Thursday 11 September 2014

UK Man, 53, arrested over distribution of anti-gay leaflets in Stoke
	Lawyers are now deciding whether to prosecute him after the literature condemning homosexuality was posted through doors around Longton and Fenton. They stopped the 53-year-old suspect in King Street after residents raised the alarm stokesentinel.co.uk 11 Sep 14
GAY SPORTS Should there be one world LGBT sports event?
	Federation of Gay Games (FGG) and the Gay and Lesbian International Sports Association (GLISA) have developed this survey to canvas the views of their member organizations worldwide. The purpose of the survey is to establish the parameters for a single joint global event - One World Event (One WE) Take survey 11 Sep 14
HIV AIDS Dates announced for National HIV Testing Week 2014
	Terrence Higgins Trust and HIV Prevention England (HPE) are calling on organisations across England to start planning activities to mark the third annual National HIV Testing Week - 22-30 Nov hivpreventionengland.org.uk11 Sep 14
WORLD Men arrested in Egypt 'test negative for homosexuality'
	Men who appeared in a video purporting to show 'Egypt's first gay wedding' were arrested and 'tested' for homosexuality. Precisely what the test involved hasn't been revealed, but it's thought to be an intrusive anal examination dailymail.co.uk 11 Sep 14
SHOW BIZ Pride In Hull Film Festival
	Event organisers from the Pride in Hull LGBT+ Film Festival are seeking support and contributions towards their first event in which a diverse range of films and documentaries will be shown at Kardomah 94 in Hull - 19-23 Sep crowdfunder.co.uk 11 Sep 14
Tom of Finland postcards arrive in UK
	The first sightings of these leather-themed stamps from Finland Post Office have begun to arrive in the UK Buy stamps 11 Sep 14

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Sunday 17 August 2014

UK Northampton group to launch "straight allies" campaign
	The LGBTQ Forum, run by Northampton Borough Council, will be hosting a stand at Northampton's Umbrella Fair this weekend at The Racecourse in Northampton, to promote Straight Allies, a campaign which aims to recruit heterosexual people who believe in equality northamptonchron.co.uk 17 Aug 14
GAY SPORTS Cleveland closes its Gay Games, passes the torch to Paris "We have spent such a magic week," Paris 2018 co-president Manuel Picaud told the crowd. "Cleveland and Akron have been so smiling, so welcoming, so open-minded. Everybody has been great" cleveland.com 17 Aug 14 O-M-G It's OK to be gay, and have faith I am gay and I am Christian, and to most people, that's okay, says Jonny Freeman huffingtonpost.co.uk 17 Aug 14 SEX - LIFE 5 reasons being a male porn star Is less fun than it looks On the surface, "have sex with beautiful people for money" sounds like a no-brainer, but while it can be a "dream," not enough people put emphasis on the "job" part cracked.com 17 Aug 14 SHOW BIZ Orange Is the New Black's Uzo Aduba nabs Emmy
	Abuda takes the kudo for her "guest" role as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren on the Netflix, its first acting kudo at the Emmys hollywoodreporter.com 17 Aug 14 Jane Lynch, star of Glee, wins an Emmy for Outstanding Host of Hollywood Game Night eonline.com 17 Aug 14

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Thursday 26 June 2014

GAY MARRIAGE Government to announce December date for civil partnership conversion PinkNews reports that the UK Government today will announce that the first date couples already in civil partnerships can convert to marriage will be 10 December 2014, but that civil partnerships will not be extended to include straight couples pinknews.co.uk 25 Jun 14 Same-sex marriages to be treated as civil partnerships in Isle of Man Same-sex marriages recorded in England and Wales will be treated as civil partnerships in the island, Policy and Reform Minister Chris Robertshaw told Tynwald iomtoday.co.im 25 Jun 14 GAY PRIDE A 2-hour special, broadcasting live from Pride in London
	London Live will bring you all the colour and the fun as thousands gather to watch this year's parade make its way through the West End, before gathering in Trafalgar Square for a mass celebration - 3pm, Sat 28 Jun londonlive.co.uk 25 Jun 14
GAY BUSINESS Unions must step up campaigning against LGBT inequality, prejudice and hate
	At the TUC LGBT Conference General Secretary, Paul Nowak, said: "We know that LGBT workers are two and a half times more likely to face workplace bullying and discrimination, and that hate crime remains a huge problem." tuc.org.uk 25 Jun 14
Lord Mayor of London: Homophobia still exists in the City and is bad for business
	"The homophobia and prejudice that was true of London in the 1980s is, I am sorry to say, still too frequently true now ... Our responsibility is to capture the benefits of diversity for the City and for business - but also to ensure that respect for difference is embedded in communities right across London. The business case is clear," says Alderman Fiona Woolf Read Speech 25 Jun 14
White House to support LGBT business owners in developing countries
	In a historic move, U.S. National Security Advisor, Ambassador Susan Rice, announced a new partnership worth $1,250,000 between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) to encourage and support LGBT business owners and entrepreneurs in developing countries nglcc.org 25 Jun 14
GAY SPORTS United Church of Christ joins sponsors of Gay Games 9
	A Protestant denomination known for its longtime support of religious diversity and inclusion has agreed to become a sponsor of the 2014 edition of the Gay Games, to be held in northeast Ohio - Cleveland+Akron, 9-16 Aug nytimes.com 25 Jun 14
Forty-four countries at Commonwealth Games declare homosexuality as illegal
	We want you to know more about these places and the people that were born there. 44 Stories presents a kaleidoscopic journey around the globe. Drawing from 90s New York ballroom culture, queer hip-hop dance styles, poetry slams and cabaret - 2-5 Jul 9pm, The Arches, Glasgow thearches.co.uk 25 Jun 14

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Wednesday 16 April 2014

UK Paul Flowers faces drugs charges
	Paul Flowers, the former Co-op Bank chairman, has been charged with drug possession, prosecutors have said - he told waiting journalists they were "vultures" as he arrived at the police station bbc.co.uk 16 Apr 14
Coroner questions police over the time it took to find tragic gay rights campaigner
	The well-known Northern Ireland gay rights campaigner, Terry McCartney, had overdosed on a combination of prescription drugs and alcohol. He had also been assaulted just hours before he died in a suspected homophobic attack belfasttelegraph.co.uk 16 Apr 14
Alan Carr says: Be a little fairy for animals!
	Ahead of the new series of Chatty Man, the talk-show host felt that it was time to have a serious heart-to-heart talk about animal overpopulation in the UK in a new ad for PETA peta.org.uk 16 Apr 14
O-M-G Edinburgh churches quit Kirk over gay ordination Two Edinburgh churches are quitting the Church of Scotland just weeks before the General Assembly over the issue of gay ordination scotsman.com 16 Apr 14 GAY SPORTS Tens of thousands call for IOC to ban countries with "anti-gay" laws hosting Games More than 110,000 people have delivered a message to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that it should not award Summer or Winter Games to countries with "anti-gay or discriminatory laws" insidethegames.biz 16 Apr 14 USA Gay Nightlife Is Dead - Long Live Gay Nightlife Some say the gay party scene is dying out, but others say it's just evolving to meet the needs of its audience advocate.com 16 Apr 14 White House scrambled after Joe Biden's gay marriage comments
	Vice President Joe Biden really did get ahead of President Barack Obama on accepting gay marriage in 2012 - and the White House really wasn't happy about it, despite their many attempts to claim otherwise. That's the story laid out in Jo Becker's new book Forcing the Spring politico.com 16 Apr 14 Buy Book
Ellen DeGeneres tops Out's 2014 Gay Power List
	Last year's list-topper, Apple CEO Tim Cook, came in second this year. Ellen Page makes her debut on the Power List at 29 after coming out in February Rachel Maddow, Frank Ocean, Neil Patrick Harris, Anderson Cooper, and Jane Lynch are also featured out.com 16 Apr 14

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Tuesday 25 February 2014

UGANDA Uganda president: Homosexuals are 'disgusting' President Yoweri Museveni tells CNN that sexual behavior is a matter of choice and gay people are "disgusting" - being homosexual is "unnatural" and not a human right cnn.com 25 Feb 14     A terrible set back for human rights The Kaleidoscope Trust is calling on the British government to act firmly in response to this blatant violation of human rights kaleidoscopetrust.com 25 Feb 14     Ugandan tabloid prints list of 'top 200' homosexuals Red Pepper publishes names under headline of 'Exposed' day after president signs anti-gay bill theguardian.com 25 Feb 14 GAY SPORTS Lobbyist drafting bill to ban gay players from the NFL "Imagine your son being forced to shower with a gay man. That's a horrifying prospect for every mom in the country." says Washington lobbyist Jack Burkman thehill.com 25 Feb 14
As Sochi Olympics end, activists worry about retribution "since Putin's inauguration in May 2012 there's been ... a real kind of poisonous rhetoric on state TV about human rights activists, environmental activists and gay activists" usatoday.com 25 Feb 14 Sochi 2014: Marketing Winners and Losers Gay rights campaigners were successful in dominating the build up to Sochi's Games ... activists were able to disrupt the well-orchestrated campaigns from sponsors and leave a lasting impression marketingweek.co.uk 25 Feb 14
	Open Games will follow Sochi Russia's LGBT Sports Federation will welcome around 250 athletes from 11 countries to Moscow to compete in events including badminton, swimming and skiing. Athletes need not be gay themselves, but "pro tolerance" - 26 Feb - 2 Mar metro.us 25 Feb 14 russianopengames.ru
GAY BUSINESS
	The Pursuit of Inclusion 'Best practices' event focused on how LGBT networks have achieved success within major organisations - London, Tue 18 Mar Register for free ticket
SHOW BIZ
	Porn stars hit the West End for the first Prowler Gay Porn Awards which include Best British Porn Star and British Fetish Film of the Year, and a 'Recruitment Fair' for new models -Manbar, Charing Cross Road Soho, Fri 14 Mar applytomodel.com 25 Feb 14

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