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Friday 27 January 2012

2012-01-27T14:16:00.000Z

O-M-G The Lepers Among Us 'gay-cure' conference in London today despite condemnation from community groups cisionwire.com 27 Jan 12 'Gay-cure' pastor to preach at a Tunbridge Wells church this weekend thisiskent.co.uk \| CORE belief 27 Jan 12 Homosexuality is not a problem to be 'cured' - conversion Church conference reaches London secularnewsdaily.com 27 Jan 12 I'm gay, but I want a Jewish life - questions not being answered at school thejc.com 27 Jan 12 GAY RESEARCH Gay suicides should be counted, say British campaigners gaystarnews.com 27 Jan 12 Data changes raise concerns for trans and intersex university students pinknews.co.uk 27 Jan 12 GAY HEALTH 3,000 people with HIV in the UK are part of myHIV - now the largest online support network myhiv.org.uk 27 Jan 12 More must be done to reduced Hepatitus C transmission amongst HIV+ gay men says NAT report Download report 27 Jan 12 GAY MARRIAGE
	Barney Frank the gay pioneer in Congress, will marry his longtime partner, Jim Ready, in Massachusetts - no date set yet thestate.com 27 Jan 12
Maine gay-rights groups submit 105,000 names to back marriage referendum - twice the number needed bloomberg.com 27 Jan 12 GAY SPORTS Justin Fashanu' s niece asks why no gay player has followed her uncle's boots in 25 years - BBC Three 9pm Mon 30 Jan bbc.co.uk \| iPlayer 27 Jan 12 Martina Navratilova asks whether Margaret Court had "feelings for women" supersport.com 27 Jan 12 USA San Francisco community college to offer course in LGBT studies as it pursues full LGBT certificate and major insidebayarea.com 27 Jan 12 Alabama school told to allow same-sex couples to attend school proms, or face lawsuit tuscaloosanews.com 27 Jan 12 SEX - LIFE
	Phoebe Hart Orchids tv documentary records Phoebe Hart's journey to come to terms with her intersex condition theconversation.edu.au 27 Jan 12
WORLD Not all Tunisian homosexuals are convinced things are headed in the right direction tunisia-live.net 27 Jan 12
	Maurice Tomlinson Jamaican government must confront entrenched homophobia, starting with a law change guardian.co.uk 27 Jan 12
GAY BOOKS *Outwrite Bookstore* in midtown Atlanta has closed after 18 years publicbroadcasting.net 27 Jan 12

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Thursday 26 January 2012

2012-01-26T15:43:00.001Z

UK
	Is it safe to be out in the entertainment industry? Equity survey of LGBT actors finds: - 81% are out in their professional lives - 94% are honest about their sexuality to their fellow performers - 57% are not open about their sexuality to their agent - 35% have experienced homophobia in their profesional lives thestage.co.uk \| equity.org.uk 26 Jan 12
	Strip night under threat 600 sign petition saying the White Swan, in East London, should be excluded from Tower Hamlets sex establishment consultation bbc.co.uk \| Sign Petition 26 Jan12 And in Washington DC
	Godfrey Bloom MEP Homophobic UKIP MEP asks European Commission to justify the grants given to ILGA for LGBT work lgbt-ep.eu 26 Jan 12
	Jack Frew murder trial Murder accused claimed Jack Frew 'exposed himself' shortly before he was stabbed to death bbc.co.uk 26 Jan 12
	Leonard Watters dance teacher jailed for six months for falsely accusing X Factor judge Louis Walsh of groping him in Dublin nightspot Krystle last April telegraph.co.uk 26 Jan 12
	The L Project the UK's most talented lesbian artists are to release a single It Does Get Better to help charities working to prevent LGBT bullying among young people facebook.com 26 Jan 12
GAY SPORTS QPR warns fans about offensive chanting - after signing player who was banned for singing homophobic song thesun.co.uk 26 Jan 12 GAY MARRIAGE Petition against same-sex 'marriage' put on hold until after Scottish Government publishes consultation sconews.co.uk 26 Jan 12 Margaret Court's views increase gay suicide risk says Australian health advocate theaustralian.com.au 26 Jan 12 Seven Republicans who stood up for gay marriage in Washington State seattletimes 25 Jan 12 WORLD
	Be Bothered Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament and 184 Members signed ILGA-Europe's Be Bothered Pledge, a 10-point manifesto for LGBT rights ilga-europe.org 26 Jan 12
Maltese brothers to be charged over assault on lesbians timesofmalta.com 26 Jan 12 Anti-gay Twitter hashtag hijacked by wit @LGBTfacts - Can I join the Gaystapo? I bet the uniforms are HOT! cnet.com 26 Jan 12 GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE DAY Californian unversity halts creation of LGBT Club on campus, says it's against 'God's will' laweekly.com 25 Jan 12
	Gay-Straight Alliance with over 500 clubs established in schools and colleges across the USA, today is National Gay-Straight Alliance Day - Wed 25 Jangsaday.org 25 Jan 12
GAY MARKETING Targeting gay people takes more than running generalised ads in the gay media, says new study marketingweek.co.uk 26 Jan 12 O-M-G Former Jewish school students concerned about "gay cure" group JONAH - ask London school to address teaching of homosexuality thejc.com 26 Jan 12 Conservative Christian parents in Minneapolis demand teachers teach about the "ex-homosexual" movement tcdailyplanet.net 26 Jan 12 Amsterdam's Chief Rabbi says he fears for his safety after signing a declaration against homosexuality thejc.com 26 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ
	Barry Humphries displayed all of the modesty of Dame Edna Everage or Sir Les Patterson after receiving the Australian of the Year award in the UK heraldsun.com.au 26 Jan 12
	Kylie at Sydney Mardi Gras Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is excited to confirm that Kylie is to party with us all weekend long! youtu.be 26 Jan 12
	Cynthia Nixon bisexual Sex and the City actress shows off her bare new look and tells why she shaved her head for a new part youtube.com 26 Jan 12
	Tom Marshman is bringing his show Move Over Darling to Luton for LGBT History Month lutontoday.co.uk 26 Jan 12
SMASH A musical drama about the life of Marilyn Monroe that celebrates the beauty and heartbreak of the Broadway theater as it follows a cross-section of dreamers and schemers who all have one common desire - to be a 'Smash' - NBC pilot available free on iTunes and Amazon youtu.be

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Wednesday 25 January 2012

2012-01-25T12:31:00.000Z

HAPPY BIRTHDAY As Peter tatchell celebrates his 60th birthday, he says has no intention of slowing down after 45 years of activism guardian.co.uk \| BBC Radio 4 Midweek petertatchellfoundation.org \| Make a donation petertatchell.net 25 Jan 12 UK England Rugby champion Ben Cohen MBE joins impressive line-up of Ambassadors for Pride House London pridehouselondon.co.uk 25 Jan 12
	Jack Frew murder trial hears accused regarded schoolboy as a "sex pest" and a threat to his relationship bbc.co.uk 25 Jan 12
Teacher called pupils 'Poofs' and 'Batty Boys', barred from classroom by Teaching Council huffingtonpost.co.uk 25 Jan 12
Homophobia in our Schools Young Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual people share their school experiences of homophobia - lesbian forced to change in boys locker room youtu.be \| lgbtyouthnorthwest.org.uk 25 Jan 12
LGBT HISTORY MONTH Worcestershire shows some pride for LGBT History month with a whole host of events - Feb bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk \| LGBT History Month 25 Jan12 Authors Stella Duffy and Paul Burston to speak at Watford Central Library in celebration of gay and lesbian writers - Tue 21 Feb watfordobserver.co.uk 25 Jan 12 USA Gay groups angry Kansas anti-sodomy law remains on books reuters.com uk 25 Jan 12 WORLD Queensland to close 'gay panic' legal loophole following successful 25,000-signature campaign samesame.com.au 25 Jan 12
	Joseph Fedelin English teacher in Manilla tried to jump from 16th-floor after pouring acid on his partner, Jefferson Quitaleg, who wanted to end their relationship philstar.com 25 Jan 12
SEX - LIFE Facial symmetry could play a role in "gaydar" a new study suggests sciencedaily.com 25 Jan 12
	Tim Gunn Australian gay TV host says 'I haven't had sex in 29 years. Do I feel like less of a person because of it? No, not even remotely.' ew.com 25 Jan 12
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Oscar nominations include: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo for best actress Rooney Mara as a bisexual hacker Midnight in Paris for Woody Allen (about Cole Porter's time in 'gay' Paris) Beginners for supporting actor Christopher Plummer playing a gay dad The Iron Lady directed by gay director Phyllida Lloyd, nominated for best actress Meryl Streep and best make-up dallasvoice.com 25 Jan 12

	Don Giovanni Inspired by Matthew Bourne's production of Swan Lake, opera company brings prodction to London's Heaven gay nightclub - 15-30 Apr dongiovannitheopera.com 25 Jan12

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Tuesday 24 January 2012

2012-01-24T15:00:00.001Z

UK Clapham Common friends against 18-day Pride House olympic event - 'a magnet for undesirable LGBT elements' southlondon-today.co.uk 24 Jan 12 Councils will be allocated more than £2 billion to look after public health PA google.com 24 Jan 12 Specific indicators for both HIV and chlamydia screening, are vitally important says THT tht.org.uk 24 Jan 12 GAY SPORTS Leicester City sack Michael Ball after defender is fined £6,000 for homophobic tweet by Football Association telegraph.co.uk 24 Jan 12 Margaret Court felt victimised as target of relentless hate campaign for airing her views on gay marriage heraldsun.com.au 24 Jan 12 Russian Police mistake healthy living race for Gay Parade themoscowtimes.com 24 Jan 12 GAY MARRIAGE Washington State Legislature has enough votes to legalize gay marriage seattletimes.nwsource.com 24 Jan 12 GAY SUICIDE
	Philip Parker told by pastor he had "the devil" before 14-year-old committed suicide - parents say he was 'constantly bulled for being gay' skippingtothepiccolo.com 24 Jan12

Sir It Gets Better Sir It Gets Better video created by deployed U.S. Military personnel youtu.be 24 Jan 12
SHOW BIZ Melissa Etheridge and girlfriend: We hide our hatred ... for the sake of the kids tmz.com 24 Jan 12 Cynthia Nixon on being gay: "For me, it is a choice" ivillage.com 24 Jan 12 WORLD Zulus might take their King's view as encouragement to openly support an anti-gay stance timeslive.co.za 24 Jan 12
	Carina Vance Mafla Ecuador's new lesbian Health Minister faces delays in the distribution of HIV medications, discrimination at hospitals, and gay-cure "clinics" washingtonblade.com 24 Jan 12
GAY BOOKS Same-sex marriage: "Out of the question" for children's literature? huffingtonpost.co.uk 24 Jan 12 GAY HISTORY
	Gay Birmingham back to back Birmingham LGBT uncovers the lost histories of Birmingham's queer people from the 1850s-1970s, filmed at last year's SHOUT festival Buy DVD 24 Jan 12 LGBT History Month

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Monday 23 January 2012

2012-01-23T14:51:00.000Z

UK
Alan Turing centenary stamps can now be ordered from Bletchley Park shop bletchleypark.org.uk 23 Jan 12
Public Health Agency to fund LGBT awareness workshops for healthcare professionals publichealth.hscni.net 23 Jan 12 GAY MARRIAGE Economic boost of marriage equality in Washington State estimated at $88 million williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu 23 Jan 12 Olivia Newton-John and Hugh Jackman pledge support for gay marriage in Australia heraldsun.com.au 23 Jan 12 New Jersey's Statehouse will be crowded Tuesday when activists make their case for and against gay marriage northjersey.com 23 Jan 12 SEX - LIFE Is it possible to have a happy open marriage? - you can't see any gay bear leather guys but me bbc.co.uk 23 Jan 12 WORLD Zulu king slams gays 'rotten', earning rebuke from President Zuma vanguardngr.com 23 Jan 12 Gayegypt.com supports peaceful protestors from the gay community who are against the Military Council gayegypt.com 23 Jan 12 Member of Indonesia's large transgender community registers to join the National Commission on Human Rights thejakartaglobe.com 23 Jan 12 Finnish voters will find it difficult to back gay candidate, Pekka Haavisto, in run-off for President abcnews.go.com 23 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ
	Daniel Radcliffe defends casting as gay poet Allen Ginsberg in the forthcoming thriller Kill Your Darlings bbc.co.uk 23 Jan 12
	Gareth Thomas Celebrity Big Brother stint could open doors, says PR guru Max Clifford walesonline.co.uk 23 Jan 12
	Doogie Howser MD Season 1 starring Neil Patrick Harris is now available in the UK for the first time Buy DVD 23 Jan 12

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Sunday 22 January 2012

2012-01-22T15:06:00.000Z

GAY MARRIAGE
78 Mayors support same-sex marriage Freedom to Marry and the US Conference of Mayors believe that all people should be able to share in the love and commitment of marriage AFP google.com \| youtu.be \| freedomtomarry.org 22 Jan 12
Newt Gingrich is the gay marriage candidate - suggests Christian Science Monitor yahoo.com 22 Jan 12 GAY PARENTS
	The Stories of Two Zac(h)s Today, I've got a wonderful family. However, not one person in my family shares my bloodline addictinginfo.org 22 Jan 12
USA Condoms in porn: AIDS group vows to expand fight from LA City to LA County latimes.com National Center for Lesbian Rights celebrates 35th anniversary with award to Jane Lynch nclrights.org 22 Jan 12 WORLD Video from 1991 sparks controversy in Tunisia - allegedly shows the interior minister having sex in prison france24.com 22 Jan 12
	Thabo Mbeki Ex- South African leader says sexual preferences are a private matter. He was reacting to Ugandan MP Bahati's Bill that seeks a death penalty for aggravated homosexuality monitor.co.ug 22 Jan 12
TRANS Actress "felt like a freak" filming UK TV show Hit And Miss wearing a prosthetic penis to portray a transsexual femalefirst.co.uk 22 Jan 12
	Sasha British couple who raised their child as "gender neutral" for five years so the infant's "real personality" could shine through have finally revealed he is a boy telegraph.co.uk 22 Jan 12
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	Daria Naumko striking water colours on show at Adonis Art in Earls Court adonisartgallery

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Saturday 21 January 2012

2012-01-21T14:39:00.000Z

UK
	Kabir Ahmed one of three Muslim men found guilty of stirring up gay hatred after distributing a leaflet that said Islam called for anyone caught committing homosexuality to be executed PA google.com 21 Jan 12
Stonewall welcomes guilty verdict in Derby incitement to hatred trial stonewall.org.uk 21 Jan 12
Bill calling for compulsory lessons in sexual abstinence pulled at the last minute guardian.co.uk 21 Jan 12
	Birmingham gay mural that was painted on the wall of a car park at the edge of Birmingham's gay village was covered over by the car park's owners midlandszone.co.uk 21 Jan 12
GAY SPORTS
	Amal Fashanu Justin Fashanu's niece presents Britains Gay Footballers - documentary looks at homosexuality and football - BBC Three 9pm Mon 30 Jan amalfashanu.co.uk 21 Jan 12
GAY MARRIAGE
78 Mayors support same-sex marriage Freedom to Marry and the U.S. Conference of Mayors believe that all people should be able to share in the love and commitment of marriage AFP google.com \| youtu.be \| freedomtomarry.org
SHOW BIZ *Lady Gaga launching Born This Way* foundation in February ctv.ca 21 Jan 12 The Voice nominated for a 2012 GLAAD Media Award for outstanding reality program wetpaint.com 21 Jan 12 TRANS Transgender people celebrate Massachusetts state law that prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, insurance, credit bostonherald.com 21 Jan 12 Trans Murder Monitoring (TMM) project** systematically monitors and analyses homicides of trans people worldwide transrespect-transphobia.org 21 Jan 12
Love Georg Elfvelin Swedish Government mandates forced sterilization of any trangender person who wants to legally change his or her gender. Love Georg Elfvelin, a 21 year old store manager in Sweden, explains youtu.be \| Sign Petition 21 Jan 12

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Friday 20 January 2012

2012-01-20T14:56:00.000Z

UK Queer Question Time launches LGBT History Month - Southwark, Wed 1 Feb facebook.com 20 Jan 12 Gay MP Chris Bryant gets £30,000 plus costs in phone hacking settlement from News International guardian.co.uk 20 Jan 12 Pupils taught how to 'cure gays' at Jewish faith school in London thejc.com 20 Jan 12
	Jack Frew murder trial has heard claims that the schoolboy had sex with the accused and was blackmailing him. Jack Frew died from stab wounds to his neck and body bbc.co.uk 20 Jan 12
USA Religious leaders in the US defend marriage as the foundational institution of all societies europeandignitywatch.org 20 Jan 12 Career Centers in higher education are gradually improving in providing services to LGBTQ students outforwork.com 20 Jan 12 Microsoft, and six other companies, send letter of support for gay marriage to Washington State legislation seattletimes.nwsource.com 20 Jan 12 "Sexual Minority Stress" Damaging to older gay men queerty.com 20 Jan 12 ONLINE GAYS Student guilty of stabbing Kilburn teacher he met through Qrushr gay dating app london24.com 20 Jan 12
	*100,000 Grindr* users exposed** A popular "meat-market" smartphone app that spawned a sexual revolution in Australia's gay community has been compromised by a Sydney hacker smh.com.au 20 Jan 12
WORLD Mumbai's queer community is gearing up for the fourth annual Queer Azaadi March - Sat 28 Jan hindustantimes.com 20 Jan 12 Three Moscow gays detained after unsanctioned rally on Red Square ria.ru 20 Jan 12 GAY TRAVEL United Nations World Tourism Organization unveiled its first report on LGBT tourism with IGLTA echelonmagazine.com 20 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ 12 West End casts re-create past Eurovision Song Contest entries to raise £100,000 for good causes - Thu 26 Apr madtrust.org.uk 20 Jan 12 Putting the 'gay' back in adult video awards shows lgbtweekly.com 20 Jan 12
	Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka share their love in Out magazine: 'Without him, I can't breathe' nydailynews.com 20 Jan 12

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Thursday 19 January 2012

2012-01-19T14:23:00.000Z

UK Chris Bryant MP gets £30,000 plus costs in phone hacking settlement from News International guardian.co.uk Families of four murdered gay men demand killers serve whole-life sentences following landmark court ruling dailyrecord.co.uk 19 Jan 12 Jury to consider its verdicts on Muslims accused of stirring up hatred against homosexuals thisisderbyshire.co.uk 19 Jan 12 Cost of providing a King James Bible to every school around £377,000 PA google.com 19 Jan 12 Class action: former teacher explains why she set up charity Diversity Role Models timeout.com \| diversityrolemodels.org 19 Jan 12
	Dr Paul Miller A psychiatrist who offers "gay cure" therapy in Belfast, and advisor to former DUP MP Iris Robinson, has had conditions imposed by the GMC belfasttelegraph.co.uk 19 Jan 12
	Gemma Barker set up a double life as a boy so she could grope teen girls she knew, a court has heard metro.co.uk 19 Jan 12
GAY SPORTS Soccer bad boy Joey Barton has blamed football bosses for preventing professional players coming out thesun.co.uk 19 Jan 12 USA Bullying widespread in US elementary schools - most common is use of the word "gay" in a negative way GLSEN Report 19 Jan 12 Mayors of several big cities put additional pressure on President Barack Obama to support same-sex marriage wsj.com 19 Jan 12 UGANDA Ugandan official says 'kill the gays' bill 'not being reconsidered' washingtonblade.com 19 Jan 12 PORN Porn industry mulls leaving LA if condoms required foxnews.com 19 Jan 12 Iran confirms death sentence for 'porn site' web programmer guardian.co.uk 19 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ Rosie O'Donnell slams the anti-gay rhetoric being espoused by GOP campaigns mediaite.com 19 Jan 12 Lady Gaga, Glee and Modern Family among nominations for GLAAD Media Awards glaad.org 19 Jan 12

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Wednesday 18 January 2012

2012-01-18T14:14:00.000Z

GAY PRIDE
	Paul Birrell has retired as the longest serving chair of Pride London after 18 years on its board pridelondon.org 18 Jan 12 Gay Pride Calendar 2012
	Dr Patrick Williams will take over as chair of Pride London in the run-up to WorldPride 2012 pridelondon.org 18 Jan 12
	Sonya Robotham has been appointed as New Programmes and Events Officer for Birmingham LGBT blgbt.org 18 Jan 12
UK Lancashire's archives is building a Pink Collection of records devoted to LGBT culture, past and present burnleycitizen.co.uk \| LGBT History Month 18 Jan 12
	Janey Buchan Former Labour MEP has died aged 85. Her support for gay rights led her to be named life president of the Scottish Minorities Group, now part of Stonewall stv.tv 18 Jan 12
O-M-G Rainbow Project to protest against 'gay cure' reparative therapy conference in Belfast - Fri 20 Jan 9:30am belfasttelegraph.co.uk \|google calendar 18 Jan 12 Chicago Cardinal celebrates mass and birthday, before offering required resignation letter chicagotribune.com 18 Jan 12 Amsterdam chief rabbi suspended for saying homosexuality can be "healed" jpost.com 18 Jan 12 GAY SPORTS German soccer president says gay players should come out; Germany captain disagrees washingtonpost.com 18 Jan 12 King's Cross Steelers win first game of 2012 with 21-17 victory over Phantoms II pitchero.com 18 Jan 12 NJ politician regrets calling Philadelphia Eagles 'gaybirds' usatoday.com 18 Jan 12 Billie Jean King adamantly opposed to Margaret Court's comments against gay marriage, but not the player herself usatoday.com 18 Jan 12 GAY BUSINESS Gareth Thomas gay rugby star raises glass to £7m takeover of Turbo drinks company walesonline.co.uk 18 Jan 12 *Home Depot* denies folding to anti-gay group's boycott -we have never changed our commitment to diversity back2stonewall.com 18 Jan 12 USA 5% of Elmhurst College's prospective students identify as LGBT - 90% answered groundbreaking question chicagotribune.com 18 Jan 12 Jeffrey Sanker's White Party Palm Springs 2012 is going to be a 3-D experience - 6-9 Apr businesswire.com 18 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ *Coming Out Diaries* BBC documentary follows three young people as they tell family and friends they're gay or transgender BBC iPlayer 18 Jan 12 Little Joe magazine launches film club with A Bigger Splash starring David Hockney, Kensington - Tue 31 Jan littlejoebiggersplash 18 Jan 12 *Glee: Jeff Goldblum, Brian Stokes Mitchell to play Rachel's gay dads hollywoodreporter.com 18 Jan 12 WORLD* Turkish attitudes to gay and transgender people are slowly improving - in the media at least guardian.co.uk 18 Jan 12
	Da Xige a cross-dressing garbage collector, whose real name is Liu Peilin, wins national sympathy after his house was burned by a fire and he was subsequently ridiculed on tv shanghaiist.com 18 Jan 12

Second Class Citizens Documentary A second class citizen is defined as: a person whose rights and opportunities are treated as less important than those of other people in the same society. Video montage goes viral youtu.be \| kickstarter.com 18 Jan 12

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Tuesday 17 January 2012

2012-01-17T16:34:00.000Z

UK Conservative MPs are trying to sabotage David Cameron's plan to legalise gay marriage independent.co.uk 17 Jan 12 Any Tory rebellion against the Government's plans to allow gay marriage will be embarrassing for Cameron conservativehome.blogs.com 17 Jan 12 Police raid suspected gay brothel in Bristol during an operation aimed at vice and drugs thisisbristol.co.uk 17 Jan 12 Kabir Ahmed who gave out gay hate leaflets said he was just doing his "duty as a Muslim" bbc.co.uk 17 Jan 12 Public Order Act Section 5 should be repealed, to allow freedom of expression without the threat of arrest petertatchellfoundation.org 17 Jan 12 Birmingham LGBT to deliver a 'Pink Triangle' floral tribute to Birmingham's Holocaust Memorial Day event blgbt.org 17 Jan 12 SEX - LIFE
	What is it like to be asexual? Jenni Goodchild does not experience sexual attraction. Asexuality is described as an orientation, unlike celibacy which is a choice bbc.co.uk 17 Jan 12
	Blake Miller and Steve Garcia gay couple from Texas were among those who survived the sinking of the Costa Concordia cruise ship dallasvoice.com 17 Jan 12
USA Bernice King's gay-inclusive speech at MLK rally surprises LGBT participants thegavoice.com 17 Jan 12 Gay seniors fear bias - 3 million LGBT people in US over 65 by 2030 daytondailynews.com 17 Jan 12 Restauranteur who fired employees "whose sexual preferences fail to demonstrate normal heterosexual value" dies nytimes.com 17 Jan 12 WORLD 'They hunt us down for fun' - Kuwaiti Police accused of transgender torture, sexual assault kuwaittimes.net 17 Jan 12 Sweden should drop compulsory sterilization of transsexuals, says Human Rights Watch globalpost.com 17 Jan 12 Homosexuality will rock the foundation of Malaysia, creating chaos, civil disobedience, claims former leader mmail.com 17 Jan 12 GAY SPORTS Why the Australian tennis rainbow protest matters smh.com.au 17 Jan 12
	Laura Robson teenage tennis player, found herself at the centre of a gay rights controversy at Australian Open thanks to her choice of hairband telegraph.co.uk 17 Jan 12
	Philipp Lahm Germany's captain Philip Lahm says 'I do not think that society is at the point where it can accept gay professional footballers' goal.com 17 Jan 12
	Stephen Fry lent his support to the government's campaign to kick homophobia out of sport by signing the Sports Charter homeoffice.gov.uk \| Sign up 17 Jan 12
O-M-G Why is this gay cleric considering suing the Church of England if he won't win? guardian.co.uk 17 Jan 12 40 American religious leaders warn of threat to religious freedom posed by same-sex marriage christianconcern.com 17 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ Golden Globe an Oscar prelude for Christopher Plummer? - for role as a gay dad in Beginners ctv.ca 17 Jan 12 2012 Iris Prize Festival: submissions are now open for Cardiff's gay and lesbian film festival - 10-14 Oct irisprize.org 17 Jan 12 Gay marriage play '8' coming to theatres across the USA during 2012 washingtonexaminer.com 17 Jan 12 Modern Family saves major TV networks from complete shut out from Golden Globe awards insidetv.ew.com 17 Jan 12 David Furnish has a go at Madonna, after she beat Elton to Best Original Song award at Golden Globes stv.tv 17 Jan 12
	*The Dorians* Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association announce their top choices of the best in film and television 2011 galeca.com 17 Jan 12
GAY BOOKS Gay's the Word Bookshop celebrates 33rd birthday with the story of its birth polarimagazine.com 17 Jan 12
	Jeanette Winterson 'If my 20-year-old self could see me now, she'd think "Wow, JW, we escaped!"' says the award-winning writer of Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal ft.com \| Buy Book 17 Jan 12

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Monday 16 January 2012

2012-01-16T14:40:00.000Z

UK Charities criticise London's 'failing' HIV prevention programme - management failings, lack of strategy bbc.co.uk 16 Jan 12 Pride in Practice - new patient standard for excellence in lesbian, gay and bisexual healthcare lgf.org.uk \| managementinpractice.com 16 Jan 12 Church of England needs to forget its silliness about homosexuality - Chris Bryant MP independent.co.uk 16 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ
	Christopher Plummer wins Golden Globe for best supporting actor for his role as a gay dad in Beginners bloomberg.com \| See Trailer 16 Jan 12
Christopher Plummer criticises anti-gay protesters who soured the Golden Globes celebrations contactmusic.com 16 Jan 12
George Clooney takes a swing against Republican party frontrunner Mitt Romney's stance on gay rights reuters.com 16 Jan 12 GAY MARRIAGE Canada's same-sex marriage law to be changed to recognize gay tourists nationalpost.com 16 Jan 12
	Why gay parents may be the best parents tend to be more motivated, more committed, because they chose to be parents livescience.com 16 Jan 12
GAY SPORTS Gay activists plan to inundate Australian Open and raise hundreds of rainbow flags heraldsun.com.au 16 Jan 12 Australian MP accuses gays of "rainbow fascism" over comments by anti-gay tennis star Margaret Court starobserver.com.au 16 Jan 12 Sacked Oxford striker Lee Steele apologises for homophobic tweet about Gareth Thomas bbc.co.uk 16 Jan 12 USA High school newspaper sparks controversy - calls homosexuality a sin punishable by death tucsoncitizen.com 16 Jan 12 Gay Straight Alliance takes hold in earlier grades - now 500 middle school chapters nationwide sfgate.com 16 Jan 12 WORLD
	Frank Mugisha Ugandan activist receives death threats after writing a New York Times op-ed article sdgln.com 16 Jan 12

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Sunday 15 January 2012

2012-01-15T14:14:00.000Z

UK
	Rev Jeffrey John 'I'll sue Church of England if it bars me from being bishop,' says gay dean dailymail.co.uk 15 Jan 12
	Jackie Green Teenage transsexual has become the first sex swap patient to enter the Miss England beauty pageant thesun.co,uk 15 Jan 12
	Samuel Kneen Mr Gay UK says he'll give away part of his winnings to charity - to support a friend struck down by HIV walesonline.co.uk 15 Jan 12
USA Ugandan Ambassador withdraws from MLK Event after concerns over their anti-gay human rights record huffingtonpost.com 15 Jan 12 Texas school district denies removing bathroom doors to prevent students from having sex pegasusnews.com 15 Jan 12
Former girl scout Buck Angel says Don't Boycott Girl Scout Cookies because Girl Scouts has accepted transgender girls youtu.be 15 Jan 12
WORLD Sarkozy minister denies gay marriage to be added to re-election platform businessweek.com 15 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ *ABC pulls the plug on Work It* after two episodes - had potential to jeopardize safety of transgender Americans eonline.com 15 Jan 12 Rosie O'Donnell** reveals Hollywood's "secret lesbian parties" gossipcop.com 15 Jan 12
	Gay honor killing of Turkish activist Ahmet Yildiz inspires movie Zenne (male belly dancer) cnn.com stophonourkillings.com15 Jan 12
	Edmund White 'I was monogamous once, briefly, with a passionate Spaniard who was unrepentantly jealous', says author guardian.co.uk 15 Jan 12

*Joshua Tree, 1951* A Portrait Of James Dean depicts Hollywood star's alleged gay trysts huffingtonpost.com 15 Jan 12

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Saturday 14 January 2012

2012-01-14T14:08:00.000Z

UK Tesco shares dive after announcing £30,000 donation to next year's divisive, depraved London 'Gay Pride', believe Christians christianvoice.org.uk 14 Jan 12 Hate-trial defendant feared that a "tsunami" would strike the country unless homosexuality wasn't "stopped" thisisderbyshire.co.uk 14 Jan 12 Seven Roman Catholic monks facing child sex and pornography offences, named by top public school google.com 14 Jan 12
	Tim Harris The new leader of the Conservatives in Reading thinks his group is "awesome" getreading.co.uk 14 Jan 12
GAY SUICIDE *Knowing Nile* tells his tale in London's Brick Lane and how he took his own life aged 19 due to mental illness facebook.com 14 Jan 12
	Eric James Borges 19-year-old aspiring filmmaker and an intern with the Trevor Project, committed suicide after a lifetime of homophobia and abuse from his family and classmates ibtimes.co.uk 14 Jan 12
USA Obama's position on marriage has been stalled on ''evolving,'' but there is a path forward if he wants it metroweekly.com 14 Jan 12 Nancy Pelosi's first speech was on AIDS - 25 years later, she's not finished pushing the LGBT envelope in Washington advocate.com 14 Jan 12 Tennessee republicans try to kick transgender people out of public restrooms nashvillescene.com 14 Jan 12 GAY SPORTS Pro-gay protest is in the works to take place at the Australian Tennis Open yahoo.com 14 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ 'It's alright, I'm gay': 2 Broke Girls creator Michael Patrick King says his sexuality entitles him to make fun of minorities dailymail.co.uk 14 Jan 12
	*Weekend* award-winning British film depicts a burgeoning relationship between two men over a whirlwind weekend - released on DVD 19 March Buy DVD 14 Jan 12
SEX - LIFE Adolescent children of lesbian parents are just as well-adjusted as peers from opposite-sex couples thinkprogress.org 14 Jan 12
Girl Scout launches cookie boycott campaign After organization's inclusion of transgender child. 14 year old, well spoken, yet utterly stupid girl scout urges us not to buy girl scout cookies until transgender children are no longer allowed into the girl scouts youtu.be 14 Jan 12

Shit Homophobic People Say No spoofing necessary, 100% real commentary by antigay public figures lambdalegal.org 14 Jan 12

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Friday 13 January 2012

2012-01-13T14:15:00.000Z

UK Stonewall appoints six new trustees with a broad range of professional backgrounds stonewall.org.uk 13 Jan 12 House of Commons watering-hole 'is virtually a gay bar' says gay MP Chris Bryant theweek.co.uk 13 Jan 12 GAY SPORTS
	Go gay for Thierry Henry After Henry's skilful homecoming, fans said they would 'go gay' for him. Isn't it time football bodies stopped playing it straight? guardian.co.uk \| thefa.com 13 Jan12
ANTI SOCIAL NETWORK Facebook says it didn't 'destroy the life of a young man' - when homophobic parents spotted targetted ads forbes.com 13 Jan 12 **Facebook shuts down page of OutServe DADT repeal group, based on fake complaint gay.americablog.com 13 Jan 12 NJ school district moves** to fire teacher who made anti-gay Facebook comments msnbc.msn.com 13 Jan 12 Man arrested by the religious police in Saudi Arabia for using Facebook to date other men gaystarnews.com 13 Jan 12 USA
	Entrapment Cops are accused of entrapping over 500 gay men in an undercover operation targeting men having sex in Palm Beach parks southfloridagaynews.com 13 Jan12

Bradley Manning recommended for Court Martial An Army officer is recommending a general court-martial for Pfc. Bradley Manning, a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history to WikiLeaks youtu.be \| bradleymanning.org 13 Jan 12
WORLD Canada seeks to reassure gay couples that marriages are not in jeopardy lgbtqnation.com 13 Jan 12 Sweden keeps sex-change sterilization law thelocal.se 13 Jan 12 Three Russian activists arrested for picketing in front of the regional children's library gayrussia.eu 13 Jan 12 Belgian church wants abusers to pay if victims seek funds after statute of limitations expires washingtonpost.com 13 Jan 12 GAY TRAVEL Best gay cities in the world, from Tel Aviv to San Francisco gaycities.com 13 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ George Michael spotted out with boyfriend for first time since recovering from life-threatening pneumonia dailymail.co.uk 13 Jan 12 The disease that hit George Michael - Bacterial pneumonias affects young people iol.co.za 13 Jan 12
	Calvin Klein is flying solo - the 67-year-old fashion designer raised eyebrows socializing at NY nightclub without 21-year-old boyfriend Nick Gruber on Sunday morning nydailynews.com 13 Jan 12
	Charlie Condou Gay Coronation Street actor becomes a father again with female friend dailymail.co.uk 13 Jan 12
	Cameron Monaghan turning 18 means Shameless USA can be more explicit about Ian's sex life without violating federal child pornography laws thinkprogress.org 13 Jan 12

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Thursday 12 January 2012

2012-01-12T15:15:00.001Z

UK Turn or Burn anti-gay leaflets - 'I wondered whether I would be getting a burning rag through the letterbox' harboroughmail.co.uk 12 Jan 12 LGBT adoption and fostering week features events around the UK - 20-26 Feb lgbtadoptfosterweek.org.uk 12 Jan 12 GAY SPORTS Oxford City sack Lee Steele for homophobic tweet bbc.co.uk 12 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ Tracy Morgan's homophobic skit turned into comedy on 30 Rock outandaboutnewspaper.com 12 Jan 12
	Brent Everett wins the coveted "Best Porn Star" award at 2012 Cybersocket Awards xbiz.com 12 Jan 12
	Sean Bean plays a transsexual looking for love in the new series of Jimmy McGovern's BBC1 drama Accused metro.co.uk 12 Jan 12
GAY BUSINESS Gay professionals test new projects at GBA meeting at the Green Carnation, Soho - Thu 19 Jan gba.org.uk 12 Jan 12 Ernst & Young is UK's top gay employer. A sign that LGBT issues are now officially mainstream? managementtoday.co.uk 12 Jan 12 Woman sues Avis Rent A Car for offering discounts to gay and lesbian customers, but not to her courthousenews.com 12 Jan 12 Three out of the eighteen contestants announced for Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice are gay dot429.com 12 Jan 12 USA 'HIV was invented as the cause of AIDS to get research money,' claims radio host dailymail.co.uk 12 Jan 12 Anti-gay activists asks homosexual activist Dan Savage to take down cyber-bullying site Santorum.com christiannewswire \| Santorum.com 12 Jan 12 Pat Buchanan claims "militant gays" are after him - petition demanded MSNBC fire the TV pundit opposingviews.com 12 Jan 12 GAY MARRIAGE Thousands of same-sex couples, who flocked to Canada from abroad since 2004 to get married, are not legally wed theglobeandmail.com 12 Jan 12
	Coming home for Christmas 'A little video I put together of my fiance's leave' - charming video shows her receiving an engagement ring at the airport - ahhh! youtu.be 12 Jan 12
WORLD Filipino teen scalded by father after coming out gaynz.com 12 Jan 12
	Homosexual propaganda Three well-known LGBT activists arrested under Russia's "homosexual propaganda" law for 20m rainbow banner in Arkhangelsk, Russia sdgln.com 12 Jan 12

Coming out as a gay Pakistani Muslim LGBTQ people of colour face more difficulties in coming out, and the It's Gets Better project is 'too white' youtu.be \| It Gets Better 12 Jan 12

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Wednesday 11 January 2012

2012-01-11T14:11:00.000Z

UK Ernst & Young tops Stonewall's 2012 list of gay-friendly employers - MI5 enters Top 100 for the first time stonewall.org.uk 11 Jan 12 Gay man who had leaflet in his letterbox tells Derby jury: "They made me feel terrorised in my own home" thisisderbyshire.co.uk 11 Jan 12 Johann Hari to return to Independent in '4 or 5 weeks' journalism.co.uk 11 Jan 12 GAY FOOD Can't understand why you seem to be gaining weight? New TV series needs you gaytoz Be A Star on TV 11 Jan 12 The 'gay diet' If 'man food' is meat and 'girl food' is salad, what's 'gay food'? guardian.co.uk \| Buy Book 11 Jan 12 GAY TRAVEL
	Nepal adventures Outdoor pursuits charity OutdoorLads offers two trips to Nepal in 2012 outdoorlads.com 11 Jan 12
USA The world's best-paid man? Apple's gay CEO Tim Cook promised $378 million in 2011 independent.co.uk 11 Jan 12 Mitt Romney disavows Gay Pride flyers - the governor came close to marching in Boston's 2002 parade thinkprogress.org 11 Jan 12
	Robert Champion Jr New twist in Florida university hazing investigation, as parents of a student who was beaten to death reveal he was gay cbsnews.com 11 Jan 12
SHOW BIZ K.D. Lang: I'm undomesticating myself from my domestic partner tmz.com 11 Jan 12 Work It harming transgender community - ABC chief: 'I don't get it' ew.com 11 Jan 12 *Being Shakespeare* - Simon Callow to bring his solo show back to Trafalgar Studios - 7-31 Mar whatsonstage.com 11 Jan 12
	Harry Derbidge gay teenager leaves The Only Way Is Essex saying 'I am moving onto different things' teennowmagazine.co.uk 11 Jan 12
WORLD Hungary's Christian Democrat leader lashes out at foreign critics, suggests EU aid linked to gay marriage politics.hu 11 Jan 12 Stephen Fry joins calls to end 'gay panic' set up by Queensland priest starobserver.com.au \| Sign petition 11 Jan 12 Australia's national civil celebrants association endorses marriage equality starobserver.com.au 11 Jan 12 Malaysia gay organisers challenge police ban on Seksualiti Merdeka (Sexuality Freedom) festival msn.com 11 Jan 12 GAY SPORTS United Arab Emirates gay campaigner inspired by the presence of Steven Davies in England's test squad bbc.co.uk GAY HISTORY
	The Kameny Papers The archive of gay campaigner Frank Kameny, who died last October, records the progress of gay rights in the USA. Frank was fired from US Army Map Service for being gay KamenyPapers.org 11 Jan 12 American Astonomical Society

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Tuesday 10 January 2012

2012-01-10T16:06:00.000Z

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

2012-01-09T15:31:00.000Z

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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Sunday 8 January 2012

2012-01-08T15:36:00.000Z

UK
	Shakespeare WAS bisexual confirms bard expert Professor Stanley Wells - some of his sonnets are unquestionably addressed to a male sundaymercury.net 8 Jan 12
How do I turn down an unwanted admirer without the office finding out I'm gay? telegraph.co.uk 8 Jan 12
	Jeff Dudgeon South Belfast gay rights campaigner honoured at New Year still has plenty of work to do, like gay marriage and blood donation belfastmediagroup.com 8 Jan 12
USA FBI changes definition of rape to include men as victims usatoday.com 8 Jan 12 GOP contenders blast gay marriage, but say couples should have rights - could make life miserable for others washingtonpost.com 8 Jan 12 WORLD Iran human rights official calls homosexuality a 'disease' - homosexuality is punishable by death rferl.org 8 Jan 12 Obama and United Nations add their voices to David Cameron's call for respect for gay rights in Africa theeastafrican.co.ke 8 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ Steven Spielberg's War Horse "Joey" is totally gay indiewire.com 8 Jan 12
	Archie Comics Kevin Keller, the series' first gay character, is now an injured Iraqi War vet who marries his doctor hollywoodreporter.com 8 Jan 12
RuPaul to Republicans: "Don't be a drag" Drag queen RuPaul crashes New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary scene to ensure voters don't confuse RUPAUL with RON PAUL youtu.be

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Saturday 7 January 2012

2012-01-07T14:22:00.000Z

SEX - LIFE
	Obscenity trial of the decade - clarifies the law on the representation of gay fisting, water sports and BDSM obscenitylawyer.blogspot.com 7 Jan 12
'Sleazy Michael' wins obscenity trial over fisting DVDs theweek.co.uk 7 Jan 12 Are we seeing the death of obscenity? British Board of Film Classification now need to digest this result politics.co.uk 7 Jan 12
Almost half of heterosexuals under 45 have anal sex says CDC Report thenewcivilrightsmovement \| Download report 7 Jan 12
	30 Years of SM Gays since July 1981 encouraging safe and lawful SM practices through sharing of information among people with similar interests smgays.org 7 Jan 12
	The Secrets Gay Men Don't Want Straight People to Know Bottoming Is Fun and other dirty little secrets like why there are bolts in the ceiling gawker.com 7 Jan 12
GAY SUICDE STOP Teenage Suicide - Lyndsay Winegarden, a disabled single parent, sets up facebook support page whof.net \| facebook.com 7 Jan 12 WORLD What the Arab Spring means for the gay man. Radio Five live's Men's Hour interviews Ali Hilli - 5' 53" iPlayer \| iraqilgbt.org.uk 7 Jan 12 Australian activists call on Government to take a stronger stand on LGBTI rights in the region starobserver.com.au 7 Jan 12 GAY TRAVEL The Pavilion, Fire Island club that burned down, will get an interesting makeover by "the naughty architect" nymag.com 7 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ Rufus Wainwright moves NY mourners with an a cappella version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow contactmusic.com 7 Jan 12 O-M-G
	Cardinal George 'very sorry' for comparing gay rights activists to Ku Klux Klan. Protests at Chicago Cathedral cancelled suntimes.com 7 Jan 12

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Friday 6 January 2012

2012-01-06T16:19:00.000Z

UK
	Lyall Cookward Lesbian mothers of two year old boy with severe health problems plea for help to improve their son's life Build a Wall for Lyall 6 Jan 12
59.2% of gay men compare their appearance to people who are better looking uwe.ac.uk 6 Jan 12 USA Rick Santorum revives claims that same sex marriage is comparable to polygamy telegraph.co.uk 6 Jan 12 santorum (san-TOR-um) n: frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter sometimes the by-product of anal sex santorum.com 6 Jan 12 Tax-Season Tips for same-sex registered domestic partners help make sense of new IRS rules businesswire.com 6 Jan 12 WORLD Jamaica's new PM's appeal to a marginalised community could have triggered election turnaround jamaica-gleaner.com 6 Jan 12 Sierra Leone: 1,000 anti-gay protesters "ward-off" the possibility of recognising same sex marriages africareview.com 6 Jan 12 Malaysian opposition leader in sodomy trial slams law- archaic rules abused to promote intolerance AP google.com 6 Jan 12
	Pink garbage bins anger Zimbabweans because they're so gay - donated to the Bulawayo council by Sexual Rights Centre goddiscussion.com \| sexualrightscentre.com 6 Jan 12
SHOW BIZ Gareth Thomas joins Celebrity Big Brother house bbc.co.uk 6 Jan 12 Simon Cowell says Will Young is "obnoxious and full of himself" in documentary The Talent Show - ITV 6.30pm Sat 7 Jan heatworld.com 6 Jan 12 Not one but two openly gay women are competing for the title of Miss California 2012 ibtimes.com 6 Jan 12 Ricky Martin is shooting Glee cameo contactmusic.com 6 Jan 12 Chaz Bono: I'm saving to buy a penis rollingstone.com 6 Jan 12 Indian artist with artificial limbs attacked at his exhibition showing works on homosexuality ibnlive.in.com 6 Jan 12
	Randy Phillips Soldier who came out on YouTube starts shirtless fitness video excercise series youtu.be 6 Jan 12
	Demi Moore enjoyed the occasional bit of girl-on-girl activity, sexy female TV star tells this week's National Enquirer celebdirtylaundry.com 6 Jan 12
	*Pariah* is a coming-out tale to be embraced - the film is a rare revelation about life as a middle-class, gay, African-American teen bostonglobe.com 6 Jan 12

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Thursday 5 January 2012

2012-01-05T14:32:00.000Z

STICKS & STONES

I Am Nobody's Nigger Gay poet Dean Atta asks rappers to remember that was one of the last words Stephen Lawrence heard deanatta.tumblr.com 5 Jan 12
UK There's 'no doubt' Shakespeare was gay, says Ian McKellen dailymail.co.uk 5 Jan 12 Liverpool council scales back 'bar ban plan' for city centre liverpoolecho.co.uk 5 Jan 12 Hepatitis C vaccine: Oxford researchers' trial 'promising' bbc.co.uk 5 Jan 12
	Trevor Love and Josh Munoz Brighton Registrar Trevor celebrates his own civil partnership to partner Josh after a whirlwind romance theargus.co.uk 5 Jan 12
	Educating OUT Prejudice Schools OUT Annual Conference 2012 - Celebrates new website 'the Classroom' - London Sat 4 Feb schools-out.org.uk 5 Jan 12
USA Predictions And Hopes For 2012 by prominent LGBT figures huffingtonpost.com 5 Jan 12 Michele Bachmann drops out of Presidential race - husband's gay-cure clinic tried to "pray the gay away" abcnews.go.com 5 Jan 12 Rick Santorum wants to ban straight sex freedoms, too, says Dan Savage metroweekly.com 5 Jan 12 Teen gets 60 days in jail for his role in gay-bashing at Stonewall Inn nydailynews.com 5 Jan 12 Governor says it is right for Washington to become the 7th state in America to legalize same-sex marriage seattlepi.com 5 Jan 12 Deportation threat lifted from San Francisco gay spouse sfgate.com 5 Jan 12
	LGBT Marketing Conference comprehensive research, advertising, marketing, and communications forum, helping you better understand and serve gay and lesbian consumers - New York Fri 27 Apr communitymarketinginc.com 5 Jan12
	Club Escuelita the legendary NYC club, says the State Liquor Authority is trying to put it out of business nypost.com 5 Jan 12
WORLD Gay Marriage in Germany and France? SDP and Sarkozy back marriage equality care2.com 5 Jan 12 Former tennis great Margaret Court defends her views on gay marriage nytimes.com 5 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ TV presenter Sue Perkins is on her own after splitting from long-term partner, artist Kate Williams dailymail.co.uk 5 Jan 12 Sir Elton John's busy schedule won't allow him time to shoot an upcoming episode of Glee contactmusic.com 5 Jan 12 Meryl Streep was shocked to discover she's a gay incon showbizspy.com 5 Jan 12 GAY BOOKS
	Why Men Need To Cheat most men aren't cheating because they don't love their partner; they cheat because they just want to have sex with others huffingtonpost.com \| Buy Book 5 Jan 12
	Is fatty food heterosexual? Simon Doonan issues tongue-in-cheek diet advice in new book Gay Men Don't Get Fat dailymail.co.uk \| Buy Book 5 Jan12

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Wednesday 4 January 2012

2012-01-04T15:44:00.000Z

UK What Stephen Lawrence has taught us A poem by Benjamin Zephaniah benjaminzephaniah.com \| stephenlawrence.org.uk 4 Jan 12 Police appeal after shooting at Nine Elms Colosseum nightclub yourlocalguardian.co.uk 4 Jan 12 Eliminating homophobic bullying by developing empathy - video of year 6 class in typical London school youtu.be \| diversityrolemodels.org 4 Jan 12 Liverpool Council unveils plans to stop new bars opening in city centre liverpooldailypost.co.uk 4 Jan 12
	Carol Ann Duffy Poet Laureate's 'joyful collection' The Bees wins Costa Poetry Award heraldscotland.com 4 Jan 12
USA Mitt Romney's "victory" over Rick Santorum, famous for equating homosexuality to "man on dog" sex rollingstone.com 4 Jan 12 Rick Santorum wins Rupert Murdoch endorsement washingtonpost.com 4 Jan 12
	Mollie Thomas Meet Miss California's first openly gay contestant! perezhilton.com 4 Jan 12
	Cindy and Meghan McCain John McCain's wife and daughter pose together for LGBT equality campaign noh8campaign.com 4 Jan 12
WORLD Anti-LGBT constitution, 'family protection' law, come into force in Hungary lgbtqnation.com 4 Jan 12 SHOW BIZ George Michael lashes out at Christians For A Moral America, who apparently prayed for him to die celebdirtylaundry.com 4 Jan 12 *Sherlock:* dominatrix Adler was introduced as Holmes's latest foe in order to offset the gay undercurrent digitalspy.co.uk 4 Jan 12 Louis Spence promises to encourage Dancing on Ice skaters, after replacing acid-tongued Jason Gardiner whatsontv.co.uk 4 Jan 12
	David Beckham shows off his impressive package again as he models his own underwear range for H&M dailymail.co.uk 4 Jan 12

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