18-19 March 2015

UK London protest against Dolce & Gabbana
	"It is hypocritical for Stefano Gabbana to oppose gay parents, given that in 2006 he expressed a desire to have a child via artificial insemination and surrogacy," said Peter Tatchell petertatchellfoundation 19 Mar 15
SNP member suspended for homophobic tweet to Tory chief Ruth Davidson
	The abuse, which is littered with expletives attacking Ms Davidson's sexuality, was posted on the Twitter profile Laird O'Callaghan, under the username @SparkyBhoyHH stv.tv  19 Mar 15
GAY BUSINESS Stonewall lists the 20 most inclusive law firms for LGB staff
	Baker & McKenzie top this list, which is populated by law firms that entered Stonewall's latest Workplace Equality Index stonewall.org.uk 19 Mar 15
USA Aaron Schock resigns after new questions about mileage expenses
	Republican Representative Schock billed the federal government and his campaign for logging roughly 170,000 miles on his personal car from January 2010 through July 2014. But when he sold that Chevrolet Tahoe in July 2014, it had roughly 80,000 miles on the odometer politico.com  19 Mar 15 Congressman Aaron Schock under fire for not disclosing companion on official trip to India towleroad.com  19 Mar 15 My son is different but not gay: Aaron Schock's father edgeboston.com  19 Mar 15
SEX - LIFE Here's what never to say when dating a gay black man
	What kind of lines do gay men of color really hear when they're out at a bar? Filmmaker Cameron Johnson set out to discover just that with his new short documentary, You're Cute for a Black Guy mic.com  19 Mar 15
SHOW BIZ Free's Andy Fraser dies aged 62
	The co-writer of classic hit All Right Now, was gay and HIV positive. In 2005, with the release of solo album, Naked... And Finally Free, he both came out and talked about the agonising - "to the point of incapacitation" - he'd gone through mojo4music.com 19 Mar 15
George Clarke's Amazing Spaces
	... are looking for new exciting builds to feature on the upcoming series. If your project is unique, creative and unusual they want to hear from you. Contact Plum Pictures with details of you and your project at: amazingspaces@plumpictures.co.uk or 020 7184 6774 19 Mar 15

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Friday 8 November 2013

UK
	Lord Alli, CBBC and Antony Cotton lead 2013 Stonewall Award winners US TV evangelist Pat Robertson is 2013's Bigot of the Year stonewall.org.uk 8 Nov 13
	Peter Tatchell's shameful treatment of Valery Gergiev, and others Melanie McDonagh asks: By what right does he appoint himself the arbiter of British public morals? spectator.co.uk 8 Nov 13
O-M-G
	UK Universities cancel Muslim cleric's speaking tour over concerns about his anti-gay views. Mufti Ismail Menk preaches "With all due respect to the animals, [gay people] are worse than those animals." independent.co.uk 8 Nov 13
SHOW BIZ
	Lou Reed forgives mother for Electroshock gay "cure" His parents ordered electroshock treatments for a young Lou when they learned he was bisexual joemygod 8 Nov 13
GAY BUSINESS
	DiversCity Law Firm LGBT Graduate Recruitment Event Nine law firms are running an afternoon of seminars and networking opportunities for LGBT students interested in a career as a lawyer in the City - 1pm-7pm at Allen & Overy's London office on Tuesday 3 December 2013. (Register by 15 November). Contact: contactus@diverscityinlaw.com 8 Nov 13
GAY MARRIAGE Irish poll shows three-quarters of voters support gay marriage The latest Paddy Power/Red C opinion polls shows that just 18% of voters were opposed independent.ie 8 Nov 13 Greek civil unions law only for heterosexual couples European Court of Human Rights ruled that Greece had violated the European Convention on Human Rights by excluding same-sex couples from a "civil union", restricted in Greece to heterosexual couples ilga-europe.org 8 Nov 13
	Mike Freer MP wins Parliamentary Speech of the Year Freer made one of the most moving, personal and potent speeches in the house this year over equal marriage. 'This isn't about a tax break or legal protection', he said. 'This is who I love and this is who I am.' spectator.co.uk 8 Nov 13

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Friday 15 June 2012

GAY PRIDE English Defence League to hold the march in Bristol the same day as Bristol Pride - Sat 14 July bbc.co.uk 15 Jun 12 Pentagon to observe gay pride month for first time washingtonpost.com 15 Jun 12 Pride London launches festival, parade route, and plans for London 2012 Pride House - from 17 June pridelondon.org 15 Jun 12 GAY MARRIAGE Law Society says new law is not going to force religious groups to conduct same-sex marriages familylawweek.co.uk 15 Jun 12 Glasgow kirk quits Church of Scotland over gay clergy row bbc.co.uk 15 Jun 12 Gay consulltant editor of the Daily Mail, Andrew Pierce, opposes equal marriage pinknews.co.uk 15 Jun 12 Ulster Unionists hold extraordinary meeting over position on gay marriage bbc.co.uk 15 Jun 12 5 reasons gay marriage losing streak may be over in US google.com 15 Jun 12 SEX - LIFE Scottish teacher's sentence slashed - jailed for three years in Dubai for having gay sex thescottishsun.co.uk 15 Jun 12 Costa Rica's Human Rights leader says homosexuality is a curable sin queerty.com 15 Jun 12
	Gay Emoji Apple has added a lesbian and homosexual couple to the usual collection of goofy faces, monkeys, and weird skulls in iOS 6 techcrunch.com 15 Jun 12
GAY PARENTS New research paper on same-sex parenting is "intentionally misleading" slate.com 15 Jun 12

Monday 19 September 2011

GAY MARRIAGE Ban on same-sex marriage is discriminatory. It should be repealed immediately - Peter Tatchell guardian.co.uk 19 Sep 11 Labour will keep pressure on Government to enact measures like same-sex marriage - Yvette Cooper labour.org.uk 19 Sep 11 GAY BULLYING Schoolkids in Birmingham have been labelled the most homophobic in the country sundaymercury.net 19 Sep 11
	Martin Clunes Boarding school bullies and teachers made my life hell at age eight, says Martin Clunes dailymail.co.uk 19 Sep 11
UK Sex-free British passports could allow transgender people to opt out of identifying themselves independent.co.uk 19 Sep 11 Law firm becomes first in Wales to join Stonewall gay equality programme walesonline.co.uk 19 Sep 11
	Tim Farron LibDem party president dismisses a whispering campaign that he is gay telegraph.co.uk 19 Sep 11
SEX - LIFE Brian Souter: No sex please, we're not Babylonians scotsman.com 19 Sep 11 The Girl Scouts' allegedly radical feminist lesbian agenda slate.com 19 Sep 11
	Alisha Smith Lawyer suspended from Manahattan's Attorney General's Office for moonlighting as a dominatrix nypost.com 19 Sep 11
WORLD Kenyan Gays launch website and demand human rights allafrica.com | galck.org 19 Sep 11 Muslim clerics furious over Kenyan gay website allafrica.com 19 Sep 11 USA Deaths spotlight gay rights It's uncertain whether partners can collect damages in fair disaster indystar.com 19 Sep 11 Lesbian lovers tagged 'Thelma and Louise' hit 29 homes in robbery spree nydailynews.com 19 Sep 11
Foo Fighters organise surprise counter-protest against anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church youtube.com 19 Sep 11
GAY PRIDE GayWise Arts Festival in London announces 2011 line up -7-20 Nov gaywisefestival.org.uk 19 Sep 11 World LGBTQ Youth Leadership Summit to be held in Tel Aviv - 4-10 Dec lgbtqsummit.org 19 Sep 11 SHOW BIZ Rowetta Manchester to sing at GayVision Song Festivalin Torremolinos - 15 Oct expogays.co.uk 19 Sep 11

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Saturday 13 August 2011

UK Liverpool gay quarter gets go-ahead bbc.co.uk 13 Aug 11 GAY PRIDE Thousands expected at Brighton Pride in East Sussex - Sat 13 Aug bbc.co.uk 13 Aug 11 Police to march in Brighton Pride parade in full uniform portsmouth.co.uk 13 Aug 11 Limerick Pride festival has become one of the city's most successful festivals - 3-10 Sep limerickleader.ie 13 Aug 11
	Brighton Pride preparations are well underway with 15ft high fences surrounding Preston Park theargus.co.uk
USA Best LGBT Lawyers under 40 award announced by National LGBT Bar Association lgbtbar.org 13 Aug 11 Anti-gay Indiana state lawmaker accused in same-sex prostitution scandal washingtonindependent.com 13 Aug 11 Discharged gay troops ready to re-enlist washingtonblade.com 13 Aug 11 New Balance: $500,000 donation to Republican has no bearing on support for LGBT community washingtonpost.com 13 Aug 11
	Tyler Clementi Before suicide, gay Rutgers student said his mother "completely rejected" him when he revealed he was gay kfor.com 13 Aug 11
WORLD Australia: Hundreds rally for same-sex marriage theage.com.au 13 Aug 11 Ghana church to set up centers for gay "cures" 365gay.com 13 Aug 11 SHOW BIZ John Galliano: Kate Moss wedding dress was 'rehab' AFP Google 13 Aug 11 TRANS Kids are being diagnosed as transgendered younger than ever before macleans.ca 13 Aug 11
	Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada Cuba gay man and transgender woman to marry on Castro's 85th birthday bbc.co.uk 13 Aug 11

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Monday 5 July 2010

GAY SPORTS

Top World Cup football player in explosive gay sex scandal that has rocked the internet
dailystar.co.uk 5 Jul 10

Time for a gay footballer to follow Gareth Thomas's lead
guardian.co.uk 5 Jul 10

Glaswegian football team celebrate winning debut match
pinkpaper.com 5 Jul 10

UK

Judicial culture still deters gay and lesbian lawyers, say researchers
guardian.co.uk 5 Jul 10

Bradford: Hunt for mob in sick attack on gay couple
thetelegraphandargus.co.uk 5 Jul 10

Homophobic storyline to hit Coronation Street
coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com 5 Jul 10

Gay couple banned from having giant models of The Simpsons as guests of honour at wedding
mirror.co.uk 5 Jul 10

GAY PRIDE

Helsinki: Gas attack on pride parade 'premeditated'
yle.fi 5 Jul 10

Bermudians in UK Gay Pride Parade
bernews.com 5 Jul 10

WORLD

Gay organization's page removed from Serbian Wikipedia as not 'relevant'
b92.net 5 Jul 10

Spain to get church for same-sex marriages
google.com 5 Jul 10

Wednesday 22 April 2009

UK NEWS

Law Society, Stonewall launch first major gay careers survey
thelawyer.com

Church of Scotland magazine asks believers to come to terms with gay relationships
bbc.co.uk

Liverpool Artist plants Pansy for murdered teenager Michael Causer
liverpoolecho.co.uk

Liverpool artist Yankel Feather dies: openly gay when society was draconian about it
liverpooldailypost.co.uk

Fulham Police hunt launched after homophobic attack
londoninformer.co.uk

Prisoner 'hanged herself over lesbian lover rift'
getsurrey.co.uk

GAY SUICIDE WATCH

Another 11-Year-Old Commits Suicide: Anti-Gay Taunts Cited
edgeboston.com

Other parents say their kids were bullied at Dunaire School
ajc.com

Staggering stats on suicide
LGBT youth four times more likely to attempt suicide than straight peers
Nine times if from rejecting families
cnn.com

Trevor Project operates US nationwide crisis and suicide prevention helpline
thetrevorproject.org | 1-866 488 7386 ( 1-866-4-U-TREVOR )

GATHERING STORM

Pride Agenda Responds To 'Gathering Storm' commercial with YouTube video
gaycitynews.com

Anti-marriage TV spot shows the desperation of those opposed to marriage equality
nytimes.com

Anti-Gay Group Sends Letter To Colbert Thanking Him For Mocking Them
huffingtonpost.com

Former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani promotes long-held stance against gay marriage
newsday.com

Miss California Feels Backlash From Former Hollywood Friends and Colleagues
foxnews.com

Britney Spears has spoken out in support of same sex unions
showbizspy.com

USA NEWS

San Francisco mayor and marriage-equality ally Gavin Newsom to run for governor
advocate.com

WORLD NEWS

European Parliament's Gay Rights group concerned about ruling of Turkish Court
lgbt-ep.eu

Gay television presenter wins New Zealand's Dancing with the Stars
gaynz.com

Investigating LGBTI anatomies, transgender and intersex bodies not the only surprises
gaynz.com

Chinese attitudes towards gays, lesbians slowly changing for better
chinadaily.com.cn