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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Thursday 26 February 2015

UK Ukip LGBT chair quits saying he can no longer 'defend the party' Tom Booker, the Chairman of the LGBTQ* in Ukip group, stepped down and gave up his party membership mirror.co.uk 26 Feb 15
LGBT HOMELESS Why are homeless LGBTQ youth trading sex for shelter? Around 3,800 homeless youth are in New York City, and nearly a third identify as LGBTQ. A 2013 study found that some 25% had traded sex for shelter newsweek.com 26 Feb 15
ALAN TURING My great uncle Alan Turing was just one of 49,000 gay men who had their lives ruined by the Government ...
	... where are their pardons? Alan Turing's legacy will not be be fulfilled until all men receive justice, says his relative Rachel Barnes independent.co.uk

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29-30 March 2014

UK Top Tory MP resigns as Ministerial aide following claims he paid male escort for sex and drugs
	Mark Menzies, 42, quit his post as a Parliamentary Private Secretary over allegations made by Brazilian male escort Rogerio Santos. The 19-year-old claims the MP asked him to supply him with illegal methedrone mirror.co.uk 30 Mar 14
USA Florida band member jailed in Robert Champion hazing case
	The 22-year-old musician, Jessie Baskin, who pleaded no contest to manslaughter charges for his role in Robert Champion's death in November, offered a tearful apology. The sentence made him the first of more than a dozen defendants to get jail time orlandosentinel.com 30 Mar 14

Saturday
GAY MARRIAGE David Cameron welcomes first gay marriages At least four couples secure a joint place in the record books with midnight ceremonies in Westminster, Islington, north London, Brighton and Northampton telegraph.co.uk 29 Mar 14 The first same-sex weddings have taken place around England and Wales
	Pictures of same-sex marriages from Halifax, Camden, Brighton bbc.co.uk 29 Mar 14
	Peter McGraith and David Cabreza tie the knot at Islington Town Hall, with Peter Tatchell as witness and hundreds of well-wishers telegraph.co.uk 29 Mar 14
	In Brighton Pavilion, Andrew Wale and Neil Allard were among the first gay couples to get married after midnight totallywp.com 29 Mar 14
	Tania Ward and Nicola Pettit are among the first to receive a Jewish blessing, as Liberal and Reform streams prepare for a flurry of simchas to follow the change of law forward.com 29 Mar 14
	Phil Robathan and James Preston married in Brighton, live on BBC Radio 5 bbc.co.uk 29 Mar 14
UK Theresa May orders review of gay asylum claim handling The home secretary asked Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration John Vine to review asylum claims on grounds of sexual orientation - not behaviour bbc.co.uk 29 Mar 14 GAY PRIDE The first London Bearfest 2014
	A week-long festival celebrating the ever growing international bear scene. Taking place across the capital - 18-26 May londonbearfest.com 29 Mar 14
Rainbow flag flies above York Mansion House
	to celebrate the first gay weddings. York Pride welcomed the news: "We want to throw homophobia into York's history books and the backing of the City Council is vital for that" - Sat 21 Jun yorkpride.org.uk 29 Mar 14
WORLD South African teens watch as gay man beaten, set on fire
	David Olyn has been brutally tortured and killed in a horror hate murder in the Western Cape mambaonline.com 29 Mar 14
GAY PORN Porn site age-check law demanded by media regulator A UK industry regulator has called for the law to be changed to require pornography sites to carry out age checks before granting access bbc.co.uk 29 Mar 14 The Money's on the Dresser
	Last year's Mr UK favourite pornstar Christopher Daniels tells stories of escorting for those with physical deformities to gorgeous men he could only fantasize being with Buy Book 29 Mar 14

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Thursday 7 November 2013

HIV AIDS 'Jaw-dropping' breakthrough hailed as landmark in fight against HIV New technique called Crispr can make alterations to DNA so accurate that scientists believe it will soon be used in gene-therapy trials on humans to treat incurable viruses such as HIV, sickle-cell anaemia and Down syndrome independent.co.uk 7 Nov 13 UK
	Homophobic bullying is common in some UK schools and teachers are unable to reveal their sexuality, warns Shaun Dellenty of Inclusion for All charity - some teachers are even told that their lifestyle goes against their school's ethos mirror.co.uk inclusionforall.co.uk 7 Nov 13
	Rent boy "murderer" left victim to rot Ricardo Pisano murdered Michael Polding and left him "to rot" in his Brighton flat for nearly two months after bleeding him dry financially, court hears theargus.co.uk 7 Nov 13
GAY SPORTS IOC: There will be no discrimination against gay athletes in Sochi The new International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach says all visitors traveling to Sochi for the Games, regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation, will be welcomed equally upi.com 7 Nov 13 WORLD Top EU court ruling backs gay African asylum bids Even when living abroad some gay Africans fear being named and targeted back home bbc.co.uk 7 Nov 13 O-M-G Pope Francis surveys Bishops about gay marriage His "modern family" survey asks what church leaders think about gay marriage, contraception, surrogate mothers, and other topics relating to family life christianpost.com 7 Nov 13 SHOW BIZ
	'I wanted to be the filthiest person alive' John Waters says he is now struck by the scale of "obscene" content on screen - particularly the treatment of women in films and porn bbc.co.uk homotopia 7 Nov 13
	Halbwelt Kultur Weimar Germany, musical cabaret, gay emancipation and extraordinary cultural and sexual freedom: a great alternative to panto - Jermyn Street Theatre, London, 26 Nov -15 Dec jermynstreettheatre.co.uk 7 Nov 13

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Tuesday 5 June 2012

UK
	Joey Barton QPR midfielder was punched in the face during a fracas outside Liverpool's most popular gay bar clickliverpool.com 5 Jun 12
	Pawel Rodak Rent boy who snapped, and stabbed Edinburgh lecturer Roger Gray 114 times, convicted of culpable homicide dailyrecord.co.uk 5 Jun 12
WORLD
	Luka Rocco Magnotta Caught on CCTV: The moment international manhunt for Canadian Psycho who 'chopped up and ate' gay lover comes to an end dailymail.co.uk 5 Jun 12
Luka Rocco Magnotta - Berlin Police arrest Canadian porn actor wanted for murder and dismemberment of his lover bbc.co.uk 5 Jun 12
USA Thomas K. Duane, HIV positive champion of gay rights to leave New York State Senate nytimes.com 5 Jun 12 GAY MARRIAGE Bishop of Shrewsbury: Gay marriage is attack on family telegraph.co.uk 5 Jun 12 Michelle Obama supports marriage equality so that 'everyone is equal under the law' thinkprogress.org 5 Jun 12 It's illegal for Christians to refuse to photograph same-sex ceremonies, rules New Mexico Court catholicculture.org 5 Jun 12 Pope to visit Philadelphia for a World Family Summit to endorse straight marriage patch.com 5 Jun 1 O-M-G Minister removes Christian anti-gay therapy from Dutch health insurance dutchnews.nl 5 Jun 122 Vatican critical of US nun's book on sexual ethics bbc.co.uk 5 Jun 12 TRANS Janet Jackson producing documentary about transgender people advocate.com 5 Jun 12 Fake boob competition ends in scandal - transsexual woman was the 'moral winner' cphpost.dk 5 Jun 12