Thursday 2 April 2015

COMING OUT Great British Bake Off star Ruby Tandoh reveals she's gay
	The Great British Bake Off star revealed she's gay and that she told her parents with Diana Ross's I'm Coming Out mirror.co.uk  2 Apr 15
UK I cried at film of gays who went to aid of striking miners, says Ed Miliband
	The Labour leader has confessed he cried when he and his wife Justine watched a DVD of Pride, the 2014 movie starring Bill Nighy and Imelda Staunton, which tells the story of coal miners in a tough working-class community in Wales and their gay and lesbian supporters dailymail.co.uk 2 Apr 15
"Why cant I say in my own bloody country black is still a colour and gay are still queers."
	Pressure group Hope Not Hate claimed Alan Harris, the UKIP prospective parliamentary candidate for Oxford West and Abingdon, posted the homophobic messages on Facebook between 2011 and 2013 oxfordmail.co.uk  2 Apr 15
O-M-G Indiana and Arkansas struggle with changes to 'Religious Freedom' Laws Lawmakers in Indiana and Arkansas are wrestling with new language for "religious freedom" measures that have sparked controversy for what critics say amounts to an open invitation for businesses to deny service to gays and lesbians npr.org  2 Apr 15 Small-town Indiana pizzeria forced to close after refusing to cater gay weddings metro.co.uk  2 Apr 15 Conservatives go on the attack in religious freedom debate politico.com  2 Apr 15
TRANS Malta is first country to pass Gender Identity bill The law has removed the need to undergo sex reassignment surgery before official documents - such as an ID card or passport - are changed to reflect the holder's gender identity maltatoday.com.mt  2 Apr 15

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Thursday 19 February 2015

UK Scottish Tory leader introduces her same-sex partner in election ad
	Ruth Davidson, the Scottish Conservative leader and MSP for Glasgow, has broken new ground with a party election broadcast featuring her partner Jen Wilson stv.tv  19 Feb 15
GAY HISTORY LGBT History Month Magazine 2015
	Featuring lengthy articles by Chair Sue Sanders and Promotions Officer Andrew Dobbin, and other LGBT rights and cause groups History Month Magazine 19 Feb 15 History month makes history - with first National Festival of LGBT History in Manchester LGBT History Month
SEX - LIFE Sex redefined
	The idea of two sexes is simplistic. Biologists now think there is a wider spectrum than that ... if you want to know whether someone is male or female, it may be best just to ask nature.com  19 Feb 15
TRANS The financial penalty for being transgender in America
	Transgender people struggle to find work and safe housing, face challenges updating critical identity documents, make less on the job, and have higher medical costs than their non-transgender peers lgbtmap.org  19 Feb 15

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Wednesday 12 November 2014

UK Government committee recommends HPV vaccinations for MSM aged 16-40 years
	Terrence Higgins Trust said: "We welcome this recommendation from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, who have clearly recognised the current approach to vaccination leaves groups including gay and bisexual men out in the cold and at increased risk of infection gov.uk  12 Nov 14
Transgender teen tells CBBC 'I am Leo'
	'I just want people to finally see me the way I see myself,' pleads irresistibly honest Leo, the transgender 13-year-old whose story opens the new run of CBBC's award-winning My Life strand - 6pm, Mon 17 Nov  bbc.co.uk  12 Nov 14
Shout Festival heads to Birmingham
	Shout Festival, a celebration of gay arts with theatre, comedy and performances comes to various venues across Birmingham - 12-16 Nov birminghammail.co.uk  12 Nov 14

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25-27 October 2014

UK Gang of three men sexually attack male on Christ's Pieces in Cambridge
	A group of three men are being sought after a serious sexual assault was conducted on a man in his 20s on Christ's Pieces. A Cambridgeshire police spokesperson said: "We are investigating allegations of a serious sexual assault on Christ's Pieces which is believed to have occurred between 2am and 5am this morning cambridge-news.co.uk  27 Oct 14
Teen target of homophobic abuse wins Cambridgeshire Young Person of the Year
	Adam Olivant won the top prize of £800. The 19-year-old gives young people the support he was denied while a child at schools in Haverhill where he said "my life was made hell by bullies" cambridge-news.co.uk  27 Oct 14
O-M-G 40% of Anglican clergy think same-sex marriage is OK
	A YouGov poll found most believed that while clergy should lay out general principles with regard to same sex marriage, assisted dying and abortion, people should be left to decide for themselves. One in 50 clergy don't believe in God christiantoday.com  27 Oct 14
TRANS Scotland to host major conference for transgender and intersex rights
	Over 150 transgender and intersex equality activists from across the UK and Ireland will gather in Edinburgh this weekend in the biggest push for transgender and intersex rights Scotland has seen - Fri 31 Oct - Sun 2 Nov scottishtrans.org  27 Oct 14
USA US to recognize gay marriage in another six states
	The latest decision covers Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, North Carolina, West Virginia, and Wyoming, and comes on the heels of a similar decision last week that extended federal recognition to seven states yahoo.com  27 Oct 14
WORLD Shrien Dewani 'met gay escort three times'
	Leopold Leisser, known as the German Master and who offers fetish services, said Shrien Dewani slept at his home. Judge Jeanette Traverso ordered the witness stand down, and said she wanted to hear reasons as to why the evidence should be allowed bbc.co.uk  27 Oct 14

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Sunday 3 August 2014

UK Gay wedding canon Jeremy Pemberton has NHS job offer withdrawn
	The first gay British clergyman to marry a same-sex partner has had an NHS job offer withdrawn because a bishop will not give the licence needed. Jeremy Pemberton currently works as an NHS chaplain in Lincolnshire, but has been blocked from taking a new job with the NHS in Nottinghamshire bbc.co.uk 3 Aug 14
GAY SPORTS Tom Daley wins gold in 10m platform final
	England's gay diver Tom Daley comfortably claimed gold in the Commonwealth Games 10m platform with a classy performance. The 20-year-old finished with a score of 516.55 to retain the title he won at Delhi in 2010 bbc.co.uk 3 Aug 14
GAY PRIDE Colour, confidence, floats and lots of Pride
	160,000 people join the celebrations for Brighton and Hove Pride, while the Brighton Argus publishes a special edition theargus.co.uk 3 Aug 14
WORLD Uganda's Museveni still sounds defiant on anti-gay laws A Uganda court called the nationa's anti-homosexuality law unconstitutional. But on Saturday, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni sounded defiant. He is scheduled to visit the US this week csmonitor.com 3 Aug 14 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes Uganda decision The Secretary-General calls for further efforts to decriminalize same-sex relationships and address the stigma and discrimination that persist in Uganda against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons un.org 3 Aug 14 Indian Universities open scholarships for third gender candidates
	India's University Grants Commission has decided to include transgender people as a separate category for its scholarship and fellowship schemes indiatimes.com 3 Aug 14

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