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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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Tuesday 3 February 2015

UK Tributes paid to pioneering gay journalist Michael Mason
	Michael Mason, who died at the weekend, was news editor at Gay News from 1972 until the early 1980s. During his time he covered many seismic events, including the political demise of former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe. Michael Mason founded Capital Gay in 1981, which ran for a total of 14 years pinknews.co.uk
Labour vow homophobic bullying crackdown after true scale of playground abuse revealed
	Labour has vowed to make every school free from homophobic bullying after shocking stats revealed 70,000 pupils suffer from abuse. Tristram Hunt MP, Shadow Education Secretary, has called for a 'zero tolerance' attitude to homophobic bullying mirror.co.uk 2 Feb 15 Bullied at school for being gay: 'It was a living hell' newsbeat 2 Feb 15
*Family discover explicit gay porn at Jimmy's* restaurant in Greenwich**
	A mum-of-three was left feeling sick after her young children viewed an explicit gay sex scene on a restaurant booking screen. Archie and Alfie viewed the explicit content on the way back from the toilet newsshopper.co.uk 2 Feb 15
UKIP candidate stands down after backing BNP post calling homosexuality a 'perverted corruption'
	Donald Grewar, has resigned from UKIP following an investigation into the allegations made against him by a fellow party member southwalesargus.co.uk 2 Feb 15
O-M-G *Man survives being thrown from 7-storey building by Isis* for being gay then stoned to death**
	According to reports from the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, members of Isis threw the man seven storeys, but despite surviving the fall, he was then stoned to death metro.co.uk 2 Feb 15

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Friday 30 January 2015

UK Muslim leader: 'Teaching British values in schools creates atmosphere of suspicion'
	Joan Deslandes, head of Kingsford Community School, told a London conference of head teachers that schools experienced problems when trying to teach about statutory subjects such as gay rights because some parents would either keep their children at home or lodge time-consuming complaints independent.co.uk 30 Jan 15
Cohabiting couples now the fastest growing type of family in the UK
	Cohabiting couple families (straight or gay) grew by 29.7% between 2004 and 2014. The Office for National Statistics anticipates that the next Families and Households survey will contain specific statistics on same sex married couples familylaw.co.uk 30 Jan 15 Marriages of same sex couples formed in England and Wales so far ons.gov.uk 30 Jan 15
HIV AIDS Mortimer Market Peer Support Workers saw 1,034 patients one-to-one
	And last year 700 more attended workshops at this central London clinic (age-range, 21 to 73!) such as their Newly Diagnosed Course; six sessions covering disclosure, medical aspects, love and sex, building support networks and, critically, the impact of diagnosis. They also work on positive-thinking, self-confidence, growing older with HIV, and clinical updates cnwl.nhs.uk 30 Jan 15
SEX - LIFE Selfridges is introducing a unisex shopping concept
	For six weeks, Selfridges will be introducing a gender neutral shopping experience. The Oxford Street store will be merging its separate women's and men's departments over three floors metro.co.uk 30 Jan 15
GAY PRIDE Kent Pride promises seaside family fun in Margate
	Kent Pride is being organised by Tony Butcher, who runs Canterbury's only gay bar, Limes Lounge. He said: "Margate will be a great venue for the parade, and Thanet District Council is very supportive" - Sat 29 Aug kentonline.co.uk 30 Jan 15
GAY RIGHTS US Bill seeks to protect LGBT rights around the globe
	"Members of Congress have sent a clear message to the State Department and the Obama Administration that LGBT rights are human rights and that they support creation of a special envoy to help put an end to persecution of LGBT people," said David Stacy, HRC's Government Affairs Director hrc.org 30 Jan 15
GAY SPORTS Only 19% of Americans oppose gay athletes in pro sports
	73% say they would support a professional sports team signing a gay or lesbian athlete, while 19% say they would oppose this action. There is broad support for a professional sports team signing a gay or lesbian athlete across demographic and political groups, including 66% of Republicans, 75% of independents, and 79% of Democrats publicreligion.org
SHOW BIZ *Oscars: The Imitation Game* finally plays the Gay Card**
	Harvey Weinstein argues that though Turing received a royal pardon in 2013 for his 1952 conviction for gross indecency because of his homosexuality, he deserves to be honored by the British government hollywoodreporter.com 30 Jan 15 Alan Turing Gay Page

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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 21 January 2015

TRANS *'Transgender' said for first time in State of the Union* address**
	"That's why we defend free speech, and advocate for political prisoners, and condemn the persecution of women, or religious minorities, or people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender," President Obama said. "We do these things not only because they're right, but because they make us safer." He went on to call gay marriage a civil right thehill.com 21 Jan 15
UK Manchester 'gay school': Petition launched against plan
	LGBT Youth North West is being asked to cancel any plans to create a LGBT specific school and focus work on equality for all within mainstream education manchestereveningnews Sign petition 21 Jan 15
Head hits back after Sunderland free school branded 'inadequate'
	Principal Chris Gray complained: "In the days after the inspection ... I heard reports of primary schoolchildren being asked if they knew of any boys or girls who thought they were in the wrong body and others if they knew what gay and lesbians did" sunderlandecho.com 21 Jan 15
NI Health Minister backs Edwin Poots' gay blood ban
	Jim Wells says he continues to support a ban on gay men donating blood here despite the prohibition being lifted elsewhere in the UK and an ongoing legal appeal that has cost his department £39,000 so far belfasttelegraph.co.uk 21 Jan 15
GAY HISTORY *The first National Festival of LGBT History* is just around the corner**
	Trailblazing campaigners speaking at the event include Christine Burns MBE (Press For Change), Peter Tatchell (Gay Liberation Front), Mike Jackson (featured in the year's smash hit "Pride"), Stuart Milk (chair of the Harvey Milk foundation) and veteran ex-politician Linda Bellos OBE - 14-15 Feb 2015 lgbthistoryfestival.org 21 Jan 15 LGBT History Month
SNP to host LGBT History Month conference
	650 delegates from across Scotland will attend the event, which will mark LGBT History Month with a debate on how LGBT rights have improved in Scotland over the years - Sat 7 Feb facebook.com 21 Jan 15 Register free
Supreme Court faced gay rights decision in 1958 over 'obscene' magazine The road to gay rights at the U.S. Supreme Court began in a small downtown Los Angeles office, where volunteer writers and editors in 1953 launched ONE - a new "magazine for homosexuals" latimes.com 21 Jan 15 How the Germans invented gay rights - more than a century ago
	Robert Beachy's Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity begins with the story of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, essentially the first gay activist, who encountered censorship and ended up going into exile, but his ideas very gradually took hold newyorker.com 21 Jan 15 Buy Book
GAY MARRIAGE Irish gay adoption law due before same-sex marriage referendum
	Irish minister for justice Frances Fitzgerald has pledged that legislation providing for adoption by gay couples will be enacted before the referendum on same-sex marriage in May irishtimes.com 21 Jan 15
Christian group's free speech denied over gay marriage conference ban, UK Government signals
	Christian Concern, which campaigned against the legalisation of same-sex marriage, has received a public apology after it was barred from staging a debate on marriage at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre opposite the Houses of Parliament telegraph.co.uk 21 Jan 15
FYR Macedonia bans same-sex marriage and creates constitutional obstacle future civil unions
	"Instead of guaranteeing equal rights for all couples, Macedonia's parliament decided to create a constitutional obstacle to even create possible legislation on this issue in the future," warned the Intergroup on LGBTI Rights lgbt-ep.eu 21 Jan 15
SHOW BIZ **Pride wins Unsung Film of the Year and the LGBTQ Film of the Year**
	Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics also named Boyhood their Film of the Year, while Transparent and The Normal Heart win TV awards galeca.com 21 Jan 15
*Sixteen years after Queer As Folk* exploded on to the screen ...**
	... award-winning writer Russell T Davies is back with Cucumber, Banana and Tofu: three new interlinked shows for Channel 4, E4 and online. Cucumber and Banana are two original drama series exploring the passions and pitfalls of 21st century gay life - C4, Thu 22 Jan 9pm channel4.com 21 Jan 15 Channel 4's diversity quotas read like a comedy script independent.co.uk 21 Jan 15