Saturday 1 December 2012

WORLD AIDS DAY AIDS-free generation is within reach: Obama administration's road map to slash global HIV washingtonpost.com | White House Statement 1 Dec 12 David Cameron | Ed Miliband | Nick Clegg 1 Dec 12 UK government is failing gay men on HIV Peter_Tatchell 1 Dec 12 World AIDS Day events and links - Sat 1 Dec
	G-A-Y and 56 Dean Street Attempting to break own World Record for most number of people to have an HIV Test in 8 hours For every person tested, G-A-Y will donate £10 to the Elton John AIDS Foundation G-A-Y Bar, Soho Sat 1 Dec, Noon-8pm facebook.com 28 Nov 12
UK Cyril Smith 'sexually assaulted teenager in Houses of Parliament' guardian.co.uk 1 Dec 12 Man raped in Glasgow's west end - Police appeal for witnesses bbc.co.uk 1 Dec 12
	Edinburgh College wins its first national award with a campaign to raise awareness for the LGBT youth community caledonianmercury.com
GAY MARRIAGE US Supreme Court delays decision on taking up gay marriage cases chicagotribune.com 1 Dec 12 O-M-G Salvation Army denies being anti-gay chicagotribune.com 1 Dec 12 GAY SPORTS Women's volleyball coach in Virginia says he was fired because he is gay espn.go.com 1 Dec 12
	Jose Enrique Liverpool FC starlet Suso in trouble after branding team-mate Jose Enrique 'gay' on Twitter for having his teeth whitened metro.co.uk 1 Dec 12
WORLD Gay couple file challenge to Singapore law that criminalizes gay sex washingtonpost.com 1 Dec 12 Imposition of stiff sanctions has led to increased awareness about gay bashing in Vancouver, say Police jamaicaobserver.com 1 Dec 12 SHOW BIZ Malibu Country gay characters bring chemistry to new TV show co-tarring Lily Tomlin theboot.com 1 Dec 12 Elton John cover of Tiny Dancer tops Irish singles chart in aid of a four-year old girl with cancer digitalspy.co.uk 1 Dec 12

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Saturday 19 May 2012

TRANS
	Jackie Green teenager who, at 16, became the youngest person in the world to have a sex change is edging towards the title of Miss England metro.co.uk 19 May 12
GAY PRIDE 'Pride in the House' art competition and exhibition at Lauderdale House, Highgate, call for entries lauderdalehouse.co.uk 19 May 12 WorldPride Festival launched by Pride London, music, theatre, conferences..and a dog show - 17 Jun- 8 Jul pridelondon.org 19 May 12 gaytoz Gay Pride Calendar UK
	Sex education GMFA's 'Sex Course' returns to teach gay men everything they wanted to know about gay sex - in seven English Cities gmfa.org.uk 19 May 12
Philosopher Alain de Botton to investigate pornography to see it can be turned into a moral and noble industry independent.co.uk 19 May 12 GAY MARRIAGE Gay marriage spawns big spike in online videos -YouTube saw a 458 percent increase foxnews.com 19 May 12 USA Prison Rape Elimination Act - Obama Administration issues LGBT-inclusive rules metroweekly.com 19 May 12 Long Beach to host LGBT Leaders 2012 Conference, for LGBT elected and appointed officials - 29 Nov-2 Dec presstelegram.com | victoryfund.org 19 May 12 'Sodomy is not a civil right' says Virginia lawmaker lgbtqnation.com 19 May 12
	West Village Mural NYC artists contrast gay rights in Israel with those in some of its Arabic neighbors nytimes.com 19 May 12
	Dr Robert L Spitzer "I owe the gay community an apology." Psychiatry giant sorry for backing gay 'cure' nytimes.com 19 May 12
GAY TRAVEL Cape Town aims to be number one destination for gay holidaymakers -200,000 gay tourists in 2011 bbc.co.uk 19 May 12 SHOW BIZ Beenie Man asks gays for forgiveness - apologises for his gay-bashing songs in a YouTube video jamaicaobserver.com | YouTube 19 May 12 RIP Donna Summer - the accidental gay icon guardian.co.uk 19 May 12
	Steven Moffat Doctor Who producer and Sherlock co-creator is to receive a special prize at this year's Baftas bbc.co.uk 19 May 12
	Raven-Symone 'My sexual orientation is mine' says star of Sister Act, currently dating America's Next Top Model contestant AzMarie Livingston mtv.com 19 May 12

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Wednesday 11 April 2012

UK
	Bite injury Gloucester police have released an image of a bite injury sustained by a man who was subjected to homophobic abuse in an early-morning assault thisisgloucestershire.co.uk 11 Apr 12
Mosque in gay-hate row opens a new fee-paying school in Birmingham dailymail.co.uk 11 Apr 12 SNP refusal to release Brian Souter knighthood documents to be challenged - he bankrolled Section 28 campaign dailyrecord.co.uk 11 Apr 12 GAY PRIDE Bradford Pride plans are falling into place following fears earlier in the year over funding - Sat 26 May thetelegraphandargus.co.uk  11 Apr 12 Hungarian police should revoke their decision to ban Pride March says Human Rights Watch hrw.org 11 Apr 12 USA
	Virulent anti-gay Santorum finally out of Republican Race therainbowtimesmass.com 11 Apr 12 santorum (san-TOR-um) n. 1. The frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the by-product of anal sex santorum.com 11 Apr 12
Is Rick Santorum gay? New study says Homophobes may dig the same sex laweekly.com 11 Apr 12 Best Rick Santorum jokes about.com 11 Apr 12
	Names and photos published of 18 men arrested in an undercover sex sting at LA public restroom - one attempts suicide latimesblogs.latimes.com 11 Apr 12
GAY MARRIAGE "Sodomy based marriage" is in! "Gay Marriage" is out! thenewcivilrightsmovement.com 11 Apr 12 Eight couples file suit to overturn Nevada's ban on same-sex marriage lasvegassun.com 11 Apr 12
	NOM expands Starbucks boycott into nations that may put homosexuals to death joemygod | ilga.org 11 Apr 12
COMING OUT First LGBT high school opens in Phoenix abc15.com 11 Apr 12
NYU Athletics It Gets Better Video Jay Hayes, the captain of New York University's men's volleyball team says: "I'm proud of who I am" youtu.be | itgetsbetter.org  11 Apr 12
WORLD New amfAR awards combat HIV/AIDS, homophobia, and stigma in Africa - outreach and advocacy work where same-sex sexual activity is illegal amfar.org 11 Apr 12 Gambia cops arrest 15 'gay' men "suspected of homosexuality" news24.com 11 Apr 12 TRANS
	GLAAD and Miss Universe announce policy change to allow transgender women to compete glaad.org 11 Apr 12
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	EA anti-boycott petition flooded by Spambots used to inflate the signatures - AllOut.org has temporarily disabled the campaign forbes.com | imgur.com 11 Apr 12
Neighbours - first gay kiss FINALLY! Chris and Aiden's relationship kicks off! This episode has just been shown in Australia, and will be on UK's Channel 5 in May - blink and you'll miss it youtu.be

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Tuesday 10 January 2012

UK Sir Elton John secures a deal for book on Aids epidemic bbc.co.uk 10 Jan 12 Muslim men handed out leaflet called The Death Penalty? which said buggery was a great sin southportvisiter.co.uk 10 Jan 12 Man sent picture of his semi-naked ex-wife with her new lesbian lover to her parents, a court has heard cambridge-news.co.uk 10 Jan 12 Gwent Police's LGBT liaison officers have seen reported homophobic hate crimes go up southwalesargus.co.uk 10 Jan 12
	South Wales Choirs Following the phenomenal success of the South Wales Gay Men's Chorus, a new and exciting female voice choir for lesbians and bisexual women is to hold its first rehearsal - Wed 25 Jan facebook 10 Jan 12
SEX - LIFE As homophobia diminishes, how will this transition to equality affect the expression of sexuality? - Peter Tatchell huffingtonpost.co.uk 10 Jan 12 O-M-G Gay marriage a threat to humanity's future: Pope reuters.com 10 Jan 12 Catholic priest's efforts to change so-called 'gay panic' defence gets thousands of signatures starobserver.com.au | Sign petition 10 Jan 12
	Lova ya, betches Shit Girls Say To Gay Guys video goes viral youtu.be Shit Straight Girls Say To Lesbians youtu.be
USA Abuse of LGBT immigrants in US detention centre - gay Congressman Jared Polis wants investigation  westword.com 10 Jan 12 MALAYSIA Bomb blasts follow news of Anwar Ibrahim acquittal on sodomy charges mmail.com.my 10 Jan 12 EU hails Anwar acquittal, urges reversal of Malaysian homosexual laws eubusiness.com 10 Jan 12 WORLD Iran's internet clampdown demands cyber cafes take people's details guardian.co.uk 10 Jan 12 How anti-homosexuality Bill boosted Ugandan gays' agenda allafrica.com 10 Jan 12 Italian politician makes anti-gay gaffe - only two types human beings, the rest are psychiatric cases news24.com 10 Jan 12 Turkish court fines paper for insulting gay people in a headline hurriyetdailynews.com 10 Jan 12 GAY BOOKS
	The Last Chapter A look at LGBT bookstores around the world - these gay havens are barely hanging on by a thread queerty.com | gays the word 10 Jan 12
SHOW BIZ Netflix gay category removed from iPad and Xbox versions at UK launch pinknews.co.uk 10 Jan 12 Rock, radio drama about legendary Hollywood movie star Rock Hudson nominated for BBC Award madeinmanchester.tv 10 Jan 12 Bravo's gay talk show host Andy Cohen expands his late night kingdom latimes.com 10 Jan 12 Openly gay Miss California USA contestants left with a significant place in the competition's history latimes.com 10 Jan 12 Dol (First Birthday) - Michael Stipe produces film of gay Korean-American man who yearns for a family life sltrib.com 10 Jan 12
Chubby Chaser MTV's True Life to feature gay man into larger men youtu.be | XXL
Twingo ad Renault advert features gay wedding youtu.be

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Monday 9 January 2012

UK Five men on trial at Derby Crown Court - called for homosexuals to be executed granthamjournal.co.uk 9 Jan 12
Barry and Anne, Jayne and Anne Couple marry for the second time...after husband has a sex swap mirror.co.uk
GAY SPORTS Oxford City footballer off the pitch after controversial Tweet about gay former Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas oxfordmail.co.uk 9 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ Graham Norton has got his stolen car back after appealing to his fans to help him find it thisislondon.co.uk 9 Jan 12 Alan Cumming tweets - 'I just got married!' broadwayworld.com 9 Jan 12 Miss California USA crowned in Palm Desert - two lesbian contestants miss out mydesert.com 9 Jan 12 Amelia Lily dons faux 'gay' tattoos as she performs at G-A-Y night dailymail.co.uk 9 Jan 12 Backstreet Boys love their gay fans contactmusic.com 9 Jan 12 Fox rules out Glee spin-off which would have revolved around several characters after they graduate atvtoday.co.uk 9 Jan 12 Child star of Empty Nest, Kristy McNichol, hopes that coming out can help kids who need support inquisitr.com 9 Jan 12
	Shame is not what you'd call an easy watch: Seedy, explicit, and harrowing but Michael Fassbender proves ready for his (full frontal) close-up guardian.co.uk 9 Jan 12
USA New Jersey Legislature: bill legalizing gay marriage will be the first measure introduced in the new session nj.com 9 Jan 12 Rick Santorum says he would love his son just as much if he were gay AFP google.com 9 Jan 12
	James Hormel Fit to Serve biography reflects his long battle to become the nation's first openly gay US Ambassador windycitymediagroup.com Buy Book 9 Jan 12
Fred Karger Republican Fred Karger is the first openly gay man to run for President of the United States youtu.be 9 Jan 12
WORLD
Anwar Ibrahim Malaysia's High Court acquitted opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomising a former aide, citing unreliable DNA evidence youtu.be 9 Jan 12

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Wednesday 10 August 2011

UK
Riots spread to the gay village of Birmingham midlandszone.co.uk 10 Aug 11
How universities can be better gay-friendly employers - People perform better when they can be themselves guardian.co.uk 10 Aug 11 GAY MEDIA Why the LGBT Media Matters - Do we really need to perpetuate a media ghetto? huffingtonpost.com 10 Aug 11 Gay news sites blocked on Ottawa Airport WiFi - labeled as "adult" xtra.ca 10 Aug 11 GAY PRIDE
	Michael Felse Independent candidate who stood in the 2009 Doncaster mayoral election is to be the Manchester Pride parade queen bbc.co.uk 10 Aug 11
GAY SPORTS Newcastle Ravens RFC plan second try at Northumberland Cup journallive.co.uk 10 Aug 11 USA Defendant's brother testifies in gay killing trial - books about Nazi youth found abcnews.go.com 10 Aug 11 Legal Rollercoaster: Gay slur gets amusement park sued nbcbayarea.com 10 Aug 11
	Ari Gold and Timothy Nelson Settlement reached in case of gay couple told to move to back of bus advocate.com 10 Aug 11
	Bradford Wells and his primary caregiver Anthony John Makk: San Francisco gay married couple lose immigration battle sfgate.com 10 Aug 11 Big Government's real war on marriage huffingtonpost.com 10 Aug 11
	States Sodomy Laws eighteen states still refuse to rewrite their laws and take these anti-gay relics off their books equalitymatters.org 10 Aug 11
WORLD Quebec unveils guide to care of gay elderly people bbc.co.uk | Charter 10 Aug 11 Swedish lesbians forced to pay more for sperm thelocal.se 10 Aug 11 Oops! Turns out the last gay Holocaust survivor ISN'T dead queerty.com 10 Aug 11 Chile president offers to legalize gay unions AFP google 10 Aug 11 Taiwan gears for biggest same-sex mass wedding AFP Google 10 Aug 11 Gay pastor urges LGBT Malaysians to come out lgbtweekly.com 10 Aug 11 Gay beauty contestant drops dead in Barbados - "Miss Bahamas" felt unwell jamaicaobserver.com 10 Aug 11 BULLYING
Jedward get battered and bruised to support Irish anti-bullying campaign, with Louis Walshe and Westlife ispcc.ie 10 Aug 11

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