Wednesday 11 February 2015

GAY HISTORY Victorians were more relaxed about homosexuality than in the 'swinging sixties'
	Manchester historian Jeff Evans said the supposedly prudish Victorians were far more relaxed about sex between men, having studied court cases relating to the criminalisation of gay men. Outside London, the criminal justice system in regions such as Lancashire seemed largely uninterested in prosecuting gay men manchestereveningnews  11 Feb 15 LGBT History Month UK
UK Gay Village club-goer avoids jail after leaving homophobic bigot with a fractured skull
	Andrew Duncan barged the 29-year-old victim in the chest with his head, causing him to fall and bang his head outside the Rembrandt pub on Sackville Street manchestereveningnews 11 Feb 15
GAY MARRIAGE Seek legal advice before dissolving civil partnership warns Law Society
	As the number of dissolved civil partnerships rises by 20%, legal experts at the Law Society are advising same-sex couples to seek legal advice before breaking up. It may not be labelled as a 'divorce' but dissolving a civil partnership has the same legal ramifications as ending a marriage Find a solicitor  11 Feb 15
Top Italian court finds no constitutional right to same-sex marriage
	The Court of Cassation ruled that nothing in Italy's constitution requires government recognition of same-sex marriage. The court said, however, that same-sex couples have a right to the same protection of law as other unmarried couples catholicculture.org 11 Feb 15
SHOW BIZ Jon Stewart is leaving The Daily Show
	When former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a social conservative, tried to defend his opposition to same-sex marriage, Stewart said: "I think it's the difference between what you believe gay people are and what I do. Religion is far more of a choice than homosexuality, and the protections that we have for religion -- we protect religion, and talk about a lifestyle choice, that is absolutely a choice. Gay people don't choose to be gay." cnn.com 11 Feb 15
O-M-G Christian Voice 'supports' pardons for gay men
	Christian Voice director Stephen Green believes if we follow the argument to its logical conclusion we should include abortionists and pornographers in the pardons christianvoice.org.uk  11 Feb 15

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Wednesday 14 January 2015

UK Stonewall Top 100 Employers 2015
	Stonewall's definitive list of Britain's most gay-friendly workplaces showcases the achievements of employers submitting to the Workplace Equality Index stonewall.org.uk  14 Jan 15 Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust the most gay-friendly employer in the UK telegraph.co.uk  14 Jan 15
Memorandum of Understanding on Conversion Therapy in the UK
	Organisations across the UK acknowledge that conversion therapy, or "repareative therapy", which attempts to change a person's sexuality, is unethical and harmful. It also sets out plans to tackle conversion therapy and protect patients from it psychotherapy.org.uk  14 Jan 15
O-M-G If a gay Mormon man marries a woman, divorce is likely, study finds
	Marriages like those profiled on TV show "My Husband Is Not Gay" are two to three times more likely to end in divorce than others, finds an in-depth survey of 1,612 self-selected LGBT/same-sex attracted Mormons sltrib.com  14 Jan 15
GAY PARENTS Black gay dads defend viral photo in new commercial
	Kordale and Kaleb Lewis and their three children are starring in a heartwarming commercial for Nikon. They hope the images reveal how much their family is just like everyone else's thegrio.com  14 Jan 15

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Thursday 17 July 2014

OLDER LGBT LGB people grow older fearing discrimination and isolation
	YouGov poll shows that 48% of LGB people fear discrimination when dealing with bereavement while 55% of those over the age of 45 have no financial provision for their funeral. Shockingly, one in ten say they have experienced discrimination at a funeral or when arranging one stonewall.org.uk 17 Jul 14 Download guide
GAY PARENTS Megan Harris and Casey Stoney ready to be role models to gay parents
	Pregnant former Lincoln Ladies player Megan Harris has revealed she and England footballer Casey Stoney are ready to be role models to gay parents lincolnshireecho.co.uk 17 Jul 14
GAY BUSINESS Launch Angels seeks $2M for fund to back LGBT entrepreneurs
	Under new rules that permit venture funds to advertise for qualified investors, the Boston firm looks to raise $2 million for its VentureOut Fund, which will make very early investments in 10 to 15 of these startups wsj.com 17 Jul 14 launch-angels.com
Gay hairdresser hits out at 'cowards' who posted homophobic literature
	Kenny McCormick has called in the cops after anti-gay pamphlets, which include quotes from the Bible, were delivered at his Paisley hair salon dailyrecord.co.uk 17 Jul 14
TRANS Married trans people must divorce
	The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the divorce requirement for people who wish to change their legal gender and are married, is not a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights lgbt-ep.eu 17 Jul 14
BLOOD DONORS Sexual orientation alone does not justify blood ban
	Europe Court of Justice Advocate General says that refusing blood donated by a man who has had sex with another man is discriminatory, unnecessary and should be stopped europa.eu 17 Jul 14
O-M-G Cardinal O'Brien 'living in Northumberland house'
	The disgraced Cardinal Keith O'Brien is now living in a £200,000 house in England bought for him by the current Archbishop of Edinburgh and St Andrews scotsman.com 17 Jul 14

GAY PRIDE

gaytoz Gay Pride Calendar

14-20 July 2014
Dundalk Pride

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18-20 July 2014

Northern Pride - Newcastle

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18 July - 3 August 2014

Brighton and Hove Pride - Pride Arts and Film Festival

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19 July - 3 August 2014

Pride Glasgow

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4-5 May 2014

UK Tories block UK participation in EU anti-homophobia summit The Conservatives have blocked a Liberal Democrat plan to sign an EU gay rights treaty, for fear of alienating right-wing sections of the party's membership. Lib Dem equalities minister Jenny Wilmot was due to attend an EU summit in Malta later this month, to coincide with the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia on 17 May ibtimes.co.uk 5 May 14 SHOW BIZ George Takei, "Orange is the New Black," "Concussion" win GLAAD Awards TV icon and LGBT advocate George Takei received the Vito Russo Award at tonight's 25th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York City glaad.org 5 May 14 Sunday

GAY BUSINESS Richard Branson and Virgin boycott Brunei-owned hotels over 'stone the gays'
	'No Virgin employee, nor our family, will stay at Dorchester Hotels until the Sultan abides by basic human rights,' he wrote on his Twitter account, over the country's anti-gay law stoning homosexuals to death travel.aol.co.uk 4 May 14
GAY MARRIAGE Gene Robinson and Mark Andrew divorcing
	'my partner and husband of 25+ years, Mark, and I have decided to be divorced,' announced the first openly gay Episcopal bishop episcopalcafe.com 4 May 14

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Tuesday 8 October 2013

GAY SPORTS IOC can't say the word 'gay' insists that "the IOC will do everything it can to ensure that the Olympic Games in Sochi as well as any future Games' edition will be free of any form of discrimination." towleroad.com 8 Oct 13
	Paris awarded 2018 Gay Games ahead of London and Limerick The decision was announced by the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) at its Annual General Assembly in Cleveland insidethegames.biz london2018.info 8 Oct 13
UK Gay 'divorce' jumps 20% as 'seven year itch' hits civil partnerships since civil partnerships were introduced in 2005, a total of 60,454 gay and lesbian couples have opted to form one telegraph.co.uk 8 Oct 13 Body of trans woman stabbed to death left to decompose for a month Romy Maynard, 28, is accused of killing 22-year-old Chrissie Azzopardi at her home in Finsbury Park in April last year, court hears london24.com 8 Oct 13 Man found in canal at Manchester's Gay Village named 39-year-old Sean Markey from Newton Heath was discovered on Sunday manchestereveningnews.co.uk 8 Oct 13 Christian B&B owners who banned a gay couple go back to court Peter and Hazelmary Bull said they want to avoid a "collision" between two different lifestyles as they prepare to take their case to the Supreme Court westernmorningnews.co.uk 8 Oct 13 Are gay people in the UK divided by the pink pound? Is the commercialisation of gay and lesbian lifestyles turning the community into one of the haves and the have-nots? theguardian.com 8 Oct 13 Going on the offensive over that gay bus slogan Leader writer still thinks being gay is a personal choice expressandstar.com 8 Oct 13
	School leaders reticent to allow diversity teaching 'you can't use books like that in this school', hears Shaun Dellenty huffingtonpost.co.uk 8 Oct 13
	Spencer Livermore to manage Labour's general election campaign Gordon Brown's former adviser was previously dubbed "The most powerful gay man in British politics" huffingtonpost.co.uk 8 Oct 13
	Office for National Statistics Data should withdraw misleading LGB statistics The claim that 1.5 per cent of adults in the UK identified themselves as GLB is dangerous as it is prone to misreporting and may lead to funding problems for organisations focused on the health of LGB people outnowconsulting.com 8 Oct 13
WORLD Gulf states will have clinical screenings at airports to 'detect' homosexuals and stop them entering Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) such as Kuwait independent.co.uk 8 Oct 13
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