced for Bangor, Derby, Dorchester, Harrogate, Scarborough, Wakefield, Walsall, Witney, and York Gay Pride Calendar 17 Aug 12
	Hundreds of volunteers come out to support UK Black Pride 2012: 'we're blown away' - Sat 18 Aug ukblackpride.org.uk 16 Aug 12
O-M-G
	Jeffrey John Under Rowan Williams, the church has failed gay people guardian.co.uk 17 Aug 12
USA 477 of Fortune 500 companies voluntarily include sexual orientation in their employment policies equalityforum.com 17 Aug 12 Watchdog agency approves $49,000 fine against Prop. 8 anti-gay marriage campaign latimes.com 17 Aug 12
	Flaming projectiles bombard gay Salt Lake City night club JAM - lot of people lucky not be hurt abc4.com 17 Aug 12
	Andrew Shirvell ordered to pay $4.5M in damages for slamming gay student body president Chris Armstrong in blog freep.com 17 Aug 12
	Peter TerVeer Facebook 'like' outs gay man, costs him job at Library of Congress, lawsuit says mlive.com 17 Aug 12
	80,000 sign petition to re-instate Eagle Scout Tim Griffin, fired for being gay Sign Petition 17 Aug 12
WORLD Uganda prime minister hacked 'over gay rights' bbc.co.uk 17 Aug 12 SHOW BIZ Business owners who'd like their kids to learn the ropes of the family business wanted for Channel 4 series gaytoz Star on TV 17 Aug 12
	Will Kurt and Blaine break up? Glee season 4 spoilers gather.com 17 Aug 12
	EPSTEIN - The Man Who Made The Beatles new play is now officially part of Liverpool's Homotopia international arts festival - throughout November epsteintheplay.com 17 Aug 12
	Behind the Scene LGBT history at Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester includes the winning outfit of the first trans Sparkle festival, as well as a calculator used by mathematician Alan Turing - until 1 March 2013 mosi.org.uk 17 Aug 12

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Tuesday 14 August 2012

GAY SPORTS
	Clare Balding ends excellent Olympics with new Channel 4 contract guardian.co.uk 14 Aug 12
UK Gay people 'seven times' more likely to use drugs, finds LGF community substance study mancunianmatters.co.uk 14 Aug 12 'Black lesbians and gay men failed by public services' - isolated because of wrong assumptions voice-online.co.uk | Download Report 14 Aug 12 GAY PRIDE Manchester Pride Festival offers over forty exciting Fringe events across the city centre - 17-23 Aug manchesterpride.com 14 Aug 12 UK Black Pride - Europe's biggest celebration of African, Asian, Caribbean and Arab LGBT people - Sat 18 Aug ukblackpride.org.uk 14 Aug 12 Pride Brighton & Hove make further donation to the Rainbow Fund of £5,434 - Sat 1 Sep pridebrighton.org 14 Aug 12
	Uganda Gay Pride Against odds, Gay Pride events take place in Entebbe, including a party, a beach parade and a film festival globalvoicesonline.org 14 Aug 12
USA
	Wauynee Wallace New Jersey: Camden's rough neighborhood violence claims the life of charismatic gay teen lgbtqnation.com 14 Aug 12
SHOW BIZ George Michael slammed for promoting single at closing ceremony metro.co.uk 14 Aug 12
	Luke Anderson 'It's great to feel accepted,' says transsexual Big Brother winner standard.co.uk 14 Aug 12
	Lancelot and The Wolf Author Sarah Luddington receives homophobic hatred following the release of The Knights of Camelot, in which the main protagonist is bisexual kalkion.com 14 Aug 12
	Anderson Cooper's boyfriend Ben Maisani spotted kissing another man in New York park dailymail.co.uk 14 Aug 12

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