Tuesday 3 March 2015

ALAN TURING Ed Miliband proposes 'Turing's Law' to 'pardon' convicted gay men
	Labour leader wants convictions of gay men under historic indecency laws to be struck off telegraph.co.uk  3 Mar 15
WORLD Boris Johnson's fierce attack on 'Jihadi John' sympathiser
	"I really, really, think that the focus of your indignation and your outrage should be on people who go out to join groups that throw gays off cliffs... They should be the object of your wrath, not the security services who are trying to keep us safe" itv.com  3 Mar 15
Protesters gather outside the Royal Courts to support LGBT asylum seeker
	Aderonke Apata, 47, faces deportation from UK back to Nigeria - where she will face persecution for her sexuality - if she does not win her case today in the High Court kings.tab.co.uk  3 Mar 15
Russia tries to block benefits for families of gay U.N. employees
	Last June, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a far-reaching administrative ruling that offered marital benefits for the first time to all of the United Nations' lesbian and gay employees. On Monday Russia gave the plan a resounding nyet foreignpolicy.com  3 Mar 15

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Thursday 22 January 2015

GAY JOBS NUT seeks Senior LGBT Organiser
	The post will include campaigning activity and ensuring the Union delivers on priorities for under- represented groups particularly amongst our LGBT members teachers.org.uk  22 Jan 15
GAY BUSINESS Out and abroad: businesses have a responsibility to support gay staff
	"Corporations have a significant ability to influence society, not through government lobbying, but just through their actions and being role models," claims Vincent Cipollone, corporate development executive for IBM. theguardian.com  22 Jan 15
McDonalds doorman suspended after man was 'told to stop kissing male friend'
	Matthew Dummigan said he was told no kissing was allowed in the Leicester restaurant when his friend "pecked" him on the lips. When he asked the doorman whether it would be acceptable if they were male and female, he was told it would be leicestermercury.co.uk  22 Jan 15
WORLD How Marine Le Pen is winning France's gay vote
	The Front National now has the support of a quarter of Paris's gay voters - and only 16 per cent of the straight ones spectator.co.uk  22 Jan 15
Is Egypt's press collaborating with the regime against gays?
	According Monsour Ibrahim, editor of liberal publication Tahrir News, the government sends instructions to the media on the topics they should cover, including the arrests of homosexuals Fyagg.com 22 Jan 15
SHOW BIZ Doctor Who nominated for a GLAAD award
	The episode which featured the show's first lesbian kiss has been nominated for Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular LGBT character). Other nominations include: Pride, The Imitation Game, Orphan Black, Vicious, and Sam Smith glaad.org  22 Jan 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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Monday 30 June 2014

UK Blue Plaque for Brian Epstein
	A prestigious Heritage Foundation Blue Plaque to celebrate the life of Beatles' Manager, Brian Epstein,was unveiled next door to the London Palladium epsteintheplay.com 30 Jun 14
HIV AIDS Plan seeks to end New York's AIDS epidemic Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's office says it has developed a plan to aggressively identify, track and treat people with H.I.V. infection with the aim of reducing new infection to the point that by 2020, AIDS would no longer reach epidemic levels in New York State nytimes.com 30 Jun 14 GAY PRIDE Tim Cook marches with LGBT Apple employees in San Francisco Pride
	Apple CEO Tim Cook (left) was seen sporting a Pride shirt with his employees in a photo posted on Twitter by Apple employee Mark Bober businessinsider.com
Tens of thousands attend Gay Parade in Istanbul
	"Put your legs on your shoulders against fascism," "We are the soldiers of Freddy Mercury," "AKP go away, the queers are here," and "The earth would shake if queers were free," were other popular slogans used on banners hurriyetdailynews.com 30 Jun 14

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Wednesday 29 January 2014

GAY HEALTH Compulsory sex education rejected by peers An amendment introducing sex education - including information about same-sex relationships - as a foundation curriculum subject was voted down by 209 to 142 bbc.co.uk 29 Jan 14 National framework for commissioning HIV services Public Health England (PHE) has announced significant new plans to develop a national framework for HIV, sexual and reproductive health service commissioning in England gov.uk 29 Jan 14 The health needs of lesbians are sometimes doubly hidden both within information on 'women's health' and information on the health needs of the LGBT community in general. 'Beyond Babies and Breast Cancer' is LGF's first large-scale report which tries to bring together evidence to address this invisibility lgf.org.uk 29 Jan 14 Openly gay worker was asked 'do you have AIDS?' A managing director who asked his openly gay employee if he had AIDS when he saw that he was ill at work dismissed the question as 'office banter' at an employment tribunal hearing dailymail.co.uk 29 Jan 14 UK UKIP donor pays for Telegraph advert to claim 'sodomy has always been a crime' Demetri Marchessini also says there is no such word as homophobic in open letter to Times columnist Libby Purves theguardian.com 29 Jan 14 Report said Greater Manchester Police is homophobic GMP then ordered a rewrite to dilute it. Chief constable says: 'we have not attracted the level of interest from local diverse communities that we need' manchestereveningnews.co.uk 29 Jan 14 GAY PRIDE New Brighton gay festival launched The Takeover event for LGBT students will be run from Friday night through to Sunday over the same weekend when the first same sex marriages commence in England and Wales on 28 March theargus.co.uk | takeoverbrighton.co.uk 29 Jan 14 RUSSIA
	Ballet dancers perform Swan Lake outside Russian Embassy The dancers and Amnesty International activists called for Putin to 'end his assault on freedom of expression and gay rights in Russia' london24.com 29 Jan 14
WORLD 'I will marry a man when you do' Gay daughter tells her Hong Kong billionaire father, who offered £80million to any man who married her dailymail.co.uk 29 Jan 14 GAY BUSINESS
Enjoy Coke as long as you're not gay Coca-Cola removes social media campaign after banning the word 'gay' from cans metro.co.uk | youtu.be 29 Jan 14

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Wednesday 15 January 2014

UK UK boosts aid to Nigeria despite its anti-gay laws Country will not lose a penny despite David Cameron's vow to review handouts if legislation went ahead dailymail.co.uk 15 Jan 14 Politicians should 'judge' unmarried couples, say Conservative MPs the breakdown of marriages needed to be addressed, says Sir Gerald Howarth MP, who infamously warned about "aggressive" homosexuals during the debate over gay marriage huffingtonpost.co.uk 15 Jan 14 Green MEP for London signs ILGA's 'Come Out' pledge Jean Lambert to put equality and human rights - including those of LGBTI people - at the heart of her work in the European Parliament ilga-europe.org 15 Jan 14
	Britain's best employers for LGB staff Stonewall's Top 100 Employers 2014: 1. Gentoo 2. Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 3. The Co-operative 4. Accenture 5. EY Stonewall's Top 100 15 Jan 14
GAY SPORTS
	Liam Davis Gainsborough Trinity midfielder says that the reaction of the club's players and fans to his decision to speak out about his sexuality has been heartwarming - "I'd love to go round and thank everyone individually for their support" worksopguardian.co.uk 15 Jan 14
RUSSIA Russia slams EU's 'aggressive propaganda of homosexual love' Russia has mounted a diplomatic offensive against "gay propaganda," accusing the EU in a new report of trying to promote an "alien view of homosexuality and same-sex marriages as a norm of life." ria.ru 15 Jan 14 SHOW BIZ Freddie Mercury on new Queen track Rock band Queen could be set to release a re-discovered song featuring Freddie Mercury on vocals contactmusic.com 15 Jan 14 Are you currently in an online relationship with someone you've never met? Would you like to meet them in person? If so MTV Catfish UK would love to hear your story Be On A Show 15 Jan 14
	Take part in Glasgay! 2014 We are looking for new professional acts, new performance work for theatre, musicians, comedy acts, visual artists and new venues to take part in our autumn festival 2014 glasgay.co.uk 15 Jan 14
GAY BOOKS
	I Am Me Patrick Dati, a survivor of child abuse and bullying, speaks out about how he lived his life to please others, saying: "Just be who you are" Buy Book 15 Jan 14

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