Archive | January, 2012

Anti-gay marriage Archbishop sparks protest

By on 31/01/2012 in Archbishop Sentamu, Gay Marriage, LGBT+ Lib Dems

LGBT global news 24-7 GSN » News » Anti-gay marriage Archbishop sparks protest Anti-gay marriage Archbishop sparks protest Campaigners will be protesting against the Archbishop of York’s anti-gay marriage comments tomorrow 31 January 2012 | By Matthew Jenkin Activists will be protesting outside York Minster tomorrow, angry at Archbishop Dr John Sentamu’s anti-gay marriage comments. [...]

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Comment: The story of LGBT History Month

By on 31/01/2012 in Community, LGBT History Month, Opinion, UK

Sue Sanders writes about the background to the annual LGBT History Month, which was first celebrated in 2005 and begins its eighth national incarnation tomorrow.

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Britain’s Gay Footballers

By on 31/01/2012 in football, gay football players, homophobia in sport, LGBT History Month

by Stephen Gray    30 January 2012, 2:05pm Justin Fashanu was Britain’s only openly gay professional footballer A documentary by the niece of the late gay footballer Justin Fashanu examines tonight why he remains the only professional footballer in the UK to have ever come out. Amal Fashanu’s uncle killed himself in 1998 following years of struggles with homophobic [...]

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Glee’s gay troublemaker role ‘drew death threats’

By on 31/01/2012 in Americas, Entertainment, Glee, Television, tv, USA, World

Grant Gustin said he was told on Twitter: “If you break up Klaine, I will find you and I will kill you.”

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Cynthia Nixon: My bisexuality was not a choice, my gay relationship is

By on 31/01/2012 in Americas, Community, Entertainment, USA, World

In a statement given to the American gay magazine The Advocate, Cynthia Nixon has addressed the confusion which followed her comments on sexuality.

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Gay footballers film boosts BBC3 audience by 50%

By on 31/01/2012 in Entertainment, Sport, Television, UK

Britain’s Gay Footballers, the BBC3 documentary shown last night examining the lack of openly gay players in the British game, drew 2.8% of the viewing audience.

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Comment: The Canadian rule which bans transgender flight

By on 31/01/2012 in Canada, Community, Featured, Opinion, Trans, Travel, UK, World

Jane Fae examines the rules, introduced last July but only now coming to light, which state that an air carrier “shall not transport a passenger if [...] the passenger does not appear to be of the gender indicated on the identification he or she pres…

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Upstairs Downstairs to return with lesbian romance

By on 31/01/2012 in Entertainment, Television, UK

BBC period drama Upstairs Downstairs will feature a lesbian plot line when it returns this spring, one of the show’s writers has revealed.

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Comment: Archbishop Sentamu has no right to block gay civil marriages

By on 31/01/2012 in Archbishop Sentamu, equal love campaign, Featured, Gay Marriage, Opinion, religion, UK, World

Peter Tatchell argues that Archbishop Sentamu has no right to block gay civil marriages, the clergyman’s demand for discrimination against gay couples is itself dictatorial and Anglican leaders are divisive, intolerant and out of touch.

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German trans girl ‘to be institutionalised’

By on 31/01/2012 in Community, Europe, Trans, World

News that an 11 year old trans girl in Berlin, Germany, is about to be committed to a mental institution by local authorities – following intervention by her absent father – has prompted grave concern by the International LGBTQ Youth and Student Or…

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