5-8 April 2015 |

SHOW BIZ Our Gay Wedding: The Musical nominated for BAFTA
	Bafta TV awards 2015 include the Channel 4 musical about same-sex weddings; The Graham Norton Show; and Grayson Perry: Who Are You? theguardian.com  8 Apr 15 2015 nominations
Barry Manilow secretly married his longtime male lover
	The Copacabana crooner said "I do" to Garry Kief, his manager and the president of Barry Manilow Productions, an insider said. The intimate ceremony was attended by 50 guests who were led to believe they were invited to lunch at the couple's multi-million dollar Palm Springs mansion! nationalenquirer.com  8 Apr 15
GAY BUSINESS Sexual orientation discrimination in the UK labour market
	A study by Anglia Ruskin University shows the probability of gay or lesbian applicants receiving an invitation for a job iinterview was 5.1% lower than that for heterosexuals, and salaries offered were 1.9 % lower sagepub.com  8 Apr 15
What does it mean to be a role model?
	BP's Tamoor Ali, a senior commercial analyst, has been named Stonewall Role Model of the Year for his work in promoting LGBT equality in the workplace bp.com  8 Apr 15
Obama's Executive Order prohibiting LGBT discrimination goes into effect
	The order prohibits discrimination on the basis of both sexual orientation and gender identity by all federal contractors across the USA. The order is an important mile marker on the path toward LGBT workplace equality hrc.org  8 Apr 15

Tuesday
TRANS Police probe murder of trans woman found dead in Fulham flat
	Police are appealing for witnesses after 33-year-old Vanessa Santillan was murdered in a west London flat. Crimestoppers 0800 555 111  standard.co.uk  7 Apr 15
Transgender Kids: Louis Theroux: surprises with stories of his own
	A huge question is whether the parents begin the process of medical intervention when their child may be still experimenting with their identity. Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids, on BBC2 bbc.co.uk  7 Apr 15

Monday
SEX EDUCATION All schools should include a positive portrayal of same sex relationships in sex education lessons, says union
	Delegates at the National Union of Teachers' annual conference in Harrogate backed the idea that sex education should be a compulsory part of the curriculum independent.co.uk  6 Apr 15
GAY RESEARCH Is 10% of the population really gay?
	Drawing on the widest survey of sexual behaviour since the Kinsey Report, David Spiegelhalter, in his book Sex By Numbers, answers key questions about our private lives. Here he reveals how Kinsey's contested claim that 10% of us are gay is actually close to the mark theguardian.com  6 Apr 15 Buy Book

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30-31 March 2015

UK Meet Britain's first HIV-positive parliamentary candidate
	In a poignant interview, Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett, the Lib Dem candidate for Vauxhall, reveals the extraordinary, harrowing story of how he contracted the virus, and explains why he felt compelled to speak out buzzfeed.com  31 Mar 15 "Adrian has made a really brave decision in speaking so openly about his HIV status," says THT TerrenceHigginsTrust  31 Mar 15
Stonewall unveils equality manifesto ahead of election
	Statutory PSHE and SRE, combatting hate crime, a fairer international aid system and a review of trans laws top list of priorities. Homophobic, biphobic or transphobic comments from any political party will not be tolerated. Contact local candidates directly via Stonewall website to share your stories stonewall.org.uk  31 Mar 15
O-M-G Ashers Bakery 'gay cake' case: End of the hearing, but not the debate
	When Gareth Lee was told the order was cancelled because of religious beliefs, he said he felt: "I wasn't worthy of service because they were Christian." If the judge Isobel Brownlie should find in Mr Lee's favour it is unlikely that will be the end of the matter. belfasttelegraph.co.uk  31 Mar 15

Monday
SEX - LIFE Inside The Met's secret gay art collection
	"There's so much homoeroticism in the history of art that you can't keep it out that easily," says New York tour guide Andrew Lear. "Even if you try, it's going to pop back up." thedailybeast.com  30 Mar 15

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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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Sunday 8 March 2015

SEX EDUCATION Government plans sex consent lessons for 11-year-olds
	Children from the age of 11 are to be taught about sexual consent under new government plans. The UK government said it wanted to give young people a "better understanding of the society around them" so they could "make informed choices and stay safe" bbc.co.uk  8 Mar 15
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY Lesbians, bisexual and trans women have made incredible strides
	Stonewall is celebrating these achievements with some stories from amazing women who #makeithappen for themselves and women around them internationalwomensday  8 Mar 15
SEX - LIFE How do I support both my parents after my dad's gay affair?
	A man in his 60s has told his wife and children that he's been in a gay relationship. His daughter wants to know how to support both her parents Mariella Fostrop dilemma theguardian.com  8 Mar 15
GAY SPORTS Gay ref shown red card over rainbow wristband
	David Gough, who is on the Ireland's elite panel of GAA inter-county referees, wanted to wear the so-called 'freedom' wristband to highlight equality and homophobia in sport, and as a personal gesture of support for a 'Yes' vote in the forthcoming referendum on same-sex civil marriage independent.ie  8 Mar 15

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Friday 27 February 2015

UK Stonewall launches Young Writers' competition for 14-17 year-olds
	The competition invites young people to submit short stories and poems that support the theme of 'LGBT equality: changing hearts and minds' stonewall.org.uk  27 Feb 15
Brighton Gay Men's Chorus raise over £1,000 for the Rainbow Fund
	Following their Putting on the Glitz show at the Theatre Royal, Brighton Gay Men's Chorus raised £1,002.50 for the Rainbow Fund supporting front line LGBT/HIV organisations in Brighton and Hove brightongmc.org  27 Feb 15
Children are waiting for the right family. Could that be you?
	LGBT Adoption & Fostering Week is run by New Family Social, the UK support group for LGBT adopters and foster carers. Each spring, agencies across the UK hold events specifically for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender prospective parents - 2-8 Mar lgbtadoptfosterweek  27 Feb 15
SEX EDUCATION Ukip leaflet claims primary school LGBT education is 'sexual grooming'
	A leaflet being distributed by the Ukip Christian Soldiers claims an effort to challenge homophobia in schools is a "recruitment drive for fresh blood" mirror.co.uk  27 Feb 15
LGBT YOUTH Groundbreaking AKT study explores homelessness among young people The proportion of mainstream UK housing providers targeting services at LGBT homeless people has dropped from 11% to 1% between 2011 and 2013. The Albert Kennedy Trust finds that LGBT young people are more likely to be exposed to the risk factors akt.org.uk GAY CURE 'Gay cure' death camp accused found guilty
	Alex de Koker and Michael Erasmus were found guilty of murder, child abuse and assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, by a South African Court. Raymond Buys was punched, struck with a spade, a stick, forced to eat soap powder, pick up his own faeces with his mouth and was kicked and slapped while unconscious to "wake him up" at a camp linked to 'gay conversions' iol.co.za  27 Feb 15

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