27-28 March 2015

UK Stonewall raises record £470,000 at its annual Equality Dinner
	The event took place at the Hilton on Park Lane and was supported by Aviva, with a champagne reception supported by E.ON. Money raised from the event will support Stonewall's work to go deeper into communities and help to improve the lives of LGBT people stonewall  28 Mar 15
Two murderers become the UK's first gay couple to marry in prison
	Mikhail Gallatinov and Marc Goodwin, who fell in love over two years spent at Full Sutton Prison in East Yorkshire, were wed in a small ceremony in the visitor centre independent.co.uk  28 Mar 15
GAY BUSINESS Apple boss Tim Cook 'to donate millions' to charity
	Mr Cook told Fortune Magazine that he would leave his wealth to philanthropic causes but not before paying for his 10-year-old nephew's college education bbc.com  28 Mar 15
GAY EMPLOYMENT Co-pilot suffered "gay" taunts because of his background as cabin crew
	Andreas Lubitz, the 28-year-old co-pilot of crashed Germanwings plane, kept his depression secret from his bosses but had been signed off by two separate doctors mirror.co.uk  28 Mar 15

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Friday
GAY RESEARCH How many people in Ireland are gay?
	When the Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI Family Values poll asked people to describe their sexuality, 4% of respondents described themselves as gay, lesbian or bisexual. The real figure may well be higher, given that 10% of people polled chose not to answer the question irishtimes.com  27 Mar 15
GAY BUSINESS Blaze destroys club, hotel in Cherry Grove, Fire Island gay resort
	Two Fire Island landmarks - the Ice Palace bar and the Holly House Hotel - were destroyed and the boardwalk was damaged in the New York resort amny.com  27 Mar 15

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Tuesday 17 March 2015

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UK David Cameron supports Trans Rights - and says we need to tackle "Homophobic Bullying"
	"It's only when a society says marriage is there for everybody whether you're straight or gay - you end this idea that it's somehow fair to criticise people or do down people because of their sexuality." buzzfeed.com 17 Mar 15
Boycotts are just another word for bullying says Piers Morgan
	Boycotting Dolce and Gabbana may make Elton and a few celebrities feel better, but all it will do is damage the livelihoods of thousands of innocent Dolce employees and it won't make any difference to the debate on gay rights dailymail.co.uk 17 Mar 15
Job-seeker banned from wearing "gay T-shirt"
	A job-seeker from Burnley has accused the Jobcentre of "discrimination". Shaun Clark (28) claims staff at the Jobcentre in Victoria Street told him wearing the T-shirt was "inappropriate" lep.co.uk 17 Mar 15
Boy stabbed to death a gay man whom he believed was interested in him
	Usher Sawyers was 15 when he robbed and murdered Martin Thomas, 39, (pictured), at his home in Roehampton, London. Sawyers has been sentenced to at least 15 years in custody bbc.co.uk 17 Mar 15
Eric Pickles: I was 'narrow-minded' and 'prejudiced' to oppose gay marriage
	Communities Secretary reveals how he reprimanded himself for holding 'mean' views when switching '180 degrees' on gay marriage during frank radio appearance telegraph.co.uk 17 Mar 15
SHOW BIZ Michael Sam's booty is a hit on Dancing With The Stars
	You could win 'rear of the year', where I would win 'ass of the past', says "US Strictly" judge Len Goodman about NFL footballer Sam youtube.com 17 Mar 15

Monday 9 March 2015

UK One in five gay teenagers claim they have suffered homophobic bullying from teachers and other adults in school
	National Aids Trust research also strongly suggested that poor sex education lessons are driving a rise in the number of young gay men contracting HIV independent.co.uk  9 Mar 15 No cross-party consensus on LGBTI inclusive Sex and Relationships Education nat.org.uk  9 Mar 15
Man dies hours after collapsing at gay sauna Pleasuredrome in Waterloo
	The 37-year-old man was rushed to hospital after he was taken ill at the Pleasuredrome gay sauna in Cornwall Road yesterday. Doctors at St Thomas' Hospital called police when he died at 3.40pm. His death is being treated as unexplained standard.co.uk  9 Mar 15
TRANS Finding a public bathroom just got much easier for Trans People
	Refuge Restrooms is an app that tells "transgender, intersex, and gender non-conforming individuals" which bathrooms are safe to use all over the world buzzfeed.com 9 Mar 15
JAMAICA Gay youth stoned to death in Jamaica
	An angry mob stoned a young, allegedly gay man to death in Jamaica and filmed themselves hurling rocks at his head gaystarnews.com  9 Mar 15
SHOW BIZ 'Star Wars' introduces first LGBT character
	Moff Mors is an Imperial who has made some very serious mistakes but she is an incredibly capable leader and spends much of the book working hard to prevent absolute failure. She also happens to be a lesbian bigshinyrobot.com 9 Mar 15

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Saturday 28 February 2015

UK Nigel Farage to change Ukip position on gay marriage
	Nigel Farage is set to announce a change in Ukip's stance on gay marriage which risks alienating traditional party supporters. Ukip is currently opposed to churches being forced to perform gay marriage ceremonies, but the party does support civil partnerships mirror.co.uk  28 Feb 15
Gay Ukip MEP David Coburn got slow hand-clapped on Any Questions
	Coburn is no stranger to controversy. In a recent interview with The Huffington Post, Coburn, who is gay, said supporters of same-sex marriage were "equality Nazis" huffingtonpost.co.uk  28 Feb 15
WORLD ISIS killers blindfold another 'gay' man, throw him from roof
	Horrific images revealed by ISIS show the barbaric killing in front of a baying crowd carried out at a building in Raqqa, Syria. It is believed the man was sentenced to death by a sharia court for being a 'child of Lot' mirror.co.uk  28 Feb 15

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Friday 27 February 2015

UK Stonewall launches Young Writers' competition for 14-17 year-olds
	The competition invites young people to submit short stories and poems that support the theme of 'LGBT equality: changing hearts and minds' stonewall.org.uk  27 Feb 15
Brighton Gay Men's Chorus raise over £1,000 for the Rainbow Fund
	Following their Putting on the Glitz show at the Theatre Royal, Brighton Gay Men's Chorus raised £1,002.50 for the Rainbow Fund supporting front line LGBT/HIV organisations in Brighton and Hove brightongmc.org  27 Feb 15
Children are waiting for the right family. Could that be you?
	LGBT Adoption & Fostering Week is run by New Family Social, the UK support group for LGBT adopters and foster carers. Each spring, agencies across the UK hold events specifically for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender prospective parents - 2-8 Mar lgbtadoptfosterweek  27 Feb 15
SEX EDUCATION Ukip leaflet claims primary school LGBT education is 'sexual grooming'
	A leaflet being distributed by the Ukip Christian Soldiers claims an effort to challenge homophobia in schools is a "recruitment drive for fresh blood" mirror.co.uk  27 Feb 15
LGBT YOUTH Groundbreaking AKT study explores homelessness among young people The proportion of mainstream UK housing providers targeting services at LGBT homeless people has dropped from 11% to 1% between 2011 and 2013. The Albert Kennedy Trust finds that LGBT young people are more likely to be exposed to the risk factors akt.org.uk GAY CURE 'Gay cure' death camp accused found guilty
	Alex de Koker and Michael Erasmus were found guilty of murder, child abuse and assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, by a South African Court. Raymond Buys was punched, struck with a spade, a stick, forced to eat soap powder, pick up his own faeces with his mouth and was kicked and slapped while unconscious to "wake him up" at a camp linked to 'gay conversions' iol.co.za  27 Feb 15

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