Saturday 4 April 2015

GAY MARRIAGE Clare Balding: I've been 'officially' married since 2006
	Balding, the sports presenter, said she and former Radio 4 announcer Alice Arnold have returned to the register office which performed their civil partnership ceremony in 2006 to officially tie the knot telegraph.co.uk  4 Apr 15
GAY ASYLUM Nigerian's asylum bid rejected - because judge doesn't believe she is lesbian
	Aderonke Apata was so desperate to convince the Government she was gay that she submitted a private DVD and photographs of her sex life as evidence - but the High Court judge ruled that she was pretending to be lesbian independent.co.uk  4 Apr 15
GAY BUSINESS Schwarzenegger: Indiana's religious freedom law is bad for Republicans
	Distracting, divisive laws like the one Indiana initially passed aren't just bad for the country, they're also bad for our party. If we want our party to grow and last, we must be focused on real solutions to problems Americans are facing washingtonpost.com  4 Apr 15
Ex-HP CEO calls Apple's CEO a 'hypocrite' on gay rights
	If Tim Cook is serious about discrimination, says Carly Fiorina, he should pull out of China and Saudi Arabia fortune.com 4 Apr 15

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Friday 6 March 2015

UK UK minister asks foreign governments to clarify rights of gay people
	The equalities minister, Jo Swinson, has asked national and regional governments including Australia, Chile, Israel, South Africa and all 50 US states to confirm whether they recognise British civil partnerships and marriages between same-sex couples, and what rights gay people can expect when they travel theguardian.com  6 Mar 15
Gay swimming instructor 'was called a "paedo" by his manager
	... and ordered to get changed in a disabled toilet on his own'. Paul Britton the target for abuse by staff at High Wycombe Sports Centre, referred to as a 'f****t' and a 'gayboy' and was told he should not be teaching young children dailymail.co.uk  6 Mar 15
GAY SPORTS World Rugby signs historic agreement with International Gay Rugby
	The agreement, signed at World Rugby House in Dublin this week, outlines a commitment between the two organisations to work together to educate and eliminate homophobia in rugby igrab.net  6 Mar 15
GAY MARRIAGE Supreme court sets April date to hear same-sex marriage cases
	The US supreme court on Thursday said it will hear oral arguments on 28 April on whether states can ban gay marriage, addressing a hot social issue in what promises to yield one of the justices' most important rulings of the year theguardian.com 6 Mar 15
GAY PRIDE Fatboy Slim to headline Brighton Pride biggest ever big top
	Everybody's favourite big beat maestro is returning to the Pride and it is going to be one big smiley face of a day - Sat 1 Aug brighton-pride.org  6 Mar 15

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Wednesday 4 March 2015

UK UK Government rejects LGBTI rights envoy
	Responding to a Parliamentary Question from SNP MP Dr Eilidh Whiteford, Foreign Office minister David Lidington said that the UK Government did not support the creation of such an envoy - and said creating a new post would be "ticking a box" kaleidoscot.com  4 Mar 15
GAY ASYLUM Home Office says Nigerian asylum-seeker can't be a lesbian as she's got children
	The Home Office was accused of relying on "highly offensive" and "outdated" views of sexuality to reject an asylum claim made by Nigerian lesbian Aderonke Apata independent.co.uk  4 Mar 15
GAY PRIDE Hooray for Hollywood!  Walk for Life returns with Tinsel Town theme
	This June, HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust will be rolling out the red carpet and shouting "Lights, Camera, Action!", as hundreds of charity supporters transform the 26th annual Walk for Life into a Hollywood Walk of Fame - Sun 7 Jun walkforlife.co.uk  4 Mar 15
SHOW BIZ ABC shows youngest ever same-sex kiss on television
	A new storyline on ABC Family's critically well-received and already-groundbreaking drama The Fosters has revolved around the budding friendship between Jude Foster and a schoolmate named Connor thebacklot.com  4 Mar 15

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16-17 February 2015

UK New National LGBT Hate Crime Partnership
	The LGBT Consortium, in partnership with 31 LGBT organisations from across England and Wales, and funded by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, aims to increase the reporting of LGBT hate crimes and incidents and improve the support available to those targeted lgbtconsortium.org.uk  17 Feb 15
Sex education should be mandatory in all schools, MPs demand
	Ministers scolded for not addressing inadequate teaching of the subject despite huge demand from teachers, parents and students. In a hard-hitting report published on Tuesday, the Commons education select committee comes down firmly on the side of campaigners who have long fought for sex and relationships education (SRE) to be made mandatory theguardian.com  17 Feb 15
Sexual identity issues in claiming UK asylum
	Latest Home Office instructions explains how UK Visas and Immigration conducts asylum interviews in claims made on the basis of sexual identity gov.uk  17 Feb 15
'Uber drivers give me a low passenger rating because I'm gay'
	Svend Littauer, chief operating officer for a services company, said he believed he was the victim of homophobia after getting inexplicably low passenger ratings from drivers standard.co.uk  17 Feb 15
Ireland's Workplace Equality Index launched
	"The Workplace Equality Index will push top-performing employers in Ireland to new heights," said Davin Roche, director of workplace diversity at Ireland's GLEN Gay and Lesbian Equality Network glen.ie  17 Feb 15
WORLD New Zealand education and gay rights activist Robin Duff dies
	Mr Duff was the first openly gay man in New Zealand to stand for Parliament. He was also involved in the beginnings of the National Gay Rights Coalition nzherald.co.nz  17 Feb 15
GAY PRIDE Pride Scotia rebranded Pride Edinburgh
	Following its 10 years of existence, the festival of events, which includes the Pride Scotia parade, will now be known as Pride Edinburgh, and has a new visual identity - Sat 20 Jun kaleidoscot.com 17 Feb 15 prideedinburgh.org.uk Pride Calendar 2015

Monday
TRANS Stonewall to campaign for trans equality
	Historic move follows extensive consultation with over 700 trans people. Stonewall will make current campaigns trans-inclusive and develop new work on trans-specific issues stonewall.org.uk/trans  16 Feb 15

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Friday 13 February 2015

UK Dover Health Centre displays 'offensive' sign turning away gay men
	An NHS trust has apologised after Jayce Carberry, 24, from Ramsgate, was made aware of the issue by a friend who was waiting to be seen in Dover Health Centre. The clinic had a sign stating that patients who had been sexually assaulted, who are male and have sex with men, or sex workers could not be tested there kentonline.co.uk  13 Feb 15
Steve Strange of Visage dies aged 55: The custodian of New Romantic pop
	He ran the most sought-after clubs in London - Billy's, Blitz and the Camden Palace, booking the likes of Spandau Ballet and Culture Club at the start of their careers. What set the clientele apart was Steve Strange's rigorous door policy. Outrage guaranteed entry bbc.co.uk  13 Feb 15
Michael Mason: Journalist and activist dies aged 67
	Michael helped make the paper Capital Gay a fun read, but with a serious side in the era of Aids Mason's finest hour was being asked, in 1979, to lead the Pride parade in San Francisco on the 10th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots independent.co.uk  13 Feb 15
Weatherman Fred Talbot guilty of abusing teenage boys
	Ex-TV weatherman Fred Talbot has been found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenage boys when he was a teacher. The 65-year-old was cleared of eight other indecent assault charges bbc.co.uk  13 Feb 15
Former Irish equality minister comes out
	Pat Carey says speaking out as gay man may help others of his generation. "The part of the country I came from the word gay wasn't even heard of," the ex-Minister says irishtimes.com  13 Feb 15
GAY MARRIAGE Alabama official ordered to issue marriage licenses to gay couples
	U.S. District Judge Callie Granade's order clarified that Mobile County Probate Court Judge Don Davis was compelled to adhere to her previous ruling striking down the state's gay marriage ban despite a contravening order from Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore that led many state judges to refrain from issuing licenses to gay couples reuters.com  13 Feb 15 Fudge packers are in shock says Klu Klux Klan splcenter.org  13 Feb 15
WORLD North Korea calls Michael Kirby 'disgusting old lecher'
	North Korea state media has launched an anti-gay attack on former High Court judge Michael Kirby, who is now the current chairperson of a UN agency that published a report criticising human rights in the isolated communist nation starobserver.com.au  13 Feb 15
O-M-G Pope Francis scolds childless families as selfish
	After saying in a press conference several weeks ago that Catholics should not breed "like rabbits," Francis scolded childless families this week as selfish bustle.com  13 Feb 15

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