12-13 March 2015

GAY HEALTH NAT 'deeply concerned' about delay in national HIV prevention spending
	The £1.2 million to HIV Prevention England (HPE) ... represents a 50% cut in funding for this project nat.org.uk  13 Mar 15 Cost of 1,500 cases of anal cancer £70-£90 million - whereas the cost to roll out the HPV vaccine would be £20 million telegraph.co.uk
Ex-weatherman Fred Talbot jailed for schoolboy abuse
	Ex-TV weatherman Fred Talbot has been jailed for five years for sex attacks on two boys while he was a teacher. Talbot, 65, was convicted in February of indecent assaults on two pupils from Altrincham Grammar School bbc.co.uk  13 Mar 15
GAY BUSINESS Stonewall and Lend Lease help kick homophobia out of construction
	Lend Lease has embraced Stonewall's Rainbow Laces campaign, which aims to kick homophobia out of sport, and have reinterpreted it with thousands of builders at Lend Lease construction sites stonewall.org.uk  13 Mar 15

Thursday
UK Government unveils £650k in new HIV spending
	The Government has revealed that £800,000 of new money will be spent on HIV prevention, and to reduce the numbers of late diagnoses pinknews.co.uk  12 Mar 15
Coalition for Marriage tell Brighton supporters to vote for "anyone other than the Conservatives"
	Their senior activist in Kemptown said that whilst Tory support for gay marriage had angered many traditionalists in the area, it has attracted no additional support from the gay community breitbart.com  12 Mar 15
GAY BUSINESS Tim Cook cites Apple's record sales, vows to work on diversity
	Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson urged Cook to improve diversity in the leadership and on the board. Apple has no black or Latino directors, and 12 of the 15 top executives are white men sfgate.com  12 Mar 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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Thursday 5 March 2015

UK Miliband promises posthumous pardons for convicted gay men
	Turing's Law would allow family and friends to apply for gross indecency convictions to be quashed theguardian.com  5 Mar 15
Ex-Tory MP Harvey Proctor: 'I have never attended sex parties'
	Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Thursday after his home was searched by police, Proctor says he would have contacted police if he had known of any such illegal network theguardian.com  5 Mar 15
Paul Gambaccini hits out at Yewtree police over false sex assault arrest
	"I faced the full weight of the state, with unlimited financial resources for 12 months for no reason," Gambaccini said. "It was a completely fictitious case.." independent.co.uk  5 Mar 15
Police probe homophobic poison pen letter in Yorkshire
	The author of the poison pen letter, apparently under the misguided belief that they were speaking on behalf of the village, decreed that Hemingbrough was 'a respetable (sic) village' where 'we don't like gays living here'. Their missive went on to tell the couple that they should 'push off back to where [they] came from'. selbyonline.co.uk 5 Mar 15
SHOW BIZ Guy Sebastian to represent Australia at Eurovision
	After winning the popular talent series Australian Idol in 2003, Sebastian went on to come 7th at World Idol in the UK. "With Eurovision, it's so eclectic, you never know what you are going to get. I'm not going to wear a dress," Sebastian said abc.net.au  5 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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Monday 2 February 2015

GAY HISTORY Petition launched for gay sex pardons
	Ask the UK Government to pardon all of the estimated 49,000 men who, like Alan Turing, were convicted of consenting same-sex relations under the British "gross indecency" law (only repealed in 2003), and also all the other men convicted under other UK anti-gay laws petertatchellfoundation Sign Petition  2 Feb 15
Stonewall celebrates defining moments and voices this LGBT History Month
	Working with schools, local authorities, celebrities and workplaces, Stonewall will share stories from its guide celebrating older LGBT people LGBT Voices and look back on its journey on the Stonewall25 website stonewall25.org.uk  2 Feb 15
O-M-G Conscience bill sparks protests across Northern Ireland
	1,300 attended a trio of rallies against the DUP's planned "conscience clause" bill at the weekend. The bill aims to protect businesses like Ashers Bakery, if they decline to accept custom on religious grounds newsletter.co.uk 2 Feb 15
Gay marriage cake: Christian Institute seeks donations for Ashers Bakery legal battle
	The public is being asked to donate money to help Ashers Bakery in its 'David and Goliath' legal fight against the Equality Commission. The Christian-run business in Belfast is being taken to court after refusing to include a slogan 'Support gay marriage' on a cake belfasttelegraph.co.uk  2 Feb 15
"We don't want to see men and women getting married"
	Michael O'Leary from Cork makes his contribution to The People's Debate on Ireland's same-sex referendum. youtube.com  2 Feb 15
UK Ex-soldier jailed for vicious homophobic attack outside Exeter gay bar
	Iraq veteran David Tomkinson was caught on CCTV repeatedly punching and kicking his helpless victim as he was curled up on the ground trying to protect himself. His defence said it was not a homophobic attack and Tomkinson was reacting to being accused of stealing the victim's wallet exeterexpressandecho  2 Feb 15
GAY SPORTS Football v Homophobia launched in Manchester
	A host of clubs from across the football pyramid - from Premier League pacesetters Chelsea and Manchester City to Dulwich Hamlet and Tonbridge Angels - have pledged their support, as the 2015 Football v Homophobia campaign kicks off at the National Football Museum in Manchester thefa.com  2 Feb 15
GAY ADVERTISING Gay lovers featured in moving Super Bowl commercials
	The commercial is part of Australian jeweler Michael Hill's "We're for love" campaign, in which a diverse pool of more than 1,200 New Yorkers were interviewed about love. The Super Bowl commercial features 40 of those respondents businessinsider.com.au  2 Feb 15
COMING OUT Richard Wilson: 'I didn't mind being outed, but I thought I should warn my sister'
	Actor Richard Wilson talks about directing Sarah Kane's Blasted, the ghost of Victor Meldrew, and keeping his sexuality a secret from his parents theguardian.com  2 Feb 15
Influential Church of England evangelical comes out as gay
	Jayne Ozanne, 46, is the new director of Accepting Evangelicals, and was formerly from the Orthodox wing of the Church, holding strictly conservative views on sexuality. Ms Ozanne disclosed her sexuality in confidence a few years ago in a moving letter to a select group of church leaders. Not one of the few who knew has leaked details of her journey christiantoday.com  2 Feb 15

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