Tuesday 28 April 2015

UK Green Party candidate reveals he nearly died of AIDS
	David Kirwan told BuzzFeed News he was diagnosed with HIV so late that doctors didn't expect him to live. He is the first election candidate to go public about an AIDS diagnosis, and only the third to reveal he is HIV positive. The first and second were Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett and Paul Childs of the Liberal Democrats buzzfeed.com  28 Apr 15
UKIP would give Christians the right to discriminate
	'We will also extend the legal concept of ‘reasonable accommodation’ to give protection in law to those expressing a religious conscience in the workplace on this issue,' says UKIP's Christian Manifesto election2015.org.uk  28 Apr 15
GAY MARRIAGE NI Assembly rejects motion for fourth time
	A total of 96 MLAs took part in the vote, and 49 voted against the Sinn Féin motion calling for civil marriage equality for all, with 47 in favour bbc.co.uk  28 Apr 15
SHOW BIZ Sandi Toksvig steps down from Radio 4's News Quiz
	The 56-year-old will step down at the end of the upcoming series, which begins on Friday 15 May. Toksvig said she had made the "difficult decision" to leave in order "to embark on a new and exciting stage of her career" bbc.co.uk  28 Apr 15

17-26 April 2015

GAY PARENTS NI Health Minister called to explain his comments on same sex relationships
	Jim Wells apologised on Friday after he linked gay relationships and the abuse of children at a hustings meeting on Thursday night. Police are investigating the comments by Mr Wells bbc.co.uk  26 Apr 15
GAY MARRIAGE Dublin mural supporting 'yes' vote in equality referendum may have to be removed
	Dublin City Council has written to artist and advised him it might have to be taken down as there was no planning permission granted for artwork independent.ie  26 Apr 15
Hollyoaks star Kieron Richardson ties the knot in Buxton
	The couple had 12 bridesmaids each wearing a wedding dress Co-stars including Jennifer Metcalfe and Gemma Merna were among the bridesmaids buxtonadvertiser.co.uk 26 Apr 15

STICKS AND STONES Phrase 'that's gay' acceptable to nearly half of young people
	Almost half of young people (49%) think the term "that's gay" is acceptable to use. Newsbeat asked YouGov to survey 3,000 18 to 29-year-olds about where they draw the line with offence when it comes to sexuality, race and sexism bbc.co.uk 23 Apr 15

GAY BUSINESS Stonewall: We've come a long way but much more remains to be done in business arena
	At its annual Workplace Conference, Stonewall's chief executive, Ruth Hunt, said that the organization's Workplace Equality Index will now include questions about transgender equality gaystarnews.com 21 Apr 15
Anti-gay auto shop seeks business licence
	Grandville City Council earlier this year notified anti-gay Brian Klawiter that he needed to get a local business license, prompting Klawiter to tell the city that he views the licensing process as a violation of his constitutional rights mlive.com  21 Apr 15
IBM to Louisiana: Mind our business before passing religious freedom bill
	"A bill that legally protects discrimination based on same-sex marriage status will create a hostile environment for our current and prospective employees, and is antithetical to our company's values" wrote James Driesse, a senior state executive for IBM rt.com  21 Apr 15

9-11 April 2015

Weekend
GAY BUSINESS Aetna insurance targets LGBT community
	as insurers seek ways to market more to individual customers usnews.com  11 Apr 15
O-M-G Vatican silent over French gay ambassador
	The Vatican has declined to comment on reports that it has not accepted a new French ambassador because he is gay bbc.co.uk  11 Apr 15
GAY HISTORY Were Lincoln and Nixon gay? The 'history' book that is dividing America
	Award-winning author and gay-rights activist Larry Kramer's new book, The American People: Volume 1, aims to counter the exclusion of homosexuality from history theguardian.com  11 Apr 15 Buy Book

Friday
UK The Conservative Party is winning over some gay voters
	Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron decided to champion same-sex marriage in 2011 ... When, in 2014, the act passed into law, 133 Conservatives voted against it and many disgruntled activists left the party. But, as he seeks re-election, Mr Cameron's gamble may gradually be paying off economist.com  9 Apr 15
SHOW BIZ Sue Perkins denies she will replace Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear
	Despite being 2nd favourite the 45-year-old TV presenter - who fronts The Great British Bake Off alongside Mel Giedroyc - took to Twitter to shoot down speculation she is in line to takeover from the sacked former host mirror.co.uk  9 Apr 15

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5-8 April 2015 |

SHOW BIZ Our Gay Wedding: The Musical nominated for BAFTA
	Bafta TV awards 2015 include the Channel 4 musical about same-sex weddings; The Graham Norton Show; and Grayson Perry: Who Are You? theguardian.com  8 Apr 15 2015 nominations
Barry Manilow secretly married his longtime male lover
	The Copacabana crooner said "I do" to Garry Kief, his manager and the president of Barry Manilow Productions, an insider said. The intimate ceremony was attended by 50 guests who were led to believe they were invited to lunch at the couple's multi-million dollar Palm Springs mansion! nationalenquirer.com  8 Apr 15
GAY BUSINESS Sexual orientation discrimination in the UK labour market
	A study by Anglia Ruskin University shows the probability of gay or lesbian applicants receiving an invitation for a job iinterview was 5.1% lower than that for heterosexuals, and salaries offered were 1.9 % lower sagepub.com  8 Apr 15
What does it mean to be a role model?
	BP's Tamoor Ali, a senior commercial analyst, has been named Stonewall Role Model of the Year for his work in promoting LGBT equality in the workplace bp.com  8 Apr 15
Obama's Executive Order prohibiting LGBT discrimination goes into effect
	The order prohibits discrimination on the basis of both sexual orientation and gender identity by all federal contractors across the USA. The order is an important mile marker on the path toward LGBT workplace equality hrc.org  8 Apr 15

Tuesday
TRANS Police probe murder of trans woman found dead in Fulham flat
	Police are appealing for witnesses after 33-year-old Vanessa Santillan was murdered in a west London flat. Crimestoppers 0800 555 111  standard.co.uk  7 Apr 15
Transgender Kids: Louis Theroux: surprises with stories of his own
	A huge question is whether the parents begin the process of medical intervention when their child may be still experimenting with their identity. Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids, on BBC2 bbc.co.uk  7 Apr 15

Monday
SEX EDUCATION All schools should include a positive portrayal of same sex relationships in sex education lessons, says union
	Delegates at the National Union of Teachers' annual conference in Harrogate backed the idea that sex education should be a compulsory part of the curriculum independent.co.uk  6 Apr 15
GAY RESEARCH Is 10% of the population really gay?
	Drawing on the widest survey of sexual behaviour since the Kinsey Report, David Spiegelhalter, in his book Sex By Numbers, answers key questions about our private lives. Here he reveals how Kinsey's contested claim that 10% of us are gay is actually close to the mark theguardian.com  6 Apr 15 Buy Book

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Saturday 4 April 2015

GAY MARRIAGE Clare Balding: I've been 'officially' married since 2006
	Balding, the sports presenter, said she and former Radio 4 announcer Alice Arnold have returned to the register office which performed their civil partnership ceremony in 2006 to officially tie the knot telegraph.co.uk  4 Apr 15
GAY ASYLUM Nigerian's asylum bid rejected - because judge doesn't believe she is lesbian
	Aderonke Apata was so desperate to convince the Government she was gay that she submitted a private DVD and photographs of her sex life as evidence - but the High Court judge ruled that she was pretending to be lesbian independent.co.uk  4 Apr 15
GAY BUSINESS Schwarzenegger: Indiana's religious freedom law is bad for Republicans
	Distracting, divisive laws like the one Indiana initially passed aren't just bad for the country, they're also bad for our party. If we want our party to grow and last, we must be focused on real solutions to problems Americans are facing washingtonpost.com  4 Apr 15
Ex-HP CEO calls Apple's CEO a 'hypocrite' on gay rights
	If Tim Cook is serious about discrimination, says Carly Fiorina, he should pull out of China and Saudi Arabia fortune.com 4 Apr 15

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